Re-pairing

In "A Reparative Approach to Publishing", Mia Melvær reminds us that digital publishing (especially on Wikipedia) is an editable and heavily contested space of writing, rewriting and redirecting, but also one that leaves traces.

Working with the concept that of repair introduces questions into how something should function to begin with, or what its actual value is. Repair, even when it is not performed successfully, brings one into a space of learning, fostering a closer relation with the material world.

When something "Just Works", it appears as seamless, its affect is invisible. When digital technologies don't work, they become visible.

What is re-paired when repair happens? How does repair (in the form of editing), again bring about a closer relation to the materiality of an object and our subjectivity towards it?