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Where can I find information about which grammatical person to use in an article? Are there any WP:ARTICLES about it? Sorry if I'm not using the question system correctly, but I want to make sure the grammatical person used for defining a function in Goodstein's theorem (first person) is correct. Woah! // Talk? 17:07, 24 August 2023 (UTC)
- You may wish to consult the following:
- If this isn't what you were after, please explain more. — jmcgnh(talk) (contribs) 17:18, 24 August 2023 (UTC)
- Ah, I see what you are talking about. In the section Goodstein's theorem#Proof of Goodstein's theorem the common didactic approach of using "we" has jarringly been substituted for the more neutral approach that had been used previously in the article. You would be justified in changing that language to be more neutral. — jmcgnh(talk) (contribs) 17:27, 24 August 2023 (UTC)
- Thank you for the clarification. Are there any WP: articles about this (just if I wanted to start one about it)? Woah! // Talk? 17:31, 24 August 2023 (UTC)
- Perhaps it would be worth asking here: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Mathematics
- Depending on what sort of consensus arises there, you could consider broadening the discussion to other types of articles. — jmcgnh(talk) (contribs) 17:43, 24 August 2023 (UTC)
- Whoops, I read your statement wrong. I thought I was supposed to change the first-person to neutral, not the other way around. Is there any way to revert this? I don't exactly remember what the original page said. Woah! // Talk? 02:37, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
- It looks like you removed the use of "we" which is what I recommended. You should be able to leave it now in its current state. However, if you really did want to go backwards, pull up the page's edit history (there's a tab for this in the desktop version) and you can click on the version before your changes and, on that display, click on 'restore this version'. — jmcgnh(talk) (contribs) 04:10, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
- Whoops, I read your statement wrong. I thought I was supposed to change the first-person to neutral, not the other way around. Is there any way to revert this? I don't exactly remember what the original page said. Woah! // Talk? 02:37, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
- Thank you for the clarification. Are there any WP: articles about this (just if I wanted to start one about it)? Woah! // Talk? 17:31, 24 August 2023 (UTC)
- Ah, I see what you are talking about. In the section Goodstein's theorem#Proof of Goodstein's theorem the common didactic approach of using "we" has jarringly been substituted for the more neutral approach that had been used previously in the article. You would be justified in changing that language to be more neutral. — jmcgnh(talk) (contribs) 17:27, 24 August 2023 (UTC)