• dfyx@lemmy.helios42.de
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      7 days ago

      I don’t think pointing to a Wikipedia article without further explanation is in the spirit of ELI5.

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        7 days ago

        I know, should have just left it. but there is an amazing amount of information already out there

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          Yes, but that’s not the point.

          ELI5 means Explain Like I’m 5 [ys/o]. It’s not meant to be an info-dump, it’s meant to be a basic explainer for someone who is interested to know about a specific thing, but has no knowledge of the surrounding subject matter.

          Would you point a 5 year old to a wikipedia article and tell them to read up about DNS’s. No, you’d explain it to them in terms they understand.