Write on Good Style

Write factual information. Give concrete advice. Use the second or third person (see "Personal Pronouns" below) when possible, as the first person is not easily reduced to facts or advice. Place words where they are easy to read, which isn't always at the bottom. Edit pages to emphasize the flow of ideas, not the chronology of contribution.

The wiki has a very simple formatting. You won't go wrong if you start each line without spaces and separate paragraphs with a blank line. You can run capitalized words together to make hyperlinks.

Finally, don't say things that are designed to make others mad. Practice civility and understatement. You will reach ten times as many readers, even if you miss the ones you want to annoy.

Personal Pronouns:

• First person: I, we
• Second person: you
• Third person: he, she, they, it, etc.

See also: GoodStyleSuggestions, FormattingRules

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