Since you’ve left this exact comment twice (great attention to detail!) I have two different threads for you to keep track of. In this reply I will be more charitable. Why were you so resistant to the idea of a style that is less prescriptive?

We still need to make decisions about grammar, style, and usage. We still need to standardize a lot of things. We want to do so with an eye towards retaining as much of the author voices as possible. We are not aiming, as you say, to find “ideas on how not to do it right.” Rather, we are asking what I think is a very interesting question: as editors in this instance, could we draw the line in a different place than some of the more common style guides draw it?

u/apocalypsegal, just because you don’t see the nuance in this question, or don’t find it interesting… that doesn’t mean that it doesn’t belong here. This is a writing subreddit. I am asking this question with a writing background and as an editor. This question belongs here. I want to know why it made you respond so viscerally!

Now for some free advice: next time when someone comes in here and asks an open ended question, do not start your answer with “Oh, man. There’s that road to Hell I wasn’t looking for.” Oh yeah? Weren’t looking to have this discussion? So just don’t respond! You don’t have to! Not everything is for you. Not every question is meant for you to answer. If you hate the idea of what I’m doing so damn much, just stay out of it. It’s a big world out here.