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Expand Up @@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ contributions.

Contributions that do not change the interpretation of the spec but instead
improve legibility, fix editorial errors, clear up ambiguity and improve
examples are encouraged and are often merged by a spec editor with little
process.
examples are encouraged. These "editorial changes" will normally be given the
["✏ Editorial" label](https://github.com/graphql/graphql-spec/issues?q=sort%3Aupdated-desc+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22%E2%9C%8F%EF%B8%8F+Editorial%22)
and are often merged by a spec editor with little process.

However, contributions that _do_ meaningfully change the interpretation of the
spec must follow an RFC (Request For Comments) process led by a _champion_
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