Hello, I recently discovered that my request for googly moogly was missing from the Wiktionary:Requested entries (English) page. The removal of entries from requested entry pages usually means that the entry has been created, but googly moogly is still missing, and apparently has never existed.
Did you intend to create this entry? Or did you remove the listing for some other reason? Curious, ‑‑ Eiríkr Útlendi │ Tala við mig 16:01, 31 March 2015 (UTC)
Could you add {{Babel}}
to your user page? I'd appreciate it. --Dan Polansky (talk) 13:57, 4 April 2015 (UTC)
Hi. Please see my edit at marketgoer. It is preferable to do it this way (with the template) because it lets the software recognise an alternative form, and makes it clear that we aren't saying "a marketgoer is an alternative form"; obviously a marketgoer isn't that, it's a person. Equinox ◑ 03:47, 22 April 2015 (UTC)
You are really kicking arse with these. Keep it up! Equinox ◑ 02:07, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
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quantum-> prefix: "quanto-"
--- also:
Kiwima (talk) 20:58, 22 September 2015 (UTC)
Kiwima Rocks!!! =)
Definition of paleophotons or 宇宙マイクロ波背景放射 or 旧光子 The cosmic microwave background radiation. The low energy thermal part of the cosmic background radiation.
I know... very rare but functional. People understand that way that only the old thermal part of the radiation is the CMB and not the CBR (cosmic background radiation)
I see you removed some cites from Polandball.
Is there a place somewhere else on the page we can add those back, like a new section for other languages?
Thank you,
-- Cirt (talk) 19:50, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
The citations I removed are all on the citations page, organized by language. Kiwima (talk) 21:30, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
I was about to add this one but I was struggling with a definition. Figured it might be better to leave it here than add it as an rfdef. —Μετάknowledgediscuss/deeds 22:52, 17 December 2015 (UTC)
Hi. I put an rfdef in here recently and you basically undid it. I still don't think that the citation belongs under that sense. It seems to be something more like "come up against" or "encounter". I don't see stimulation or resonance having much relevance. What do you think? Equinox ◑ 23:22, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
Re sense 2, manufacturer: surely the first citation is a scanno for "good maker", similar to getting a novel from "all good bookshops"? A general-purpose "any goods-maker" wouldn't offer telescopes anyway; you need a specialist. The second citation looks weird too: what does "hr" mean here? Was Google able to show you the actual page, and not just a possibly wrong text scan? Equinox ◑ 22:37, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
Just curious where you found the English definition. No online English dictionary seems to have this word. --WikiTiki89 18:55, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
I was wondering if you could find citations for two senses of sugar: "(chiefly southern US, slang, uncountable) Effeminacy in a male, often implying homosexuality." and "(uncountable, informal) Diabetes." They seem plausible, but are difficult to search for. Thanks. DTLHS (talk) 04:20, 23 May 2016 (UTC)
Is there a noun that goes with this adjective? *meroite? DTLHS (talk) 23:09, 3 June 2016 (UTC)
Could you take a look at the citations here? I have a feeling there may be multiple definitions. DTLHS (talk) 17:49, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
You added the 'Verb' section with wrong offset. Also adjective translations are now under the verb. Yurivict (talk) 17:49, 28 December 2016 (UTC)
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Hi ! Shouldn't we make one of these entries the main entry and the other an alternative form ? I don't care which Leasnam (talk) 20:30, 16 January 2017 (UTC) ---
Fancy trying to define it? Etymologically, each element has the same meaning, but compare werehuman. —Μετάknowledgediscuss/deeds 04:38, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
Please use the proper templates when archiving discussions (as here), and make sure you archive them even when they passed (as here). If you notice, there are "archive" links on the RFD/RFV pages, which can do all this work for you, try it out. --WikiTiki89 20:57, 7 April 2017 (UTC)
I don't think we should be making a habit of archiving RFV discussions that haven't been closed. The top of WT:RFV says to wait a week after a discussion has been closed before archiving, and I think that's a good practice—occasionally there is something wrong with the closure, and leaving that time allows other users to object if necessary. —Granger (talk · contribs) 21:35, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
Just to let you know, this archiving didn't work. —Granger (talk · contribs) 20:04, 15 May 2017 (UTC)
Hi Kiwima, you've been a great help around here for a good while now. Fancy being given the burden of administrator powers? I could set up a vote for you. --G23r0f0i (talk) 11:07, 22 April 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for working on RFV! I have a couple notes about closing RFV discussions. When you close an RFV, you can't just say that it's passed or failed and be done with it. If it passed, you actually have to go to the entry and remove the tag, and if it failed, you have to delete the entry. (But before deleting it, you should check the 'What links here', and if any other entries do link to it, you should remove the links; if any of them are inflected forms of the page to be deleted, those should be deleted as well.) One more thing is that when closing a discussion, you should strike out the title with <s></s>. This gives a quick visual cue to anyone who's archiving a bunch of discussions at once that this discussion is ready to be archived as well. Thanks! —Μετάknowledgediscuss/deeds 22:26, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
I see you removed coorne. I fail to see any explanation anywhere; is there any place to see the justification? Furthermore, when I enter the word now, I not only don't see the English entry, but also don't see the Dutch/Belgian material.JonRichfield (talk) 04:22, 12 May 2017 (UTC)
This is more vulgar and obscure than many of the senses you've proven preternaturally adept at tracking down citations of, so I understand if you are uninterested or unable to help find any more citations of this, but at Talk:cock#cock_and_vagina, several users mention familiarity with the use of "cock" in the Southern US, before the 1960s, to mean "vagina", and there are two (not-independent) examples of Lucille Bogan using it that way, and other references confirming that's what she meant by it (even though a reading of "dildo" seems almost more plausible). Can you find any other citations? - -sche (discuss) 19:32, 6 June 2017 (UTC)
Hi. Remember to delete the inflected entries too, like plural uneutomers! Equinox ◑ 00:41, 12 August 2017 (UTC)
I think this was too hasty. Many of those cites could be a real screen saver. For example Windows comes with one that lets you just set a photo, or a folder full of photos, as the screen saver. Equinox ◑ 10:24, 28 August 2017 (UTC)
Perhaps, but I looking through them, I think I see at least three that really mean the wallpaper. Kiwima (talk) 21:00, 28 August 2017 (UTC)
I quote, "a period or condition when food is rare and hence expensive; famine." (wikitionary for dearth). Famine is also shown as a synonym for dearth. Anglish4699 (talk) 03:32, 4 September 2017 (UTC)
You should only archive RFVs that have been closed. For example, Talk:superbike shows that it was clearly not concluded, and the entry still has an RFV tag on it. I'll leave that one to you to clean up. —Μετάknowledgediscuss/deeds 20:30, 15 October 2017 (UTC)
Are you sure that the 2006 cite isn't using the term in the second sense? It looks like the author is involved in a research programme called 'Critical Race Theory'. Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk) 13:50, 2 November 2017 (UTC)
No, I'm not. I'll remove it as it's not really needed anyway.
Hey, Kiwima -- in this edit I noticed you archived the RFV for pedosaur. The word apparently got speedied and stricken out prematurely, then I found 73 cites for it on Usenet. An anonymous IP replied to me about it, but no one undeleted it and added the cites. Then you aWa'd it a week after the last reply. The discussion wasn't really closed. This entry should be undeleted until someone has added some of the good Usenet cites, then the RFD discussion should be kept open unless and until anyone raises objections to the cites. Just a thought. Khemehekis (talk) 01:09, 6 November 2017 (UTC)
OK @Khemehekis:, I have undeleted it. How about you add your cites?
Not a huge deal, but I've noticed a couple of weird formatting things you do: (i) often adding extra blank lines (which show up in the entry and look strange) e.g. ) and (ii) not identing your comments in RFV/D discussion, so it's hard to tell them apart from the person above you. (You just have to start the line with a colon: You're wrong / : No, you're wrong!.) Maybe you could format the "normal" way unless you have a special reason. Equinox ◑ 23:34, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
…but why did you remove the Angela Carter cite? Having a well-known author listed is always an advantage IMO and makes a welcome change from the other technical examples. Ƿidsiþ 14:29, 6 December 2017 (UTC)
I'm not sure why someone earlier questioned my account; I came here after a thread discussed old glossaries on a lookist forum. Anyway, could you define the following: AFChick, AFCdom, AFCness? Freepudding0 (talk) 21:37, 14 December 2017 (UTC)
Why this reversion? One of your cites talks about "abundant crotovine" which is clearly uncountable (no article, "a", "the"). There's no evidence of countability like "one crotovine, two crotovine". Equinox ◑ 23:39, 16 December 2017 (UTC)
I have seen u do a lot of work on Requested entries, some that i have even requested,and i just wanted to thank u for doing all that. Keep it up!
Sounds like a challenge for you… - Amgine/ t·e 17:31, 6 January 2018 (UTC)
We don't do barnstars much around here, but...
Barnstar | ||
For your extensive work verifying words, including some words that no-one else has been able to find citations of. - -sche (discuss) 04:57, 20 January 2018 (UTC) |
I was looking through my watchlist and accidentally clicked "Rollback" on your edit. (My computer can be slow and sometimes loads buttons in different locations after I clicked on them in the first location, causing me to click a different button.) PseudoSkull (talk) 03:23, 23 January 2018 (UTC)
You comment on your user page that the durable-sources rule can be frustrating. I think in terms of "western"(?) UK/US/AU... etc. words it's actually something of a shield. A lot of people, especially spammy Internet entrepreneurs, want to publish their word on one Web page and then get us to promote it. I was thinking of this when I saw your recent addition of Jamaican heartical (which is actually pretty well attested in GBooks, it seems). But more so when I very occasionally encounter a word that almost certainly exists, maybe verifiably from speakers, but isn't well documented in text (might be in some Aussie Aboriginal community, or the harder case like some old London slang that only survives in Dickens, that he presumably didn't lie about, but we have virtually no chance of evidencing now). Guess I was going to ask two things: (i) do you habitually create "citations" pages (good place to put legit word where you can't find three uses), (ii) do you have any bright ideas about improving CFI source eligibility without opening the floodgates to bullcrap that someone just invented overnight? Equinox ◑ 00:16, 17 February 2018 (UTC)
I'm sorry for my rather rude way of pestering you at RFV. I don't want to make people who do generally good work feel unwelcome. Sometimes a brief wikibreak can be beneficial for mental health, but I certainly don't want you to leave. You must feel pretty frustrated when you see me pinging you with complaints. I get somewhat frustrated as well, because I want to be able to trust that your cites attest to the sense in question. All in all, it's not a positive dynamic. I'll try to work on that. —Μετάknowledgediscuss/deeds 03:31, 22 February 2018 (UTC)
This entry is incorrect, because we already have Newton's cradle. Also, Executive Ball Clicker is an incorrect use of caps, even though more sources use it that way for some odd reason. PseudoSkull (talk) 22:03, 26 February 2018 (UTC)
Fair enough; temper tantrum suppressed, per User_talk:Chuck_Entz#webside_adjectival_sense_in_webside_manner. Regards, Quercus solaris (talk) 03:41, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
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Thanks for your edit on the sense, which makes it fit with the citations at least; however, it would be helpful to have at least one citation showing that the word has been used as a verb, in a form other than the past participle. Otherwise, I believe the entry should be "enridged" and "enridge", "enridges" and "enridging" should be deleted. (Aabull2016 (talk) 00:48, 25 April 2018 (UTC))
Hi. I think these might actually refer to types of serum reaction, like antideer, antirabbit. Whether that has to involve harm/damage I am not sure. Equinox ◑ 01:12, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
Offglide in the first sense refers to any intermediary state of the articulators from one position to another. That includes a transition to the articulatory setting. So there may even be an "offglide" after an utterance-final sound, like the brief friction produced during the tongue tip moving from the roof of the mouth to the resting position in , as in cat, in which case there will be no "previous sound". Nardog (talk) 23:40, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
I placed the citation I added back to BSL. Why would you delete it? IQ125 (talk) 21:57, 22 September 2018 (UTC)
Great! Now create route-marched. Torrent01 (talk) 23:27, 30 September 2018 (UTC)
This doesn't seem to correspond to any of the current definitions in Khazar- what did you have in mind? DTLHS (talk) 19:27, 9 October 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for adding the meaning of the adjective. Do you think the word is pronounced as in the entry's IPA transcription or that it instead takes after shive? ←₰-→ Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk) 08:59, 24 October 2018 (UTC)
Unsure how to submit instances and examples in order to pass RFV.
Currently, Hypercube is most often associated perhaps incorrectly with such a class of objects, however Metacube has been coined and given the second description may well serve as suitable for such a class of objects.
" A block party metacube is an arrangement of all eight cubes into a 2 × 2 × 2 metacube so that each of the six sides of the metacube forms a party. For example, in Fig. 4, only the top side of the metacube forms a party." - Auto-tabling for subproblem presolving in MiniZinc; Dekker, Björdal, Carlsson, Flener, Monette; First Online: 06 June 2017 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10601-017-9270-5
"metachromatism, metachronous, metachrosis, metacone, metaconid, metacontrast, metaconule" https://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/metacone Unidentified Flying Cheeseburgers (talk) 16:54, 1 March 2019 (UTC)
@Unidentified Flying Cheeseburgers:, If you can find two more uses (not definitions, but quotes that actually use the word with this meaning), I will be happy to add them to the entry and restore the definition, but it failed RFV because no one else could find such uses. Kiwima (talk) 23:01, 28 February 2019 (UTC)
@Kiwima:, Finding examples of the term being used may be difficult if metacube may be a neologism as a participant previously pointed out. Hypercube by comparison may be a questionable term and which may be currently attributed to a specific variation of the meta or hypercube concept, although We're not necessarily bringing the hypercube term into question, metacube may serve to enhance our understanding of the concept such as what it may suggest and how it may be applied. Unidentified Flying Cheeseburgers (talk) 16:54, 1 March 2019 (UTC)
@Kiwima:, Read the document carefully, but unclear why the addition of a generalized description for an existing term fails to qualify for inclusion. Unidentified Flying Cheeseburgers (talk) 16:54, 1 March 2019 (UTC)
@Unidentified Flying Cheeseburgers:, First of all, you are pinging me in response to a comment by @Metaknowledge. You might want to check who signed a comment before responding. Second, the part of the criteria for inclusion that is relevant in this case is under the Attestation heading: use in permanently recorded media, conveying meaning, in at least three independent instances spanning at least a year. A single use is not enough. A description or definition of the term is not a use conveying meaning, it is talking about the word, not using it. Kiwima (talk) 19:23, 1 March 2019 (UTC)
@Kiwima:, Sorry for the misdirected response and thanks for yours.
Attestation makes sense for a term that may exist which Wiktionary may not yet include, however in a case where a class of objects may be without a suitable collective term, providing examples of use may prove difficult if not impossible. To complicate the matter, an existing entry for what may be a preferred term for such an object class, has an existing entry and may be unnecessarily limited by description to one specific use (note: metacube qualified as a new term and appears only in Wiktionary), further complicated by the reference to hypercube which may serve as a specific example of the class of object but as a general term for the class of objects may be a misnomer, so although a suitable and preferred term exists, we're left without a Wiktionary reference for the class of objects simply due to lack of a generalized description for an existing term.
That's about the best we can do to provide an accurate description of the current condition and totally up to the contributors if or how they wish to address the matter; we refer to the platform often and although for our purposes a Wiktionary entry to reference metacube may be preferable, lack of such a reference ought not present a problem except perhaps the confusion that the existing definition may present.
Best of luck and continued success. Unidentified Flying Cheeseburgers (talk) 16:32, 5 March 2019 (UTC)
Just wondering why you reverted my removal of the RFV. I thought the citations you added would constitute sufficient verification of the sense. Aabull2016 (talk) 16:03, 3 June 2019 (UTC) @Asbull2016: RFV is a process, and by that process, the cites sit for one week before removing the RFV. Be patient. It will happen. Kiwima (talk) 20:47, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
Terms ending in fie that do not have three valid cites are nonetheless evidence that -fie is a productive suffice. If you could retain any citations found on the Citations page, that might help in attesting -fie even we have entries for fewer than three terms ending in fie. DCDuring (talk) 03:07, 7 June 2019 (UTC)
Hi, if you feel up to a challenge, I've had difficulty finding quotations for noun sense 8 and verb senses 4, 7 and 8 of kite (etymology 1). The word is appearing as WOTD on 3 August 2019, but no problem if you can't find anything by then. Also, I'm not intending to RFV any of the senses, so it's not necessary to find three citations for each of the senses. One illustrative quotation for each would be great. Thanks! — SGconlaw (talk) 12:00, 31 July 2019 (UTC)
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Hey Kiwima, why did you revert my edits? - TheDaveRoss 18:53, 23 October 2019 (UTC)
Hi again! How do we find old Internet slang now that Google Groups has been cut off at the knees? I have got a slight suspicion about FYFI, which if it exists outside of netslang lists is surely to be found on old Usenet posts, but they aren't reliably searchable any more. If RFVing it just dumps more on your plate, how would you look for it anyway? Equinox ◑ 21:47, 27 October 2019 (UTC)
There is no need to keep all of that junk on that entry because it is only the alt form and the definitions will be properly maintained on the main entry. It is best to avoid forking. -Mike (talk) 16:27, 21 November 2019 (UTC)
please remember to check for inflected forms and anagram links and remove those as well. For example, here are some that need to be dealt with because you deleted casuarid. Thanks! —Μετάknowledgediscuss/deeds 04:54, 3 January 2020 (UTC)
When you delete an entry due to RFV/RFD, please check for incoming links, as advised on screen when you do it. I had to get rid of the plural basigynia but worse, podogynium and thecaphore now have definitions containing the red-linked word... Equinox ◑ 13:07, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
https://en.wiktionary.orghttps://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=denarian&oldid=prev&diff=58714152 seems wrong, why remove coordinate terms? Olivia comet (talk) 17:56, 20 February 2020 (UTC)
Oh, weird I thought I saw it there but it was definitely not there when I added to the page so I must've gotten mixed up.
Does this mean Robert Scher's citation would be removed from Citations:denarian ?
I notice https://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=22674 uses it, authored by William C. Shiel Jr., MD, FACP, FACR, Chief Editor
Plus there is https://books.google.ca/books?id=4rVcDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA117
Perhaps not a strong enough argument was made for it's inclusion initially when it was removed? Olivia comet (talk) 20:02, 20 February 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for your additions on hostage. Are you happy to remove the RFV tmplt for def #2 as well? 121.44.38.245 08:42, 5 March 2020 (UTC)
Entry in question: wehraboo
From the given reason for deletion, the entry had previously been deleted due to a RFV from a failure to attest valid citations. The previous deletion stated to "not re-enter without valid citations", though five citations had been provided spanning 7 years. Unless I'm missing something, this is in accordance with one of the criteria at WT:ATTEST:
use in permanently recorded media, conveying meaning, in at least three independent instances spanning at least a year
The only thing I can think of that isn't in accordance with this is the "permanently recorded" statement. Archives of the relevant citations had been provided, so I'd assume that counts as permanently recorded. If I'm unaware of anything missing, then I'd be glad to rectify it, if possible.
Kind regards, Orcaguy (talk) 14:42, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
I have collected some citations. I am not so sure that they are durably archived ("DA"). The one from the Japanese book is a mention. The Scientific American probably is DA, the conference proceedings is DA, IMO. I don't know about Solomon Times and Reader's Digest. What do you think? There might be some CSIRO publication, but it is behind a paywall for me. DCDuring (talk) 22:26, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
Those quotations you have added have various issues, including, but not limited to, spaces after commas and full stops (in all but one of the quotations), before and after quotation marks (the spacing problems would cause wrapping issues), mismatched brackets (if they are so in the source, a {{sic}}
is in order), and a sentence without a full stop (however, I did search it and found out that it does not end), or any indication of its incompletion. J3133 (talk) 11:19, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
I noticed that you have edited the quotations. The full stop you have added is not there in the book, as I have mentioned. Should I expect other quotations you have added and will add to not contain as many issues? J3133 (talk) 00:48, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
Hello! I just saw your statement that, "I enjoy the process of hunting down difficult-to-find citations." Over the past two years, I have been going against the grain and letting the English speaking world remember the words derived from Wade-Giles. I can't find a good citation for Mai-kai-t'i (outside of encyclopedias). Do you have any suggestions for me? Can I use encyclopedia entries? Thanks for any help or advice you can give me. --Geographyinitiative (talk) 22:52, 31 August 2020 (UTC) @Geographyinitiative: By all means, you can use encyclopedias (as long as they are not wikis, which are by definition fluid rather than permanently archived.)
To take an extreme case:
{{hotword}}
.This is formally correct under our rules, but seems unreasonable. Most (all?) of our less-frequently used definitions would not have any durably attested uses during a 30-day period. I doubt that you would close out such an RfV so quickly, but I am not so sure about troublemakers or newbies of somewhat deletionist inclinations, who may focus on hot words as an area in which they can make trouble or a contribution, respectively. Should we extend the minimum time for closing out a hot-word RfV as RfV-fail to 90 days, 180 days, or a year? DCDuring (talk) 21:59, 7 September 2020 (UTC)
Hi K. Thanks for the quotes at encover. There seem to have been 2 half-completed quotes there. I wasn't sure exactly how you screwed up, but I removed both half-quotes. Feel free to check it again Candle-holding servant (talk) 22:36, 23 October 2020 (UTC)
I was gonna send the remainder of Category:Requests for date by source to RFV, but seeing how it's normally you who ends up adding quotations anyway, can I ask for help in tracking down the remaining quotes in that category? Bearing in mind there were over 5000 therein when Wonderfool started their quote-dating project a couple of years ago, it would be awesome to eliminate them. La más guay (talk) 09:49, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
What word fits the pattern? ... of flats / stumbling ... / ... party / this is a request for another Wonderfool ... because it's been a month already since the last one. La más guay (talk) 01:24, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
@La más guay:, Sorry, but I don't understand what you are asking here. If it's just a riddle, the answer is block. Kiwima (talk) 02:22, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for your assiduous work in resolving and closing listings at RFV. Mihia (talk) 23:08, 24 December 2020 (UTC)
Hi. How was this passed, when there are still zero English citations? Equinox ◑ 22:42, 10 April 2021 (UTC)
Hi, I think this addition was reversed by mistake, so I rolled it back:
Wiktionary talk:Requests for verification#rfv templates now require a language parameter
It is just a request to update the documentation for the page which is out of date and locked.
Cheers, Facts707 (talk) 17:02, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
Hi. Thanks for your response. OK in theory, but in practice this is a rather rare and unusual word, and the three given citations are all transitive (even if passive). You are sure it exists in the intransitive? Equinox ◑ 05:04, 20 June 2021 (UTC)
Hey Kiwima: I have been able to find Wiktionary-grade durably archived attestation (meeting the other requirements too) for many English language proper noun placenames and their alternative forms and synonyms. However, there are some words that I haven't gotten to first base with despite repeated searches, like Damiku or Pangudang. Another example is the partially-attested Darya Boyi, where the entry has only two durably archived cites (seemingly). I want to start putting seemingly unattestable entries into rfv, and any of their less than three attestations onto the relevant 'Citations' pages for future editors to use if these words ever become more common. That is to say, I want to move from a more inclusionist mindset to a more deletionist mindset, for the purpose of bringing everything I am looking at up to Wiktionary standards. Let me know if you have any thoughts or suggestions. --Geographyinitiative (talk) 12:25, 12 July 2021 (UTC)
...your time machine please? I'd like a copy of the book from the year 2165 Roger the Rodger (talk) 21:05, 15 July 2021 (UTC)
Hey I was wondering if you can help me understand how you find "durable" citations and how to determine if a source is or isn't durable? For example, if a source is archived on archive.org does that make it durable? Thank you in advance for your help.
The word sextra is clearly in use in several senses. Sextras are usually uncredited actors and actresses in pornographic or adult films, often during orgy scenes. "Behind the scenes" footage, blooper reels, and outtakes in pornographic films are also sometimes referred to as sextras.
==English== ===Etymology=== {{blend|en|sex|extra}} (acting) ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK|US}} {{IPA|en|/ˈsɛkstɹə/}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # A ] or ] in a ] film or play. ===Anagrams=== * {{anagrams|en|a=aerstx|extras|taxers}} 2600:387:6:803:0:0:0:AE 01:57, 24 July 2021 (UTC)
I rarely talk, but I need help with the Google Books verifications, please. What is the best format when there is more than one artist, you want to show the exact month and day possibily, as well as the year, and the others? I found three of the five words that needed verifications existed before this year. I just used Google Books today when simply searching the existing words outside is too difficult or impossible. 173.233.87.157 23:38, 7 August 2021 (UTC)
To prove I am not just saying it vaguely, I found the actual citation for superimplosive. However, there are two authors, not one. Should I stick with the primary author instead of having both? Also, I said three, as in superinstantaneously, superimplosion, and said word. I need a better formatting in Wiktionary to properly perform the citation, please. 173.233.87.157 23:47, 7 August 2021 (UTC)
Thank you. 173.233.87.157 23:56, 7 August 2021 (UTC)
I was going to talk about that. There is one more instance of superinstantaneously. ] However, I cannot find the rest of the sentence. Can you see or get the rest of the sentence, please? 173.233.87.157 00:02, 8 August 2021 (UTC)
All right. Thank you. 173.233.87.157 00:13, 8 August 2021 (UTC)
There is an issue. You know I was trying to find a citation? I was trying to find the word superunbelievable without a hyphen. Beyond unfortunately, the other one has something. . I am scared if I put this as a citation, I would be blocked, even though I am NOT trying to advertise. 173.233.87.157 01:01, 8 August 2021 (UTC)
OK. No blogs. Anyway, I found a third verfication of superinstantaneously, which is not a blog. 173.233.87.157 05:12, 8 August 2021 (UTC)
Thank you. My editing skills got much better. Can I ask you something, please? It is about the citations. I am not the most experienced at it. But have you been on Wiktionary for a long time? 173.233.87.157 14:45, 17 August 2021 (UTC)
Thank you sincerely, Sir Chuck. I need to ask. Did you ever had to ask for permission for certain citiations? The reason why because I sleep a lot in the day, and the fact the pandemic is ongoing. Also, I take copyright seriously, and I seriously need help. No, this is not just me being lazy, refusing to do it myself and it is not just a one-time habitual thing as I sleep offline and dealing with the pandemic like many/most others; it is a daily and constant thing and it is far beyond my control. No jokes, no memes, and no sarcasm from me. I have been dealing with this year. Do you need specific citations to look? 173.233.87.157 19:03, 17 August 2021 (UTC)
If you are busy right now, I understand. 173.233.87.157 00:33, 18 August 2021 (UTC)
OK. If I show you a link, would it make more sense? A particular word? I am asking you if you can get permission from the publishers for a certain word, please? I am not going to abuse or repeat this daily. Like you know when you go to Google Books, there are things to read before you get to the story on some of the books on search results? Like copyright. And asking for permission. There is another reason why I am talking to you. If there are things in Googles Books even I cannot find, will you help me with certain words that needs verfications, please? Like at least three usages of a certain word. 173.233.87.157 01:07, 18 August 2021 (UTC)
That is what you do usually? 173.233.87.157 02:08, 18 August 2021 (UTC)
You deleted the talk page. J3133 (talk) 06:41, 6 October 2021 (UTC)
Isn't Swedistan usually used by far-right groups? It should be considered as "politics" because it's used by nationalists and racist groups.
Why is it not considered "political"? Could it be because it's not used by politicians in the Swedish government.
I'm not upset, just seeking an explanation. Thank you.
PulauKakatua19 (talk) 03:30, 10 October 2021 (UTC) @PulauKakatua19: I suppose it can be used within a political context, but I would consider it more a racist word than a political word. It tends not to be about political decisions or actions, but about immigrants. Kiwima (talk) 03:42, 10 October 2021 (UTC)
Hi! You cited Metro saying "...suffering a fall the most common causes...". I assume the word "are" is missing here, but I couldn't find the original. (Of course if the original has an error then we should use template.) I did want to ask: without criticising your excellent cite-digging skills, I have sometimes noticed typos (missing words, or spelling errors) that suggest you re-typed the content instead of copy-pasting it. Can that be true? Do you re-type word for word, for some reason? Equinox ◑ 07:25, 4 November 2021 (UTC)
I'm afraid this edit of yours was mistaken. The senses are supplied in the "Translations" section in lowercase, see the examples given at Wiktionary:Entry_layout#Translations and especially Wiktionary:Translations. You can also check this section in any common lexical item, e.g. word#Translations. Best, Adam78 (talk) 10:54, 23 November 2021 (UTC) @Adam78:
There seem to be a lot of RfVs lately. I would not be too concerned about our 30-day "deadline" for closing them out. I suppose that memorializing the RfD on the talk page makes it possible to find them again, eg, if we stumble upon some new source of citations. DCDuring (talk) 04:00, 6 December 2021 (UTC)
@DCDuring: No, I don't have a convenient OED, but frankly, it is rarely that I find it helpful in producing citations, and that is one place that other people seem happy to look. And yes, I have found the combination of MooreDoor and Notusbutthem (whom I suspect of both being sockpuppets of the same person) rather overwhelming. Since I was very recently widowed, my tolerance is down and I am thinking of just taking a long break. Kiwima (talk) 04:31, 6 December 2021 (UTC)
Probably from done up like a kipper? Equinox ◑ 10:21, 8 December 2021 (UTC)
This word was in https://en.m.wiktionary.orghttps://dictious.com/en/Category:English_terms_with_redundant_head_parameter so I removed the redundant part. Ffffrr (talk) 03:53, 16 December 2021 (UTC)
It seems when I removed that part the verb conjugation got messed up yet it said that part was redundant, that’s odd. Ffffrr (talk) 04:03, 16 December 2021 (UTC)
I'm a proud Mexican and this a 100% wrong. There is no place in the Mexican states where we related chalupa with food, maybe in the area closer to the border with USA but in the Mexican country chalupa is a small boat that our ancestors used to get the merchandise out the garden(mostly veggies and flowers) to the nearest part of their towns to sell them, and that's has nothing to do with food. I hope you guys get this information right. With all my respect. Thank you! 173.27.209.194 08:03, 23 December 2021 (UTC)
Hi Kiwima! I added some quotes to Citations:churnalize. Do you think it's enough to undelete churnalize and the alt form churnalise? I'm hoping this is music to the ears of the inclusionist spirit within you. This, that and the other (talk) 12:37, 3 January 2022 (UTC)
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I see that you have removed my edit. would like to know the reason behind it.
Thank you
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Hey. You familiar with the Kiwi term cuzzy? Br00pVain (talk) 01:31, 29 January 2022 (UTC)
Hi, I think this is sufficient to create a verb sense (along the lines of nurture, pamper, spoil, etc.). 70.172.194.25 23:36, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
Hi Kiwima, as you do considerable amount of citing and adding quotations to entries, you might be interested in this. I personally use the books and scholar versions, which certainly prove very useful. —Svārtava (t/u) • 14:54, 8 March 2022 (UTC)
Why have you been turning these into votes? These are clearly RFV issues. Vininn126 (talk) 12:03, 28 May 2022 (UTC)
@Vininn126: The CFI changed this year, so that non-permanently archived sources can count, but only if voted as acceptable. These are words whose attestation relies on non-permanently archived sources, so I have put the attestation up for vote. Kiwima (talk) 21:23, 28 May 2022 (UTC)
Hi. I'd like to nominate you for Awesome Wiktionarian. I'll set up a vote for you... Flackofnubs (talk) 10:44, 25 December 2022 (UTC)
Howdy. You seem rad. I thought I'd ask this of an inclusionist. Do you think that xylon counts as a unit of measurement? Sorry if you don't care or if it should be obvious. --107.13.119.193 01:53, 18 February 2023 (UTC)
@107.13.119.193:. Yes, it looks like a unit of measurement to me, albeit a historical one. It seems as valid as cubit. Kiwima (talk) 02:05, 18 February 2023 (UTC)
Hello Kiwima, coming across this image, I was wondering if it might me useful on the page. Cheers. Lotje (talk) 13:03, 12 April 2023 (UTC) @Lotje: Very amusing, but not useful in terms of clarifying the definitions. Kiwima (talk) 22:30, 12 April 2023 (UTC)
I added the example sentence partly because of this article: https://getpocket.com/explore/item/micromanipulation-the-covert-tactic-that-narcissists-use-in-arguments-to-reassert-control
Thanks for the contribution. -- Apisite (talk) 03:14, 6 August 2023 (UTC)
Hello Kiwima,
Thank you so much for diligently researching and digging up the numerous citations for the entry of "smuggler's moon".
Best,
Mynewfiles Mynewfiles (talk) 21:02, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
Kiwima,
Regarding this entry: https://en.wiktionary.orghttps://dictious.com/en/Malibu_bay_breeze
Under the related terms section, is the redlinked Malibu Bay term synonymous with the Malibu bay breeze cocktail? Mynewfiles (talk) 21:32, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
Hi Kiwima,
One last request, and I won't bother you anymore.
I am not really able to locate any concrete definitions or cites for the entries "zombie institution" and "zombie organization":
https://en.wiktionary.orghttps://dictious.com/en/zombie#Derived_terms
And I'm not entirely sure if they are synonymous with "zombie company" and "zombie business".
I would appreciate any of your awesome and amazing help in this. Mynewfiles (talk) 17:19, 1 February 2024 (UTC)
You removed "jijiboo" from Alternative forms
that appears to be the original form of the word from the 1909 song "I've Got Rings On My Fingers" https://en.wikipedia.orghttps://dictious.com/en/I%27ve_Got_Rings_On_My_Fingers
OED thinks so: https://www.oed.com/dictionary/jigaboo_n?tl=true
This page says that Ji-Ji-Boo was revived as the name of a 1922 dance tune: https://esnpc.blogspot.com/2023/06/ji-ji-boo-2-etymology-of-jigaboo.html
see earlier: https://esnpc.blogspot.com/2022/03/ji-ji-boo-j-oshea-how-name-of-stranded.html
I don't have a wiki account to create the page "jijiboo" or the knowledge and experience to suggest that that word may be the original form. 74.109.243.144 02:11, 4 February 2024 (UTC)
Hi Kiwima,
Any possible cites that you could possibly dig up for the entry "fruit-time"?
https://en.wiktionary.orghttps://dictious.com/en/fruit-time newfiles (talk) 19:11, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
Kiwima, I'm assuming you were unable to locate any cites for these two redlinked terms? newfiles (talk) 23:00, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
Kiwima,
Are you able to dig up any cites for the slang term "snicker licker"?
https://en.wiktionary.orghttps://dictious.com/en/snicker_licker
It would be though for the second sense which was deleted due to a lack of cites, meaning "A white woman who has sexual relationships exclusively with black men." newfiles (talk) 06:34, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
Kiwima,
Is "angry mode" a term worth creating? It seems SoP, but I think there's a distinct definition in psychology. newfiles (talk) 19:20, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
Kiwima,
Any idea what "Mexican stocks" means?
https://en.wiktionary.orghttps://dictious.com/en/Mexican#Derived_terms
I'm not finding anything in Google books. newfiles (talk) 03:41, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
Kiwima,
Any cites that you could dig up from books or periodicals for this term? I've found quite a few on Newsgroups that I've added.
https://en.wiktionary.orghttps://dictious.com/en/foreskin_envy newfiles (talk) 17:45, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
Hi Kiwima,
Thank you for contributing a slew of quotes for the entry "niggerize". Any quotes that you could possibly dig up for https://en.wiktionary.orghttps://dictious.com/en/deniggerization?
Thank you. newfiles (talk) 04:19, 21 March 2024 (UTC)
Kiwima, as an administrator, are you able to unlock the entry "magic nigger"? https://en.wiktionary.orghttps://dictious.com/en/Citations:magic_nigger
I've added several citations. newfiles (talk) 19:07, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
Greetings Kiwima,
Any cites or quotes that you could dig up for "anarchic" (sense 3 ---> Free-spirited; not bound by the rigors or expectations of society.)
https://en.wiktionary.orghttps://dictious.com/en/anarchic
Thank you kindly. newfiles (talk) 19:48, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
Greetings,
Any citations that you can dig up for psychosociophilosophical?
https://en.wiktionary.orghttps://dictious.com/en/psychosociophilosophical
What a groovy word! But it appears to be almost a nonce word. newfiles (talk) 20:06, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
Greetings Kiwima,
Any quotes or cites that you could dig up for the following words?
https://en.wiktionary.orghttps://dictious.com/en/brede-stitch
https://en.wiktionary.orghttps://dictious.com/en/bread-stitch
https://en.wiktionary.orghttps://dictious.com/en/bread-lepe (actually a Middle English word)
https://en.wiktionary.orghttps://dictious.com/en/bread-fleigh
https://en.wiktionary.orghttps://dictious.com/en/brade-fleigh
Absolutely no rush or pressure.
Thank you kindly. newfiles (talk) 18:52, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
Kiwima, as an administrator, are you able to unlock the entry "bix nood"? https://en.wiktionary.orghttps://dictious.com/en/Citations:bix_nood
I've added several citations.
Thank you kindly. newfiles (talk) 07:07, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
Kiwima,
Any quotes or cites that you can find for the second sense of https://en.wiktionary.orghttps://dictious.com/en/mystery_meat ?
i.e., an individual of unknown or undetermined racial or ethnic origin. newfiles (talk) 21:39, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
Hi Kiwima,
Can you work your magic on these two words and add a few cites or quotes? newfiles (talk) 21:53, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
Kiwima,
Any cites or quotes that you could dig up plz for https://en.wiktionary.orghttps://dictious.com/en/dingo%27s_breakfast ?
I am also interested in the origins of this term. Why was the dingo chosen?
Thank you kindly. newfiles (talk) 20:07, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
Hi, Wiktionary user Aaisoaoxsosizkz would like to be blocked for the following reasons: Mr. ai(including talk) The document was created or edited playfully. - YeBoy371 (talk) 05:17, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
Hi there Kiwima,
Thank you kindly for your monumental contributions to this entry. You definitely deserve a Nobel prize or a Fields medal for your wide-ranging and far-reaching definitions. newfiles (talk) 22:11, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
Kiwima,
Any idea what "sandwich time" means? I'm seeing a few hits in Google Books, but I can't really make out a clear def. newfiles (talk) 03:01, 27 April 2024 (UTC)