Unexplained deletion of my edit

Question

I recently asked a question about Hitchcock, Stewart and Grant at the regular site (not the Meta site). The question was, what's the source of the often-repeated statement that after completing Vertigo, Hitchcock felt that Stewart looked too old, and decided not to work with him again.

Someone answered my question, citing page 138 in a certain book. The author of the answer said that she had not seen page 138; she had just seen another author cite page 138. I edited that answer by attaching an image of page 138, to show that that page was actually irrelevant to my question and the author who cited it had made (let's suppose) a mistake.

I first received notice that only I could view the edit until the edit had been reviewed.

But now when I check that page, I do not see the edit or the notice about review. It seems to be gone. Did someone delete my edit? Who and why?

Answer 1

It was rejected by 2 of the 3 reviewers, both giving the following reason:

This edit deviates from the original intent of the post. Even edits that must make drastic changes should strive to preserve the goals of the post's owner.

You shouldn't really use edits to change the intent or argue against the validity of the claims made in an answer. Edits are primarily for correcting language or improving formatting - but in some cases its appropriate to add reinforcing references, quotes or pictures. They shouldn't really be used as a method of comment or disagreement.

If you think the answer has incorrect statements, you have a number of better avenues such as commenting or downvoting.

In many cases, especially if the original answerer doesn't respond to your critique, it is appropriate to write your own improved answer. The community here can then vote to show which one they think is the best.