User:CPES/definitions

add: add new information

ambiguity:

apparent contradiction: logically correct but appears to contradict. Often caused by using the same word in different contexts.

CC-BY: Creative Commons Attribution license?

CC-BY-SA:

clarify:

contradiction:

consistent: use same name, format, etc throughout article. For example an article may have, '18th century' and '1700s'.

Eng: English. may be logical but non standard use

expand: expand existing information so that it is more informative.

gram: grammar

GFDL:

GPL: General Public License

GNU: GNU is Not Unix (treat GNU as a noun)

group: place related subjects together

KIS: Keep It Simple

LGPL: Lesser General Public License

match: pronoun with noun; members of a list with list name; action with list; etc

Oxford comma: last comma in a list before 'and' to improve clarity

pic: picture (image)

pleon: pleonasm

POV: point of view

prolix: prolixity

punct: punctuation

pix: pixel

readability:

repetition:

rev: revert normally due to vandalism or erroneous good faith edit

run-on ambiguity: logically and grammatically correct but misleading when casually scanned. eg: 'Her interests are, English, history, and philosophy.' Looks like 'English history' at a quick scan. Run-on ambiguity also occurs between sentences.

self: self-error

shorten: shorten but maintain same meaning

sort: rearrange in order: chronological, importance, alphabetical, etc

specific: replace pronoun with noun. specify an exact number or date etc. for example replace 'up till now' or 'next year' with 'as of 2015' and '2016' respectively.

spell: spelling. often UK/US variations in spelling cause problems but stay with context and other spelling in article.

tidy: generally tidy up a portion of text so that it constitutes a whole, and is digestible by the average reader.

typo: typing error

uneven list: A list with differing elements of number, tense, etc

van: vandalism

WIP: work in progress

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