Actually 12ezsqra, I have been doing just that, in MANY cases. There is no need to trust me - my contributions log says it for anyone who cares to look. Nor am I alone - Bluezero, Someweirdo237, Jamrocksojen, Gadjiltron, and so very MANY others tirelessly edit the wiki, so that administrators such as Voiddp and Bamiji do not have to do literally all of the work themselves (they do a great deal of it though).
Except for the ratings pages - those we do not touch, and cannot touch. We cannot help there, because we are not allowed. As long as that remains true, then yes, I cited Bamiji as the reason why they have not been edited... b/c that is a true statement? Maybe Bluezero as a new administrator can help there, or Someweirdo237, or dreicunan, or someone else who would be trusted enough to be given permissions to do that -> but so long as those descriptions remain locked, then yes I did say that an administrator would have to be the one to change them, IF we agreed that they should be changed, b/c that is just how it is. That was the choice that the administrators made -> and at any time they can either continue with that, or alter it. (and yes, if I were to lock something so that ONLY I COULD EDIT IT, and then walk away and leave it unchanged, you could then hold me responsible for that fact too)
There is no need to standardize permanent/persistent, as there are no automated queries that use that language, and even if there were it is fine to simply use both words. If that changes, then rest assured I will change every last skill on the wiki so that whatever query is written properly pulls up all instances - I have done this several times already, e.g. most recently for Barrier Piercing, and I will continue to offer to do it again, when there is an actual need to do so.
Please note that there is no need to turn this into a toxic fight - my comments were not out of the blue criticisms against Bamiji, but specifically in response to Voiddp's comments, some of which you would not see if you only read what is immediately above you here (some in other Talk discussions, some in comment change descriptions). I am not attacking Voiddp, I am not attacking Bamiji for no reason, just trying to see how to move forward.
And you missed several nuances there - e.g. I did not say that "not guaranteed is wrong". I did change that language on some skills even when those used it in the negative sense (of "not guaranteed") b/c it seems to be tempting some people to then switch it around and use it in the positive sense (such as Vivilerie who was the first to add that language to a predecessor of this page, and then Bluezero continued it, I suspect in part b/c Bamiji also uses that very language in the ratings). Also, I did say that using it in the positive sense is incorrect - b/c when you use a skill that is said to be "guaranteed" to set Pain, and then there is no Pain on the enemy (b/c of barriers), that gets closer to "wrong", or the word that I chose to use rather was "misleading" - as in it describes one aspect of the game but only in isolation of all others (which tbf, as you said, did not really exist at the time that language was written, outside of some extremely rare exceptional instances... and yet it does now, so why should the language written years ago be enshrined in stone forever, on a wiki that can be easily edited to keep up with the game, by people who are offering to do exactly that?).