User talk:Johnanth

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Again, welcome! --EncycloPetey 02:53, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

sc-tags

You do not need to add "sc=" to Translations sections. We have a bot that monitors page changes and adds this parameter when it is needed. For Latin-character languages, it is never needed, since that is the default script for English. --EncycloPetey 02:53, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

Yes, how stupid of me. Latin is available on absolutely all computers anyway, because of ASCII. I just don't like seeing a History page filled with bot updates. I won't do it again. Also, calm down! --Johnanth 15:30, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

Greek translations

Just to be sure you know: el is "Modern Greek" (which we call "Greek" here), and grc is the code for "Ancient Greek" (which we distinguish as "Ancient Greek"). I'm not well-versed enough in Modern Greek to be certain of your additions, but if you're adding modern Greek as "Greek", then everything is fine. --EncycloPetey 02:59, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

The easy way to tell the difference is the sheer number of diacritics. In modern Greek there is only the accent (τόνος) while in Ancient Greek and Katharevousa (which is no longer used, thank God!) there are... a lot. I'm not old enough to have known Katharevousa and my knowledge of Ancient Greek is very poor (I did not do it in secondary school) so I would never dare add an Ancient Greek translation! No need to worry, though. All the translations I had done and checked were in Modern Greek, el. But thanks for pointing this out to me anyway. --Johnanth 15:21, 23 October 2010 (UTC)