User:R. S. Shaw

One more editor in the hive.

More Style Stuff:

See also

Article tags {{advert}} • {{tone}} • {{verify}} • {{Citation needed}} • {{Cleanup}} • {{Confusing}} • {{Context}} •
{{disputed}} • {{TotallyDisputed}} • {{POV}} • {{Wikify}} • {{Diagram needed}} • {{Expert}} • {{Hoax}} • {{Importance}} •
{{Inappropriate person}} • {{Notability}} • {{Inappropriate tone}} • {{Inuse}} • {{Intro length}} • {{Not verified}}

Vandalism: see Wikipedia:Vandalism, Usual warnings for tags; after {test3/4}, WP:AIV for blocking

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Summary:

• Write first for the Educated Layperson (that's hard... suggest the "New Scientist" as a style example).
  • ...then try to do it better and write for the beginner (that's harder)
• If an educated layperson can't figure it out by following the wikilinks, then it's too hard.
  • Yes, we're experts (more or less) but we're writing for a general audience. We could write a clever, concise, deep sentence to explain something...but it's useless if it isn't easy to understand.
• Eschew argot, jargon, technicality and cant.

Formating:

How Users Read on the Web

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