User talk:Proxima Centauri

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Beta Centauri

Hi, and welcome. Re your recent entries. It is important here to recognise the difference between a dictionary and an encyclopedia. These entries are really encyclopedia entries. Proper nouns such as these only have a place in a dictionary if attributive use can be demonstrated. See WT:CFI#Names for more information. If in doubt, you can ask any administrator (such as myself) for help, or place a question in the Tea Room WT:TR. Cheers -- ALGRIF talk 16:23, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

There have been entries on my favourite star, Proxima Centauri and Alpha Centauri for some time. how is Beta Centauri different? Proxima Centauri 16:26, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

I will be checking them out with other contributors. Discussion is on WT:RFV#Alpha Centauri -- ALGRIF talk 16:35, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

tourist traps‎

You've been here long enough to know that ALL entries have to have a ==language== entry, a ===part of speech=== entry, a headword and then a definition line starting with a #. SemperBlotto 16:22, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for being (Expletive deleted) impolite. Proxima Centauri 16:28, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

space alien

Related terms are only for words that are somehow etymologically connected to the page- for example, on the page human, you would have humanism, human being, etc. Nadando 17:43, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

I've removed the word from the page and I hope I don't get bollocked blocked for removing content from pages. Proxima Centauri 07:29, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Regarding User_talk:Equinox#Space_aliens: yes, I made a mistake. Terms that are related in theme (but not in etymology) could go in "See also". Perhaps we could put it there. Equinox ◑ 10:33, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

rail

We already have that definition - see the second etymology section. SemperBlotto 13:15, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

fag

Linking to Phelps is not useful for the dictionary. If you want to find a quotation meeting WT:CFI, please add it, but merely linking to his Web site or saying "this guy uses the word" (as though nobody else on Earth did) isn't useful. Equinox ◑ 16:12, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

What's the problem? I gave a quotation. Proxima Centauri 16:15, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Okay, I see now that was from a printed magazine, so we can use it. I'll re-add it mentioning the print source. Thanks. Equinox ◑ 16:17, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Jewish peoples

Seems to be the plural of a plural. Also, does not have a ==language== or ===part of speech=== sections. SemperBlotto 14:32, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

There are different Jewish peoples, there are oriental Jews, there are western Jews, there are British Jews there are American Jews, etc etc. Proxima Centauri 16:05, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

Ashkenazim

Hi there. I’ve sorted out our entry for Ashkenazim now. Please follow this example for your future contributions. Thanks. † ﴾^(u):Raifʻhār ^(t):Doremítzwr﴿ 13:09, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

I'll try to follow it but there are a great number of details to try and remember. Proxima Centauri 07:01, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Ex-gay movement

Not according to Wikipedia (except the article title — unlike us, they always capitalise those) or most of the books dealing with it: [1] Equinox ◑ 14:32, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for your recent additions and improvements, on the topic of Scientology. Cheers, -- Cirt (talk) 14:24, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

enturbulate

How is "hear both sides" related, and how is it a term worthy of being defined in a dictionary? (Related Terms should only be etymologically related, like "land" and "landing".) Equinox ◑ 16:08, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

I think enturbulate means to upset a person/people by telling the case against Scientology, Scientologists want people to hear only their side of the argument. I'll look it up. Proxima Centauri 16:11, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

The Scientology glossary disagrees with me so I've taken it out. Proxima Centauri 16:15, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. (I'm no fan of Scientology, but definitions need to be neutral and opinion-free.) Equinox ◑ 16:16, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

The "Scientology glossary" is a biased source: they are actively opposing Scientology. If you must write such biased definitions, it is important you find neutral sources that prove the sense. See WT:CFI. 17:24, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

Scientology quotations

See: Wiktionary:TR#Church_of_Scientology. --Ivan Štambuk 08:24, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

Your account will be renamed

Hello,

The developer team at Wikimedia is making some changes to how accounts work, as part of our on-going efforts to provide new and better tools for our users like cross-wiki notifications. These changes will mean you have the same account name everywhere. This will let us give you new features that will help you edit and discuss better, and allow more flexible user permissions for tools. One of the side-effects of this is that user accounts will now have to be unique across all 900 Wikimedia wikis. See the announcement for more information.

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00:02, 18 March 2015 (UTC)