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