Gotanda

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Wikipedia:Babel

en-5	This user is able to contribute with a professional level of English.

simple-5This user can write at a professional level of Simple English.

ja-3	この利用者は上級の日本語が出来ます。

id-1	Pengguna ini mampu bersumbangsih dengan bahasa Indonesia tingkat dasar.

I edited on Wikitravel off-and-on for several years. After a few anonymous edits here, I decided to make an account and contribute more actively. I did that for several years, then took an extended break. I teach English at a university in Japan, and found it was quite easy to create a Simple English Wikipedia page if I am already grading/adapting English Wikipedia content for use with students.

Alternate account

I used an alternate account User:ELTted for editing with students and presenting SEWP to language teachers. I never voted or commented from that other account. It was strictly for editing articles that my students or workshop participants were working on.

Useful tools

• Web Vocabulary Profiler / British National Corpus-COCA 1-25K
• Edit Central: Click Style and Diction
• Voyant Tools

Common complexity that is not needed and suggestions

A few simple changes here and there can help. The verb to be is often the simplest way to write something

• Former: use retired, was, or used to be
• It is found in/It lies in/is located in: use It is in.
• ...in the northwestern part of France: use in northwest France
• It has a population of 1,200: use The population is 1,200.
• ...a large number...: use many
• ...situated...
  • ...situated in...: use in
  • ...situated by...: use by
  • ...situated near...: use near
• ...the process by which...ː use how