I am not sure whether my recent shortenings, a flurry of more or less 
trivial "improvements", is responsible for the observed behaviour.  As a 
side effect, these small changes push back other more significant 
contributions on the recent changes page.  I am fine with the current 
proceeding, but I feel I should explain why I take this smaller proof 
challenge so serious.

I have no education in logic, let alone formal logic, so becoming familiar 
with a new field means climbing a steep learning curve for me. One way to 
succeed in doing so is doing lots of 'homework'.  So generally, I simply 
prove each and any theorem on my own, without noticing the current proof.  
If I compare my result to that of 'prior art', and there is a difference, I 
either improve my technique, or submit a shortening pull request.

There is some merits to this idea, perhaps not so obvious: The overall 
structure of a section improves, because important/central theorems slowly 
bubble up to the front, and duplicated proofs are avoided.  And among a lot 
of trivial changes there are some jewels, where a unnecessary complicated 
proof becomes simple.

Wolf

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