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Are ampersands (&s) inappropriate in questions?

I'm somewhat puzzled by these edits:

http://superuser.com/posts/320217/revisions

Let's break them down:

  1. Changing "w/" to "with"
  2. Capitalizing "Medialink"
  3. Changing "&" to "and"
  4. Changing "E.g." to "For example"
  5. Changing "Googling" to "searching"
  6. Removing "Thanks in advance"

I don't really mind some of the nitpick corrections (e.g., 1 or 2).

But changing an ampersand to "and"?

Or E.g. to "For example"?

These seem more like personal preferences & not something that confuses the meaning. I appreciate people taking time to edit someone else's question & clarify the meaning, but this seems gratuitous.

Not a big deal, but I'm curious what the community thinks.