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DanBC on March 25, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Best Textbooks on Every Subject

I wish the wikipedia leads were more concise. A two sentence description of the concept in the most basic understandable language possible.

Then the next paragraph can be a more accurate lead.

The the content list; then the contents.

Your zoomable book idea is a good one. I'd prefer authority with good cites over crowd-sourced with semi-random citing.

theoretick on March 25, 2012 [–]

I recommend checking out the "Simple English" wikipedia for more complex topics. It breaks those sentences down even more and is fantastic for math articles and the like.

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