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14 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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16 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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19 (% style="color:inherit; font-family:inherit; font-size:26px" %)Alpha
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21 We asked:
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24 * if an open community of content people want to contribute to a single style guide
25 * if we'd like to rely on evidence for the style guide elements – and if yes, what evidence would be most useful
26 * if a wiki model is sustainable
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29 Read the [[final Alpha blog update>>https://contentdesign.london/research/readability-alpha-the-end/]].
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31 Alpha ran from July to October, 2018.
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34 == Beta ==
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36 From the Alpha discussions we identified [[17 content style usability questions>>url:https://app.nuclino.com/Content-Design-London/Readability-Guidelines/Usability-questions-a01f6825-982e-4152-abcd-02801c2f63a7]]. 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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38 Read the [[final Beta blog update>>url:https://contentdesign.london/content-process/readability-guidelines-beta-update-4-by-lizzie-bruce/]].
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40 Beta was October to December 2018.
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43 == Get involved ==
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45 Explore and join us:
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48 * read the Slack discussions: [[readabilityguidelines.slack.com>>url:https://readabilityguidelines.slack.com/]], join: [[bit.ly/2D0OW1F>>url:https://bit.ly/2D0OW1F]]
49 * watch the London Accessibility MeetUp [[Readability Guidelines talk>>url:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQzdtE8JQOs]]'
50 * share usability studies and academic research evidence on this wiki
51 * follow #ReadabilityGuidelines on Twitter and LinkedIn
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53 We have almost 500 members in our Slack community.
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57 == Contributing ==
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59 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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61 * be respectful
62 * make any comments in the spirit of positive open learning
63 * include usability evidence to support your edits or thoughts
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65 Any comments or queries outside of this wiki, please get in touch on twitter [[@ContentDesignLN>>url:https://readabilityguidelines.slack.com]].
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