Wiktionary:Feedback
This page is for collecting feedback from Wiktionary readers. It should be cleaned out on a three-month basis, as new comments are constantly being added. Feel free to reply to and discuss comments here, though bear in mind that the people who leave the feedback may never come back to read replies. By convention, the feedback is not archived.
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- Q. X isn’t a real word! Why do you have an entry for it?
- A. Like most dictionaries, Wiktionary describes and records how people use languages, and does not try to prescribe what is supposedly right or wrong. In some cases, labels are added to warn people that certain usages may be regarded as, for example, derogatory to some people or regarded by some people as proscribed (generally recommended not to be used). If you really feel that an entry should not in Wiktionary, discuss the matter with other editors at Wiktionary:Tea room. Alternatively, if you have done a search at websites such as Google Books and the Internet Archive and cannot find uses of the term, you can request for the entry to be verified at Wiktionary:Requests for verification (see that page for instructions).
- Q. Why don’t you provide audio files giving the pronunciations of all entries?
- A. The recording of audio files requires volunteer editors who have the right equipment and software, and who know how to upload these files to the Wikimedia Commons. All this is somewhat time-consuming, and it seems that at the moment we simply don’t have editors who are able to do this for us regularly. We suggest that you learn how to read the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcriptions of pronunciations. For English entries, you can visit Appendix:English pronunciation, which you can also reach by clicking on the “(key)” link next to the word IPA on entry pages.
- Q. How do I propose that a Wiktionary for another language be started?
- A. See incubator:Help:Manual.
December 2024
[edit]Word of the day: tip of the iceberg
[edit]It should read On this day 65 years ago in 1959... —71.105.243.101 01:25, 1 December 2024 (UTC)
Fixed—thanks! — Sgconlaw (talk) 02:29, 1 December 2024 (UTC)
Hello! This is a very useful and wonderful site I use every single day. However I find a lot of the sexual content very graphic and even disturbing when I'm researching things that are quite innocent-- this even becomes triggering, honestly.
I would be extremely appreciative if there would be a way to flag graphic content so users would have the option of muting it if they didn't want to see it?
Thank you very much!
Queerness: 210.6.63.37
[edit]Hello, I'm MarcoToa 0425.
The meaning 'the state of being gay, gayness' is missing in this entry. Meaning 3 should be considered to be offensive, according to the usage of the word queer is only OK to use by homosexuals (themselves) only.
Please fix it.
But there is no problem in the meanings 'the state of being odd'. MarcoToa 0425 (talk) 13:36, 5 December 2024 (UTC)
- 210.6.63.37
- The word gash.
- The derogatory meaning 'a woman regarded as a sex object' is missing. MarcoToa 0425 (talk) 13:36, 5 December 2024 (UTC)
I like this funny little word
Definition #2 should contain the italicized header "onomatopoeic".
Unfortunately, I hate it. At logical width of 1104.5 px (2x real pixels, 3000 × 2000 px Hi-DPI screen scaling at 200%) I get switched to mobile view and I can't find search bar at first glance, there is no ToC visible, there are two hamburger-like menus (menu and ToC) right under each other. Half of the screen is blank anyway, due to how content is formatted on Wiktionary - you could easily fit 3 columns in my case.
Please at least make the cutoff for mobile view at 950 px (half width of FullHD/1920px minus some pixels for any screen borders, etc.). It would help desktop users like me a lot.
For reference, on Firefox with the new vertical tabs and window on half of the screen I get 744.5 logical px (1489 real px) of width. That could still comfortably fit ToC.
I feel the search would be better on its own line and always expanded, or at least having frame to simulate presence of input field, as that's what users are subconsciously looking for when searching for a search input - a blank rectangle with clear border.
Tracerneo (talk) 12:36, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
Wiktionary is an amazing tool and i've been using it for years without any issues. But i recently tried to use the book creation function to compile a list of entries for personal use and was appalled to find out it isn't saved across sessions. Can i ask what the rational for this is?
I implore you to please fix this issue and allow users to compile and manage any number of books they desire. I've invested an ungodly amount of my time searching for this exact functionality across platforms and this is the only one that actually works as i intend.
Lots of love, Luis
- Someone has asked the same question at "Wiktionary:Grease pit/2024/December#Any possibility of allowing users to manage multiple books across sessions?" and it has been answered. If it wasn't you who posted on that page, have a look at that discussion. — Sgconlaw (talk) 17:58, 10 December 2024 (UTC)
It would be useful, if possible, if a user could choose a preferred language before pressing your "Random entry" button, and the button then works across that language rather than across the whole site. Otherwise is generates a lot of entries irrelevant to the user. Thank you. Colin McLaughlin (talk) 06:08, 20 December 2024 (UTC).
- @Colin McLaughlin: see Wiktionary:Random page. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 15:59, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
- Good. Thanks. I shall look on that as a Christmas present.
How do people who hit the Random Entry button know there's a Language Selection page, though? Should that have some prominence on the left, too? Colin McLaughlin (talk) 18:53, 20 December 2024 (UTC)- You could certainly propose that at, e.g. Wiktionary:Beer_parlour/2024/December. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 19:03, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
- Good. Thanks. I shall look on that as a Christmas present.
I have a wikimedia ID. Can I get this "Klarmstrongmd ID" switched over so as to have a single password within Wikimedia? ps: I am old and forgetful.
- @Klarmstrongmd: I'm not sure what exactly you want to do, but maybe this page will help: "m:Help:Unified login". — Sgconlaw (talk) 19:05, 24 December 2024 (UTC)
Just leaving some appreciation for all the active editors here and Wiktionary in general. I use the website every day and it's consistently useful and informational. Teafed (talk) 06:10, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
- Domo arigato for reading. Happy new year. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 06:13, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
January 2025
[edit]Is there no dark mode? Dark mode would be lovely if the time could be spared to do so. 68.112.157.173 07:14, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
- There is. See mw:Manual:Dark mode for methods, such as "You can also force the dark mode feature on a page. Add ?vectornightmode=1 (for Vector 2022, the desktop skin) or ?minervanightmode=1 (for Minerva, the mobile skin) to the URL." —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 11:18, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
Endoploidy is a scientific term that refers to the amount of DNA in a cell that has increased because of endoreduplication. This is different from endopolyploidy, which describes the general process where cells replicate their DNA multiple times without dividing. The distinction is similar to how we use ploidy to talk about a specific DNA content level in a cell and polyploidy to refer to having multiple sets of chromosomes.--Nicola Trozzi (talk) 00:20, 15 January 2025 (UTC)
Terrible. --2600:8804:481:F300:388B:B182:4F48:5190 13:26, 27 January 2025 (UTC)
- Looks all right now. I am unsure what somebody did, but earlier it was causing graphical glitches. (((Romanophile))) ♞ (contributions) 09:50, 28 January 2025 (UTC)
Template names very confusing
[edit]I came here to expand Wiktionary's coverage on the Korean language and the opaque template names were a roadblock for me. I don't think any newcomer would understand what "n-g", "lb", or "head|ko|phrase" means, doubly so if they are unfamiliar with mediawiki markup. Ca (talk) 06:28, 30 January 2025 (UTC)
- In the search bar, type in ‘template:’ and then the corresponding template name, like template:lb, so that you can get a better understanding of the template’s purpose. (((Romanophile))) ♞ (contributions) 16:34, 30 January 2025 (UTC)
- True, but I think it would be better to just spell out the template names in full. Ca (talk) 04:18, 1 February 2025 (UTC)
Defenition 1 of the adverb 'least' is the opposite of what it should be. It fits 'most' better than 'least'.
1. Used for forming superlatives of adjectives, especially those that do not form the superlative by adding -est.
Scelultrix (talk) 17:29, 31 January 2025 (UTC)
February 2025
[edit]Word of the day: We are having a holoalphabetic month—each day features a term starting with a different letter of the alphabet (and two numbers)!
[edit]Nothing major, just wanted to give a kudos for the holoalphabetic month thing! Anything to make language learning more interesting is a good thing in my opinion. I strongly and firmly believe (more emphatically by the day) that language is the root of all knowledge and communication is the secondary effect of that - but both are incredibly important. On that note, I have been running through a list of different sources for a daily "word of the day" and "quote of the day" for a little while now, and one of the things I have noticed that kind of bothers me - which I noticed before starting this routine - is just what exactly constitutes a "word" and when it is or is not appropriate to add a "new word" to any dictionary.
So that kind of is exactly the type of thing Wikimedia projects are directly concerned with, and ultimately there is no great answer I think, though I will say it is an entirely different thing when finding that Wiktionary has a page for an obscure "word" and when finding OED or Cambridge has "Officially™️" endorsed some obscure word as legitimate.*
Simply put, Wikimedia is an important and awesome project and idea but there is kind of a balancing act that has gotten out of balance in many ways between the Wikimedia side of things, the Institutional™️ side of things (which has a balancing act in itself between academia, government, commerce, and religion/general public), and the general populace that is somewhere between, if y'know what I mean.
- See:
Todays Word of the Day from OED: https://www.oed.com/dictionary/hipoisie_n
Which led me to: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hipoisie
Which led me to: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hippolite
Which led me to: https://www.oed.com/dictionary/hippolith_n , https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hippolith
Which led to this ancient book which is the only source I could find via google scholar containing the word "hippolith" which seems sort of ominous but appropriate: https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=E9JVAAAAcAAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA3&dq=%22hippolith%22&ots=fMHCoM45Zb&sig=YdczU3O7kNEw2u6gNmxgnYtglLQ#v=onepage&q=%22hippolith%22&f=false (De fatis politicae imperialis disquisitionem/An investigation into the fate of imperial politics By Heinrich Gottlieb Francke, Adam Ludwig)
There are a lot more thoughts on these topics brought to mind by these findings but they are far beyond the scope of a simple feedback so I will save those for another time and possibly place.
Thanks! — This unsigned comment was added by Relevantusername2020 (talk • contribs) at 09:21, 3 February 2025.
- Hi, @Relevantusername2020. I'm not sure I fully understand what you're asking about, but as regards the terms which are acceptable for inclusion in the Wiktionary, see "Wiktionary:Criteria for inclusion". — Sgconlaw (talk) 11:22, 3 February 2025 (UTC)
- No worries, there was no question. I don't think all feedback needs to be either critical or asking for clarification - consider it an overly verbose thumbs up 👍 Relevantusername2020 (talk) 20:31, 3 February 2025 (UTC)
Hideous. --72.206.125.109 16:03, 4 February 2025 (UTC)