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 # (WHY) Articles discussing equipment should always be written based on a piece of equipment offering high value to a musician. Articles on the laws of nature (regarding electronics or materials), music theory, or playing techniques must be grounded in solid, verified, empirical evidence.
 # (HOW) Articles discussing artists should include how the artist used/uses their preferred pieces of music equipment.
-# (OOPS!) We are human. As content is added, errors will be made. Errors will be found. Fix them. Move on.
+# (OOPS!) We are human. As content is added, errors will be made. Errors will be found. Don't dwell on them; fix them. Move on.
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 * '''Articles discussing equipment should always be written based on a piece of equipment offering high value to a musician. Equipment that offers high value is always more important than equipment that demands a high price'''. Our editorial policy, to the extent that wiki articles are about equipment, will always instruct us to discuss equipment that offers value, as opposed to equipment that offers prestige. Some pricey equipment can be bad; some inexpensive equipment can be great. WHILE THIS TENDS NOT TO BE THE CASE, it will always be our primary endeavor to host wiki articles that are about equipment that delivers value to musicians.
-** Despite what we've just said immediately above, we are aware that prestige, value, and price are usually highly correlated. Great equipment is neither a substitute for, nor a ticket to great musicianship. In many instances it will not be possible to ignore high-value equipment that, because it commands a high price in the gear marketplace, also offers prestige. In such cases, we will not hesitate to offer wiki articles on such equipment. Great equipment is great equipment. There is a reason certain companies are recognized as great brands - In most cases, it is because of their ongoing commitment to deliver high value to musicians. The only prohibition we apply to ourselves in this respect will be that we do not and will not write sales copy for other companies. If other companies wish to market their products, we do not contest their freedom to do so; but their freedom to do so does not exist within the content of this wiki.
+** Despite what we've just said immediately above, we are aware that prestige, value, and price are usually highly correlated. Great equipment is neither a substitute for, nor a ticket to great musicianship. In many instances it will not be possible to ignore high-value equipment that, because it commands a high price in the gear marketplace, also offers prestige. In such cases, we will not hesitate to offer wiki articles on such equipment. Great equipment is great equipment. There is a reason certain companies are recognized as great brands - In most cases, it is because of their ongoing commitment to deliver high value to musicians. The only prohibition we apply to ourselves in this respect will be that we do not and will not write sales copy for other companies. If other companies wish to market their products, we do not contest their freedom to do so; but their freedom to do so does not exist within the content of this wiki. This is our wiki, not theirs.
 * '''Sales Copy:''' Wiki article authors are not to use marketing-speak. There are to be no superlative assertions made. There should be no "best" pieces of equipment since "best", besides being superlative, is also subjective. Similarly, there should be no "worst" pieces of equipment. If the author of a wiki article describing a piece of equipment wishes to either advocate for, or voice a complaint against, a particular piece of equipment, the means for doing so is to provide a link to an external article to such a review.  That review can even be a journal or blog posting on the Thermionic Studios main site. This wiki itself is to house (mostly) dispassionate, practical information and facts, not emotional responses. Judgments of great or crappy musical equipment are for the opinion pages. We have no problem describing great or crappy musical equipment as great or crappy, this wiki just isn't the '''main''' place for it.

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 * '''Articles discussing equipment should always be written based on a piece of equipment offering high value to a musician. Equipment that offers high value is always more important than equipment that demands a high price'''. Our editorial policy, to the extent that wiki articles are about equipment, will always instruct us to discuss equipment that offers value, as opposed to equipment that offers prestige. Some pricey equipment can be bad; some inexpensive equipment can be great. WHILE THIS TENDS NOT TO BE THE CASE, it will always be our primary endeavor to host wiki articles that are about equipment that delivers value to musicians.
-** Despite what we've just said immediately above, we are aware that prestige, value, and price are usually highly correlated. Great equipment is neither a substitute for, nor a ticket to great musicianship. In many instances it will not be possible to ignore high-value equipment that, because it happens to cost a lot, also offers prestige. In such cases, we will not hesitate to offer wiki articles on such equipment. Great equipment is great equipment. There is a reason certain companies are recognized as great brands - In most cases, it is because of their ongoing commitment to deliver high value to musicians. The only prohibition we apply to ourselves in this respect will be that we do not and will not write sales copy for other companies. If other companies wish to market their products, we do not contest their freedom to do so; but their freedom to do so does not exist within the content of this wiki.
+** Despite what we've just said immediately above, we are aware that prestige, value, and price are usually highly correlated. Great equipment is neither a substitute for, nor a ticket to great musicianship. In many instances it will not be possible to ignore high-value equipment that, because it commands a high price in the gear marketplace, also offers prestige. In such cases, we will not hesitate to offer wiki articles on such equipment. Great equipment is great equipment. There is a reason certain companies are recognized as great brands - In most cases, it is because of their ongoing commitment to deliver high value to musicians. The only prohibition we apply to ourselves in this respect will be that we do not and will not write sales copy for other companies. If other companies wish to market their products, we do not contest their freedom to do so; but their freedom to do so does not exist within the content of this wiki.
 * '''Sales Copy:''' Wiki article authors are not to use marketing-speak. There are to be no superlative assertions made. There should be no "best" pieces of equipment since "best", besides being superlative, is also subjective. Similarly, there should be no "worst" pieces of equipment. If the author of a wiki article describing a piece of equipment wishes to either advocate for, or voice a complaint against, a particular piece of equipment, the means for doing so is to provide a link to an external article to such a review.  That review can even be a journal or blog posting on the Thermionic Studios main site. This wiki itself is to house (mostly) dispassionate, practical information and facts, not emotional responses. Judgments of great or crappy musical equipment are for the opinion pages. We have no problem describing great or crappy musical equipment as great or crappy, this wiki just isn't the '''main''' place for it.

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