User talk:Catseyes818~enwiktionary

My current project is to fill in the firefighting entries that are missing. This makes sense since I am a firefighter. I'll get into my other interests later...

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Firefighting terms

Hi Catseyes818, welcome to Wiktionary. It's great that you are entering terms used in your particular field.

Thanks for your comment on my talk page. I would suggest adding "(firefighters' jargon)" (without the quotation marks) immediately before the definition, as in the following made-up example:

#(''firefighters' jargon'') A fire that produces a lot of smoke.

(Note that what might appear to be quotation marks are actually pairs of apostrophes, which italicise the text they contain.)

I am a sysop here, so if you have an queries on anything at all that you can't find answers for elsewhere, please feel free to contact me on my talk page. — Paul G 09:36, 16 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Welcome

Welcome to Wiktionary. Just holler at my talk page if you have any questions or need any help. Kevin Rector 22:01, 6 May 2005 (UTC)

Pyrophoric

"Able to oxidize with exposure to atmospheric oxygen at normal temperatures." was your original definition, but is not in any dictionary that I have access to. Iron oxidizes to rust in the presence of atmospheric oxygen, but isn't pyrophoric because it doesn't burst into flame. By all means, add an additional definition, but I'm pretty sure it will have to involve flame or sparks. Cheers. SemperBlotto 15:21, 17 May 2005 (UTC)

• Ah, but it doesn't...pyrophoric carbon has been exposed to relatively low temperatures (120-200 degrees F, give or take) over a period of months. This produces a very characteristic appearance and the ability to spontaneously combust. No extra heat, no sparks or flame. It's also the reason that you keep oily rags in a noncombustible container that excludes air. Should I add a reference? I can refer people to Kirk's Fire Investigation if that will help. I know that there are pretty extensive references on Wikipedia, but I haven't seen any here and I used my own wording. Catseyes818 20:14, 20 May 2005 (UTC)

Hm, I have done some Googling. Have a look at [1], [2]. Fire people do seem to use the word differently. By all means add the source of your definition, especially when it differs to that in standard dictionaries. SemperBlotto 21:41, 20 May 2005 (UTC)

red links

Hi there again. By the way, I notice that you have piped several links to avoid red ones. We normally leave them red here to show what words haven't been defined yet. No big deal. SemperBlotto 15:28, 17 May 2005 (UTC)

• Please note that I mostly did it with words that are plurals. I just don't see the point of having a separate page for plurals of a word, but if that's what people want, more power to them. Catseyes818 20:14, 20 May 2005 (UTC)

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