`  == Request for clarification ==  I submitted an article on Earth's surface energy budget, regarding which you wrote: ``This submission reads more like an essay than an encyclopedia article. Submissions should summarise information in secondary, reliable sources and not contain opinions or original research. Please write about the topic from a neutral point of view in an encyclopedic manner.``  The sources I cited are textbooks, so I don't understand the second sentence: can you please clarify?  As to my non-encyclopedic manner (style), this is my first submission and I understand it may take some practice to achieve the expected tone. However (a) there is no existing entry on this important topic (b) what I've written is correct and comprehensible, albeit only a starting point (c) anyone is free to rewrite it in any manner they prefer. Thus, and respectfully: why impede it merely on style?   `