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**Unfortunately, there are so many Xen Wiki articles that are missing an accessible introduction paragraph that it's hard to know how to begin such a monumental task. As part of a solution to this obstacle, I've put together an outline of specific articles as an "[[User:Mousemambo/Introduction to xenharmonic music terminology|Introduction to xenharmonic music terminology]]" that I believe are foundational for people just starting out in xenharmonic music theory. These articles are a good target set for beginner accessibility and readability improvement.

**Wiki sample/examples (to provide some idea of what kind of improvements would be helpful):

***Consider the first paragraph of the "Porcupine family" article as of 2023-Sep-06, which never actually states what the "porcupine family" actually is (what's missing: it's a temperament family). This is not and uncommon problem: "The [[5-limit]] parent [[comma]] for the '''porcupine family''' is [[250/243]], the maximal diesis or porcupine comma. Its [[monzo]] is [1 -5 3⟩, and flipping that yields ⟨⟨3 5 1]] for the [[wedgie]]. This tells us the [[generator]] is a minor whole tone, the [[10/9]] interval, and that three of these add up to a perfect fourth ([[4/3]]), with two more giving the minor sixth ([[8/5]]). In fact, (10/9)3 = 4/3 × 250/243, and (10/9)5 = 8/5 × (250/243)2. [[22edo|3\22]] is a very recommendable generator, and [[Mos scale|mos scales]] of 7, 8 and 15 notes make for some nice scale possibilities."

***Consider the first paragraph of the "[[Porcupine family]]" article as of 2023-Sep-06, which never actually states what the "porcupine family" actually is (what's missing: it's a [[Temperament families and clans|temperament family]]). This is not and uncommon problem: "The [[5-limit]] parent [[comma]] for the '''porcupine family''' is [[250/243]], the maximal diesis or porcupine comma. Its [[monzo]] is [1 -5 3⟩, and flipping that yields ⟨⟨3 5 1]] for the [[wedgie]]. This tells us the [[generator]] is a minor whole tone, the [[10/9]] interval, and that three of these add up to a perfect fourth ([[4/3]]), with two more giving the minor sixth ([[8/5]]). In fact, (10/9)3 = 4/3 × 250/243, and (10/9)5 = 8/5 × (250/243)2. [[22edo|3\22]] is a very recommendable generator, and [[Mos scale|mos scales]] of 7, 8 and 15 notes make for some nice scale possibilities."

*'''Every Xenharmonic Wiki article about a specific tuning''' should ideally include an early section about the advantages (and probably disadvantages too) of that tuning for composing music. Contrast the article [[19edo]] that includes that information, with the article [[31edo]] that doesn't. You can find the missing 31edo info at an outside article, "[https://31et.com/page/why-31-et Why 31-ET?]" Of course when a tuning is newly developed people may not know any compositional advantages or disadvantages. But any tuning that has a fair bit of music written for it is ready to have that evaluative information added. This would greatly aid readers and especially composers who are curious where to start. A place to start might be to use the tag [[:Category:Todo:explain its xenharmonic value|Todo:explain its xenharmonic value]] to mark pages that need this info — but as of 2023-Sep-07 the only articles with this tag are bios.

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 **Unfortunately, there are so many Xen Wiki articles that are missing an accessible introduction paragraph that it's hard to know how to begin such a monumental task. As part of a solution to this obstacle, I've put together an outline of specific articles as an "[[User:Mousemambo/Introduction to xenharmonic music terminology|Introduction to xenharmonic music terminology]]" that I believe are foundational for people just starting out in xenharmonic music theory. These articles are a good target set for beginner accessibility and readability improvement.
 **Wiki sample/examples (to provide some idea of what kind of improvements would be helpful):
-***Consider the first paragraph of the "Porcupine family" article as of 2023-Sep-06, which never actually states what the "porcupine family" actually is (what's missing: it's a temperament family). This is not and uncommon problem: "The [[5-limit]] parent [[comma]] for the '''porcupine family''' is [[250/243]], the maximal diesis or porcupine comma. Its [[monzo]] is [1 -5 3⟩, and flipping that yields ⟨⟨3 5 1]] for the [[wedgie]]. This tells us the [[generator]] is a minor whole tone, the [[10/9]] interval, and that three of these add up to a perfect fourth ([[4/3]]), with two more giving the minor sixth ([[8/5]]). In fact, (10/9)<sup>3</sup> = 4/3 × 250/243, and (10/9)<sup>5</sup> = 8/5 × (250/243)<sup>2</sup>. [[22edo|3\22]] is a very recommendable generator, and [[Mos scale|mos scales]] of 7, 8 and 15 notes make for some nice scale possibilities."
+***Consider the first paragraph of the "[[Porcupine family]]" article as of 2023-Sep-06, which never actually states what the "porcupine family" actually is (what's missing: it's a [[Temperament families and clans|temperament family]]). This is not and uncommon problem: "The [[5-limit]] parent [[comma]] for the '''porcupine family''' is [[250/243]], the maximal diesis or porcupine comma. Its [[monzo]] is [1 -5 3⟩, and flipping that yields ⟨⟨3 5 1]] for the [[wedgie]]. This tells us the [[generator]] is a minor whole tone, the [[10/9]] interval, and that three of these add up to a perfect fourth ([[4/3]]), with two more giving the minor sixth ([[8/5]]). In fact, (10/9)<sup>3</sup> = 4/3 × 250/243, and (10/9)<sup>5</sup> = 8/5 × (250/243)<sup>2</sup>. [[22edo|3\22]] is a very recommendable generator, and [[Mos scale|mos scales]] of 7, 8 and 15 notes make for some nice scale possibilities."
 *'''Every Xenharmonic Wiki article about a specific tuning''' should ideally include an early section about the advantages (and probably disadvantages too) of that tuning for composing music. Contrast the article [[19edo]] that includes that information, with the article [[31edo]] that doesn't. You can find the missing 31edo info at an outside article, "[https://31et.com/page/why-31-et Why 31-ET?]" Of course when a tuning is newly developed people may not know any compositional advantages or disadvantages. But any tuning that has a fair bit of music written for it is ready to have that evaluative information added. This would greatly aid readers and especially composers who are curious where to start. A place to start might be to use the tag [[:Category:Todo:explain its xenharmonic value|Todo:explain its xenharmonic value]] to mark pages that need this info — but as of 2023-Sep-07 the only articles with this tag are bios.