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Essay on the readability of articles

Essay on editing Wikipedia

This is anessay onstyle.

It contains the advice or opinions of one or more Wikipedia contributors. This page is not an encyclopedia article or aWikipedia policy, as it has not beenreviewed by the community.

Flow in a nutshell: Reduce the burden on the reader by writing well. Remember to read and review your own writing.

When writing an article, it is important to remember and respect thereader's ability to read uninterrupted. Interruptions causecognitive load: when people are distracted by how the text was written, it becomes harder for them to pay attention to the information in the text. Poorly written text will be seen by readers as confusing, unorganized, or choppy.

A good way to check for flow is reading the article out-loud. The best advice for finding flow issues is to sleep on it. However, it is not required to find flow that is worse than it could be in any given mental state.

Causes

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Badly writtensemantics. While the text technically includes all of the information that should be there, it still has ambiguity.
Inconsistent writing style or terminology.
Inappropriate or gratuitoususe of jargon.
Having to re-interpret the sentence or skip words due to them being far too close to each other.
Inconsistent text sequencing^[1]
Wronggrammar in general is something that detracts from flow.
Repetitive sentence structures.

Examples

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Plurality (identity)

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This change makes the text less convoluted to read, meaning it is easier for the reader to parse.

Incorrect: "[...] while plural communities and their associated organizations emerged in greater abundance in 1990s online communities."
Correct: "[...] while in the 1990s, online plural communities and their associated organizations emerged in greater abundance"

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page_title	comment_text	rev_page	rev_parent_id
Antisemitism in Christianity	improved flow	6728	77248
Logical formatting	debolding, linking, improved flow	55379	88137
Flour	improve flow	56232	91945
Drawing	copyedit, rearrange for flow	8544	90636
History of Palestinian statehood	Reworded to make text flow	48276	133554
USS Liberty incident	cocentrated description of events in one coherent flow	32071	137612
Easton's Bible Dictionary	reoredered paras for flow	68695	144378
Generations of Noah	para reordering for flow	71493	154729
Thermal conduction	link heat flow	72536	158773
Niccolò Paganini	mentioned that he is a violinist (minor oversight) + some minor reorg of sentences to improve flow	21511	41395
Liberal arts college	NPOV and moving LMS mod to restore flow	18612	265179
Wikipedia utilities/Page titles to be deleted	add discounted_cash_flow	33841	331424789
Auseklis Ozols	Edit for flow	102292	349750
Québécois (word)	edit for flow	25346	351330
Society for Creative Anachronism	edit for flow	28981	351449
Manifest destiny	Integrating views on manifest destiny to improve the flow	90664	316978
Christopher Moore (author)	edit for flow	93792	351466
Duct tape	edit for flow	43707	360316
Wagonway	edit for flow	100782	351320
Christianity and homosexuality	changed sentence to improve flow	7272	439470
Jörg Haider	small edits for flow	23772028	448639
Galileo Galilei	improved flow	29688374	450158
Henry I of England	piping link for better flow	14179	544706
Pol Pot	more logical flow	24326	549504
Evolution	some gross reorganization -- no change of content. The discussion of creationist appropriation of microevolution terminology still needs edition for flow	9236	571661
Raëlism	reorganizing for more coherence/flow	25915	580222
Main Page/Temp	better flow	142386	581853
Ligier	more logical flow	164082	596503
Jug band	prolly needs some wikifying and editing for flow	59019	600591
Fortune-telling	edit new material into main article flow	54116	81414
Windows 95	Re-ordered paragraphs for better flow	34064	611149
SQL Slammer	fix link to buffer overrun/overflow	174312	626287
Fatwa	edit for flow	11259	360322
Roger & Me	trying to neutralize wildly POV statements, both pro and con; attributing and/or expanding criticisms I know about, also working on grammar and flow	98164	677676
Telegraph key	Info on glass arm and sideswiper, more detail on bugs and keyers, minor reorg to improve flow	187553	697244
Blood	more about blood composition, blood flow	3997	746573
Exposure (photography)	more logical flow	166868	581982
Espresso	Reformatted for flow	47660	831202
Alternative hip-hop	editing for flow	23712589	844568
Sterling silver	Improved flow	221192	918725
Shadow	Comma stack overflow	217296	928149
Programmable logic controller	subsections and flow	24992	927610
Romance of the Three Kingdoms	rewrite for better flow	157837	1006317
United States federal government continuity of operations	editing paragraphs to improve flow	42366	1026287
Music sequencer	edit for flow	127510	1035805
Chess960	Reorganize, improve flow	68042	1118039
United States dollar	flow	18717338	1151992
Apostolic succession	work on clarification and flow	2257	1153787
Lever	rearranged for more logical flow	38857	1196795
Slug	Added slug as a unit of mass, slug flow	18619339	1189426

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References

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^"Flow".The Writing Center • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved2025-11-17.

Philosophy	Articles are more important than policy Articles must be written All Five Pillars are equally important Avoid vague introductions Civil POV pushing Cohesion Competence is required Concede lost arguments Dissent is not disloyalty Don't lie Don't search for objections Duty to comply Editing Wikipedia is like visiting a foreign country Editors will sometimes be wrong Eight simple rules for editing our encyclopedia Explanationism External criticism of Wikipedia Five pillars Here to build an encyclopedia Large language models Leave it to the experienced Levels of competence Levels of consensus Most ideas are bad Need Not broken is ugly Not editing because of Wikipedia restriction Not every article can be a Featured Article The one question Oversimplification Paradoxes Paraphrasing POV and OR from editors, sources, and fields Process is important Product, process, policy Purpose Reasonability rule Systemic bias There is no seniority Ten Simple Rules for Editing Wikipedia Tendentious editing The role of policies in collaborative anarchy The rules are principles Trifecta We are absolutely here to right great wrongs Wikipedia in brief Wikipedia is an encyclopedia Wikipedia is a community Wikipedia is not RationalWiki
Article construction	100K featured articles Abandoned stubs Acronym overkill Adding images improves the encyclopedia Advanced text formatting Akin's Laws of Article Writing Alternatives to the "Expand" template Amnesia test A navbox on every page An unfinished house is a real problem Archive your sources Article revisions Articles have a half-life Autosizing images Avoid mission statements Be neutral in form Beef up that first revision Blind men and an elephant BOLD, revert, discuss cycle Build content to endure Cherrypicking Chesterton's fence Children's lit, adult new readers, & large-print books Citation overkill Citation underkill Common-style fallacy Concept cloud Creating controversial content Criticisms of society may be consistent with NPOV and reliability Dictionaries as sources Don't cite Wikipedia on Wikipedia Don't demolish the house while it's still being built Don't get hung up on minor details Don't hope the house will build itself Don't panic Don't "teach the controversy" Editing on mobile devices Editors are not mindreaders Encourage the newcomers Endorsements (commercial) Featured articles may have problems Formatting bilateral relations articles Formatting bilateral relations templates Fruit of the poisonous tree Give an article a chance How to write a featured article Identifying and using independent sources History sources Law sources Primary sources Science sources Style guides Tertiary sources Ignore STRONGNAT for date formats Introduction to structurism Link rot Mine a source Merge Test Minors and persons judged incompetent "Murder of" articles Not every story/event/disaster needs a biography Not everything needs a navbox Not everything needs a template Nothing is in stone Obtain peer review comments Organizing disambiguation pages by subject area Permastub Potential, not just current state Presentism Principle of Some Astonishment The problem with elegant variation Pro and con lists Printability Publicists Put a little effort into it Restoring part of a reverted edit Robotic editing Sham consensus Source your plot summaries Specialized-style fallacy Stublet Stub Makers Run an edit-a-thon Temporary versions of articles Tertiary-source fallacy There are no shortcuts to neutrality There is no deadline There is a deadline The deadline is now Try not to leave it a stub What is a reliable source Understanding Wikipedia's content standards Walled garden What an article should not include Wikipedia is a work in progress Wikipedia is not being written in an organized fashion The world will not end tomorrow Write the article first Writing better articles
Writing article content	Avoid thread mode Copyediting reception sections Coup Don't throw more litter onto the pile Gender-neutral language Myth vs fiction Proseline Reading in a flow state Turning biology research into a Wikipedia article Use our own words We shouldn't be able to figure out your opinions Write the article first Writing about women Writing better articles
Removing or deleting content	Adjectives in your recommendations AfD is not a war zone Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions Arguments to avoid in deletion reviews Arguments to avoid in image deletion discussions Arguments to make in deletion discussions Avoid repeated arguments Before commenting in a deletion discussion But there must be sources! Confusing arguments mean nothing Content removal Counting and sorting are not original research Delete or merge Delete the junk Deletion is not cleanup Does deletion help? Don't attack the nominator Don't confuse stub status with non-notability Don't overuse shortcuts to policy and guidelines to win your argument Emptying categories out of process Follow the leader How the presumption of notability works How to save an article nominated for deletion I just don't like it Identifying blatant advertising Identifying test edits Immunity Keep it concise Liar liar pants on fire No Encyclopedic Use Nothing Nothing is clear Overzealous deletion Relisting can be abusive Relist bias The Heymann Standard Unopposed AFD discussion Wikipedia is not Whack-A-Mole Why was the page I created deleted? What to do if your article gets tagged for speedy deletion When in doubt, hide it in the woodwork Zombie page

Essays on civility

The basics	Accepting other users Apology Autistic editors Being right isn't enough Contributing to complicated discussions Divisiveness Don't retaliate Editors' pronouns Edit at your own pace Encouraging the newcomers Enjoy yourself Expect no thanks How to be civil Maintaining a friendly space Negotiation Obsessive–compulsive disorder editors Please say please Relationships with academic editors Thank you Too long; didn't read Truce Unblock perspectives We are all Wikipedians here You have a right to remain silent
Philosophy	A thank you never hurts A weak personal attack is still wrong Advice for hotheads An uncivil environment is a poor environment Be the glue Beware of the tigers! Civility warnings Deletion as revenge Duty to comply Failure Forgive and forget It's not the end of the world Nobody cares Most people who disagree with you on content are not vandals On Wikipedia no one knows you're a dog Old-fashioned Wikipedian values Profanity, civility, and discussions Revert notification opt-out Shadowless Fists of Death! Staying cool when the editing gets hot The grey zone The last word There is no Divine Right of Editors Most ideas are bad Nothing is clear Reader The rules of polite discourse There is no common sense Two wrongs don't make a right Wikipedia clichés Wikipedia is not about winning Wikipedia should not be a monopoly Writing for the opponent
Dos	Assume good faith Assume the assumption of good faith Assume no clue Avoid personal remarks Avoid the word "vandal" Be excellent to one another Be pragmatic Beyond civility Call a spade a spade Candor Deny recognition Desist Discussing cruft Drop the stick and back slowly away from the horse carcass Encourage full discussions Get over it How to lose Imagine others complexly Just drop it Keep it concise Keep it down to earth Mind your own business Say "MOBY" Mutual withdrawal Read before commenting Read the room Settle the process first You can search, too
Don'ts	Wikipedia:Because I can Civil POV pushing Cyberbullying Don't accuse someone of a personal attack for accusing of a personal attack Don't be a fanatic Don't be a jerk Don't be an ostrich Don't be ashamed Don't be a WikiBigot Don't be high-maintenance Don't be inconsiderate Don't be obnoxious Don't be prejudiced Don't be rude Don't be the Fun Police Don't bludgeon the process Don't call a spade a spade Don't call people by their real name Don't call the kettle black Don't call things cruft Don't come down like a ton of bricks Don't cry COI Don't demand that editors solve the problems they identify Don't eat the troll's food Don't fight fire with fire Don't give a fuck Don't help too much Don't ignore community consensus Don't knit beside the guillotine Don't make a smarmy valediction part of your signature Don't remind others of past misdeeds Don't shout Don't spite your face Don't take the bait Don't template the regulars Don't throw your toys out of the pram Do not insult the vandals Griefing Hate is disruptive Nationalist editing No angry mastodons just madmen No ableism No Nazis No racists No Confederates No queerphobia No, you can't have a pony Passive aggression POV railroad Superhatting There are no oracles There's no need to guess someone's preferred pronouns You can't squeeze blood from a turnip UPPERCASE
WikiRelations	WikiBullying WikiCrime WikiHarassment WikiHate WikiLawyering WikiLove WikiPeace

About essays	Essay guide Value of essays Difference between policies, guidelines and essays Don't cite essays as if they were policy Avoid writing redundant essays Finding an essay Quote your own essay
Policies and guidelines	About policies and guidelines Policies Guidelines How to contribute to Wikipedia guidance Policy writing is hard

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