GoodStyle

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GoodStyle

• Write only factual information.
• Give concrete advice, rather than abstract.
• Make editing and elaboration easier by avoiding the use of "I" where possible (except in your WikiHomePage).o Write and sign first-person accounts when reporting experiences and opinions not easily reduced to facts or objective advice.
• Place words where they are easy to read; this is not always at the bottom, but they should not be placed before the "OpeningStatement".
• Respect the freedom you have been given.
• Edit pages to emphasize the flow of ideas, not the order in which they were contributed.
• Be concise and stay OnTopic? for the page.
• Use language you'd be comfortable reading out loud - use versus utilize - and keep it simple. Simple language often communicates better.
• Check for spelling and grammar errors - errors detract from the content.
• Edit only when you think a page is lacking - don't just sign your name at the bottom of every page.
• Delete only if doing so adds value.
• Remember, if you want a nice page, make one.
• Don't say things that are likely to make others mad. Practice civility and understatement.
• Above all, be good, and play nice!

The following additional points are true, useful and relevant, but are not specifically about style:

• The server has very simple TextFormattingRules?. Start each line without spaces, and separate paragraphs with a blank line. You can run capitalized words together to make WikiLinks?.
• Use HorizontalSeparators? to make things easier to read. Lots of different comments with no separation can otherwise be confusing.
• As a visitor to this site or editor of this page, you have some responsibility; the responsibility is "Spirit of Freedom and Spirit of Quality". Everybody can contribute constructively by not contributing when he/she doesn't have anything to contribute.

Write only factual information.

• How does a Freelance_writer distinguish between fact and theory, between opinion and authority? Personal opinion is unavoidable, but that does not absolve you from aiming for objectivity.
• Writing in the past tense helps some of us to stick to the facts. Writing without past or future tense (i.e., in the NOW) helps the truth come out.
• NeverWriteRecently: stick to WikiNow?.