User talk:Alexander Widefield

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I would strongly advise you to remove your email address from your userpage, Wiktionary content gets copied round the internet mercilessly and it could fall into anyone's hands. You can just point people to the E-mail this user link on the right hand side of your page. I attach the standard welcome template, and look forward to seeing you around. Conrad.Irwin 13:13, 15 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Enjoy your stay at Wiktionary! Conrad.Irwin 13:13, 15 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your advice! --Alexander Widefield 15:12, 15 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

газ‎[edit]

Please see os for an example of how we structure an entry that has more than one etymology. The part of speech is indented under each etymology header, not the other way around. --EncycloPetey 22:05, 9 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oh.. I'm sorry, I'll try to fix that. --Alexander Widefield 22:06, 9 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

teach grandma to suck eggs[edit]

Please do not remove cleanup templates when the cleanup has not been done. --EncycloPetey 21:56, 25 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

And what to do if there is no need for cleanup? Template says that translations must be on separated pages, but we keep translations on the same page where the term is located. --Alexander Widefield 22:13, 25 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The is need for cleanup. The literal translations of the given translations need to be moved to entries for those translations. We don't translate the translations back to English in a Translations table. --EncycloPetey 22:16, 25 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, now I understand what template means :) Sorry :) --Alexander Widefield 16:52, 26 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Redirects[edit]

Please note that Wiktionary does not use redirects. Please review Wiktionary:Redirections. --EncycloPetey 21:01, 17 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't know, sorry :-( --Alexander Widefield 21:01, 17 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Медведь[edit]

Names of particular individuals usually do not qualify for inclusion in Wiktionary. See WT:CFI#Names of specific entities. --EncycloPetey 21:15, 17 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ok :-( --Alexander Widefield 21:16, 17 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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