Rocket000

Redirects

We do not use redirects on Wiktionary. Each spelling gets an entry of its own. --EncycloPetey 20:32, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. It's becoming very clear Wiktionary is like no other Wikimedia project. Are some exceptions? I looked at WT:REDIR which says "Redirects are acceptable, but strongly discouraged" regarding the hyphenated words. (That was after I made the redirect of course :). Also, is it common practice to respond on user pages when they ask questions on WT:ID and similar discussion boards? Should I be writing this on your talk page? Thanks. Rocket000 20:40, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Welcome

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Please don't let our weird ways discourage you. Wiktionary has evolved to be different in many ways from other WMF projects, it seems. I have found it more interesting than WP. There are a lot of ways of doing things that are different from other projects, perhaps needlessly different, and many things are not documented. We can use all the help we can get, though, and would be happy to assist you in finding ways to help that you might find interesting. DCDuring TALK 01:06, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

{{rfdrawing}}

I have created a category and template for the requests. I'll broadcast availability in a day or sooner. DCDuring TALK 21:32, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Awesome! Thank you! I'll be keeping an eye on the category. Going to go image hunting now. Rocket000 21:44, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

General formatting

Hello there, just a quick note to give you some pointers on formatting: you might want to have a look at some changes I have made to the articles relative density, relative densities, isoprenes etc. after your edits. A few tweaks were required to bring them in-line with the general standard format for enties (see WT:ELE). Keep up the contributions as they a very much welcomed, regards --Williamsayers79 07:20, 28 August 2008 (UTC)