User talk:EdnessP

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Enjoy your stay at Wiktionary! Rodrigo5260 (talk) 16:01, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

Standardization of formatting in Latvian entries

I've been thinking these past few weeks about standardizing Latvian entries to make them more consistent in terms of quality and other aspects, something similar to what's done with Slavic languages. Would you be interested in working with me to agree on how to do this? Anatolijs LTV (talk) 17:44, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

Sure, what do you have in mind about standardising exactly? (I haven't been quite following the developments happening with Slavic entries.) –EdnessP (talk) 18:02, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

The first thing I have in mind are the templates for etymology, synonyms/antonyms, and references. I noticed that the consensus for Slavic languages ​​is the use of +-templates (af instead of pref and suf, com+ instead of com and compound, inh+ instead of just inh) for etymologies; in Latvian, the situation is still a mess since there is no specific standard. Some entries also use ====Synonyms==== instead of #: {{syn|lv|blablabla}}. Based on this, we can create our own layout that meets our needs and apply it to the Latvian language guidelines page. Anatolijs LTV (talk) 18:36, 1 March 2026 (UTC)