Hmm, I'm a little unclear as to whether these are rules-rules or more like guidelines? Like, most of the first post is stuff that's actually enforceable by mod action, whether it's an infraction or thread closure, but these changes seem a bit more fuzzy. Like, would you actually infract someone for putting, "Please review, guys, it really means a lot to me" in their author's notes? I get that people bemoaning a lack of reviews all the time can get annoying and, sure, it's "bad manners," but unless it's something a person does a lot outside their 'fic thread even after being told to stop it doesn't seem like an actionable offense. If it's not an actionable offense, maybe clarify that in the paragraph itself, or put it in AAA or something if it's more a politeness thing and not a moderation issue.
Likewise, the paragraph about how to respond to reviews... it seems kind of weird to take a hard line on how people should respond to criticism? Outside the general rules of being courteous and respectful to the reviewer, whether you agree with their advice or not, I don't think people are in any way obligated to learn from or put into practice anything given as feedback. Leaving aside bad or outright inaccurate advice, if people really refuse to learn how to punctuate dialogue, I guess that's their prerogative, but it doesn't seem like something worth giving them a talking-to about, much less an infraction. It also seems like it would be difficult to determine whether someone was properly reflecting on and implementing criticism--like, what if it just takes them a really long time to figure out dialogue punctuation, even with help? Again, would not properly putting into practice someone's review be an infractable offense, and if so, how would you actually define that? If not, maybe it's more appropriate for some general advice about how to handle criticism, but perhaps not the rules thread.
Not sure how much of this is an actual change since I can't see the original, but that kind of stuck out to me.