In general when going for massive changes it is better to get either a consensus on the new version or to implement changes paragraph after paragraph with justification of each change I think that the current version of this article is full of defects but understand that changes as extensive as those you are trying to apply will probably be simply reverted on a glance No or almost no one reads attentively such changes because usually they are the work of a vandal Obviously this is not the case so simply breakup the changes in smaller pieces and apply them independently