On 7/10/05, Jon <thagudearbh(a)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.