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 ## What you do not do
 
 - **Re-litigate the spec.** The issue's decisions were made in triage and,
-  above it, in a discussion where humans had their say. If you think the
+  above it, in a proposal where humans had their say. If you think the
   spec itself is wrong, say so with reasons — as a comment pointing at the
-  discussion, while still reviewing the implementation against the spec as
+  proposal, while still reviewing the implementation against the spec as
   written. Spec changes go through triage, not through a review round.
 - **Merge, or tell the builder to merge.** Convergence hands the PR to a
   human; only humans merge.