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Your changes would still be in the edit log, and someone more savvy in Wikipedia politics would have the opportunity to get your changes cemented. Said person might be another HN reader who is less knowledgeable about the subject matter.

If you don't make any changes, he has nothing to work with except some random whining.

(And yes, that's how it works in the real world, too.)

Are you volunteering to help push through wahnfrieden's REST changes, then?

His comment does not imply they did not go through.

Did that actually happen to you when you made that change or are you just assuming it would?

(In my experience most Wikipedia edits are gratefully received, assuming you provide references for your claims. Kind of like HN, really)

Yes, that probably IS what would happen. I still wish I read more comments that said they had done this.