118Wiki:Define and describe

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118Wiki About Wiki Administrators Wiki Operations Guild Policies and Guidelines General disclaimer The wiki is public & permanent Privacy policy Frequently Asked Questions Build the Web Naming pages properly Define and describe Disambiguation Establishing context Explain Jargon Inform and entertain Intelligent Lifeform Index edit guide Make articles useful for readers Edit Summaries Orphan pages To Do List Using Categories Wiki Templates Wiki Ops Google Groups 118Wiki Forum Edit this nav Define and Describe When starting a new 118Wiki article, it's important to set out to define and describe the subject. To define a concept means, essentially, to make its meaning unambiguous and adequately precise. To do this you must show not only what a concept is, but what it isn't. You must show how the concept relates to other concepts of the same class, thereby establishing the limits of the concept. The description differs from the definition in that it shows the properties of the concept, rather than how the concept relates to others of the same class. Description without definition is mere anecdote. [1] If an article is longer than about one page, after you define and describe the subject, you should use the remainder of the opening paragraph to summarize it. See also: Establishing context

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