HanEditor

Please use this page to harass me about cult-like Wiki details that I've done wrong.

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Actually, your user page is for you to give some details about yourself that are relevant to how reliable your edits are regarding cult-like Wiki details that you did wrong. The talk page is where people will come to harass you about cult-like Wiki details that you did wrong. CFI, ELE, RFV, amen... ;) Chuck Entz (talk) 14:00, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

• If you had bothered to follow the above link to Wiktionary:Entry layout explained, you would have seen the "Variant forms" is not one of our standard headings. SemperBlotto (talk) 10:02, 9 August 2013 (UTC)

What you can do is put {{qualifier|rare}} (or obsolete, or whatever) at the end of the line containing a rare (etc.) alternative form. Equinox ◑ 10:03, 9 August 2013 (UTC)

Alternative vs. Variant

Would you be so kind then as to put in a "suggestion" somewhere, that I don't have time to know exists, that Variant is in general a more neutral and appropriate term than Alternative — which as I mentioned in my edit comment implies a free choice between forms, whereas Variant is just a neutral statement that multiple forms exist. HanEditor (talk) 10:30, 9 August 2013 (UTC)