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Line 49: Wikipedia does not "enshrine" old practices: bold changes to its [[Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines\|policies and guidelines]] are sometimes the best way to adapt and improve the encyclopedia. In this case, "bold" refers to boldness of idea; such ideas are most commonly [[Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines#Content changes\|raised and discussed first]] to best formulate their implementation. The admonition "be careful" is especially important in relation to [[Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines\|policies and guidelines]], where key parts may be phrased in a particular way to reflect a very hard-won, ~~knife-edge [[WP:Consensus\|consensus]]—which~~compromise—which may not be obvious to those unfamiliar with the background. In these cases, it is also often better to [[WP:WPEDIT\|discuss potential changes first]]. However, spelling and grammatical errors can and should be fixed as soon as they are noticed. Discussing changes to other Wikipedia-space pages on the talk page is also a good idea. If nothing else, it will provide an explanation of the changes for later editors. Most such pages are collections of arguments placed in Wikipedia space for later reference, so the same arguments don't need to be made over and over again.

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