Talk:Enchylium limosum

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I think this article really gives a good education about the topic, and I would not want to see it ruined. But I think it starts to cross the "expert" boundary a bit - would it be possible to "translate" more of it so that readers without a degree in biology can learn more?

Separately from the level of expertise, the article is very wordy. I do not think there were any bad style choices, it's just from the way many subject experts write: setting down their complete thought process accurately, quickly, and confidently, then moving on to the next thing. This DOES put all the right information on the page in the right order, but it's in the form of a "raw brain-dump" that contains a lot of unnecessary words.

Just as Pascal described something he had written: "Je n'ai fait celle-ci plus longue que parce que je n'ai pas eu le loisir de la faire plus courte." ("I have only made this long because I didn't have time to make it shorter.") TooManyFingers (talk) 16:54, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

:@TooManyFingers, Hi, though belatedly, thank you for your observations and suggestions to ameliorate the article. You're right. Due my academic background and passions in general, I'm usually too technical about these sort of lichenology articles. And for an open encyclopedia, it's always a better idea to take a more approachable path to make the articles easier to comprehend to the masses outside of the subject expertise. {{pb}}Unfortunately, I could only wish I had some free time to endeavor to make this article or the others I've written of similar sorts, more accessible to the general reader, getting past the hectic IRL hectic schedules. X (talk) 18:12, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

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