What is Turnitin's concept of 'Wordsmithing'?

When I was reviewing Turnitin's web site, I came across some more corporate dribble about what they are now calling 'wordsmithing'. 

According to Turnitin’s Top 15 Misconceptions, 'Wordsnithing' involves the following:

"Once the student receives a Similarity Report, they have to wait 24 hours to get another report on a resubmission (if resubmissions have been enabled by their instructor); this prevents students from wordsmithing and resubmitting repeatedly.” – 

Really? So now, according to Turnitin, I have to wait for 24 hours each time I make an ‘edit’ to a document or else I am guilty of ‘wordsmithing’. Oh, goodness me. Who sits around and thinks up this stuff? Yes, yes, your honor, I am guilty of WORDSMITHING! And I use to think of this as good scholarship.

 In actuality, what is going on with this excuse now referred to by Turnitin as 'Wordsmithing' is the Turnitin software's inability to deliver real-time analysis of your manuscript in a manner similar to Grammarly real-time analysis capability. Obviously, since Turnitin can't do it, they must somehow turn this awesome Grammarly feature into a negative. As always, I must say Turnitin's marketing group is a very creative crew!

As a footnote, what do other sources say about  'wordsmithing'?

Noun. wordsmithing (uncountable) The making of changes to a text to improve clarity and style, as opposed to content.

Wow. That sounds like a good thing! The Merriam-Webster Dictionary also refers to a 'wordsmith' as a 'skillful writer'. However, once again, the creative corporate marketing types at Turnitin have turned a good thing into a bad thing because someone else does something better than they can do.



wordsmith - noun - 

word·​smith | \ ˈwərd-ˌsmith

 

a person who works with words especially a skillful writer