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Hello Doug. Most of your requested words are interesting to research and provide definitions for. However, would you like to have a go at defining some yourself? It's quite fun. SemperBlotto 16:36, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
I wrote an answer on the information desk.
Short answer: add the see line to the entry at pata, then just follow the red link you just created. Robert Ullmann 01:25, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
The words singular and permanent are not related terms. We reserve that section for words that are etymologically related to the entry (such as derived from the same root). --EncycloPetey 04:20, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
What's the difference between derived terms and related terms then? I'll put them back into see-also then. Do you know what relation they have to determinant? Seems very obscure. dougher 05:36, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
Math:A matrix is singular if the determinant is zero. Jcwf 04:22, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
Please do not remove horizontal lines between languages in articles. They are part of the normal format.--Williamsayers79 16:20, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
On this edit, you reduced Wiktionary's page count total. Any page that has no explicit wikilinks (using the ]) does not count towards the page total. Yes, the templates don't require them, but the page counting software does. --EncycloPetey 23:15, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
Coudn't you just put ] in the sandbox or your own user-sandbox? 75.178.190.190 00:33, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
Jcwf 04:20, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
Hello Doug Hockin -- I have some doubts about the helpfulness or appropriateness of the etymology which you added to rat race. Yes, the expression is indeed formed by compounding rat + race, but this does not illuminate the origin of the specific idiom "rat race." I'm inclined to think that the only meaningful etymologies for idioms are (a) etymologies which identify the initial use or coinage of the idiom or (b) etymologies (usually conjectural and qualified by "probably" or "possibly") which explain what the terms in the idiom allude to (see, for example, asleep at the switch and consider the unofficial guidelines at Wiktionary:Etymology). Anyhow, I submit this respectfully for your consideration. -- WikiPedant 14:39, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
We do not normally put more than one quotation inline. --EncycloPetey 01:20, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi,
FYI, I've reverted your edit to sophistically, as google books:"more sophistically" shows that this adverb is indeed comparable.
I'd recommend that you always check before making that sort of edit — it's easy to do, and the results will often surprise you.
—RuakhTALK 14:10, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
This should never be placed between the L3 POS header and the inflection template. It interferes with the table form of the template for users who choose that format. --EncycloPetey 00:28, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
{{pedialite}} in a L4 See also section when there are specific WP links that I want to tie to a particular part of speech. --EncycloPetey 02:03, 26 August 2008 (UTC)When you reformat etymology, you must be cautious not to change the semantics, e. g. by this edit you claim some Dutch or Swedish origin of the word rook, because using {{etyl|sv}} or {{etyl|nl}} puts the word amongst Category:Swedish derivations or Category:Dutch derivations. Use {{etyl|nl|-}} instead, if you are eager to establish a link to the article on that language (both Swedish and Dutch are well-known and do not need this). The uſer hight Bogorm converſation 22:16, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi, just thought I' tell you (since you seem to have been around for a while) we have a little something called WT:ACCEL now :) It does make some of those menial creations easier. 50 Xylophone Players talk 21:06, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
Hey there, just wanted to say thanks for your helpful tweaks at the page totalism. Cheers, Cirt (talk) 19:27, 12 December 2009 (UTC)
These should be under the language header. We frown on having any item placed between the part-of-speech header and the inflection line template. --EncycloPetey 05:23, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
Please do not remove standard format form Etymology sections. They should begin with "From" (in almost all situations) and end with a period. This is standard house style for the English Wiktionary. --EncycloPetey 02:49, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi Doug Hockin! As a Steward I'm involved in the upcoming unification of all accounts organized by the Wikimedia Foundation (see m:Single User Login finalisation announcement). By looking at your account, I realized that you don't have a global account yet. In order to secure your name, I recommend you to create such account on your own by submitting your password on Special:MergeAccount and unifying your local accounts. If you have any problems with doing that or further questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Cheers, DerHexer (talk) 18:11, 14 January 2015 (UTC)