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==Introduction==
 
==Introduction==
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===Aims===
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The aim of this (working) paper/guide are as follows:
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*To provide guidance for editors in developing good writing skills while avoiding common mistakes.
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*To establish a consistent series of terms/abbreviations/nomenclature to be used.
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*To discuss the overall work processes involved in the Wiki, along with how and where editing/writing fits into these processes.
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**(''TBC - Discussion of Translation vis-à-vis Editing/Writing?'')
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===Why Now?===
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I actually have a day job now, so I anticipate becoming very busy in the near future, for an indeterminate period of time.
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As with the Wiki, the volume of work involved may ebb and flow according to the different times of the year, but I figured that I might as well get this out there and ready for consumption (or for someone to take over writing in the future) before I get overwhelmed. (Insert something about giving a man a fish versus teaching a man to fish here.)
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My job involves a metric ton of writing/editing/redoing-both-of-the-above as it is, so many of the skills are transferable to doing something like this anyway (and vice versa).
    
==General Guidelines==
 
==General Guidelines==
    
==Useful References/Texts==
 
==Useful References/Texts==
*[[Guide:Translations]] by Remi
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*Gowers, Ernest. ''Plain Words: A Guide to the Use of English''. 1954. Edited by Rebecca Gowers, Penguin UK, 2015.
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*Scarlet, Remi. [[Guide:Translations]]. Web.
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