User:Jongarrettuk/Better writing guide

This is a working page to see whether all the guides (rather than policies) on writing better articles can be effectively merged and simplified. This is an exercise in consolidating existing non-binding guidance on writing better articles. It is not intended to become policy, but it is intended to supplement documents that are policy: Wikipedia:Manual of Style, Wikipedia:How to edit a page.

The proposal is that every article noted below as being 'merged in' would become a redirect to a Wikipedia:Guide to writing better articles page instead.

The proposal does not refer to guidance on writing articles that are lists or are disambiguation pages.

See also: User:Jongarrettuk/Better writing guide (current draft)

Wikipedia:How to write a great article

Wikipedia:The perfect article

Articles to merge into one:

1. Wikipedia:Avoid blanket statements (merged in) (now a redirect)
2. Wikipedia:Avoid making your articles orphans (merged in) (now a redirect)
3. Wikipedia:Avoid peacock terms (merged in)
4. Wikipedia:Avoid weasel terms (merged in)
5. Wikipedia:Balance parts of a page (merged in) (now a redirect)
6. Wikipedia:Define and describe (merged in) (now a redirect)
7. Wikipedia:Distill fact from opinion (not covered - not official policy/guideline and not clear what it means) (now a redirect)
8. Wikipedia:Don't use external links where we'll want Wikipedia links (merged in) (now a redirect)
9. Wikipedia:Establish context (merged in) (now a redirect)
10. Wikipedia:Explain jargon (merged in)
11. Wikipedia:Follow highlighting conventions (merged in)
12. Wikipedia:Guide to layout (merged in)
13. Wikipedia:How to break up a page (merged in)
14. Wikipedia:Integrate changes (merged in) (now a redirect)
15. Wikipedia:Lead section (merged in) (now a redirect)
16. Wikipedia:Long article layout (merged in)
17. Wikipedia:Make a personal copy (merged in) (now a redirect)
18. Wikipedia:Make articles useful for readers (merged in)
19. Wikipedia:Make omissions explicit (merged in)
20. Wikipedia:News style (merged in) (now a redirect)
21. Wikipedia:One-sentence paragraphs (merged in)
22. Wikipedia:Pay attention to spelling (merged in) (now a redirect)
23. Wikipedia:Principle of least astonishment (merged in) (now a redirect)
24. Wikipedia:Pronoun (merged in) (now a redirect)
25. Wikipedia:Use color sparingly (merged in) (now a redirect)
26. Wikipedia:Use of 'refers to' (merged in) (now a redirect)
27. Wikipedia:Use other languages sparingly (merged in) (now a redirect)
28. Wikipedia:Use short sentences and lists (merged in)
29. Wikipedia:Summary style (merged in) (now a redirect)
30. Wikipedia:Stay on topic (merged in)
31. Wikipedia:Check your facts (merged in)
32. Wikipedia:Check your fiction (merged in) (now a redirect)
33. Wikipedia:Describe external links (merged in) (now a redirect)