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To be fair, last time I tried to make an edit on Wikipedia, it resulted in a huge argument that spanned literally several days, at the end of which I gave up. Note that this was a tiny edit, changing the word order in a sentence or something like that on a rather niche topic.

I haven't bothered trying to edit anything since then.




While I appreciate your frustration, people are constantly trying to help (to be optimistic about their intent) by "changing the word order". The result is often a changed and inaccurate meaning.

For all our sake, I hope you choose to make appropriate edits where you see they are needed. Don't be deterred by that one experience.




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