User talk:Ashley Y

yak-shaving
To make sure that our repeat users know what to expect we have only a limited number of permitted headings, differing somewhat by language. "Noun (gerund)" is not one of them.

For "yak-shaving" to be a gerund/present participle/"-ing form" there would have to be a verb yak-shave. We need some acceptable evidence ("attestation", see WT:Attestation.) that it exists. Is there usage in print or in Usenet of forms like "yak-shaved", "yak-shaves", and "to yak-shave"? We use google books, google news, google scholar, and google groups as convenient ways of finding such usage, though there are scanning errors and other issues that require care in using these sources. Happy editing. DCDuring TALK 11:29, 1 August 2010 (UTC)