Talk:Main Page

Use this page for general comments on the wiki, things that need to be added, fixed, or deleted, or anything else.

If there's something you think should be added, but you don't know enough about it to add it, put it under things to be added, and hopefully someone with more experience will be able to help.

General Comments

 * Try to write formally.
 * Use proper grammar
 * Italicizing, Bolding and Underlining are generally unnecessary.

Sorry, but I disagree with 1.5 of those. Proper grammar, sure. Writing formally, not always. Using italics is always great for emphasis; bold is frequently necessary for formatting lists, and it goes a long way towards making things stand out. (Look at Wikitravel for great examples of how to use bold and italics for emphasis and readability.)

Anyway, my biggest complaint so far is that some of the advice is getting toned down to be really bland. The whole point of this wiki was so that redditors and other experienced students don't have to answer questions about "do I have to put my crappy GPA on my resume?", "Which building is the best?", "It's the second day of class and I already hate my professor, what can I do?"

In other words, I would really push to avoid easy stuff (if you can answer it with a google search, it doesn't belong... e.g. half the "what should I bring to college" page) and put in the advice that you wish people gave more often but never hear being said. BigPeteB (talk) 10:13, 27 June 2012 (EDT)

Writing formally just makes things easier to read and understand.

And I'm not disputing the formatting of lists, bolding is useful there simply for distinguishing elements. But to a large degree they aren't necessary to make what you're saying understood. --Ahallacy3 (talk) 12:41, 27 June 2012 (EDT)