User talk:Kits1972

Welcome![edit]

Hi, Kits1972. Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Our intro page contains a lot of helpful material for new users—please check it out! If you need help, visit Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on this page, followed by your question, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 20:04, 6 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Language Difficulties[edit]

Hi, I'm Carrie.

I've seen that you have had some problems with your edits being reverted because they weren't in good English. I am a native English speaker and I definitely agree with the other editors that what you wrote was not correct English.

Am I right in thinking that English is not your first language? If so, may I ask how well you do speak English?

It seems to have been suggested that you shouldn't edit the English Wikipedia because of the difficulty you seem to have with the English language. That is not true: you are welcome to keep editing here if you want to, but if you do you must make sure that everything you put in an article is written in correct English. Since you have had difficulty with this, I suggest that you put the things you want to write on the article talk page, and ask other editors to help you make sure it is in good English.

If you find it difficult or frustrating, you of course do not have to keep editing here - perhaps you might find editing a Wikipedia in a language you are more familiar with more enjoyable - but you are not forbidden from editing the English Wikipedia. You could, of course, edit here and another language Wikipedia, if you want to, and there is also the Simple English Wikipedia. CarrieVS (talk) 16:28, 14 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I got your email, but I would rather discuss this on Wikipedia, if that's OK with you.

I promise you, what you have written is not correct English. Some of it doesn't make sense, and some of it is understandable but isn't how you say those things in English. I am a native English speaker, and I assure you, this is the case.

Because of that, we cannot keep your version; articles must be in correct English. But if you think that some of the information in the article is not correct, you could say on the article's talk page what you think is wrong and what it should say instead. Please let other editors help you put it into correct English before changing the article.

You seem to know a lot about Saint Catherine of Alexandria, and I'm sure your expertise will be helpful, but you need to make sure of two things:

That any edit you make uses correct English.
That any changes you make to the information are verifiable by citing reliable sources.

You said in your email "I haven't been using bad and/or evil english." I am concerned that you might have misunderstood the term 'bad English'. Bad in the context of 'bad English' means incorrect, not immoral or evil. I don't want you to think that I am saying that anything you've said is evil, when I only mean that it is not correct.

Similarly, I believe you earlier misunderstood the word 'idiom' as meaning idiot. It does not, and no-one thinks you are an idiot. 'English idiom' means the way English is spoken. Sometimes one thing is wrong and another very similar thing is right for reasons that aren't very obvious. It's sometimes not easy to work out what is the right way to say something.

Would you like me to try and explain some of the specific things that are wrong with what you wrote?

Also, can I ask what is your first language? I think it might help me to explain things if I know that. CarrieVS (talk) 22:32, 14 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Notice of Edit warring noticeboard discussion[edit]

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion involving you at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring regarding a possible violation of Wikipedia's policy on edit warring. Thank you. -- UseTheCommandLine (talk) 00:35, 15 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

February 2013[edit]

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for persistent disruptive editing. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may appeal this block by adding below this notice the text {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. Bbb23 (talk) 01:11, 15 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]