Edits are public so other members of the community can eventually make a case against or for the actions of a dedicated maintainer. Keep trying.

Sounds like stackoverflow defenders. I'm another person who tried about 5-7 times over the years to do larger improvements all for it to go to waste. Minor edits many times survive but even those I stopped doing because of the sour effect of the larger ones getting denied.

Honestly I have more valuable things to do with my time.