Ray Saintonge wrote:
David Gerard wrote:
We can write guidelines and guidelines and guidelines, and no-one will care except the writers or someone looking for a stick to beat their opponent on the wiki with - because you can't Taylorise clue. (When was the last time you read the Manual of Style through? Me neither.)
One could begin with Taylorizing the Taylorizations.
Heh. I have started in a slow way tightening up some of our ridiculously bloated, opaquely-written and special-case-riddled guideline and policy pages; I look forward to the time to really go the hack on the MoS. I think it could be one-third the length without losing a single useful detail. Heck, someone might even want to read it for reasons other than querulousness.
The Manual of Style is great for those interested in an encyclopedia of guidelines.
LOL!
- d.