Changes for page Simple sentences

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1 +Chris in Oslo
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1 +It's my experience that when you say to people "X should be on average Y long", they hear "X should be at least Y long". They get hung up on the number and think they have to reach it. I could absolutely imagine that people who are not experienced (usually exactly the ones who want clear and explicit guidance) will see this and make sentences *longer* because theirs is only 10 words. TL;DR: I don't think is bad advice, but I do think people are bad at averaging and bad at understanding that X limit does not mean "write X much" :)
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1 +2019-05-03 15:47:13.0
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1 +xwiki:XWiki.LizzieBruce
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1 +Ah, good point Chris. Will revisit this guidance wording! Thanks for the suggested alternative.
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1 +2019-05-21 10:25:03.0