Thread:User talk:Kephir/"Translations" instead of "definitions"

We really should bring this up together, both of us. I see this a major problem with this dictionary. First off, anyone could just simply go to Google Translate or a similarly simple website to find out that the word jég in Hungarian simply means "ice". This is a problem. I'm not against one word definitions, when they are necessary. Although, I am not supportive of just saying:

"# ice" as the definition.

Really, any 3 year old could write that the definition is "ice". You don't even have to know English at all to be able to translate that word. And even I, when I look at definitions like this, I do not at all trust them. Seriously, how on earth do I know that jég only means "ice". It looks so unprofessional, because there is no capital letter at the beginning of the sentence, and no period at the end. So it's hard to trust something as lazy as this.

We need to stop being lazy, and start making real definitions. I protest, capitals at the beginning of all definitions, no matter what, unless there is some exceptionally good reason not to. Same goes for periods at the end of them. I'm also against the gloss thing. We should just put all that stuff in the definition sentence. I came here to see professional etymologies, definitions, and language separations. Also, for nouns that are countable, for instance a word that means "apple" we should say "An apple.", not lazily say "apple" like a freaking 3 year old. Of course, we should not write the English definition for "ice" for a word that simply means "ice" but we should definitely just use capital letter at beginning and period at the end in all cases in all definitions in ALL languages. I don't want people who come to this site to think we are an online translator/English dictionary. I want them to think we are a dictionary for all words in all languages. By doing what we do now, we are not following our motto, are we? This is done out of pure laziness. All who are with me? Are you, Kephir? Let's protest!