Clarify guidance on introducing lists with "the following" and "these" (#45186)

content/contributing/style-guide-and-content-model/style-guide.md

@@ -534,7 +534,15 @@ Formatting unordered lists:
 - If the order of items in the list is not important, alphabetize the list items.
 - If the order is important, then order the list by the importance to the reader (for example, moving from broadest audience and applicability to a more specialized audience).
 
-When introducing a list, avoid phrasing like “the following” or “these”, terms which are difficult to localize. Instead, be descriptive, yet general enough to allow a list to scale or change without having to update the description.
+When introducing a list, avoid short, nonspecific sentences using terms like “the following” or “these”, which are difficult to localize without context. Instead, create a descriptive sentence that clearly conveys the subject of the list, yet allows the list to scale or change without having to update the description.
+
+**Use:**
+- For an introduction to {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %}, see the following articles:
+- SMS authentication is supported in these countries:
+
+**Avoid:**
+- There are several articles that provide an introduction to {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %}. See the following:
+- SMS authentication is supported in 50 countries. These include:
 
 ## Placeholders
 

contributing/content-model.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Content model for GitHub Docs
 
-**Note:** This version of the content model is no longer maintained and will be deprecated. See the [style guide](https://docs.github.com/en/contributing/writing-for-github-docs/style-guide) on docs.github.com for the most up to date version. Open any pull requests against the `contributing/writing-for-github-docs/style-guide.md` file.
+**Note:** This version of the content model is no longer maintained and will be deprecated. See the [content model](https://docs.github.com/contributing/style-guide-and-content-model/content-model) on docs.github.com for the most up-to-date version. Open any pull requests against the `contributing/style-guide-and-content-model/content-model.md` file.
 
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contributing/content-style-guide.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Content style guide for GitHub Docs <!-- omit in toc -->
 
-**Note:** This version of the style guide is no longer maintained and will be deprecated. See the [content model](https://docs.github.com/en/contributing/writing-for-github-docs/content-model) on docs.github.com for the most up to date version. Open any pull requests against the `contributing/writing-for-github-docs/content-model.md` file.
+**Note:** This version of the style guide is no longer maintained and will be deprecated. See the [style guide](https://docs.github.com/contributing/style-guide-and-content-model/style-guide) on docs.github.com for the most up-to-date version. Open any pull requests against the `contributing/style-guide-and-content-model/style-guide.md` file.
 
 Welcome to the content style guide for [GitHub Docs](https://docs.github.com/).