Some obscure or ignored quotes regarding policy editing
Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines#Substantive changes (WP:PGBOLD) "Although most editors find advance discussion, especially at well-developed pages, very helpful, directly editing these pages is permitted by Wikipedia's policies. Consequently, you should not remove any change solely on the grounds that there was no formal discussion indicating consensus for the change before it was made. Instead, you should give a substantive reason for challenging it and, if one hasn't already been started, open a discussion to identify the community's current views."
meta:Research:The Rise and Decline#Formalization of norms against newcomer changes "While we do not suggest that the rules of Wikipedia be open to reinterpretation by newcomers, we advocate that concern should be allocated for newcomers with a legitimate interest in changing the way that Wikipedia works. We argue that the results covered in the previous two sections suggest how important it is that newcomers have a say in how they are treated."
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