[WikiEN-l] Writing with our readers in mind

Mon Jul 11 12:54:11 UTC 2005

On 7/10/05, Dan Grey <dangrey at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/07/05, Fred Bauder <fredbaud at ctelco.net> wrote:
> Take, for example, paracetamol:
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracetamol#Mechanism_of_Toxicity
> 
> What the hell does that mean?! It is, frankly, total garbage.
> Completely correct, no doubt, but meaningless to the vast amjority of
> people - and a lot of people want to know why paracetamol can kill
> them so easily.
> 
Now that's a good example of overusing scientific terms. If someone
had described the role of the pathways and what they actually were in
the article (did they?) a simply explaining what oversaturation is
would do the trick.