In reply to sarah.

To be honest, I don't think the tone is the problem with them. Not everything can be happy and cheerful. I'm not a happy and cheerful person, by nature. :)

However, what they currently are is very *factual*. Blunt. To the point. Mainly, I was going for "short". They got revised with details later because people kept being armchair lawyers and nitpicking over interpretations. Whenever somebody nitpicked too much, I went in, added to them, and said "there, better"? That gets annoying after a while.

We're not changing them because anybody feels that they're unfriendly, or because somebody thinks that they're too non-specific. We're changing them as part of the entire process of changing how we review. We're changing them as part of how the new directory is expected (hoped) to work. New directory, new forums, new systems, new processes. All part of the grand work.

So, might be a while. Still, expect places to discuss the proposals and ideas before too long.