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Enjoy your stay at Wiktionary! Conrad.Irwin 13:24, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi, I notice you've been adding "references" instead of "citations" to cornstalk and Citations:cornstalk. Please note that we don't include words based on whether other dictionaries/texts say that they exist, but instead on whether we can find evidence for the words being used (as detailed in WT:CFI). This is for several reasons, mainly because it allows us to include words that are not included in other dictionaries (e.g. roflcopter), while allowing us to exclude words that are frequently listed but never used (e.g. Appendix:Invented phobias). Conrad.Irwin 14:04, 10 May 2009 (UTC)