The "merciless" was used in the standardised messages decided by
referendum in 2009:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Licensing_update#Proposed_terms_of_use
It got lost in the implementation in 2009:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Licensing_update/Implementation#Terms_for_edit_screen
And then the message was removed without many ceremonies in 2012:
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T44491
That said, many wikis (and sometimes even the WMF) edit or replace the
global messaging (wikimedia-copyrightwarning and formerly also
wikimedia-editpage-tos-summary) in ways which don't comply with global
consensus.
Nemo
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