Completely unacceptable rewrite sorry Please answer this point before attempting to try editing again rather than rewriting my introductory section 98 of those who come here can be presumed to be baffled by UTF 16 and what it s about They need an introductory section which explains things simply Really as simply as possible I don t personally give a monkey s whether UCS 2 diverts here change that then if you re so obsessed by this and create a UCS article In fact I m going to do it for you And or you have the option of explaining the history of UTF 16 in a subequent section in this article In fact I m going to do that for you too What you know in your heart of hearts is that very few people are going to bother reading either such a section or such an article They re not going to be interested and you have no right at all to interfere with their legitimate desire to learn how UTF 16 works from the motive that Oh but they have to know what UCS 2 is and how the IEEE and the UC battled it out NO THEY DON T By all means edit my stuff if you find it not neutral enough But I repeat the primary function of this introductory section is to explain the basics in simple terms You have no right to make it confusing for non IT experts in the way your rewrite did