Association of Structurist Wikipedians
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While Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, it is not static—it is a wiki, constantly changing.
We should therefore write not only with present readers in mind, but with future editors; greater structure helps on both counts. For example, section headings make it easier to find information in an article, and easier for other editors to add information without sacrificing the article's flow.
While Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, it is displayed on screens, not paper. Screens have their own readability constraints.
Our motto: Making space for data.
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[edit] Tenets
- We support well-enumerated structure at every level of Wikimedia.
- Information that's useless when isolated (or when "thrown into a pile" of undifferentiated information) can become illuminating when made part of a logical structure.
- However, we discourage merging of articles with "non-redundant" content. Combining too much information in a single article discourages users from forging ahead with more detail and new ways of looking at the topic at hand.
- We frown upon excessive deletion. Nascent stubs or sentences may contain ideas that through grooming and structuring have the potential to grow into cogent, informative articles.
- We support short sections, paragraphs, and sentences for the reasons listed in the previous item, and also because the web imposes its own reading constraints. [1]
- We support clear, plain language. "The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do." (Thomas Jefferson)
[edit] A Third Way
Structurism is like Mergism in that it exists outside the inclusionism/deletionism debate, or tries to provide a solution to that debate. However, Structurism is also broadly opposed to Mergism because merged articles can be wearyingly long and provide little breathing room for future expansion.
[edit] Useful tools and resources
- CategoryTree
- CatLadder
- Ten tips on Writing the Living Web - A List Apart
- Writing for the Web - Jakob Nielsen
[edit] Members
Please see Association of Structurist Wikipedians/Members. Feel free to add yourself.
[edit] Promotion and User box
Use this template to promote and show your affiliation with this association:
Add {{User structurist}} to your user page to create this box:
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This User Is a Member of the Association of Structurist Wikipedians |
Put it your Babel user box like so: {{babel-2|en|structurist}}
You may use {{Vorlage:Strukturist}} in the german wikipedia.
