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You can clarify what someone said if you don’t understand or didn’t hear it correctly, which is polite because it prevents misunderstandings and miscommunications. Other ways to say this are:
You can choose one of these templates that tag text with inline messages to request specific clarifications that you cannot provide yourself: {{ Clarify }} to mark individual phrases or sentences {{ Confusing }} to mark sections (or entire articles, though this is undesirable because it makes it unclear what exactly needs to be improved)
Paraphrase: Explain what you believe has been said in your own words. Clarify: Ensure you understand what has been said through asking questions. Summarize: Offer a concise overview of what you believe the main points and intent of the message received are. Here are the guidelines to help fine tune one's ability to follow these steps:
Brandolini's law, also known as the bullshit asymmetry principle, is an internet adage coined in 2013 by Alberto Brandolini, an Italian programmer, that emphasizes the effort of debunking misinformation, in comparison to the relative ease of creating it in the first place.
What To Say to Someone You Haven't Talked to in a Long Time 1. "I am so happy to be speaking with you. I think of you often." This statement is straightforward and kind.
“The glow you think you're seeing is my nausea sweats that you've mistaken for glowing. Okay? So I'm not glowing. Don't tell me that,” Kylie quipped. “I am swollen. I am sweating. I am nauseous.
Use this template in the body of an article as a request for other editors to clarify text that is likely to be confusing to readers because it is a non sequitur, especially the introduction of a name, term, or other reference that was not previously mentioned, and the relevance of which is unclear. This most often happens when material is ...
(diff) takes you to a diff page showing the changes between that edit and the previous revision. The revision after the edit appears below the changes so you can see the result of the edit. (hist) takes you to the page history, so you can see all edits made to that page. This can be useful if someone has updated a page you have worked on, and ...