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Questions about the style of "Papers"

This page: https://electrical.codidact.com/help/papers says:

> A paper is more than just a few paragraphs, and more in depth than most answers. The starting level for a paper is about a detailed answer over in the Q&A category, and goes up from there. This is not something you bang out in a spare hour.

I'm not sure this is the best style for learning materials. Andy Matuschak and Stephen Downes, two people who think originally about learning, say that materials should be small and focused: see "[Evergreen notes should be atomic](https://notes.andymatuschak.org/Evergreen%20notes%20should%20be%20atomic)" and a presentation about [Connectivism learning theory](https://www.downes.ca/presentation/547), slide 36, which says that "Units of content should be as small as possible".

Also, the page says:

> Report of original research or an investigation you personally performed. Again, the result should not be obvious to a reasonably competent EE.

I'm not sure about this because the criterion is vague, and this assumes that learning on this site could only start after someone has a university degree or practice in electrical engineering.