User talk:Sprochgung

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Enjoy your stay at Wiktionary! Apisite (talk) 21:25, 14 June 2022 (UTC)

Hi, I'm currently getting myself familiar with the editing of the english speaking wiktionary, so sorry for any mistakes that might occur and thanks for fixing them right away. Sprochgung (talk) 21:33, 14 June 2022 (UTC)

Edit summary for new entries

Hi. You don't need to write "new" in that box. If you leave it blank, it will just show the page content instead (which is actually more useful). Thanks. Equinox ◑ 00:05, 23 November 2022 (UTC)

I'll keep that in mind. Thank you. Sprochgung (talk) 00:08, 23 November 2022 (UTC)

Translating Hymns by Plethon

What do you think of the idea of translating the hymns by Plethon into German or any other traditional European language? Apisite (talk) 22:08, 9 December 2022 (UTC)

I would probably consider it if I could know Greek, but unfortunately I don't. If you, or another user, would attempt it then I would be happy to help by correcting possible grammar mistakes. Sprochgung (talk) 22:50, 9 December 2022 (UTC)

Language codes in etymology templates

In case you weren't aware: for any template such as {{inh}}, {{bor}}, or {{der}} that takes 2 language codes, the first one is always the language of the entry. If you put {{inh|de|goh|...}} in an East Central German/Erzgebirgisch entry, you're really saying that the term is German (that is,Schriftdeutsch), not ECG, and the entry goes in Category:German terms inherited from Old High German, not in Category:East Central German terms inherited from Old High German. It eventually ends up in Wiktionary:Todo/Lists/Derivation category does not match entry language, and someone like me has to clean it up. Please make sure to get this right in the future. Thanks! Chuck Entz (talk) 22:54, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing out this mistake. It's a copy error that happens from time to time. I will try to keep an eye on it. Sprochgung (talk) 03:55, 20 February 2024 (UTC)