Wiktionary:Task lists

This page is for request jobs. Cleanup jobs are at Wiktionary:Todo.

What follows is an overview of lists of things to do, which can be used as a worklist for both new and old Wiktionary editors. Don't forget to heed Wiktionary:Criteria for inclusion and Wiktionary:Entry layout, especially if you are new to Wiktionary.

Overview

General:

• Category:Requests – A root and heterogenous category for requests, with a wide variety of subcategories including requests for new entries per language, for cleanup, for adding headers to translation tables, for audio pronunciation, for etymology and more.

English entries to write:

• Wiktionary:Requested entries (English) – These words do not have entries yet. You can start whole new pages.
• Category:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa – missing English taxon names (species and so forth) waiting to be added as entries.

Non-English entries to write or update:

• Wiktionary:Requested entries, Wiktionary:Requested entries (German), Wiktionary:Requested entries (Spanish), Wiktionary:Requested entries (Russian), Wiktionary:Requested entries (Chinese), etc.
• Category:Entries using missing taxonomic names, especially Category:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species) – missing Translingual taxon names (species and so forth) waiting to be added as entries.

Translations in "Translations" sections of English entries:

• Add translations requested in Category:Requests for translations by language.
• Check translations – Many translations of English entries listed without a specific sense. When the English entry is completed or a specific sense is added, contributors use {{ttbc}} or {{checktrans-top}} to list the entry there. Please help clear some out.

Maintenance:

• Category:Requests for cleanup – Entries that need formatting

Others:

• Appendix:Swadesh lists — Add lists of basic vocabulary in many world languages.
• Pronunciations that differ in UK and US English (and other varieties) – A list of these words is given in Wikipedia. Add pronunciations for these only if you are thoroughly familiar with how to transcribe UK and US pronunciation using the IPA and SAMPA pronunciation schemes.
• Wikipedia terminology lists – Add terms and definitions from Wikipedia's glossaries and terminology lists and appendices. One such list is in w:Musical terminology. Partial lists also reside at w:Category:Glossaries and w:List of glossaries. Many are good candidates for manual importation and editing to check the definitions and make them Wiktionary-ready. We can also help both projects by flagging other Wikipedia word lists with these categories as we find them.

Requested entries

Requested entries pages:

• Category:Requested entries
  • Wiktionary:Requested entries (English)
  • Wiktionary:Requested entries (Burmese)
  • Wiktionary:Requested entries (Chinese)
  • Wiktionary:Requested entries (French)
  • Wiktionary:Requested entries (German)
  • Wiktionary:Requested entries (Russian)
  • Wiktionary:Requested entries (Spanish)
  • etc.

Wanted entries: User:Jberkel/lists/wanted/latest.

Requested translations

Pages for requested translations, to be added to "Translations" sections of English entries:

• Category:Requests for translations by language

Requested etymologies

Entries for which etymology has been requested:

• Category:Requests for etymologies by language

See also Wiktionary:Etymology.

Requested pronunciations

Entries for which pronunciation (either spoken or written phonetically) has been requested:

• Category:Requests for pronunciation by language
• Category:Requests for audio pronunciation by language

See also Wiktionary:Pronunciation.

Requested quotations

Most entries could benefit from more quotations. Some tagged as such are found at Category:Requests for quotations by source