 ::In general, when going for massive changes, it is better to get either a consensus on the new version, or to implement changes paragraph after paragraph, with justification of each change. I think that the current version of this article is full of defects, but understand that changes as extensive as those you are trying to apply will probably be simply reverted on a glance. No (or almost no) one reads attentively such changes, because usually, they are the work of a vandal. Obviously, this is not the case, so simply breakup the changes in smaller pieces, and apply them independently.  