User talk:Sewnmouthsecret/Archive/2006

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Durably archived
Very few blogs and essentially no websites are considered "durably archived" by WT:CFI, therefore are not valid citations. --Connel MacKenzie 19:59, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

In fairness, I notice very few words (especially notable new entries) have citations at all. sewnmouthsecret 16:49, 29 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Yes, that is a weakness. But for questionable or rare terms, we have the request for verification process, which seems to work pretty well, some of the time.  FYI: please be aware that unlike Wikipedia, "notability" means essentially nothing here; we seek "attestation" instead.  --Connel MacKenzie 17:40, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Thank you!
Robert Ullmann 15:35, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
 * No worries! sewnmouthsecret 15:37, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

POS headings
Please be more attentive to adding the part of speech third level headings, e.g. ===Noun===. Thanks! --Connel MacKenzie 19:24, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Will do! sewnmouthsecret 19:29, 22 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Please review the corrections I've been making... --Connel MacKenzie 05:58, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Connel, sorry for causing more work for you, I mean not to. When I do plurals, I use the "" template. Is there any way to edit what that template places in the edit page box? That would help many people out. sewnmouthsecret 06:06, 23 December 2006 (UTC)


 * You are still forgetting to add third level part of speech headings. You continue to cause more work for others and are in danger of being blocked. SemperBlotto 08:19, 23 December 2006 (UTC)


 * If use stick to using the preload buttons you'll be much closer. --Connel MacKenzie 08:26, 23 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Basically, every entry has

==(Language)==

(Part of speech)
(some inflection template, or the headword in bold)
 * 1) some definition, e.g. the plural of template

Always, every time. You've seen enough ;-) Robert Ullmann 10:30, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

terrine
This was a copyvio from the American Heritage Dictionary and has been deleted. SemperBlotto 08:14, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Was I blocked?
I know I'm not doing perfectly here, but I am not spamming or meaning to cause any unnecessary headaches. I ask you have patience while I attempt to get it right. I would appreciate being unblocked if indeed I was. Connel and Robert, thanks for the advice. Semper, I do not even have an American Heritage Dictionary, so it was coincidence it was a copyvio. I got the definition from another dictionary and reworded it so it was not taken directly. sewnmouthsecret 01:48, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
 * At any rate I am in now.. I will practice in the sandbox before I make any other new entries. sewnmouthsecret 18:12, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Dodos
So, how is it that Dodo is a German singular but Dodos is an English plural? --EncycloPetey 03:11, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

That's me not paying attention. Fixed. sewnmouthsecret 03:13, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

sucre bleu
All your quotations are in English language sentences. So, are you saying it is English rather than French? SemperBlotto 15:27, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Yes. I have heard it used in English, and in the rfv page I mentioned this just a minute ago... I believe the language should be listed as English. I didn't want to change it back until I had quotes, though. sewnmouthsecret 15:36, 28 December 2006 (UTC)