User:Jongarrettuk/Better writing guide

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This is a working page to see whether all the guides (rather than policies) on writing better articles can be effectively merged and simplified. This is an exercise in consolidating existing non-binding guidance on writing better articles. It is not intended to become policy, but it is intended to supplement documents that are policy: Wikipedia:Manual of Style, Wikipedia:How to edit a page.

The proposal is that every article noted below as being 'merged in' would become a redirect to a Wikipedia:Guide to writing better articles page instead.

The proposal does not refer to guidance on writing articles that are lists or are disambiguation pages.

Wikipedia:How to write a great article

Wikipedia:The perfect article

Articles to merge into one:

Wikipedia:Avoid blanket statements (merged in) (now a redirect)
Wikipedia:Avoid making your articles orphans (merged in) (now a redirect)
Wikipedia:Avoid peacock terms (merged in)
Wikipedia:Avoid weasel terms (merged in)
Wikipedia:Balance parts of a page (merged in) (now a redirect)
Wikipedia:Define and describe (merged in) (now a redirect)
Wikipedia:Distill fact from opinion (not covered - not official policy/guideline and not clear what it means) (now a redirect)
Wikipedia:Don't use external links where we'll want Wikipedia links (merged in) (now a redirect)
Wikipedia:Establish context (merged in) (now a redirect)
Wikipedia:Explain jargon (merged in)
Wikipedia:Follow highlighting conventions (merged in)
Wikipedia:Guide to layout (merged in)
Wikipedia:How to break up a page (merged in)
Wikipedia:Integrate changes (merged in) (now a redirect)
Wikipedia:Lead section (merged in) (now a redirect)
Wikipedia:Long article layout (merged in)
Wikipedia:Make a personal copy (merged in) (now a redirect)
Wikipedia:Make articles useful for readers (merged in)
Wikipedia:Make omissions explicit (merged in)
Wikipedia:News style (merged in) (now a redirect)
Wikipedia:One-sentence paragraphs (merged in)
Wikipedia:Pay attention to spelling (merged in) (now a redirect)
Wikipedia:Principle of least astonishment (merged in) (now a redirect)
Wikipedia:Pronoun (merged in) (now a redirect)
Wikipedia:Use color sparingly (merged in) (now a redirect)
Wikipedia:Use of 'refers to' (merged in) (now a redirect)
Wikipedia:Use other languages sparingly (merged in) (now a redirect)
Wikipedia:Use short sentences and lists (merged in)
Wikipedia:Summary style (merged in) (now a redirect)
Wikipedia:Stay on topic (merged in)
Wikipedia:Check your facts (merged in)
Wikipedia:Check your fiction (merged in) (now a redirect)
Wikipedia:Describe external links (merged in) (now a redirect)

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