[WikiEN-l] "Exclusion" essay

[Steve Bennett]

On 7/26/06, Alphax (Wikipedia email) <alphasigmax at gmail.com> wrote:
> Precisely. My preferred writing style for the lede of an article on a
> "special subject" is:
>
> "In (context) (subject) is..."
>
> with the article going on to explain the subject not just in it's
> specialised context, but with relation to the broader context it resides
> in. This should be *strongly* enforced with respect to articles on
> fictional subjects; otherwise, we're going to end up with ledes along
> the lines of:
>
> "In 'real life' (subject) is..."

Yep, "In the fictional universe of Star Wars, " works very well for me.

Steve