https://thechange.wiki/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=the_change_wiki%3AWriting_style 2026-08-10T01:24:05Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.41.0 https://thechange.wiki/index.php?title=the_change_wiki:Writing_style&diff=1730&oldid=prev 2024-01-11T12:32:45Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 08:32, 11 January 2024</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l3">Line 3:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 3:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* Original research is welcome here.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* Original research is welcome here.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* Things should be straight-to-the-point, and easy to skim through. {{x|We welcome as much detail &amp; nuance as Wikipedia, but it should be tucked away neatly into expandables and subpages.}}</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* Things should be straight-to-the-point, and easy to skim through. {{x|We welcome as much detail &amp; nuance as Wikipedia, but it should be tucked away neatly into expandables and subpages.}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* Not only ''descriptive'', but also ''perscriptive''. {{x|Unlike other wikis that mostly just "tell it like it is", this wiki is a place to bring together ideas to reach consensus on what ''could'' - or even ''should'' be.}}</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* The main purpose is to inform people &amp; organizations how to make the world better.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* The main purpose is to inform people &amp; organizations how to make the world better.</div></td></tr> </table>

Elie https://thechange.wiki/index.php?title=the_change_wiki:Writing_style&diff=852&oldid=prev 2023-03-28T08:04:29Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 04:04, 28 March 2023</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This is ''not'' Wikipedia.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This is ''not'' Wikipedia.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* Not everything has to be formal. {{x|We highly value logical problem-solving and academic thought. But we try to avoid pedantic intros<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, as </del>they tend to derail conversations and lose the audience. Also, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">don</del>'<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">t be </del>afraid to break grammar rules, if it gets the point across more clearly.}}</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* Not everything has to be formal. {{x|We highly value logical problem-solving and academic thought. But we try to avoid pedantic intros <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">- </ins>they tend to derail conversations and lose the audience. Also, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">we</ins>'<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">re not </ins>afraid to break grammar rules, if it gets the point across more clearly.}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* Original research is welcome here.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* Original research is welcome here.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* Things should be straight-to-the-point, and easy to skim through. {{x|We welcome as much detail &amp; nuance as Wikipedia, but it should be tucked away neatly into expandables and subpages.}}</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* Things should be straight-to-the-point, and easy to skim through. {{x|We welcome as much detail &amp; nuance as Wikipedia, but it should be tucked away neatly into expandables and subpages.}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* The main purpose is to inform people &amp; organizations how to make the world better.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* The main purpose is to inform people &amp; organizations how to make the world better.</div></td></tr> </table>

Elie https://thechange.wiki/index.php?title=the_change_wiki:Writing_style&diff=845&oldid=prev 2023-03-28T06:11:40Z

<p>Created page with &quot;This is &#039;&#039;not&#039;&#039; Wikipedia. * Not everything has to be formal. {{x|We highly value logical problem-solving and academic thought. But we try to avoid pedantic intros, as they tend to derail conversations and lose the audience. Also, don&#039;t be afraid to break grammar rules, if it gets the point across more clearly.}} * Original research is welcome here. * Things should be straight-to-the-point, and easy to skim through. {{x|We welcome as much detail &amp; nuance as Wikipedia, bu...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>This is ''not'' Wikipedia.<br /> * Not everything has to be formal. {{x|We highly value logical problem-solving and academic thought. But we try to avoid pedantic intros, as they tend to derail conversations and lose the audience. Also, don't be afraid to break grammar rules, if it gets the point across more clearly.}}<br /> * Original research is welcome here.<br /> * Things should be straight-to-the-point, and easy to skim through. {{x|We welcome as much detail &amp; nuance as Wikipedia, but it should be tucked away neatly into expandables and subpages.}}<br /> * The main purpose is to inform people &amp; organizations how to make the world better.</div>

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