User talk:Hitsuji777

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Enjoy your stay at Wiktionary! Rodrigo5260 (talk) 20:42, 14 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

CC: @Ioaxxere, @Theknightwho: Hi @Hitsuji777, welcome to Wiktionary! I've noticed that you've added several instances of {{etymon}} to various entries, and while the work is appreciated, I'd please make sure to read the documentation listed at the template page. Please do not add etymology trees to languages other than English for the time being. I'd also make sure to check your work before adding trees, I've noticed at entries like lapis lazuli, you added a tree that displayed that Classical Persian is derived from Persian, which clearly is not the case. Please verify before displaying trees like that. Also, at entries like 海豹, you displayed that the Japanese term is a blend of Old Japanese terms, which is wrong on two fronts: it's not a blend but a compound, and a blend would require that the source terms be from Japanese, not Old Japanese. I noticed a similar thing with the Chinese terms as well. This is part of why we explicitly state that etymology trees should only be added after consensus within that editing community. Please take the time to review the guidelines for the future, thank you. AG202 (talk) 20:29, 20 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

@AG202: Why was I pinged here? I have no means of stopping them. Ioaxxere (talk) 21:53, 20 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

@Ioaxxere: I forgot to mention it, but there was an ID issue that they were running into, but I'm not well-versed in how etymon IDs work. AG202 (talk) 22:20, 20 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hello! Thanks for letting me know, I don't want to unknowingly wreak havoc. Sorry, if I've been wrongly using templates, documentation can get pretty sparse and labyrinthine here; plus I'm just overall very excited to collaborate. I'll make sure to look at the small print even closer from now on, haha. As for the lapis lazuli entry, am I allowed to add it back? Persian → Classic Persian is an easy 3-character fix. Hitsuji777 (talk) 05:36, 21 October 2024 (UTC)Reply