On 9/7/07, Todd Allen toddmallen@gmail.com wrote:
because they've never read it), where it says " If you don't want your writing to be edited mercilessly or redistributed for profit by others, *do not submit it*" (emphasis in original) at the top of the edit screen. In 18-point type. And maybe bright red while we're at it.
Trouble is, it cuts both ways. It means both "I can fix your crappy prose" and, "you can enhance (or otherwise extend) my prose (see [[technical writing]]) which is considered by some (especially in the UK) to be less than optimal, by adding details, for example a few examples or other trivia, because that's what Wikipedia is all about."
Ugh.
I hate parenthetical phrases in Wikipedia text. Especially in lead paragraphs.
Steve