This essay is an original work by Ed Poor. Please comment only on the talk page.
Some contributors, writing as if they really know their subject and are "only trying to help", have rendered a large number of our academic articles unusable by the average, typical reader. They say they are trying to make our work comprehensive; the result is instead to make our work incomprehensible.
Our writing standards require that advanced material be properly labeled; separated from elementary material; and also introduced in ways that less-advanced readers can begin to understand them (see Article reading level). They must serve the dual purpose of providing a reference for the advanced reader, but also helping the more typical reader to learn new and harder ideas.