Editing Incubator escapee wiki:Writing better articles (section)

=== Make omissions explicit for other editors ===
'''Make omissions explicit''' when creating or editing an article. When writing an article, always aim for completeness. If for some reason you cannot cover a point that should be explained, ''make that omission explicit''. You can do this either by leaving a note on the discussion page or by leaving [[WP:COMMENT|HTML comments]] within the text and adding a notice to the bottom about the omissions. This has two purposes: it entices others to contribute, and it alerts non-experts that the article they are reading does not yet give the full story.

That's why Wikipedia is a collaborative encyclopedia—we work together to achieve what we could not achieve individually. Every aspect that you cover means less work for someone else, plus you may cover something that someone else may not think of but which is nevertheless important to the subject. Add <nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:todo|To do]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki> to the top of the talk page of articles for which you can establish some goals, priorities or things to do.