From the rationales Im reading here I dont think most supporters of the current version consider this to be a minor tweak but arguendo lets assume they do  A reasonable argument could have been made to these editors that as you see a large problem with the proposed edit and as they see negligible benefit they might want to stand aside rather than support the change  Thats a delicate argument to make and requires a high level of trust among the editors involved  I dont see any evidence of that trust here and so Im not surprised that argument wasnt successful    Now that weve moved from persuasion to determining where the consensus lies no it is not appropriate to disregard an opinion because an editor considers the edit in question to be minor  It is even less appropriate to raise this after several opinions have been posted