Thanks, everybody, I appreciate the positive feedback. :)
On Nov 20, 2007 7:33 PM, Steve Bennett stevagewp@gmail.com wrote:
"You can still read pages, but cannot edit, change, or create them."
- Is there a difference between "edit" and "change"?
- I find the "them" really weird. "You can eat the cake, but cannot bake
it."
I think I grabbed the particular wording from somewhere, figuring that a full platoon of people had already argued over it, for months, at some point. ;) It's important to remember we may be dealing with people who are completely new to Wikipedia, who may not be familiar with some terms we would consider common, and who may not even have been aware they were trying to edit a page (redlinks still go to Blockedtext).
"Them" seems right, since we're looking at a plural noun... I think, but I make my share of grummur mistakes.
One other thing that may be worth discussing, in the "Oops! You are currently unable to..." -- the "Oops." Good idea, bad idea? I personally like it as an opening, it's not entirely professional, but that gives it a personal appeal, it's disarming and alerts people that something is out of the ordinary. Can see why people might object (and at least one has).
Other than that, several people have suggested the page in general is a bit long, and could do with some reduction. Anybody care to take a stab at that?