help-style
This is a series of stylistic tips:
- Make lots of links . If you mention a term in your article that you think needs explanation, do two things. First, run a search to see if anyone's done an article on it that you can link to. Second, if no such article exists yet, put in an article request.
- Don't make the perfect the enemy of the good . Be bold, and write something even if it's conspicuously adequate. No Wex entry is going to be perfect in its initial submission.
- Begin from the American law perspective .
- Avoid politicking , actual or intellectual. Law sits in close proximity both to public controversy and personal belief. Even-handed, balanced presentation is essential here. A good explanation of this neutral-point-of-view policy , as articulated by the Wikipedia project, can be found here .
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Try to avoid duplication.
- Run searches before starting a new article.
- Remember that eventually, we will be moving all of the existing LII "law about" articles to Wex. You can find a full listing of them here . If there is one that bears on your topic that we have not yet moved over, please let us know, even if you think the page in question needs improvement -- we'll be pleased to move it, and have you bring it up to snuff.
- Remember that Wex is an international resource , used by people from differing legal systems.
- Avoid needless jargon, and explain jargon that is needed. Remember that Wex is heavily used by laypeople. When you can't avoid jargon, make it the occasion for a contribution -- write an article explaining terms of art, specialized law vocabulary, etc.
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