User:Spinningspark/Work in progress/Standardisation is evil

Despite its title, it is not the purpose of this essay to attack the notion of standardisation in articles, but rather, to attack the idea that good articles are evolved through a process of standardisation. On the contrary, our view is that good articles arise by editors copying the best features from the very best articles.

to achieve the "brilliant prose" sought, but rarely achieved, by the Featured Article process some originality of

Editors, besides functioning as “A bit of sandpaper applied to all forms of originality”

The Lancet, Volume 362, Issue 9378, Page 174, 12 July 2003  doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(03)13883-4Cite or Link Using DOI Trendelenburg and not Trendelenberg Original Text James S Huntley

quoting Spiegel

from Featured article criteria "its prose is engaging, even brilliant, and of a professional standard"

Zobel, the "nailed" phrase

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Electronic_filter_topology&diff=next&oldid=376443309 not very handy title.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Spinningspark/Work_in_progress/Standardisation_is_evil