User talk:Latunguley
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Enjoy your stay at Wiktionary! —Internoob (Disc•Cont) 01:43, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi. I saw this page that you made. It had a few problems: first, it seems to me that it isn't able to meet the "attestation" requirements of the criteria for inclusion. Most of the Google web hits seem to be typos and they don't even count toward attestation. Google Books and Usenet Google Groups hits are usually what we consider "durably archived" sources for attestation. This is the main reason why I had to delete it. Second, it contained way too information for a dictionary. On Wiktionary, we include just the meaning of the word; all the information about how it breaks and everything goes on Wikipedia instead.
Thanks for trying to help, though. I have this page watchlisted so you can ask me questions here or on WT:ID if you wish. —Internoob (Disc•Cont) 01:43, 2 September 2011 (UTC)