Wikipedia talk:General disclaimer
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I did my best to render this in plain English, without losing the urgency of the message that Wiki is not responsible for sins of commission, omission, emission, transmission, or submission. Flowers, bricks, or any other form of feedback would be appreciated. Denni 22:40, 19 Apr 2004 (UTC)
- Great work, but this is still much too hard. The Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level is now 12.6 (compared to 17 originally). It could do with being grade 10 (a reading age of 15-16) at the most. Cutting down the average words per sentence (currently 27) would help a lot.
- It's been on my to-do list for ages but I still haven't got round to it. If anyone else does before I do, I recommend trying to get rid of words like erroneous, warranty, libelous and uniformly, or at least explaining in the text what they are. Angela 19:15, 16 May 2004 (UTC)
I've made a few small changes to try and make it simpler, but I'm worried about changing too much legal stuff without knowing what I'm doing. The paragraph starting "Please note that some things in Wikipedia may be against the law..." needs serious work, it is currently only 2 sentences, neither of which are easy to read for me, and I've been speaking English all my life. -- Tango 21:20, 16 May 2004 (UTC)
Hey Tango - I think we've got it fairly well nailed down here. I'm going to ask Angela to vet it. Denni 18:43, 19 May 2004 (UTC)
Wow, the grade level is down to 7.7 (approx age 13) if you exclude the "legal wording" sections! Do we need the "LEGAL WORDING:" as well. Perhaps just a more prominent link to the full English version would be better than having those parts inline? Angela 19:23, 19 May 2004 (UTC)
- I think the legalese ought to be kept. The plain English is good, but the legalese serves a useful, um, legal purpose. Denni 23:16, 21 May 2004 (UTC)