On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 8:40 AM, MZMcBride wrote:
> Erik Moeller wrote:
> > Terms like "strategy", "mission statement" and "stakeholder" have
> > concrete organizational meaning. Yes, they are also often used as part
> > of marketing copy or organizational copy in ways that are unhelpful,
> > be
Erik Moeller wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 3:16 AM, Tom Morris wrote:
>> Mostly though, thanks to the Internet and multinational corporations,
>> godawful business jargon crosses all national borders. Words and
>> phrases like 'onboarding', 'stakeholders', 'mission statements',
>> 'platforms',
>
> > Mostly though, thanks to the Internet and multinational corporations,
> > godawful business jargon crosses all national borders. Words and
> > phrases like 'onboarding', 'stakeholders', 'mission statements',
> > 'platforms', 'proactive', 'sectors' and pretty much anything
> > 'strategic', for
On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 4:19 AM, Erik Moeller wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 3:16 AM, Tom Morris wrote:
>
>> Mostly though, thanks to the Internet and multinational corporations,
>> godawful business jargon crosses all national borders. Words and
>> phrases like 'onboarding', 'stakeholders', 'm
On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 3:16 AM, Tom Morris wrote:
> Mostly though, thanks to the Internet and multinational corporations,
> godawful business jargon crosses all national borders. Words and
> phrases like 'onboarding', 'stakeholders', 'mission statements',
> 'platforms', 'proactive', 'sectors' an
Dear Tom,
I couldn't agree more. And I remember that I understand Amir's blog
entries quite well, in sharp opposition to some other WMF technical
guys' blog entries...
A copy-editor with an eye for newbies, non techies, non native
speakers of English etc. would be a great idea.
Kind regards
Ziko
On 19/02/2012 5:21 AM, Thierry Coudray wrote:
Thierry
who still not have found a good translation in French for accountability :)
You probably want "/imputabilité/" :-)
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On 19 February 2012 10:21, Thierry Coudray wrote:
>>
>> We're a multi-lingual movement, and this makes clear English even more
>> important. If something is unclear to a native speaker, it's even more
>> difficult for someone who has English as a second or third language.
>>
>
> I confirm.
> Its q
>
> We're a multi-lingual movement, and this makes clear English even more
> important. If something is unclear to a native speaker, it's even more
> difficult for someone who has English as a second or third language.
>
I confirm.
Its quite difficult for a non fluent english speaker to be involve
I'd recommend George Orwell's essay on "Politics and the English
Language". It's one of the most persuasive arguments to use clear
language I've read.
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/orwell46.htm
We're a multi-lingual movement, and this makes clear English even more
important. If something i
On Feb 18, 2012, at 6:27 PM, Tom Morris wrote:
> Accountabilities, plural? I can understand accountability, the state
> of being accountable to another. But I have no idea what
> accountabilities are. Can you collect them like Pokémon cards?
I want a set of those cards. No, I need a set of thos
On 18 February 2012 22:33, Tilman Bayer wrote:
> Hi Tom,
>
> On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 6:27 PM, Tom Morris wrote:
> > Since Wikipedia started in 2001, great effort has been put into
> > ensuring that it is readable, clear and understandable by visitors.
> > Good Wikipedia writing is clear, concise
Hi Tom,
On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 6:27 PM, Tom Morris wrote:
> Since Wikipedia started in 2001, great effort has been put into
> ensuring that it is readable, clear and understandable by visitors.
> Good Wikipedia writing is clear, concise, comprehensive and
> consistent. Excellent Wikipedia writin
2012/2/18 Steven Walling :
> Seems like a Catch-22 to me: documents about what we do at the Foundation
> are sometimes not plainly understandable, and yet you can't make them
> understandable unless you know what it is you're supposed to be describing.
It doesn't have to be based on external sourc
On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 9:27 AM, Tom Morris wrote:
> Commit to clear writing by adopting a policy of "copyediting almost
> always welcome" for chapter wikis, Foundation documents and as close
> to everything as possible. There are volunteers in the movement who
> happily spend hour after hour cop
Since Wikipedia started in 2001, great effort has been put into
ensuring that it is readable, clear and understandable by visitors.
Good Wikipedia writing is clear, concise, comprehensive and
consistent. Excellent Wikipedia writing is, according to English
Wikipedia's featured article criteria, "en
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