User talk:Vikungen

Please read WT:ATTEST now, before you create more entries that will have to be deleted. —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 15:14, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

What is your point if I might ask? Is not the point of having a Wiktionary which users can edit to have a larger number of articles?

It says in your profile that you can speak Esperanto, if so you should know that ĥanejo would be derived from ĥano. Jen ligilo por la uzo de la vorto ĥanejo: https://books.google.no/books?id=2nwaBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA57&dq=%C4%A5anejo&hl=no&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%C4%A5anejo&f=false Vikungen (talk) 16:54, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

Yes, but just because a word could exist does not mean it does exist. Esperanto can form lots of words with prefixes and suffixes that nobody has ever used, and if that is the case, they do not belong on Wiktionary, even if they could be used. —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 16:47, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

As Esperanto is a relatively small language, it would be hard to find accounted uses of lesser used words like ĥanejo outside of dictionaries. There are also no other words that contest the validity of ĥanejo, thus either we need to go with the dictionaries only listing of the word for khanate, or we would have to live without a Wiktionary entry for the Esperanto word for khanate, which would be a shame and a loss. Vikungen (talk) 16:54, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

This is the price we must pay to ensure that someone doesn't make up a word on the spot and then get it included. Even dictionaries make things up and make mistakes. —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 16:55, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

Formatting suggestions

Hi Vikungen. Thanks for contributing these new entries to Wiktionary—ĥano and ĥalifo in particular are good entries. There are a couple of things you should know about formatting entries on Wiktionary, though. First, in the {{etyl}} template, the second language code should be the language of the entry. So, for instance, the template at ĥano should say {{etyl|trk|eo}}, not {{etyl|trk|en}}. The latter would be used for the etymology of an English word, not an Esperanto word.

Second, the IPA symbol ˈ is a stress mark—it precedes the stressed syllable in a word. If you want a regular syllable break, use a period ( . ) instead.

Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks! —Mr. Granger (talk • contribs) 16:23, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

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Again, welcome! —Mr. Granger (talk • contribs) 16:28, 20 June 2015 (UTC)