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The correct approach is to fix the wording, not reject it completely.

It's not even that bad.

There have been problems with the speed of light article that required arbcom measures; edit wars with a lot of talk page and ANI discussion, with some bans for users.

It's not a surprise to me that edits to the speed of light article get reverted.

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In my experience (outside Wikipedia) it's easier to shoot something down than it is to fix it. There's a proxy effect where the thing you fixed becomes your problem even when your fix has nothing to do with the (potentially future) problem.

If this holds true for Wikipedia it'd make sense to see more rejections than fixes. Let the person submitting it fix it. It's their problem.

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