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| I'm pretty sure I've approached you about this before, but please to articles. You use parentheticals far too much, like , where for some reason you write "On Earth-15061 (which takes place in an alternate future in the year 20XX)" instead of "On Earth-15061, which takes place in an alternate future in the year 20XX." Of course I have to ignore for a moment what "20XX" is supposed to mean to a casual reader... Is that a guess? Is that what the year is referred to in-universe? Who knows... | |||
| Excessive parentheticals make articles look sloppy and amateurish and are almost never the way to go. If your instinct is to use parentheticals, always try commas first, or consider rewriting the sentence. Parentheticals are not wedges to be hammered into the middle of sentences. Parentheticals are intended to be ''whispers''. We wouldn't be whispering "a black hole creating machine", we'd be saying it in a normal voice if we were explaining what the Heart of Darkness is. "Holy crap, the Triceratons have activated some kind of black hole generating machine--The Heart of Darkness!" ] (]) 16:40, 22 January 2016 (UTC) | |||
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Parentheticals
I'm pretty sure I've approached you about this before, but please stop adding parentheticals to articles. You use parentheticals far too much, like here, where for some reason you write "On Earth-15061 (which takes place in an alternate future in the year 20XX)" instead of "On Earth-15061, which takes place in an alternate future in the year 20XX." Of course I have to ignore for a moment what "20XX" is supposed to mean to a casual reader... Is that a guess? Is that what the year is referred to in-universe? Who knows...
Excessive parentheticals make articles look sloppy and amateurish and are almost never the way to go. If your instinct is to use parentheticals, always try commas first, or consider rewriting the sentence. Parentheticals are not wedges to be hammered into the middle of sentences. Parentheticals are intended to be whispers. We wouldn't be whispering "a black hole creating machine", we'd be saying it in a normal voice if we were explaining what the Heart of Darkness is. "Holy crap, the Triceratons have activated some kind of black hole generating machine--The Heart of Darkness!" Cyphoidbomb (talk) 16:40, 22 January 2016 (UTC)