Talk:မကပက

What is this, makapaka? Wyang (talk) 12:09, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
 * This has been the Burmese translation entry at city for over three years, added by User:Hardyfam44 : http://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=city&diff=prev&oldid=8493952 &mdash; hippietrail (talk) 15:06, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
 * It doesn't seem correct at all. Wyang (talk) 00:50, 3 April 2013 (UTC)


 * I wouldn't create entries from translations if words can't be verified. Hippietrail, you should start equipping yourself with tools. For Burmese, use SEAlang Library Burmese Lexicography and Burmese Wiktionary. Neither of them have the term မကပက. Burmese for city/town is မြို့ (mjou.). --Anatoli (обсудить/вклад) 01:51, 3 April 2013 (UTC)
 * I've gone ahead and speedied it. SEAlang is good for Burmese, but please don't use their transcriptions. We have our own system here, see Appendix:Burmese transliteration. —Angr 09:58, 3 April 2013 (UTC)


 * I disagree. Bringing the erroneous translation entry out into the open to its own page has brought it the attention that it didn't get over the past three years that it's been potentially misinforming other people. This is a good outcome. Now the bogus term has been exposed and we can delete both the page I briefly created and the translation table entry. I think we've just shown that this is a system that works. I will check out the resources you've pointed me towards too - thanks guys! &mdash; hippietrail (talk) 11:33, 3 April 2013 (UTC)


 * @Angr, there are not many people who can or are willing to master the Burmese script and because the script and the rules are complicated, one can't just check each letter or diacritic individually, as you would with Cyrillic, Greek, Armenian, Georgian alphabets. Would you be so kind as to check Category:Burmese_terms_needing_attention? I did that for မြို့, thanks for fixing. SEAlang/Burmese Wiki transliteration is better than no transliteration and the multiple transliteration standards we currently have are very confusing and complicated for random contributors or people not thoroughly studying Burmese. As a result, we only have you but sorry you are not very productive in Burmese :) but we need more Burmese content.
 * @Hippietrail, please verify, at least in the above two resources use . We shouldn't have bogus entries in the first place if the source is unknown or unreliable. I do add contents in the languages I don't speak but I check before I do it. --Anatoli (обсудить/вклад) 00:09, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Fair enough, but if you do use SEAlang's transliteration, please at least mark it with so I can find it. —Angr 11:07, 4 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Yes, that's what I did for မြို့, hope others will do the same. --Anatoli (обсудить/вклад) 11:44, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

မကပက
See Talk:မကပက. Note, I'm not discouraging generating entries from translations (especially for long-time responsible contributors) but it should be done with care, with some checking and we have tool. --Anatoli (обсудить/вклад) 01:55, 3 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete or RFV I guess, I cannot see any other options. Mglovesfun (talk) 09:17, 3 April 2013 (UTC)


 * I've speedied it. It's not in any of the print Burmese dictionaries I have. —Angr 09:57, 3 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks, the discussion goes on in Talk:မကပက. @Hippietrail, please don't consider it harsh but please verify before adding entries in languages you don't speak. We had people banned and you know it for too multiple erroneous entries (this is not a threat or warning, it's a request!). --Anatoli (обсудить/вклад) 00:14, 4 April 2013 (UTC)