User talk:Newfiles

OED references
Please, when you find something in the OED, don't just slap in a link and expect me to follow it up. The OED will not give me any content, but hides it behind a paywall. Just a copy/paste into comments will let me know what the OED says. Kiwima (talk) 00:59, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

I should have said the same thing yesterday, but I wasn't thinking as clearly! I could probably get there using the Wikipedia Library, but not being a regular user of that resource, I'd have to relearn how to do it. I have a microprinted OED from 1971, though! But a better point is: the OED, while very authoritative, isn't that accessible, and it's far from all-inclusive. Many perfectly legitimate words and senses just haven't made it. But there are several very good Webster's dictionaries available to everyone through Internet Archive—I know there are online versions that just spit out a definition, but when citing something I prefer being able to see the printed word on the page, so I know the context and whether everything is correct and complete, and that way I can also provide the bibliographic information, page number, etc. (a habit one picks up on Wikipedia, and a good one, IMO).

Or to be more succinct, please don't flag words or senses for verification just because you can't find the specific sense in OED (and, in the case of "myography", it's right there in OED, or at least it was in 1971, whether or not it is in some abridged/adulterated online version). At the very least, check other major dictionaries for the word, or do a Google Books search to see if the meaning appears in the proper context before you open a new verification request. You're just as capable of finding sources as the rest of us, but if you just submit them for verification without making the effort, you're asking us to do the work for you. P Aculeius (talk) 06:50, 16 July 2024 (UTC)


 * awesome work, guys! This is how wiki works. We're all cleaning up each other's crap, at the end of the day. Newfiles (talk) 20:40, 19 July 2024 (UTC)