User talk:Inqvisitor

Ladino orthography
Hi. I've noticed that you're using a Ladino orthography with diacritics that I don't normally see used and that we haven't deployed on Wiktionary before. I know that there are several competing orthographies in multiple scripts, but in general, it would be helpful to try to stay consistent, or else create entries in all spellings that are actually attested. —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 21:38, 22 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi, I'm not sure if you're referring to Latin spellings or Hebrew spellings? Other people who had added Ladino entries before me may have been (in fact appear to have been) inconsistent and incomplete, most words don't even have any Hebrew spellings, only basic Latin entry. I have been very diligent in ensuring both Hebrew and Latin forms appear 100% consistent as originally written in authentic Ladino texts. There is however no standardized transliteration between the two alphabets (Heb./Lat.) so there is a variance of spellings. All of the words and usage examples I have added recently have been taken directly from original Ladino sources, most from Ladino Biblical translations such as this 1852-1853 Ladino version of Tehilim/Los Salmos, Salmo קלח/(138) in Hebrew script whence I added words from verse 2 (לוארי טו נומברי פור טו מירסידﬞ אי פור טו בﬞירדאדﬞ) (Loare tu nombre por tu merçed y por tu verdad.) e.g. and  (that particular quote from the Hebrew text verse starts on the second half of the third line in sample image attached). For Latin transliterations there is a dilemma whether to do literal Ladino letter-for-letter transliterations or to "Hispanicize" it and use text that resembles more standard modern (Castillian) Spanish, both would be understood (e.g. "que" or "ke" for Heb. script Lad. קי.) I supplied both spellings recently for e.g. ", on Latin spellings deferring to original Ladino sources in Latin text such as the Biblia de Ferrara ' and to whatever variant(s) is/are listed in Kohen & Kohen-Gorden 's Ladino dictionary (Latin script spellings) which sometimes has multiple spellings reflecting this divergence in approach to transliteration from Hebrew script (and always being vigilant keeping in mind to what degree modern transliteration of Ladino is influenced by modern standard Spanish orthography, remembering to include variant Latin transliteration text forms if they are listed somewhere). And of course there are dialectal differences within Ladino Latin orthography e.g. more predominant Oriental Ladino, somewhat like modern standard Latin American Spanish, reduces pronunciation of ⟨ç⟩ to plain ⟨c⟩/⟨ס⟩ [s] whereas Occidental Ladino dialects retain distinction, I maybe should add then the Occidental variant pronunciation of merçed transliterated ⟨מירצידﬞ⟩ with ⟨ç⟩ pronounced as [t͡s]. And there is technically a difference between Ladino, the literary and liturgical language vs. simply vernacular Judæo-Spanish, although the differences are not so great to warrant being considered two different languages... The introduction to Kohen & Kohen-Gorden discuss this very problem of transliteration standardization and the variants, concluding their philosophy (which I have adopted) on the subject: "Consistency within each system was attempted. At times different possible spellings of the same word are entered. For reminiscences from language used in the family, transcriptiion in Roman letters as close as possible to the phonetics recalled has been used; in some cases recourse was made to the Turkish spelliing and in limited instances the transcription system of the Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol was used.

Inqvisitor (talk) 18:15, 23 November 2019 (UTC)

transvestism
You added a lot of text here and mentioned Collins. Can you confirm that it's your own writing, and you didn't copy it illegally from another place? Thanks. Equinox ◑ 18:01, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi. The Collins definition is "transvestite / (trænzˈvɛstaɪt) / noun; a person who seeks sexual pleasure from wearing clothes that are normally associated with the opposite sex". I can rephrase/re-word that part of the definition, if needed? Collins was not my primary source but mentioned for those not familiar with clinical psychology and psychiatry. The rest is derived from texts that can be found in the various editions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), International Classification of Diseases (ICD), or any traditional books on clinical sexuality. Inqvisitor (talk) 18:35, 1 February 2020 (UTC)


 * On a separate note, I trimmed a lot of the detail, which was excessive for a dictionary definition. - -sche (discuss) 18:56, 1 February 2020 (UTC)

in definitions
Please do not use this template in definitions. It's intended to be used in lists and tables, not in running text to wikilink particular words. Like Wikipedia, Wiktionary uses regular links in this case. —Rua (mew) 21:18, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

αρχαιολογία
Hello - thank you for editing αρχαιολογία - but please note that the standard position for links to Βικιπαίδεια is at the page bottom under "Further reading". This is also the usual preferred position on English pages for links to Wkipedia. — Salt  marsh. 08:35, 21 November 2020 (UTC)

Edit Warring
Instead of constantly undoing, open a discussion. This is your only warning. Vininn126 (talk) 16:19, 25 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi @Vininn126; actually we already had a very long discussion back in January 2022 on talk page: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Talk:pluo
 * The issue appeared settled; the page was the way it was for 9 months. Then the user returned in September 2022 to stealthily edit the page deleting everything from that time with no explanation, bordering on vandalism. That user should be getting the edit warring warning.
 * Inqvisitor (talk)
 * Clearly the issue wasn't settled- mostly because you never bothered replying to the last message I sent. And I have no idea what you mean by 'stealth-editing'- how was what I did supposed to be invisible? Do I have magic powers that I'm unaware of, and simply forgot to use them? Nicodene (talk) 16:37, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

Babel
Would you add Babel to your user page? Is not mandatory, just useful. --Dan Polansky (talk) 16:31, 25 September 2022 (UTC)