Carl Klutzke (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} sirvalence) wrote,@ 2008-09-22 09:10:00 |
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Wikipedia in Simple English
I love Wikipedia, but the articles are frequently far too technical. For example, today I wanted to put a label on the bird feeder I use for candy, to warn people that it sometimes contains nut and peanut products. I settled on a label stating "WARNING: CONTAINS NUT & PEANUT ALLERGENS" but I wasn't sure "allergen" was the right word. So I looked up "allergen" in Wikipedia. Here's the first sentence:
"An allergen is a nonparasitic antigen capable of stimulating a type-I hypersensitivity reaction in atopic individuals." (Wikipedia)
I'm a fairly technical person, and I have a degree in English, but I wasn't sure that this answered my question. So I used the Simple English link in the Languages box on the left side of the page, and here's the first sentence from that article:
"An allergen is something that causes allergies in humans." (Wikipedia)
Much better.
I love Wikipedia, but the articles are frequently far too technical. For example, today I wanted to put a label on the bird feeder I use for candy, to warn people that it sometimes contains nut and peanut products. I settled on a label stating "WARNING: CONTAINS NUT & PEANUT ALLERGENS" but I wasn't sure "allergen" was the right word. So I looked up "allergen" in Wikipedia. Here's the first sentence:
"An allergen is a nonparasitic antigen capable of stimulating a type-I hypersensitivity reaction in atopic individuals." (Wikipedia)
I'm a fairly technical person, and I have a degree in English, but I wasn't sure that this answered my question. So I used the Simple English link in the Languages box on the left side of the page, and here's the first sentence from that article:
"An allergen is something that causes allergies in humans." (Wikipedia)
Much better.
