Merge pull request #1893 from dotnet/comment-editing

Improve wording on comment editing
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@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ The following two lists summarize how maintainers will act. A more detailed desc
- Report abusive behavior to the [Code of Conduct review group](mailto:conduct@dotnetfoundation.org).
**Maintainers won't**
- Edit contributor comments as a general rule. GitHub comments don't provide edit history and therefore don't offer maintainers a transparent and accurate way to describe changes made to contributor comments. Transparency is a cornerstone of effective discourse and its absence undermines trust.
- Edit contributor comments as a general rule. GitHub provides [edit history](https://blog.github.com/changelog/2018-05-24-comment-edit-history/) which makes editing more acceptable as there is a way to see an audit log. However, contributors might still be surprised when they see statements or phrases under their name that they don't recall making. Transparency is a cornerstone of effective discourse and its absence undermines trust. And a change log doesn't fully eliminate these concerns.
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