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We hope you enjoy editing Wiktionary and being a Wiktionarian. Conrad.Irwin 20:29, 19 April 2009 (UTC)Reply
You were trying to add the plural form of a derived term in the wrong place. You need to add a definition of eyewall mesovortex. SemperBlotto 22:07, 10 November 2009 (UTC)Reply
Two small things; we don't put breves on vowels (see Wiktionary:About Latin) and we tend to use the I form, that is "I steer, I guide" instead of "to steer, to guide". That second point is much more openly contested. Mglovesfun (talk) 23:07, 9 February 2010 (UTC)Reply
- Ok, thanks...I haven't ever worked with Latin on here before; I just got the inspiration to add some words found in one of my Latin textbooks. I'll give that page a look over before adding more. Ks0stm (T•C) 23:10, 9 February 2010 (UTC)Reply
- decipio, yes very good. Just don't copy the definitions word for word, although in the case of "I deceive", you can't really change either word without losing the meaning, can you. But seriously, for longer definitions we never just 'copy them out' because its a copyright violation. Mglovesfun (talk) 23:40, 9 February 2010 (UTC)Reply
- Sure thing...I know this from enwiki already =). Ks0stm (T•C) 23:42, 9 February 2010 (UTC)Reply