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I have removed most of the style-guide content which was unsourced and inappropriate. I have created a History section with a good source which may help us redo in the article in a better way - recounting the history of the practise and summarising the details rather than exhaustively prescribing them. Colonel Warden ( talk) 22:16, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
Use of passive voice in scientific writing is very common, and is usually discouraged as a classic example of "academese" style (although some argue (e.g. Dr. Pinker) that this rule is too general, and passive voice may be used under specific circumstances).
However, this article asserts that some encourage using passive voice (and even implies it is preferred). Following the references, I've found that reference 6. "Duke Scientific Writing Resource" actually states the opposite and discourages passive voice use-as found on the site's Presentation PDF; while the ref. 5. "Journal house style points" pdf does not encourage or discourage anything (leaves the decision to the author).
In addition, reference 5. is very weak since it pertains to just one scientific journal (there are many thousands). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yamabushi1981 ( talk • contribs) 19:55, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
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