Revert "Clarification on historical power level handling"

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@ -137,7 +137,6 @@ to send. The process overall is as follows:
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The reasons we require `<hostname>` rather than `<delegated_hostname>` for SRV
delegation are:
1. DNS is insecure (not all domains have DNSSEC), so the target of the delegation
must prove that it is a valid delegate for `<hostname>` via TLS.
2. Consistency with the recommendations in [RFC6125](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6125#section-6.2.1)
@ -395,25 +394,6 @@ unspecified.
For an `m.room.member` state event, the user given by the `state_key` of
the event.
**Historical String Power Levels** \
In order to maintain backwards compatibility with early implementations,
power levels can optionally be represented in string format instead of
integer format. A homeserver must be prepared to deal with this by parsing
the power level from a string. In these cases, the following formatting of the
power level string is allowed:
- a single Base10 integer, no float values or decimal points, optionally with leading zeroes;
- optionally with leading or trailing whitespace characters;
- optionally prefixed with a single `-` or `+` character before the integer but after leading whitespace padding.
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This behaviour is preserved strictly for backward compatibility only. A
homeserver should take reasonable precautions to prevent users from
sending new power level events with string values and must never
populate the default power levels in a room as string values.
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#### Authorization rules
The rules governing whether an event is authorized depends on a set of