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Q&A Is it acceptable to mix how you address the reader in an instructional Wiki?

I think it's fine, because you as a company are creating an instruction manual which is going to be used by specific people. It's not literally a public Wikipedia. To make it as clear as possible,...

posted 13y ago by Lauren Ipsum‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#4: Attribution notice removed by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-13T11:59:58Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/3465
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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T01:47:46Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/3465
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T01:47:46Z (almost 5 years ago)
I think it's fine, because you as a company are creating an instruction manual which is going to be used by specific people. It's not literally a public Wikipedia.

To make it as clear as possible, start with the kind of disclaimer you sometimes see in plain-English contracts: "You, Your, Yourself, etc. refers to the developer."

When you're done writing, go back and search for any instance of "the developer" and see if changing it to "you" makes it read more smoothly or makes it clearer.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2011-07-27T16:45:05Z (over 13 years ago)
Original score: 2