Talk:Plain language/Archive 1

Archive 1

Solutions

There are a lot of references missing here, if that is what you mean. I'll see what I can do. There is also a lot of information missing on the recent plain-language movement, which began in the 70's. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bdubay (talk • contribs) 16:12, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

self-reference issue

This jargonizing of 'plain language' needs a bit of remediation. If nobody else does it, this will show up in my history and I'll eventually get to it. I've used 'plain language' in a recent editorial improvement to concatenation (mathematics) where it's in opposition to convention (norm) (which also is an article needing work). But I could not cite this article because it's located a little too much in one reference and what it says (I think that's the problem).Julzes (talk) 11:46, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Have you considered "natural language" or "common meaning" instead of "plain language" for your concatenation entry? "Plain language" to describe the sense in this article is a common term (hard to call it jargon; it seems to be simply descriptive) among editors and writers. I can't think of a better generic term. Andy (talk) 16:50, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

Clean up

This article needs sources and inline citations and maybe some POV edits. It also is treading the line of a "how-to". Ddawkins73 (talk) 11:25, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Recent additions have turned this into a (possibly inaccurate) business promo for the British for-profit company Plain English Campaign. I removed that, but there still needs to be some discussion, of a more objective type, of the not-for-profit organizations involved in plain language activity. As suggested by BDubay below.CS

Partly in response to Bdubay’s comment about the need for information about the recent plain language movement, I have added a short paragraph about plain language in courts and legal aid agencies. If any concerns, please let me know.

On a separate note, are there objections to removing the flag “This article’s factual accuracy is disputed”? The flag was added in 2009 and the page has been substantially revised since then. -madisonlb — Preceding unsigned comment added by Madisonlb (talk • contribs) 18:09, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

Untitled

Article merged: See old talk-page here — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fluous (talk • contribs) 04:05, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

Merged articles

Merged "plain language movement" into plain language. The movement is best described in the history of plain language. Fluous (talk) 04:12, 23 March 2013 (UTC)