User talk:Mynewfiles

You ever heard of a dude called User:Pass a Method? Equinox ◑ 07:43, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

I have not. Is he someone I should be concerned about? Mynewfiles (talk) 07:44, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

Okay, I can see why you thought that. His account user name is "North Atlanticist Usonian". That's definitely not me! Mynewfiles (talk) 07:57, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

We would appreciate you spending a little more time on providing citations (written proof from newspapers, books, etc. of your words) and less time on creating 99 spellings of USA. I can't make you, but thanks for considering it. Equinox ◑ 08:00, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

Sounds good, I will definitely take that into consideration. Mynewfiles (talk) 08:02, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

secondary moon, tertiary moon

I think these entries are not the way to document these things. From what I can tell, they are SOP. Rather, secondary and tertiary have specific meanings in astrology based on the relative positions of two planets/astronomical bodies. I don't think there is anything special about the moon in this. Kiwima (talk) 02:41, 3 February 2024 (UTC)

Okay, sounds good. Both were originally redlinked under the "derived terms" section of moon, so I would assume whoever was the original contributor of these terms considered them to be worthy of a new entry. After all, "smuggler's moon" turned out to have numerous cities which you found. Mynewfiles (talk) 07:41, 3 February 2024 (UTC)

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Hi! You wrote: "Equinox, Are you able to unlock the uncreated entry "bix nood"? I have added several durable citations. The term is very common on the Internet, particularly the newsgroup world. https://en.wiktionary.orghttps://dictious.com/en/Citations:bix_nood | https://en.wiktionary.orghttps://dictious.com/en/bix_nood newfiles " I re-post it here because I got tired of doing your stuff. best wishes, eq. Equinox ◑ 11:41, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

No need to do this. If you want it done everywhere, start a discussion to get community consensus, and then we will do it with a bot. Personally I prefer it the other way. Equinox ◑ 13:26, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

Okay, sounds good. I think it truly looks more stylistically appropriate and aesthetically pleasing when "further reading" appears at the bottom. Just my personal preference.

Btw, are you going to unlock the entry for "bix nood"? It has been cited numerous times on the Internet and newgroups. newfiles (talk) 18:44, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

To build on the above, in addition to the fact that you keep on doing this at drip pricing, please also see also Wiktionary:Style_guide#Words_in_definitions. It is appropriate to wikify and link key terms in a definition, particularly if they are technical or used in a non-obvious way, but the word "hidden" in this definition is a great example of something that doesn't need linking: it is a very common word and used in its common way here. Linking almost every word in a definition is not necessary and actually can visually distract from the one or two key words that may need linking. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 19:12, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

Why are you replacing "Jew" with "Jewish individual"? Jew isn't an offensive term. Ioaxxere (talk) 20:11, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

It's not offensive, but it can be perceived as derogatory or disparaging in neutral contexts such as entries in a dictionary. newfiles (talk) 20:14, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

No it isn't. See Jew#Usage notes, , etc. Do you ever call people "Christian individuals" or "Muslim individuals"? Ioaxxere (talk) 20:42, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

usage notes clearly state:

"The noun Jew is not colloquially taken to be a slur, and the overwhelming majority of English-speaking Jews use the noun Jew to identify themselves. That said, it has become offensive for historical reasons to use the word Jew attributively or adjectivally; the adjective Jewish is preferred for this purpose."

We'll just have to agree to disagree. newfiles (talk) 20:59, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

Note where it says "attributively or adjectivally". This means that Jew lawyer is offensive whereas lawyer who is a Jew is not. The entries that you changed were in the latter style. Ioaxxere (talk) 22:20, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

Simple, clear, short definitions are best. Equinox ◑ 07:33, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

Errr that's just dumb. Equinox ◑ 23:32, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

Sorry for taking the account name you wanted, bro Newfiles (talk) 22:01, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

no problem at all! :-) newfiles (talk) 22:27, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

Adding |undefined makes the template think that the plural is the literal word "undefined". See {{en-noun}} and {{en-proper noun}} for the right way to do whatever you were trying to. Could you fix these entries and any others where you made this mistake? Also, assuming you edited under User:Recycled1, 2602:306:CEC2:A3A0:6825:F54E:3457:B9B9, and 2602:306:CEC2:A3A0:C5D4:244:9416:5B3C you should fix the following: Whyalla, Red Russia, Proto-Circassian, Ngayarda, and possibly others. Ioaxxere (talk) 20:55, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

Please stop doing this. ‘Individual’ is no clearer than ‘person’ and often sounds less natural. You have already been asked to stop doing this by others before, so I am not the only one who objects to these changes. You gave no response there, nor when I asked you about it in edit summaries, but continue to do it while avoiding engaging in discussion. If you want to push this change through despite objections from the community, you must first discuss and obtain a consensus for your changes. — Vorziblix (talk · contribs) 10:20, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

This also goes for other changes introducing needless puff-words that add nothing to the definition, like changing ‘use’ to ‘utilize’. This is bad writing, and provides no benefit to our users. — Vorziblix (talk · contribs) 11:26, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

@Vorziblix: You mean our utilizers?

I'm not convinced this change is an improvement either. PUC – 19:07, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

By the way we make a distinction in legal parlance. A corporation is also a person, albeit probably no individual. We also have legal subjects which don’t have legal personhood, the partnerships.

To avoid puffing and return to a natural state of language untainted by culture wars’ superstructures, man can as well write “man”. Fay Freak (talk) 19:46, 17 April 2024 (UTC)