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Re: This UIB category

Ever since creating the wikiHow:Template subpages of UIBs and working with simplifying these UIBs , it’s come to my notice that there are still UIBs which don’t conform to our size specifications. However, I don’t know how to best simplify them without driving in ideas.

Expressing to simplify UIB lengths months ago, brought us from long-winded UIBs to much shorter UIBs (“This author” + no more than 6 words max.) However, some of those in this category don’t conform. They can’t be simplified without losing some of the details - but it’s okay - because some are already implied in their use. The ones I’m talking about are those which end in “drives as their primary means of transport” which for 1-2 of them became “as their primary transport method”.

Can we circle back and brainstorm ideas of how we can simplify these and still be within the 6 word maximum (not counting the obvious “This author”)?

Here are some of my thoughts.

  1. Omit the “as their primary means of transport”. It’s implied.
  2. Head towards simplification. Keep it simple, silly. As for the sample one, Stick to “This author drives.”
  3. We could add “drives a land vehicle,” “drives a car,” or “drives a (something else)” instead. But that might even be somewhat borderline so in a case-by-case method. Each of these would still get the idea that they primarily use their vehicle to get to their destinations.
  4. This could also be expressed for other transport methods - likes planes, flights and others. Now I’m just brainstorming some ideas to simplify them because more than 6 words past “This author” just makes them seem long-winded and unconforming.
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In regards to those which refer to the author’s primary means of transport, perhaps they could be simplified to “This author primarily travels by ___” or “This author mainly uses a ___ for transport”?

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Ok. Thank you. These UIBs are now using this.

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