User talk:Dylanvt

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Again, welcome! -- Cirt (talk) 01:46, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

Oxford comma

Regarding your insertion of an Oxford comma at requisition: it's best to do this with {{,}}, which will show a comma or not, depending on the user's settings. Apparently some folks don't like them. Equinox ◑ 19:07, 15 February 2015 (UTC)

We sent you an e-mail

Hello Dylanvt,

Really sorry for the inconvenience. This is a gentle note to request that you check your email. We sent you a message titled "The Community Insights survey is coming!". If you have questions, email surveys@wikimedia.org.

You can see my explanation here.

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Nivkh splitting

Are you still interesting in splitting Nivkh? Would be really handy to have them as separate sections with their own Proto-language: https://www.academia.edu/32140580/FORTESCUE_Michael_2016_Comparative_Nivkh_Dictionary

Would you re-open the topic? I would like to contribute in Amur occasionally. Kaarkemhveel (talk) 16:16, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

I am indeed still interested in it, I just don't have nearly the administrative or technical knowhow to do so. Could you link me to the topic? I remember bringing it up but don't fully recall where or when. Dylanvt (talk) 16:48, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

Here you go: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Beer_parlour/2022/January#Nivkh_should_be_split
There is also Wiktionary Discord server, which could help significantly in managing everything.
Just in case you're interested in Paleo-Siberian and Tungusic languages, there is a linguistic server about that, feel free to join. Kaarkemhveel (talk) 17:07, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

Hi, just letting you know, I opened a discussion at BP Wiktionary:Beer_parlour/2024/April#Splitting_Nighvng_off_of_Nivkh (and am currently in the process of categorising the words labeled as 'Sakhalin' into north, south, and west), if you'd like to comment there or help with categorisation. -saph 🍏 21:36, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

also @Kaarkemhveel, the semester has finally ended for me, so I can devote some time now to helping with this. I have some resources but I'm bad at figuring out formatting, so if someone else can manage that, would be great. Dylanvt (talk) 22:12, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

Great! Mine is still going (exams), so I might be busy, but still would be glad to help - I see Nivkh often enough in my life not to forget about it. Do you mean templates by formatting? Kaarkemhveel (talk) 07:42, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

Yeah, I mean all the templates and modules that would be needed to do the split, and even more if we want to add things like declension tables and mutated forms to the entries. Dylanvt (talk) 00:05, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

I can definitely help with formatting too. -saph 🍏 00:01, 12 May 2024 (UTC)