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I'm not going to sign up to review this at the moment because I'm involved in too many other things, but I want to remark that at the moment the quality of writing is not up to GA standards. I'll illustrate using the first few sentences of the lead:
And all of this even though NDFD gives a perfectly clear and easily understandable definition of the term.
Mark Twain said that one of the rules of good writing is to use the right word, not its second cousin. This article violates that rule a few dozen times. It is written in a sort of bureaucratese that can hardly be understood by ordinary humans. An article on a topic like this ought to be understandable by an intelligent high school student. Sorry to be harsh, but I think in the long run it will benefit you to get this message as quickly and clearly as possible. Regards, Looie496 ( talk) 04:30, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
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I'm not going to sign up to review this at the moment because I'm involved in too many other things, but I want to remark that at the moment the quality of writing is not up to GA standards. I'll illustrate using the first few sentences of the lead:
And all of this even though NDFD gives a perfectly clear and easily understandable definition of the term.
Mark Twain said that one of the rules of good writing is to use the right word, not its second cousin. This article violates that rule a few dozen times. It is written in a sort of bureaucratese that can hardly be understood by ordinary humans. An article on a topic like this ought to be understandable by an intelligent high school student. Sorry to be harsh, but I think in the long run it will benefit you to get this message as quickly and clearly as possible. Regards, Looie496 ( talk) 04:30, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
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