User talk:Elliott Dunstan

Hi, please do not add translation sections to non-English entries. Cognates between languages are best represented in etymology sections. &mdash; surjection &lang;??&rang; 22:50, 13 March 2021 (UTC)

Gender
Heyo, welcome and thanks for your contributions so far. I see you've added the Italiot Greek days of the week; If you can, I would like to ask you to add the genders to these nouns. Also, try to be consistent in further contributions: you should use instead of  in Italiot entries.

As you can see, I've changed the entries you've created quite a bit. That is because the header "related terms" is for etymological relations, while for semantical relations the header "see also" is used. Furthermore, for such occurences as days of the week, months and seasons the template (or, alternatively, a list template, like ) is preferred to long lists.

Happy editing! Feel free to ping me if you get any questions Thadh (talk) 16:51, 19 March 2021 (UTC)


 * Thank you so much! I'm unfortunately not sure about gender yet, since I'm finding these in context and not in dictionary entries, but that's on my list of things to figure out. I'm tentative about using the French but I suppose worst case scenario it gets fixed from a more proper dictionary entry later. I'm also still getting used to templates so I really appreciate those links! (I am much more experienced with linguistics than with wiki editing OTL) Elliott Dunstan (talk) 17:04, 19 March 2021 (UTC)


 * "much more experienced with linguistics", i say, as i blank on "any translation would use the grammatical gender of That language". please ignore me, i apparently need to go to bed. i will figure out the gender thing another time!
 * For the gender, webarchive has a small dictionary; I wouldn't use it as a source for words and glosses, but I think it's safe to use for gender. Thadh (talk) 17:25, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
 * I've done all the days of the week since I had some spare time; it may still be important to get the hang of the grammar for future contributions (for instance, the article i being feminine). Some things to find out: how to format quotations (I'm not so good at those either, but you should read Quotations) and whether the source you are using is authoritative (see the previous link for that as well). I'll also drop a regular welcome template below, you may find it useful:

Thadh (talk) 18:12, 19 March 2021 (UTC)

Acknowledgement of your work in Italiot Greek
I thank you for your efforts in the adding to the Italiot Greek language- I added the first word for it 3 years ago, & I'm happy to see someone else who has the same passion for this unique, ancient form of Greek as I do. I thank you so much for your contributions, & I wish you well in your linguistic endeavors! Aearthrise (talk) 04:32, 24 March 2021 (UTC)