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zh-forms edit

I have reverted a few of your edits on Chinese characters that changed zh-forms to zh-hanzi-box. AFAIK zh-forms is the current template for the Hanzi box in the Chinese section. — Justinrleung (t...)c=› 22:25, 17 October 2015 (UTC)Reply

What happened? edit

Hi VulpesVulpes. What’s going on? Is it something that can be worked out? — Ungoliant (falai) 14:25, 27 October 2015 (UTC)Reply

Nah nothing, I just felt like quitting Wiktionary. I might even come back one day, but for now, I feel like taking a break, and that break might be quite big, or quite small, depending on my own "mood", in lack of better words. Also, funny that you left a message on my talk page, I logged in only to see people's reactions to the message on my user page. Also, really nice of you to contact me, I appreciate that gesture — VulpesVulpes42 (talk) 08:31, 28 October 2015 (UTC)Reply

Some issues edit

Firstly, I have just deleted your entry Shrek, please as it is not dictionary material; please read WT:CFI to see what is and isn't considered an acceptable entry. Secondly, I ask you that you stop adding translations in languages that you do not know or have familiarity with, as you did at Confucius. The worry is that if you get something wrong or just make a small error, it may be a while until anyone catches it, which is why we should all be careful only to add what we know is correct. (And indeed, the Yiddish translation you added lacked the necessary diacritics — there may be other problems that I haven't noticed due to my unfamiliarity with some of the other languages in which you added translations.) Thanks! —Μετάknowledgediscuss/deeds 17:19, 29 October 2015 (UTC)Reply

Kyūjitai in the 慢性原発性副腎皮質機能低下症 entry edit

I just undid your addition of the kyūjitai in the 慢性原発性副腎皮質機能低下症 entry. This is a relatively recent term in Japanese, and I can't find any evidence of the kyūjitai spelling. There is evidence of kyūjitai for just the 原発 part, but not of the whole 慢性原発性副腎皮質機能低下症 term. ‑‑ Eiríkr Útlendi │Tala við mig 17:03, 30 November 2015 (UTC)Reply

[1] edit

For what it's worth, |ex=true is no different from |ex=y. The template displays "(extended)" as long as |ex= is present, so I could write |ex=no or |ex=dsfogjfdpgfsdgvjdkfj and the template would still display "(extended)". —suzukaze (tc) 19:22, 9 January 2016 (UTC)Reply

@suzukaze-c I know, but I just feel like "true" feels more templatelike than "y" (and certainly more than dsfogjfdpgfsdgvjdkfj).
Whatever floats your boat :) —suzukaze (tc) 19:34, 9 January 2016 (UTC)Reply