On 7/10/05, Jon thagudearbh@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
A good example of the difficulties is outlined in today's featured article on the Island Fox. The bit on the main page includes the sentence "Its small size is a result of [[island dwarfing]], a kind of [[allopatric speciation]]". Come again! To find out what that means you have to wade through the technical article [[island dwarfing]] and [[allopatric speciation]] - and to begin to understand the latter, you also have to try to understand [[speciation]]. I think it means - "It is small because it is on a small island", but why not just say that?
On this example I disagree. When I read this article, yesterday, my impression was that it was the most perfect main page article I've ever read. Very well written, not too long or technical, and small number of links that sparked my interest.
A better example of what you're talking about is [[Basalt]]. It's unreadable for non-geologists.