Landrace.Wiki:Definition by negation

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This is a project information page for Landrace.Wiki. It describes the project's standards, processes, or structure. It is not an encyclopaedic article.

An encyclopaedic definition states what a subject is. A sentence that gives only what the subject is not, or leads with the negation, withholds the fact the reader came for. "Charas is not hashish pressed from dried material" tells the reader what charas is not, before telling them what it is. Lead with the positive definition.

How to resolve a tagged sentence

1. Replace the negation with a positive statement. State what the subject is, then stop: "Charas is hand-rubbed resin collected from living plants."
2. Keep the contrast only where it adds information, and place it after the positive definition: "Charas is hand-rubbed resin collected from living plants, distinct from hashish, which is sieved from dried material."
3. Delete the sentence where the negation carries nothing the article needs.

Write in British English, no Oxford comma, no em dash.

Removing the tag without fixing the sentence is not a resolution.