Talk:GnuCash

The lead in section seems to offer opinions "simple to use" and "hence is likely to outlast all competing commercial solutions", rather than a neutral point of view. Is there a way to make them more neutral or if not, remove them? The article also assumes a starting point of a Quicken conversion. Shouldn't it first describe the software, the features and then jump to the issue of users who are migrating from Quicken. Tagged with POV to track. --Peculiar Investor 15:27, 10 December 2017 (EST)

I've updated the lead in section to remove opinionated phrases: (1) "simple to use" is changed to "designed to be simple to use" with a reference to the GnuCash homepage stating something similar to that effect, (2) removed the "outlast" comment, (3) for the starting point of Quicken conversion, I've mentioned the Quicken version (2016) used. For description on Quicken, I've added a link to the Quicken home page. Please let me know if this addresses your concerns. Thanks! -- User:Masterofinvesting


 * I think it's OK. I revised the introduction and have removed the POV template. --LadyGeek 18:55, 10 December 2017 (EST)
 * It has been improved and is definitely more neutral, so I'd concur on removing the POV template. To me this still reads as a Quicken to GnuCash conversion article rather than article about GnuCash, which has one section to deal with conversion from the most common, paid, alternative. If that's the intent then I'd suggest renaming the article to more appropriately reflect the content. --Peculiar Investor 09:13, 11 December 2017 (EST)


 * Regarding title: The page would appear to me to relate to the series of the wiki's "How to" pages, such as:


 * How to use Morningstar growth charts
 * How to build a lazy portfolio
 * How to campaign for a better 401(k) plan--Blbarnitz 12:08, 11 December 2017 (EST)


 * I have revised the introduction to provide a top-level overview. The title is now appropriate. --LadyGeek 21:29, 11 December 2017 (EST)

Quicken to GnuCash section - Cleanup needed
There is lots of very helpful information in this section. However it doesn't all conform to wiki standards (reference Wikipedia:Manual of Style). Some obvious examples are: use of first person "The following are steps that worked for me."; the sentence "If you find any information that is inaccurate, ..." reads like a forum post rather than a wiki article. I don't use GnuCash so don't really know how to approach resolving these style problems without compromising the section content. --Peculiar Investor 23:02, 11 December 2017 (EST)