Parallel to the proposed rewriting of WP:FICT, a rewriting of WP:WAF seems useful to me. I've composed a draft in my sandbox, please take a look at it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:AldeBaer/sandbox
Discussion should take place either via the mailing list, or ideally at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style_%28writing_about...