Comment by tonymet
20 days ago
there are many copy editing projects that do this.
If you mean the left leaning tone / bias, that will be a bit more spicy. But general grammar, tone, ambiguity , superlatives – that’s the goal of copy editing.
I copy edit typesetting , for example.
> If you mean the left leaning tone / bias, that will be a bit more spicy. But general grammar, tone, ambiguity , superlatives – that’s the goal of copy editing
No, no I mainly mean non-neutral phrasing and/or too personal. Especially for people’s articles. (“And they released that greeeat album! But unfortunately the critics did not understand them… Booh!)
I agree. Wikipedia Cleanup is a good starting point. Or look for a Wiki Project to join.
I've found the best way to learn and contribute is to jump into an existing project. Usually direction is the hardest thing .
You can of course dive into an article and make changes, but you'll often get pushback (warranted or unwarranted) and that can be discouraging. It's a somewhat natural feedback loop.
Pure styling work is boring and not worth human time anymore (for "good enough" result, starting from bad) IMO, considering how "good" AI has become to that (while still being assisted).
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