Talk:ectropy

ectropy
Has a Wikipedia entry, and I can see quite a few mentions (that have to define it), but I don't believe that it is really real. SemperBlotto (talk) 08:20, 19 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Not to mention the Wikipedia article's "general notability" is disputed. --WikiTiki89 09:03, 19 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Are the three citations (dated 1972, 1979, and 2012) I’ve added to Citations:ectropy sufficient for attestation purposes? — I.S.M.E.T.A. 18:10, 19 December 2013 (UTC)


 * In the 2012 title cite the word could mean almost anything. I don't suppose you have access to the full article. The first one is pretty much a mention, but we seem to accept them when they are in works that go on to use the term. A subsequent use would seem virtually certain if the authors take the trouble to define a term. DCDuring TALK 19:37, 19 December 2013 (UTC)


 * No, I don't have access to the full article, I'm afraid. Fortunately, Mr. Granger's citations make up for the shortcomings of mine. — I.S.M.E.T.A. 20:14, 21 December 2013 (UTC)


 * I've added a couple more citations just to be sure. —Mr. Granger (talk • contribs) 19:46, 19 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks. — I.S.M.E.T.A. 20:14, 21 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Seems OK now. I've cleaned it up a bit. SemperBlotto (talk) 19:52, 19 December 2013 (UTC)


 * This word sounds soo ugly to me (not that that bears any weight on whether or not it is citable). --WikiTiki89 19:53, 19 December 2013 (UTC)


 * How does it compare, aesthetically, with and, in your opinion? — I.S.M.E.T.A. 20:14, 21 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Very poorly. Perhaps this is because entr- and extr- are very common while ectr- isn't. --WikiTiki89 03:57, 26 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Hmm. You're right about the relative frequencies of those three initial tetragrams — the OED lists only five words that begin with ectr- (,, , | , and ). Still, ectropy is the correct spelling; ex-² (an entry we don't have; from the Ancient Greek ) takes the form  (from the Ancient Greek ) before t and most other consonants. — I.S.M.E.T.A. 19:59, 27 December 2013 (UTC)