User:Inthar/Style guide: Difference between revisions
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== Other guidelines == | == Other guidelines == | ||
=== Theory versus Math === | === Theory versus Math === | ||
An article about a music theory framework merits a ''guarded page''. Guarded pages should stay | An article about a music theory framework merits a ''guarded page''. Guarded pages should stay maximally true to the theory's ontology and terminology. This is because music theory by nature includes the value judgments of the theorist. | ||
In contrast, mathematical constructions, even if originally developed in close association with that theory, may be described in a more idiosyncratic style (if necessarily, a more conventionally mathematical one), with the proviso that it must be (accessibly!) transparent as to what the construction is guaranteed to satisfy and what it is not. | In contrast, mathematical constructions, even if originally developed in close association with that theory, may be described in a more idiosyncratic style (if necessarily, a more conventionally mathematical one), with the proviso that it must be (accessibly!) transparent as to what the construction is guaranteed to satisfy and what it is not. | ||