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Lizzie Bruce 4.6 1 [[Findings>>doc:.Top findings.WebHome]]   |  [[Clear language>>doc:Plain English.WebHome]]  |  [[Grammar>>doc:Punctuation and abbreviating.WebHome]]  |  [[Headings>>doc:Page titles and headings.WebHome]]  |  [[Links>>doc:Links.WebHome]]  |  [[Numbers>>doc:Numbers.WebHome]]  |  [[People>>doc:Audience descriptors.WebHome]]  |  [[Content design>>doc:User centred design.WebHome]]
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Lizzie Bruce 2.15 5 A collaborative project to develop universal content style guidance, based on usability evidence. Guidelines on how to create content that's easily comprehensible by all will allow us to design inclusively by default.
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Lizzie Bruce 1.24 7 Sarah Richards at Content Design London [[started the project in 2018>>url:https://contentdesign.london/blog/usability/readability-guidelines]]. During 24 weeks of Alpha and Beta we held live, global discussions in a Slack workspace.
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Lizzie Bruce 1.8 10 (% style="color:inherit; font-family:inherit; font-size:26px" %)Alpha
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Lizzie Bruce 1.18 12 We asked:
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15 * if an open community of content people want to contribute to a single style guide
16 * if we'd like to rely on evidence for the style guide elements – and if yes, what evidence would be most useful
17 * if a wiki model is sustainable
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Lizzie Bruce 1.26 20 Read the [[final Alpha blog update>>https://contentdesign.london/research/readability-alpha-the-end/]].
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Lizzie Bruce 1.2 22 Alpha ran from July to October, 2018.
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Lizzie Bruce 1.2 25 == Beta ==
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Lizzie Bruce 4.7 27 From the Alpha discussions we identified [[17 content style usability questions>>doc:.Usability questions.WebHome]]. We researched evidence to answer them in Beta. By the end we identified some [[top level findings>>doc:Main.Top findings.WebHome]]. And some stye points for further testing.
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Lizzie Bruce 1.26 29 Read the [[final Beta blog update>>url:https://contentdesign.london/content-process/readability-guidelines-beta-update-4-by-lizzie-bruce/]].
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31 Beta was October to December 2018.
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Lizzie Bruce 1.8 34 == Get involved ==
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Lizzie Bruce 1.25 36 Explore and join us:
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Lizzie Bruce 1.14 39 * read the Slack discussions: [[readabilityguidelines.slack.com>>url:https://readabilityguidelines.slack.com/]], join: [[bit.ly/2D0OW1F>>url:https://bit.ly/2D0OW1F]]
Lizzie Bruce 1.11 40 * watch the London Accessibility MeetUp [[Readability Guidelines talk>>url:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQzdtE8JQOs]]'
Lizzie Bruce 1.10 41 * share usability studies and academic research evidence on this wiki
42 * follow #ReadabilityGuidelines on Twitter and LinkedIn
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44 We have almost 500 members in our Slack community.
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Lizzie Bruce 1.2 48 == Contributing ==
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Lizzie Bruce 1.16 50 This is a totally open project – dive in! You're welcome to edit, comment on or create wiki pages. The only rules are:
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Lizzie Bruce 1.16 52 * be respectful
53 * make any comments in the spirit of positive open learning
54 * include usability evidence to support your edits or thoughts
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Lizzie Bruce 1.9 56 Any comments or queries outside of this wiki, please get in touch on twitter [[@ContentDesignLN>>url:https://readabilityguidelines.slack.com]].
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