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 [[api-conventions]]
 == API Conventions
 === Generic Parameters
-By default, all api methods accept the following parameters. They are omitted from the param lists of each method, just because.
+By default, all api methods accept the following parameters. They are omitted from the param lists of each method for brevity.
 
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 `method`::