User talk:Lo Ximiendo/Archive 4

imbrifer

Please do not mark something as Medieval Latin unless you know that for a fact. L&S give citations in their wonderful Latin dictionary, and here the citations are all pre-mediaeval. They often give a timeframe, as they do here, and Ov. (Ovid) and Verg. (Vergil) are both classical authors who are cited. The moral of the story: don't add information in a language you don't know if it's a total guess when it's easy to check what the truth is. —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 01:26, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Asturian

Hi there. Please don't edit languages you don't know. For example, when adding conjugations to Asturian verbs, many, almost all in fact, of them you added back in November were incorrect. Best to leave it blank or add {{rfinfl|lang=ast|type=verb}}. this website is the best Asturian conjugator you'll find on the web, BTW. --Wikt Twitterer (talk) 23:20, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

Latvian seasons

Hi. I just wanted to let you know that I reverted your edits on Latvian vasara, ziema, rudens and pavasaris -- the four seasons of the year -- because I think it better to use explicit lists rather than the {{list}} template. I don't mean any offense, I just think {{list}} is too resource-intensive, and I don't really like its format. If you want, we can talk further about this. --Pereru (talk) 16:08, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Just wanna point out: The {{list}} templates (which ironically don't actually use the {{list}} template itself anymore) are not that resource intensive that we can't afford to use them at all. The problem is only with very long pages that use many {{list}} templates. The Latvian seasons had perfectly fast loading times since the template was only used once on those pages. --WikiTiki89 16:25, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Regarding etymologies and rfes

I've seen you put rfe for Arabic verbs, but the rules for finding the roots for verbs are simple and I think you can easily guess the root yourself. Verbs like صبر and نجم which have different forms with specific repeated constants are always from an Arabic root consisted of those constants, and there's no exception, so it's correct. However, when the root is consisted of ی y, و w, or ء ʾ, it will produce more complicated forms in which the constant is replaced by vowel, or is omitted, like the verb قِ qi, "Stop!", which is from the root و ق ي w-q-y. In these cases, you can find the root from the forms which has shadda, such as زين zayyana, cause when ی y, و w, or ء ʾ have shadda, they won't be be omitted or replaced by vowels. --Z 15:46, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

Regarding the Ladin language

Hello Sir, I hope this is the correct way to contact you. I'm Italian and my mother tongue is called Ladin. It is a Rhaeto-Romance language of about 30,000 speakers, spoken in the Italian Alps. It is very close to the Swiss Rumantsch. I would like to create a few entries in Ladin when I have time, in order to help to keep my mother tongue alive :) I have already been entering a few translations to English entries into Ladin. Here is an online dictionary for Ladin http://db2.pixxdb.net/voc_gh/deu/index.html Unfortunately it only contains translations from Ladin to German and vice versa, there are no translations into English. After entering only the translations, I started now to write proper entries as well, for example I have already entered the word "roa" which means landslide. However, if I look at the code for entries in other languages, I understand that there should be a template such as lld-noun and lld-verb, where lld is the international code for Ladin. Is this template necessary and how can I create it. I also don't know how I can create completely new pages. "roa" is a word in other languages as well, so I can just add the Ladin entry to them, but for words that are unique how do I create a new page? Thanks for helping. Alexander

Hello, Asenoner (please be sure to type the four tildes), and thank you for replying (and I'm a woman, possibly a cisgender one). You could follow the links on your welcome message or talk to Ungoliant MMDCCLXIV (talk • contribs) if you request the creation of templates such as {{lld-noun}} and help with creating Ladin entries (after all, s/he seems interested in learning a Romance language). Cheers and best of luck with any deity. --Lo Ximiendo (talk) 08:39, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

Assigning a language family to Nalca

Hello Lo Ximiendo,

Hoping that I am doing this correctly, I would like to ask you a question. I have started adding a few entries in a language called Nalca, belonging to the Papuan language family of the Mek languages branch. As shown on Template:nlc, Nalca does not seem to have an assigned language family. However, when I try to edit this, I am told that the ability to edit the entry is locked. If you have the time, could you please tell me how would I go about to do this, or just simply whom I can contact? It is just sad to see Nalca without an assigned language family.

Best regards,
Mauritz (talk) 22:02, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

 Done by CodeCat (talk • contribs). —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 01:40, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

Wow, that was fast; thank you very much! And I like your cat! Mauritz (talk) 06:59, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

Arabic roots

Hi,

Since you've been editing a lot of Arabic root entries lately, depending on your needs, I recommend you to purchase Hans Wehr dictionary. It's the best recognised Arabic dictionary but it needs some getting used to, as the words arranged alphabetically by their roots. Then your edits won't need to "guess" the meanings of roots and most words derived form roots follow the root entry. --Anatoli ^{(обсудить}/^вклад) 03:15, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for your suggestion. I wonder about the price or whether the online version (if there is one) is ethical. Besides, I got myself a 2007 Hausa-English dictionary by Paul Newman, Yale University Press. --Lo Ximiendo (talk) 03:33, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

I saw somewhere a scanned version on a Russian website. It's quite awkward to use but if you get stuck and you need it, I'll do a search. The dictionary won't cost you an arm and a leg. Arabic is much harder than Hausa and the value of the information about Arabic is much higher, IMHO, not just because it's a hard language but because it's written in a difficult script and the root system of the language and of dictionaries is one of the things that puts off learners, providing this info is invaluable. There is no online dictionary that does it - apart from some verb conjugators. --Anatoli ^{(обсудить}/^вклад) 03:44, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

Since I possess Paul Newman's Hausa-English dictionary, am I better off adding Hausa words? (Ignore the somewhat childish-sounding review.) If so, how do I create a reference template? --Lo Ximiendo (talk) 04:11, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

There's no substitute for the actual knowledge of the language - a dictionary may have a word but for the wrong sense, wrong form or a meaning nuance. I don't think you need to add references - you just reveal that this info is from somewhere else. A dictionary just gives the comfort that the information may be right. You don't have to be a speaker of the language to add words in that language, of course but it depends on you. Do you check those words? Are you sure about the sense and usage, grammar info? Can you confirm the correctness by another source. I ask myself these questions when I add words in a language I don't know well. Even a superficial or temporary interest in a language is better than just a desire to fill gaps for missing words and missing languages, I think. --Anatoli ^{(обсудить}/^вклад) 04:21, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

Rfe in Czech entries

I object to your adding {{rfe}} to Czech entries. The template is going to idly sit in entries for ages, for no good purpose. --Dan Polansky (talk) 17:39, 30 March 2013 (UTC)

The same with {rfp} and {rfe} for other languages. I don't mind adding sometimes an {rfp} template to an entry which looks weird and you don't know how to pronounce it, but I don't understand why you're adding {rfp} to every entry you see. It's very annoying. Tell me why are you doing this? Maro 20:05, 30 March 2013 (UTC)

I wonder about how many people are interested in becoming editors for the Wiktionary. --Lo Ximiendo (talk) 01:17, 31 March 2013 (UTC)

Explanation

I added it because it did not yet exist as an entry and needed defining. It is a very common and popular franchise format really. Restaurants like Hooters are breastaurants and if you bothered to Google it you would see how rampant its use is. I am assuming however that you never had heard of it yet, but I am sure for instance you will easily find it in any business or media publication.108.212.70.237 01:54, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

German separable verbs

Hi, please don't change the template {{prefix}} to {{compound}} in German etymology sections for separable verbs. There's a debate going on (feel free to take part!), so it's an open question ATM. Longtrend (talk) 12:24, 29 April 2013 (UTC)

Accidental reversal

Sorry, I accidentally reverted your good edit (wrong button). --Anatoli ^{(обсудить}/^вклад) 23:31, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

That's alright. --Lo Ximiendo (talk) 11:20, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

plazieren

Hi, why did you remove the {{de-verb-weak}} template from plazieren? Longtrend (talk) 16:22, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

An obsolete form, therefore a sort of redundancy, I think. --Lo Ximiendo (talk) 22:45, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

Hm, I don't see how that would be more redundant than the conjugation template, for example. So I think such templates should be kept even for obsolete forms, they're still informative. Longtrend (talk) 12:17, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

ximiendo

Made for you. --Perhaps another fan (talk) 22:57, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

I've been meaning to do that myself, but I forgot... —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 00:30, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

Santo 7.13.15 questionnaire

Here's one question I'm willing to ask to visitors and fellow editors: if this film is in theaters, would you watch it? --Lo Ximiendo (talk) 09:03, 30 May 2013 (UTC)

Male and female categories

Why are you depopulating Category:dsb:Male and Category:dsb:Female? —Angr 11:51, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

I don't think it makes sense to give them to entries that use categories for occupations and animals. Besides, I think it perpetuates the gender and sex anatomy binaries. --Lo Ximiendo (talk) 11:53, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

What should they be used for then? And if a language has different words for male and female policemen and sheep, it's a dictionary's job to acknowledge that fact, regardless of our personal opinions on gender theory. —Angr 11:59, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

Transgender people could deserve a mention, at least. Intersex people, too. --Lo Ximiendo (talk) 12:01, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

We're documenting words and their uses. If Lower Sorbian doesn't have separate words for transgender and intersex policemen etc., then there's nothing to say about them. Putting them into categories called Male and Female doesn't imply, however, that the words can be used only for cisgendered people; a trans-man policeman is also a policist and a trans-woman policewoman is also a policistka. —Angr 12:11, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

Wiktionary:Beer_parlour/2013/June#Manual_transliteration_and transliteration_from_modules

Hi,

Please stop removing manual transliterations until we have a consensus. --Anatoli ^{(обсудить}/^вклад) 06:58, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

Ladin

Hi there. On searching the Italian version of Wikisource for words to add, I came across a totally unintelligible document - it was in Ladin. So, as you have noticed, I am adding Ladin words to the best of my ability. As you have worked with these words in the past, could you correct any of my mistakes. There is an increasing number of words in the "attention" category - mostly because I have come across a verb form and don't know what the infinitive is. I can't find a good Ladin (to English or to Italian) dictionary online, so am mostly using, as a Rosetta Stone, these two files [1] and [2]] - they are more or less the same content in Ladin and Italin. Cheers SemperBlotto (talk) 16:14, 15 July 2013 (UTC)

Bot

Hi there. I'm concerned about a specific bot user currently editing that does not have the bot flag. I've asked that he limit the number of edits he makes from what it is now down to ~1 a minute and he's refused. I also have the nagging suspicion that this could be WF, if you know what I mean. Razorflame 18:04, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

kunvivebla

Hi there. kunvivebla is a compound word of kun+vivebla. Just thought I'd let you know :) Razorflame 19:52, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

Affirmative. --Lo Ximiendo (talk) 00:07, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

Ainu

Hi Lo Ximiendo! I see you've added some Ainu words in the past. Are you still interested in working on that language? I want to start an Ainu project. --BB12 (talk) 17:53, 4 September 2013 (UTC) I have been thinking about different languages, actually; with the aid of Omniglot, in particular --Lo Ximiendo (talk) 00:04, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

That's exciting. Good luck with that! BB12 (talk) 03:36, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

Category:en:Energy_medicine

Do you have any input to Wiktionary:Requests_for_deletion/Others#Category:en:Energy_medicine as to what the category is good for, whether it should be a subcategory of "emergency medicine" and why it should be kept? --Dan Polansky (talk) 11:52, 6 October 2013 (UTC)

In terms of memorization, sticky notes are a materialistic matter for those people who refuse to take any fact into account, so thanks for notifying me. --Lo Ximiendo (talk) 22:47, 6 October 2013 (UTC)

Hyphenations

Please don't hyphenate in languages you don't know. You're making mistakes, and adding hyphenation is still not adequate justification for removing an rfp. —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 02:15, 8 October 2013 (UTC)

Whoops. 0_0 Sorry about that when it comes to idiophonics, at least... --Lo Ximiendo (talk) 02:23, 8 October 2013 (UTC)

I have to second this. You did many mistakes in Armenian, which I fixed. --Vahag (talk) 07:02, 9 October 2013 (UTC)

You're continuing adding hyphenation to languages you don't speak and you forget the lang=xx parameter at that. Please stop. --Vahag (talk) 17:32, 9 October 2013 (UTC)

Now I'm turning to improvisation of the Wikivoyage travel guides, if that could fancy you, V.P. --Lo Ximiendo (talk) 17:41, 9 October 2013 (UTC)

Have a nice improvisation, as long as you don't edit Armenia-related guides and send travellers into a lion's den. --Vahag (talk) 17:58, 9 October 2013 (UTC)

As a side note, I happen to know a Serbian Orthodox Church and Cultural Center near a shopping complex. --Lo Ximiendo (talk) 13:11, 10 October 2013 (UTC)

STOP ADDING HYPHENATIONS TO LANGUAGES YOU DON'T SPEAK OR I'LL BLOCK YOU. --Vahag (talk) 20:40, 11 October 2013 (UTC)

AAAAAH! SORRY! GHA-ZALS EVERY~WHERE! --Lo Ximiendo (talk) 20:53, 11 October 2013 (UTC)

morel imsup

Do you need a doctor or something? Seriously, I’m becoming pretty concerned for you. --Æ&Œ (talk) 11:39, 11 October 2013 (UTC)

I under-STAND that I'm JUST a Taoist-Typist, so I just copy-pasta-bowled what Semper-Blot did, just in case I have to always hyper-ventilate instead of scream-path-manufacture. --Lo Ximiendo (talk) 11:45, 11 October 2013 (UTC)

What. --Æ&Œ (talk) 11:46, 11 October 2013 (UTC)

Béchamp-Basics. --Lo Ximiendo (talk) 11:50, 11 October 2013 (UTC)

What are the voices telling you now, Lo Ximiendo? --Æ&Œ (talk) 11:53, 11 October 2013 (UTC)

My clothes look... Snazzy instead of Jazzy. --Lo Ximiendo (talk) 11:55, 11 October 2013 (UTC)

Russian hyphenation

Hi, Lo Ximiendo. I noticed in the entry добрый that you are not hyphenating Russian correctly. It looks like you are using English rules. Each language has its own rules of hyphenation. Some languages do not allow hyphenation at all.

Some examples of correct Russian hyphenation: до-брый, кни-га, во-да, на-у-ка, и-на-че, мo-лo-кo, по-ло-тно, о-бо-док, стра-на, ми-ни-а-тю-ра, дру-жба, пу-шка, и-зба, во-лна, вой-на, май-ка, кон-спект, Вол-га, пpин-тep, лай-нер, coн-ный, рас-счи-тан-ный, нe-вoc-тpe-бo-вaн-ный, oбъ-я-влe-ниe, кoм-пaнь-oн, cтpoй-кa, Сонь-ка, со-лом-ка, уез-жать, вить-ся, жмёт-ся. —Stephen ^(Talk) 03:04, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for your correction; I never thought about that kind of hyphenation before. --Lo Ximiendo (talk) 03:06, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

Sorry for corrections but IMHO (this is how I learned and ru:wiki might confirm - may need to double-check): доб-рый, по-лот-но, друж-ба, пуш-ка, из-ба, вол-на. --Anatoli ^{(обсудить}/^вклад) 03:10, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

Please stop changing context to cx

You have been changing numerous Template:context labels to Template:cx labels. This is incorrect, as the abbreviation has been deprecated. Choor monster (talk) 19:11, 24 October 2013 (UTC)

Now I'm considering changing my talk page options from this thread onwards. Any suggestions? Alcenter (talk • contribs), perhaps? --Lo Ximiendo (talk) 19:13, 24 October 2013 (UTC)

When was this obsoleted? I thought it was just an innocent redirect used to save same keystrokes. --Ivan Štambuk (talk) 01:08, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

@I.Š., I never thought about the word ধ্বনিতত্ত্ব before. (I also wish I could have asked CC for advice on talk pages, in particular, too.) --Lo Ximiendo (talk) 01:13, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

Sanskrit dhvani = "sound", tattva = "theory of", i.e. -logy. It's pretty intuitive. --Ivan Štambuk (talk) 01:26, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

if it ain't broke, don't fix it

Edits like this one are completely unnecessary, and you may end up putting an incorrect pronunciation in the entry. The {{pl-IPAc}} template is kind of experimental-ish. Sometimes it generates wrong syllable breaks, and I may have overlooked a few devoicing rules. I may need to rewrite it again. (My IPA is a bit shaky, too.)

This kind of edit may be even counter-productive. Say, someone wants to add another (non-standard? dialectal?) inflection — they will have to re-add the generic template. Keφr 15:35, 1 November 2013 (UTC)

Your recent edits

Some of your recent edits have been disruptive, even vandalistic, and are not acceptable. Your edits to ozone therapy, ozone, and autism spectrum disorder seem to be advancing pseudoscientific beliefs over scientific ones, which should each be labeled according to how the mainstream medical community views them, like Wikipedia's practices. Please cease. —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 05:07, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

All I just wanted to do is to inform readers is that the phrase "ozone therapy" exists, regardless of whether or not they're healthcare professionals. --Lo Ximiendo (talk) 05:10, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

We are edit-warring on the page. If your only goal is "to inform readers ... that the phrase "ozone therapy" exists" then you have no reason to keep editing it. —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 05:13, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

Then I could give it a sense label for clarification? --Lo Ximiendo (talk) 05:15, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

Please don't use {{tr-noun}}. It should be done by a speaker of the language who can provide the definite accusative. --Vahag (talk) 09:00, 19 November 2013 (UTC)

Loshi, dear, stop using {{tr-noun}} and not providing the definite accusative and plural! --Vahag (talk) 21:53, 19 November 2013 (UTC)

Now I may want to de-sysop myself... All because of this webtoon. --Lo Ximiendo (talk) 21:59, 19 November 2013 (UTC)

I have blocked you for this edit. You were warned by Metaknowledge above but you did not listen. Block was the only option left. --Vahag (talk) 06:52, 21 November 2013 (UTC)

As a side note, I had been vaccinated before. --Lo Ximiendo (talk) 06:59, 21 November 2013 (UTC)

Look, whatever has happened to you, I wish you get well soon. But I can't let you add nonsense to Wiktionary. --Vahag (talk) 12:32, 21 November 2013 (UTC)

Pearl of Great Price

You've made many edits to this entry which I've nominated for deletion. You may wish to express your opinion in its RFD discussion. ~ Röbin Liönheart (talk) 05:29, 26 November 2013 (UTC)