User talk:The editor 2345

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Enjoy your stay at Wiktionary! Vininn126 (talk) 19:52, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

"Fixed apostrophe"

These apostrophes are not incorrect (and are allowed on Wiktionary); hence, they should not be changed. J3133 (talk) 15:17, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

Pinnipedia

What was the point of this diff? DCDuring (talk) 18:39, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

More generally, have you considered adding content instead of deleting it? DCDuring (talk) 19:18, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

Pteryxia

See this diff. DCDuring (talk) 21:21, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

Birds etc.

You should give the species (the two-word thing like Eulacestoma nigropectus). Otherwise your definition is too broad, covering many other birds. 2A00:23C5:FE1C:3701:C9DA:1ED4:BE2C:8235 01:38, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for the taxon images

One small thing: many of the images will probably be of species for which we have entries. If we have the entry you should use {{taxfmt}} not {{taxlink}}. How can you tell? you ask.

Well, when you preview what you add (and it's a good idea to do so always):

1. if you have the correct template, the taxon name will appear blue
2. if you have used {{taxfmt}} erroneously, the taxon name will appear red
3. if you have used {{taxlink}} erroneously, there will be a verbose message. For a species name you should just switch from {{taxlink}} to {{taxfmt}}.

Even if you don't preview, any red taxon name should be enclosed in {{taxlink}}, so that we catch it as needing an entry. You have to preview to catch an item 3 error.

Sincere thanks for the images. Try to make them illuminate the name, show some distinct feature, or, failing those, just add color and interest to the entry. DCDuring (talk) 02:33, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

You’re very welcome! No problem! The editor 2345 (talk) 02:42, 9 January 2025 (UTC)