[WikiEN-l] How can to make technical articles easier for non-experts to understand?

Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton at gmail.com
Sat Jan 19 21:33:49 UTC 2008


> How can Wikipedia get contributors to make articles less technical and
> easier for non-experts to understand?
>
> * i.e. add examples?
> * Or have an initial "easy explanation" section then a later advanced
> explanation section?
> * Or what?

Both would be good. A clear introduction targeted at the layman and
plenty of examples of key concepts. We already have the advantage of
being able to link to other pages for more complete explanations of
related concepts, which can be a great help.



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