On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 08:50:28PM -0500, Jonathan Hughes wrote:
Of course some
people will complain that it's too technical, but
that's an issue to take up at WP:PEREN.
I'd imagine a simple solution would be to ask if the authors can tone down
the technical language a bit. Something along the lines of "we layman be
not learned enough to understand".
Yes, that's a reasonable suggestion.
The debate about "too technical" has been going on for years and will
not stop anytime soon. The question on the other side is, "if you don't
already know what these basic terms mean, how can you understand what's
being said in this article?".
If the authors just remember to link all the technical terms that may be
unfamiliar, that would be a good start. Also, keeping the lede as
untechnical as possible is a good practice. Even if someone cannot read
the rest of the article, a good lede conveys the basic points as a
sort of micro-article.
- Carl