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- Error Messages: Examples, Best Practices & Common Mistakes
- Are there any industry-standard best practice guidelines available?
- User Interface Text: is it OK, Now?
- Message Text - moremiscellany
- Messages (Windows)
- How to Write Error Messages: Faster, Stronger, Better - Technical Writing Tips
- The art of the error message – The Style of Elements
- How to write better error messages
- The 4 H's of Writing Error Messages
- How to Write Error Messages