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== Articles tone ==
Use a more <em>descriptive</em> tone, where concepts and instructions are described and explained first. A <em>prescriptive</em> tone should be avoided.
Here's an example:
<table>
<tr>
<th>Prescriptive</th>
<th>Descriptive</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width=50%  valign=top>
<b>How to deal with full /boot in case of EFI</b>
<p>systemd-boot (gummiboot) can't store kernels, initrd and other big stuff on root partition, so switch to grub</p>
</td>
<td>
<b>Keeping kernels/initrd on the main partition</b>
<p>For these instructions, GRUB will be required; systemd-boot cannot reference boot files from the root partition. This will differ from the default expectation of NixOS on EFI, where <tt>/boot/</tt> is the <tt>ESP</tt>.
</p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
On the prescriptive side, the title doesn't describe the achieved end-result; the text tells the reader to switch to grub without explaining what the following (elided) configuration does.
== Style guide ==
=== Titles ===
* Capitalize only the first word.


== Universal sections ==
== Universal sections ==