Deleted Citations page

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The problem is that you didn't actually add what we consider citations to the page, but rather mentions. A citation on Wiktionary is a quotation from a source that shows the term actually being used in the language rather than merely being mentioned or described. A definition from a dictionary or some other reference work is not a valid citation. There is more at WT:CFI and WT:CITE.

CodeCat22:44, 16 June 2012

Yeah, I was unclear on that. I understand now about showing usage, not dicdefs. Thanks!

Obairfhacalan (talk)22:55, 16 June 2012

I'm sorry I wasn't so clear on that when I deleted it. It's just... there are so many people who come here and sometimes they make a real mess of things and it gets a bit tiring to explain things. If you are familiar with Wikipedia though, WT:WFW might help you. It discusses some of the differences in the way we provide citations and why we don't allow other dictionaries as references. As a general rule, citations here are quotations 'from the wild', so if you want to cite Scottish Gaelic words you can look for books or other durably archived sources written in Scottish Gaelic in which the term occurs.

CodeCat23:01, 16 June 2012

Understood :-) I may redo it later when I have time. Thanks again for explaining.

Obairfhacalan (talk)15:27, 17 June 2012