My initial response is "no, we shouldn't set guidelines". Aviation is a technical field, and even if the laymen asking questions won't necessarily have the level of familiarity necessary to get everything, they also may not understand the concept correctly if non-aviation terms are used. I use may here because there is no way to know for sure, every time.

That said: I think that we should encourage the use of parentheticals, links to explanations, or even full-blown explanations in addition to the technical terms. Not every expert on here is a flight instructor, and not everybody knows how to explain things to everyone's satisfaction - we all learn differently. We should also be comfortable asking for more information, or editing posts as needed to provide information that wasn't given.

tl,dr: If you see a post that uses technical terms with no explanation or synonyms given, ask in the comments or edit it yourself for clarity!

My initial response is "no, we shouldn't set guidelines". Aviation is a technical field, and even if the laymen asking questions won't necessarily have the level of familiarity necessary to get everything, they also may not understand the concept correctly if non-aviation terms are used. I use may here because there is no way to know for sure, every time.

That said: I think that we should encourage the use of parentheticals, links to explanations, or even full-blown explanations in addition to the technical terms. Not every expert on here is a flight instructor, and not everybody knows how to explain things to everyone's satisfaction - we all learn differently. We should also be comfortable asking for more information, or editing posts as needed to provide information that wasn't given.

tl,dr: If you see a post that uses technical terms with no explanation or synonyms given, ask in the comments or add the explanations yourself for clarity!