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List:       wikien-l
Subject:    [WikiEN-l] Fwd:  Accessibility of technical articles
From:       David Gerard <dgerard () gmail ! com>
Date:       2011-02-17 18:51:34
Message-ID: AANLkTinwWRR+78LTLS-buPj47B5yrCXJ_8DPzyiXmkP4 () mail ! gmail ! com
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On 17 February 2011 18:37, Ian Woollard <ian.woollard@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 17 February 2011 17:52, David Gerard <dgerard@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.

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