Update proposals/1884-replace-slashes-in-event_ids.md

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@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ of reasons:
* Even if client implementations do remember to URL-encode their parameters,
they may not do it correctly: many URL-encoding implementations may be
intended to encode parameters in the query-string (which can of course
contain literal slashes) rather tha the path component.
contain literal slashes) rather than the path component.
* Some proxy software may treat `%2F` specially: for instance, Apache, when
configured as a reverse-proxy, will reject requests for a path containing
@ -162,4 +162,4 @@ it feels we should not prioritise consistency of encodings for SS/E2EE developer
over the usability of the CS API.
Therefore, on balance, it seems plausible that changing the format of event IDs
does solve sufficient problems to make it desirable.
does solve sufficient problems to make it desirable.