[maccard]

(Not OP) I have in the past, and my experience was that the talk page was civil, my changes were discussed and we came to a common agreement as to what the change should be. Nothing like the fiasco you're describing.

You still haven't answered the question though; do you submit corrections?

[flubert]

>You still haven't answered the question though;

I was never asked a question until now (N.B. the original posters).

> do you submit corrections?

I haven't for years (as in over 5+ years). I'm sure someone will point out it is different now.