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Inconsistency in naming and formatting within an article makes the text more difficult to understand. Sifting through an article, using your memory of what has come before to pick up glitches, is a good exercise for editors who are relatively inexperienced at copy-editing. Here are a few examples of
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Derfflinger was part of the First Scouting Group for most of World War I, and was involved in several fleet actions during the war, taking part in the bombardments of English coastal towns, as well as the Battles of Dogger Bank and Jutland, where her stubborn resistance led to the British nicknaming
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A lot of MilHist involves storytelling. Stories are strings of actions and facts; once the reader knows it's a narrative description of a battle or the development of a new military helicopter technology, you can usually strengthen the flow by removing such sequence words as "then", "in addition",
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These pages have detailed information. English is that kind of language—big and baggy and needing lots of reining in. Don't be daunted by their size; they are there to assist you, and gradually you'll become familiar with the issues and know where to access them quickly and easily if you need to.
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Building fresh collaborations or finding your way into an existing network of editors is very much a social experience. The benefits need to be reciprocal (at least over time), and are partly based on whether people like interacting with you and partly on the fit of your skills and knowledge with
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Knowledge has a powerful and unique role to play in recording military history. As well as pursuing high standards of accuracy, verification and neutrality, the quality of prose and formatting of our military history articles should aim to be of a professional standard. Good prose is important to
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Now the sequence of events is clearer, and it turns out that knowing what "reconnaissance in force" means, here and now, is essential. There's no confusion between that and the full campaign; instead, the readers get a feeling for how a nasty surprise must have rolled all too quickly into a
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Make the flow of consciousness simple. Often, MilHist articles need to describe a long, complex series of events; it can be hard to present such a narrative logically to readers, especially when you know the story well yourself. Here's an example from the lead of the otherwise-good article,
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Aim to bring all readers into your topic. It's easy to assume expert or semi-expert knowledge when you're close to a topic; try to read it as though you're an interested, intelligent non-expert. There may be occasional exceptions; when a topic or section is highly technical (such as on
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Redundancy, rather than poor grammar and spelling, is the biggest source of problems in prose. A smooth read requires no wasted words; it's as simple as that. All good writing is lean. It's an acquired skill—an attitude that, with practice, you can switch on easily. Here's an example:
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English is more particular than most languages about the close repetition of words. By this, we don't mean common grammatical words—such as "the" and "to"—but lexical items. The less-frequently-used a word normally is, the more a reader will notice its repetition.
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use of focused wikilinking and brief definitions using parentheses, dashes or commas; you'll know you're trying too hard to explain things if the text becomes cluttered. Editorial judgement and feedback from your collaborators is important in this respect.
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made an opportunistic attempt to drive into the German flank through a gap in the front line and to seize the town of Villers-Bocage. Although the troops were hampered by rain and strong winds and eventually withdrew, they managed to cause considerable
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is an important tool for getting the most out of your writing and editing. Ironically, being too close to the text you're working on can be a disadvantage. There are several ways of temporarily distancing yourself from it, including the following:
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What skills do they have? (There are many possibilities, including copy-editing, researching secondary sources and verification, broad historical contexts, military strategy, image management, and military engineering, geography, aviation, and
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However, repetition isn't quite as simple as this. There's bad repetition (like what we've just seen) and good repetition. Explicitly "back-referring" to an important word by repeating it can make the text more cohesive and avoid ambiguity.
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You may also have opportunities to attract non-member Wikipedians (and even people who are not yet Wikipedians) into MilHist, to work on a single project or on a longer-term basis. Naturally, this is strongly encouraged by the WikiProject.
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is usually essential to producing fine MilHist articles. Unless you have a lot of experience and the right range of skills, you'll need to be a team player − knowing your strengths and weaknesses and matching them with those of others.
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It can be instructive to see what reviewers say about the prose of MilHist nominations and to observe the diffs of nominations as they improve in this respect. At FAC, there has been steady improvement in the quality of MilHist prose.
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The writing in MilHist articles does not need to be beautiful; the challenge is, rather, that it be engaging as well as plain and easy to read. Here are general tips on what to aim for in copy-editing MilHist articles.
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of WikiProject MilHist, whose areas of expertise are included in the membership list. There are three important factors in how you prioritise your social and professional networking with other MilHist editors:
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Similarly, long paragraphs are daunting to readers. Identify where you might break them to allow readers to "start afresh" and download the previous information, as it were, into their long-term memory.
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Often, copy-editors and those with substantive knowledge of the topic and its sources will need to interact to produce a professional article. This can be done on the article's talk page and in
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In terms of organisation, it is often helpful to copy-edit more than one article or section at a time and to alternate between them to freshen your mind. No two copy-edits are exactly alike.
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the force achieved tactical surprise, but the islands proved to be far from unoccupied. A furious battle ensued for the control of the Admiralty Islands that was fought out on the islands,
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and the other four battlecruisers were to support the Thames attack. After both attacks, the fleet was to concentrate off the Dutch coast, where it would meet the Grand Fleet in battle.
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to other editors, which can be inserted into the body of the article text. Take care to use the latter method judiciously, without accidentally changing the appearance of the text.
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On the personal level, many topics involve the ultimate sacrifice by people whose memory is still very much alive, and we need to do justice to this memory in article prose.
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in the bombardments of English coastal towns, as well as the Battles of Dogger Bank and Jutland, where her stubborn resistance led to the British nicknaming her "Iron Dog".
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in the bombardments of English coastal towns, as well as the Battles of Dogger Bank and Jutland, where her stubborn resistance led to the British nicknaming her "Iron Dog".
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maintaining and increasing the authority and reputation of Knowledge's military history articles and their contribution to our understanding of history in a broader sense.
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informed von Reuter that the Armistice was to expire at noon on 21 June 1919, which was the deadline by which Germany was to have signed the peace treaty.
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It was decided by Admiral Friedrich von Ingenohl, the commander of the High Seas Fleet, that another raid on the English coast was to be carried out.
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made an opportunistic attempt to drive into the German flank through a gap in the front line and to seize the town of Villers-Bocage. Although
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Print out the text and mark it up with a pen, preferably in a different environment from where you normally edit (cafes are good for that).
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But wait: there's more you can do. After the comma, there are two more bad patches. In total, five words could be replaced by just two.
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Admiral Friedrich von Ingenohl, the commander of the High Seas Fleet, decided to carry out another raid on the English coast.
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Acting on reports from airmen that there were no signs of enemy activity and that the islands may have been evacuated,
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Copy editors are in short supply at Knowledge, so if copy-editing is not your strength you'll need to do two things:
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The letter home: a British soldier writing in a loft over a cow-shed "somewhere near the front", 30 December 1914
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of the islands. The campaign started on 29 February 1944 when a small force was landed on a beach on
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