It is not a clerical change like simply bypassing a redirect Koavf has been changing the text Russian Federation to Russia in these links and these are not exact synonyms The Russian Federation is a modern country while Russia is a nation an Empire a Soviet Republic as well as a modern state In many places it changes the meaning Automating a change like this while ignoring the context of the words is a really bad move every single one of those changes now needs an editorial review to make sure it hasn t created a misleading sentence as it did here 2006 10 11 18 02 Z