The stuff about pronunciation.
Does WordNet's license allow wiktionary to copy its definitions? Zardoz 05:01 May 14, 2003 (UTC)
Excuse me for my ignorance, but what must I type if I want to add a translation to some word? For example the equivalent of Hand in Bulgarian is ръка, or raka (if transliterated). How should I put it:
or maybe only
Is there any standard for this?
Concerning the tagging of all words. Couldn't you just not check all the words. It would only check the word if I click on it. You could have a seperate function somewhere for finding undefined words. Gbleem 05:42, 1 Apr 2004 (UTC)
It seems to me that if wiktionary is to be of use to Wikipedia, aside from being the black hole into which inapediapropriate definitions are thrown that some reference to other sources and siting is necessary, most especially for technical jargon. Hyacinth 20:46, 19 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Wiktionary:Webster goes against the advice of this page. Hyacinth 22:15, 3 May 2004 (UTC)
though I think the question was not well-worded. The entire contents of the 1913 webster are pparently available from micra.com as public domain -- could the developers write a script to import all that data? or at least the data for words in that that do not exist at all in wiktionary (such as decussate)?
Vynce 05:25, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
what is a timeline
There is a proposal to change the site notice at MediaWiki talk:Sitenotice. Uncle G 23:42, 19 May 2005 (UTC)
I'm new to Wiktionary, and from looking around some, I see that there are pages with English definitions for words from many different languages. I was surprised to see that this wasn't addressed in the FAQ. Is this normal? What are the rules for this? Is there a style guide somewhere? How are pages for words from different character sets supposed to be named? Are there supposed to be separate pages for 私, わたし, and watashi, for example? What does a "multi-lingual dictionary" mean? I imagine that there's a page somewhere that addresses all of this, I'm just having trouble finding it. Thanks. -- Creidieki 18:31, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
I'm glad to see people are adding Latin words with full definitions as there is no complete Latin-English/English-Latin dictionary on the web (that I know of). But why are they in en.wiktionary.org (e.g. accipere)? Shouldn't that be for the English language?
--Logomachist 03:01, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
Dear Wiktionary community,
Have you considered adding audio clips into Wiktionary to help people to pronunce words correctly. Quick storage estimates (32kbps mono MP3, 2s, 3 files per word)
words (m) 0.5 1 2 4 8 16
GB 11 23 46 92 183 366
-Jarno
A link to Wiktionary:Webster 1913 would be nice. Under Wiktionary:FAQ#Writing_definitions --Wonderfool 15:57, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
The page is locked for some reason... someone should really add the logo question ("Q: The IPA for 'Wiktionary' in the logo doesn't look right. Shouldn't it be fixed?" "A: No.").
Because, really, it is the most frequently asked question. —Muke Tever 16:48, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
That's funny. But really, why is it like that? It's a made up word, so why not spell it the way it's pronounced, or vice versa? Does anyone actually pronounce it "Wiktionry"?????
Actually, an out-dated pronunciation is kind of appropriate. Kind of like the ligature in "Encyclopædia Britannica". 71.167.69.13 03:59, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
If the pronunciation of a particular word is contentious, I don't believe that one of the possible pronunciations should be "shouted" from the top of every page on the site. In this case, the majority of the world's English speakers are being alienated. This is a major turn-off and reduces the perceived reliability of the site as a whole. The local dialect pronunciations of this word should be merely pointed out in wiktionary, not fought on the site's FAQ. --Gadlen 18:00, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
This page seems to be protected. Could a sysop please change "dictionaries abd glossaries" to "dictionaries and glossaries" in the third question under "Writing Definitions"? Thanks. -- Creidieki 20:40, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
There's currently a link to Wiktionary:quotations instead of Wiktionary:Quotations (note capitalization). Could an admin please fix this? This is in the "Examples" section. -- Creidieki 10:35, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
Is there a standard guide for including references? For that matter, is there a way to search for the R:-style templates? The only one I know of is the 1913 Webster's, but I'd like to be able to use one for, say, the 1991 Britannica. 203.26.177.2 16:47, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
Go to Special:Allpages - select Template from the drop-down list, and search for words beginning with R: Cheers SemperBlotto 16:52, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
I'm afraid there are not that many yet. Feel free to create one yourself! — Vildricianus 16:55, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
In the very last line of the Writing definitions section there is a grammar error. Perhaps an "is" would be in order. "The legal issues about this are very complex, and it is wise find other ways of expressing yourself so that fair use will not need to be a factor." -- Liquidhot 17:35, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
This is something I've wanted to do for a while -- Uno 08:50, August 29, 2006
Is there a DVD (or CD) version of Wiktionary available somewhere? --Henri de Solages 10:38, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
I'd like to see "a bunch of" deleted from this page. Unfree 03:48, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
"Clearly written" is ambiguous. "Clearly" should be changed, perhaps to "evidently", "apparently", or "obviously". — This comment was unsigned.
The following paragraph in batch uploading looks either vandalism (at worst) or a joke (at best).
I know, this will probably just be shot down, but I think I have a solution to all this logo dissent. Here's my idea of what it should look like:
Feedback, please? Teh Rote 17:34, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
Instructions for downloading all of Wiktionary apparently apply only to en.wiktionary. Supposing I want to download Wiktionary in some other language? LADave 21:10, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
is working smoothly, it should be changed on the article--Esteban.barahona 05:50, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
Looking for help? Look elsewhere, this template does not work!
If you want to request an edit to a protected page, ask for it at our Wiktionary:Grease pit. For entries (in main and Appendix namespaces) use the Wiktionary:Tea room.
Sorry, but there are simply too many categories for the few beleaguered Wiktionary admins to troll through.
--Yecril 11:55, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
Ignoring the off-wiki link, the problem is that what it tells you to do only ensures that the definition covers all the examples but fails to get you to check that it doesn't cover anything that are not considered to meet the definition!!!.
In the wikipedia Wikipedia:GOODDEF they say:
A good definition is not circular, a one-word synonym or a near synonym, over broad or over narrow, ambiguous, figurative, or obscure.
I think it's really, really important that this be stated here.Wolfkeeper 17:51, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
Hi
I'm a linguist and I love words. I'd like to contribute to Wiktionary, but I find there's a lack of logic in how the site works. There's just too much information.
I don't understand why entries for a word from other languages have to be part of the "English" entry, when you simply link to that non-English entry.
The same goes for the categories. Say I choose "geography" as a category. I'll see "Geography words in English" "Geography words in Dutch", ... If I speak Dutch I can simply go to wikiwoordenboek and have a look at the categories there.
Wouldn't it make more sense to have a neat dictionary entry in one language and then link to entries in other languages in the sidebar, just like wikipedia does?— This unsigned comment was added by Lies Van Rompaey (talk • contribs) at 09:25, 22 August 2009 (UTC).
is there anyway to obtian one of the versions of wiktionary as a book. the Kurdish one is great compared to the print dictinaries we have at the moment, and would be great in book format. though the translations could do a bit of work. many entries dont include them.
82.198.250.7Amed Hirori
I have read this section and everything else I could find and I still can't find the answer to my basic question: what is a link to Wikipedia supposed to look like in Wiktionary? Here is one answer: https://en.wiktionary.orghttps://dictious.com/en/Help:FAQ#How_do_I_link_to_Wikipedia.3F It produces a weird-looking link.
Here is another answer: http://en.wikipedia.orghttps://dictious.com/en/Help:Interwikimedia_links It also produces a link that looks wrong to me.
Here is yet another answer: https://en.wiktionary.orghttps://dictious.com/en/Wiktionary:Links
I still don't know how to edit the page so I am just giving up and going home even though my edit going to supply the origin of the word.
What I want is both how to link, and what it is supposed to look like in the article. Thanks for any help. Evangeline (talk) 20:31, 14 October 2013 (UTC)
I'm posting with an iPad Air using Sefari, not quite the latest version as I was notified of an update to the iOS within the last day or two.
Severe bugs on a broadly used site seem extremely fishy to me and it could be evidence of a man in the browser mallware infection which I know for a fact has happened to me (as in I was apparently targeted as opposed to a more general form of malware infection that was intended to infect anyone who used a particular site, such as a bank of financial institution.) several times in the past.
The bugs I'm experiencing is an edit box that won't scroll and a problem with being able to select text properly and a save button that never becomes active (in another area of Wiktionary). Clearly, the save problems didn't show up with this edit box.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. TakenItEasy1 (talk) 05:52, 9 August 2017 (UTC)
I think this FAQ should include the name of the tool that prevents the users to save an entry. That's especially useful for the beginners, so they can read about this tool, about it's requirements and also to request features for improving it, to make it more useful. -- Fructibus (talk) 17:29, 5 November 2017 (UTC)