User talk:Hooiwind

Thank you very much for the Dutch translations! Conrad.Irwin 17:03, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

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Enjoy your stay at Wiktionary! Conrad.Irwin 17:03, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Translations of foreign words. (re [1])

Hi, at the moment the convention is that we let http://nl.wiktionary.org/ hold translations from Dutch to other languages, as we hold translations from English to other languages. I don't have a particular problem with adding these "not-through-English" translations, but it's probably not worth adding many of them here unless you persuade people that it's a good idea. Conrad.Irwin 12:13, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Oh ok, I just noticed that. I'm sorry, it makes more sense the way it is. --Hooiwind 12:14, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

One more thing... :D

If you enable WT:ACCEL, then when you create the entry for Waal it gives you a green link that automatically fills out the entry for Waalen. Conrad.Irwin 12:52, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for the tips! --Hooiwind 12:54, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Oh my God I love your apps! --Hooiwind 13:04, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Pronunciation

Formatting here does not put the IPA into the {{audio}} template. It is not designed to suport that. the correct formatting should look like this:

• (Belgium) IPA^(key): /ˈsçɛŋ.kə/

  Audio (Belgium)

  (file)

• (Netherlands) IPA^(key): /ˈsxɛŋ.kə(n)/

  Audio (Netherlands)

  (file)

Please also note that I have used the correct primary stress marker. You have been using an apostrophe, which is a different charatcer. --EncycloPetey 16:46, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for bringing that to my attention. I will go through my edits and correct everything. --Hooiwind 16:47, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Does there happen to be an easy way to get a list of all pages I've ever touched? (my contribution list mentions too many pages multiple times...) --Hooiwind 16:50, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Unfortunately, no. The best substitute method might be to clear out your browser's cache, so that all links are blue. then, as you revise each page, the color will change and you'll know you've edited that page more recently. --EncycloPetey 16:56, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Good idea. One more thing: should it say "audio", or the word in question? So

• Audio (Netherlands)

  (file)

  ;

• audio (Netherlands)

  (file)

  ; or

• schenken (Netherlands)

  (file)

   ? I've seen all versions circulating, you see... --Hooiwind 16:59, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Generally, it should say "audio", because not everyone will have images displayed in their browser. This provides a text clue about the nature of the link. The is not consistence about the capitalization. --EncycloPetey 17:01, 23 May 2009 (UTC)