:I don't think the number of locked articles are as bad as you seem to think. Surely there are ''some'' that you'd be interested in editing that are not locked. And once the administrators see that you are doing a good job, they might even be willing to unlock articles for you to tidy up.
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:I suspect that the original author(s) use male pronouns in a generic way, not specifically indicating males.
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:I improved the article a little bit in line with your comments (but I agree it could do with more).
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:[[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 10:54, 5 July 2007 (EDT)