[WikiEN-l] Fwd: Accessibility of technical articles

[David Gerard]

(to list as well)


On 17 February 2011 18:37, Ian Woollard <ian.woollard at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 17 February 2011 17:52, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:

>> That said, the trouble with obsessive nerds who want things 100% right
>> is that articles become hideous unreadable thickets of subclauses. But
>> then, research appears to be a more widely available skill than good
>> writing.

> Or is it because writing well is difficult, and writing accurately is
> difficult, and writing well AND accurately is difficulty squared?


I believe that was precisely what I said in the quoted paragraph, yes.


> Nah, that would be ridiculous, it's just obsessive nerds who are broken; of
> course.


At this point you're reading things inside your own head rather than
things I wrote.


- d.