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*or both parties may recognize the superiority of the overarching goal -- to provide a high-quality encyclopedia. Remembering our mission and our goal can often make complex conflicts easier to handle.
 
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===Disputes over accuracy===
 
For example, the dispute about using the word "primary" as in "DNA is the primary component of chromosomes" is about accuracy because of the perceived inaccuracy of that statement by some of the editors.
 
Focusing on the audience might resolve this.
 
Expert writing needs perfect accuracy, while general audience may sacrifice a tiny bit of accuracy for global understanding to a more diverse audience. Perhaps the difference one may find between Science and a more general monthly journal about science aimed for rather educated readers who want to maintain a minimum of knowledge in most science fields. The second will sacrifice perfect accuracy in order to gain clarity. But we do not aim at being "Science".
 
===Disputes over style===