Good Articles?
Jul. 27th, 2012 03:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
philobibliusNot "a," "an," or "the." Not even "el" or "de."
Articles as in journal or blog format.
What makes something a good article to you? Do you have standards you apply either consciously or, now that you are thinking of it, automatically?
Is there a consistent balance between statistics and discussion? Do you prefer opinion pieces? How much evidence needs to be present to support the author's conclusions before they become your conclusions, as well?
Do you find, as one person put it, that the sheer volume of references in a piece makes the author(s) better writers?
Please do share your thoughts. (and if you want to amplify the question, I would not mind that at all!)
Articles as in journal or blog format.
What makes something a good article to you? Do you have standards you apply either consciously or, now that you are thinking of it, automatically?
Is there a consistent balance between statistics and discussion? Do you prefer opinion pieces? How much evidence needs to be present to support the author's conclusions before they become your conclusions, as well?
Do you find, as one person put it, that the sheer volume of references in a piece makes the author(s) better writers?
Please do share your thoughts. (and if you want to amplify the question, I would not mind that at all!)
