User talk:Esberginia

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Mola

Note my use of the {{lb}} template here. Also, since this doesn't seem to be a proper noun shouldn't the entry title be lowercase..? Acolyte of Ice (talk) 14:27, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

Oh yes, you are right, I missed the already existing page in lowercase, I will fix that.

(I was coming from the requested entries page :-(

Esberginia (talk) 14:32, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

I was about to copy-paste the stuff from this entry to the lowercase one but I see the lowercase already has a Catalan section. Could you check mola#Catalan to see if there is info missing from there that you had put in the uppercase entry? Acolyte of Ice (talk) 14:43, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

Done, and added missing info, please check. Esberginia (talk) 15:03, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

formatting of definitions

Hi. Please try to format definitions the way that existing pages do it. This means:

1. Use {{lb}} instead of putting writing the labels raw, in parens.
2. Definitions for foreign languages like Catalan should be glosses, not sentences. This means (a) initial lowercase, (b) no final period, (c) short glosses whenever possible instead of long definitions. For example, you wrote this, under complex:

# A set of things or parts related to each other; a collection.
# A collection of buildings with a common purpose, such as a set of tourist facilities.
# (psychoanalysis) Set of impulses that act in the unconscious and condition the behavior of the individual.
# (psychology) An obsessive concern about a particular thing.
# (chemistry) A chemical compound containing a central electron acceptor, surrounded by a group of electron-donating molecules.
# (mathematics) A complex number.

It should be much simpler, like this:

# [[collection]] {{gl|a set of things or parts related to each other}}
# [[complex]] {{q|e.g. of buildings}}
# {{lb|ca|psychoanalysis|psychology|chemistry}} [[complex]]
# {{lb|ca|mathematics}} [[complex number]], [[complex]]

Note how I'm using short glosses, and relying on the corresponding English definitions. For example, the English entry for complex as a noun contains a definition with the label chemistry that explains exactly what this means in the context of chemistry; you don't need to repeat the definition here. Same with the labels pschoanalysis and psychology. Thanks! Benwing2 (talk) 06:26, 14 January 2024 (UTC)