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 ==Overview==
-Status icons on Halopedia are primarily to help readers get a quick view of the status of a page, and how it fits into the wiki.
+Status icons on Halopedia are primarily used to help readers get a quick view of the status of a page, and how it fits into the wiki.
 The most common type of status icon features an icon on the left, with text directly saying what the icon is for. If a page is primarily gameplay-oriented in nature, the status icon will say "Gameplay". These icons are dedicated to telling the reader what a page is about very quickly.
-There is also icons to show if an icon is featured or protected, these are icons to quickly the "status" of an article.
+There are also icons to show if an icon is featured or protected; these are icons to quickly display the status of an article.
 ==The crunch==
-If you're familiar with Halopedia pages already, you may be familiar with era icons, these status icons were created directly to replace them. Era icons were originally created to do a similar job, but with a focus on putting content into eras, this causes an issue where some subjects didn't fit a specific era or area they covered, and over time status icons became an issue needing to be fixed.
+If you're familiar with Halopedia pages already, you may be familiar with era icons. These status icons were created directly to replace them. Era icons were originally created to do a similar job, but with a focus on putting content into eras. This caused an issue where some subjects didn't fit a specific era or area they covered, and over time era icons became an issue needing to be fixed.
-So every icon in the status icon system was planned to put a lot of content down to common or their base roots with "Fiction", "Real world", and "Namespaces".
+So every icon in the status icon system was planned to put a lot of content down to common or their base roots with fiction, real world, and namespaces.
 ==Status icons==
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 | Canon || <pre>{{Status|Canon}}</pre> || [[File:HP-Status-Canon.svg|center|150px]] || Halo fiction that is part of "core" canon. {{C|This may include some Apocrypha media mixed in.}}
 |-
-| Apocrypha || <pre>{{Status|Apocrypha}}</pre> || [[File:HP-Status-Apocrypha.svg|center|150px]] || Halo fiction that is apocrypha canon. This is media that is not yet confirmed to be in "core" canon. Media listed as such include "Marketing" and "Toy" fiction.
+| Apocrypha || <pre>{{Status|Apocrypha}}</pre> || [[File:HP-Status-Apocrypha.svg|center|150px]] || Halo fiction that is apocrypha canon. This is media that is not yet confirmed to be in "core" canon. Media listed as such include marketing and toy fiction.
 |-
 | Non-Canon || <pre>{{Status|NonCanon}}</pre> || [[File:HP-Status-NonCanon.svg|center|150px]] || Halo fiction that is officially released non-canon. Examples include "Halo: Legends - Odd One Out", and the "Hellspartans".
 |-
-| Fracture || <pre>{{Status|Fracture}}</pre> || [[File:HP-Status-Fracture.svg|center|150px]] || Halo fiction that is officially released "Fracture" fiction that is not "core" canon, "core" Apocrypha, or "core" non-canon. Examples include the Yoroi armor in Halo Infinite.
+| Fracture || <pre>{{Status|Fracture}}</pre> || [[File:HP-Status-Fracture.svg|center|150px]] || Halo fiction that is officially released "Fracture" fiction that is not "core" canon, "core" Apocrypha, or "core" non-canon. Examples include the Yoroi armor in ''Halo Infinite''.
 |-
 | Silver Timeline || <pre>{{Status|Silver}}</pre> || [[File:HP-Status-Silver.svg|center|150px]] || Halo fiction that is part of the Silver Timeline.
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 ===Protected===
-When an article is locked. It will automatically be given one of these to note what type of lock is on the page:
+When a page is locked, it will automatically be given one of these to note what type of lock is on the page:
 {| class="wikitable" width="75%"
 ! Type of status !! What you see !! About
 |-
-| Staff Locked || [[File:HP-Status-Protected.svg|center|35px]] || These are articles that are protected from all normal users from being edited. This is usually put on policy and help pages. To reiterate only staff can edit these pages.
+| Staff Locked || [[File:HP-Status-Protected.svg|center|35px]] || These are pages that are protected from all normal users from being edited. This is usually put on policy and help pages. To reiterate only staff can edit these pages.
 |-
-| User Locked || [[File:HP-Status-Protected.svg|center|35px]] || These are articles that only locked in users can edit.
+| User Locked || [[File:HP-Status-Protected.svg|center|35px]] || These are pages that only logged-in users can edit.
 |-
-| Autoconfirmed Locked || [[File:HP-Status-Protected.svg|center|35px]] || These are articles users can only edit these pages when their account reaches both 3 days of age and 5 edits.
+| Autoconfirmed Locked || [[File:HP-Status-Protected.svg|center|35px]] || These are pages users can only edit when their account reaches both 3 days of age and 5 edits.
 |}