Talk:Paleoparasitology

Tone of article

This is an interesting article but the tone is a bit too scientific in parts. To quote from WP:what wikipedia is not under "not a manual guide or textbook":

A Wikipedia article should not be presented on the assumption that the reader is well versed in the topic's field. Introductory language in the lead and initial sections of the article should be written in plain terms and concepts that can be understood by any literate reader of Wikipedia without any knowledge in the given field before advancing to more detailed explanations of the topic. While wikilinks should be provided for advanced terms and concepts in that field, articles should be written on the assumption that the reader will not follow these links, instead attempting to infer their meaning from the text.

As an example I don't think "Multi-trophic systems similar to present-day examples have also been deciphered, such as plant host/gall inducer/inquiline and plant host/insect parasite/predator systems." are easily understandable by someone who is not a biologist and some of the terms like metazoan could do with an explanation, in the way that holocene has a short definition. Richerman (talk) 10:39, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Toned down a bit

Thanks for the suggestion. This article and Archaeoparasitology were my first contributions to Wikipedia, and I am still getting used to the style. I have rewritten some parts of this article with a more general audience in mind. In future submissions I will try to err more on the side of clarity, versus brevity.

Mgrien (talk) 04:14, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks - I'm glad you found my suggestions helpful. As you obviously take the need for citations seriously, could I give you a tip to make adding them easier? If you click on "my preferences" then "gadgets" tick "refTools" and "save" it adds a tool to the editing bar which makes adding citations much easier using templates without the need for lots of formatting. Happy editing! Richerman (talk) 01:09, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

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