User talk:AZard

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Alphagram
When you add alphagrams, please could you use the template, e.g. the entry at cadi would be:

This is so we get consistent presentation across all entries. This template and is only a couple of days old, so don't worry about not knowing about it previously! Thryduulf 18:32, 10 November 2008 (UTC)


 * thanks for the pointer. the ELE and Anagrams pages need to be updated too.  --AZard 19:57, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Multiword anagrams?
Are these a good idea? For example baker would also give "a berk"? Conrad.Irwin 03:01, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
 * according to the definition of anagram, the rearrangement should produce another word or phrase. i don't think all multiword rearrangements are phrases.  i would not consider "a berk" as a phrase.

Homophones
Just a heads up that homophones are correctly formatted with a template - There is also a lang= parameter if you are dealing with languages that aren't English. Thryduulf 12:40, 23 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Does that mean the ELE is out of date? Last time, I updated the ELE with the alphagram template, but then realized a vote should have been done.  Are you going to initiate a vote to update the ELE with the homophone template?


 * I have no idea what you mean by, "There is also a lang= parameter if you are dealing with languages that aren't English." Can you elaborate?  --AZard 13:49, 23 November 2008 (UTC)


 * The problem with needing a vote to update the ELE is that it gets out of date when things change. Myself and others are doing a lot of work on the formatting of pronunciation sections at the moment (they've been rather neglected), so some things are still in a state of flux. I'm surprised the homophones template isn't on there though as that's been around quite a while.
 * Regarding the lang= parameter, basically if you are adding homophones of, e.g. a French word, then the format is . This links to the French entries on those pages. See template talk:homophones for a probably better explanation. Thryduulf 18:33, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

Templates
Thryduulf, I'm getting the sense that everything has a template and the ELE is not keeping up. I saw your change on north and Coordinate terms.
 * Almost everything has at least one template. Almost everything else has had at least one template proposed for it! Thryduulf 22:08, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I should say the reason for this is consistency in formatting, and in at least some cases, customisability of the output of that formatting - see WT:PREFS. Thryduulf 22:09, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

compass points
Nouns? I would have thought they were adverbs, as in: "We sailed east by northeast." --EncycloPetey 18:21, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Probably nouns, adjectives, and adverbs. See north or south for all three.  As one goes from the major compass points to the minor points, the entries get skimpier and skimpier.  --AZard 18:37, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Some of the "noun" uses on the entry for north are not nouns; "Stock prices are heading north." is an adverbial use. There is more cleanup to be done here than I thought. --EncycloPetey 18:42, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

SEbS
Are you sure about the capitalisation? Is it not SEBS? 50 Xylophone Players talk 18:27, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Lowercase b is correct. It's all caps in the answers page of crossword puzzles.  See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing_the_compass  --AZard 18:37, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

Pronunciation
Please do not move the audio link from its position befroe the rhymes template. The rhymes link is about other wors; the audio file is about the current word. The audio file should therefore come before the rhymes. --EncycloPetey 18:42, 4 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Are you saying that the ELE is wrong? Look under "Additional headings". --AZard 18:59, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, the ELE is wrong. That is an "example" (that has not been kept updated since it was put in years ago), and is not instruction on the order of headings. --EncycloPetey 20:46, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

Anagrams
Don't forget asps! --EncycloPetey 20:00, 5 December 2008 (UTC)


 * thanks! --AZard 20:05, 5 December 2008 (UTC)