User talk:Daniel Carrero

Character info on mobile

Hello. Have you seen character info boxes on mobile version? They look pretty bad. How can we improve it? --Octahedron80 (talk) 06:16, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

Yes, I was not aware of that, but now I see that it does look pretty bad. Maybe I can check the styles later. --Daniel Carrero (talk) 15:06, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

Request for ざわ - no such term

Hello Daniel, I saw that you'd added a request for ざわ. This is not a Japanese term. It could be construed as an abstract etymon, such as in ざわめく (zawameku) or ざわざわ (zawazawa), but it's not a term itself. ‑‑ Eiríkr Útlendi │^{Tala við mig} 07:48, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

Oh, ok then. I removed my request. --Daniel Carrero (talk) 15:06, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols

There are a lot of Latin & Greek letters and numbers in the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols. I tried to add to 0 but it looks too long. Is there a way to compact those? --Octahedron80 (talk) 09:22, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

I think that list should be much, much smaller, perhaps just one comma-separated line — if we should have it at all — not a big skyscraper stack of boxes. What user is really going to look up 0 in a dictionary to find typographical variants? Equinox ◑ 15:08, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

For these cases, I was planning to edit the template to make it work like this in the future: {{character info/new|!|❕|❗|❢}} (with multiple characters in the same template), with the typographical variants listed in a more compact way or hidden by default. This was not implemented yet. I support listing all the variants in the same entry, but I agree that it is taking too much space right now. --Daniel Carrero (talk) 15:14, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

glyph ballot

Hi, I just supported your initiative. Thanks for your idea. I do not know the internal guidelines of wiktionary, so I guess it is a processed that you have been told to cast a ballot about; may I ask whether you found relunctance to it? I am interested in Arabic and Mandarin lexicographic/philological studies, so the more extensive the amount of info. entries show, and the more systematized, the better. Count on me for future proposals. --Backinstadiums (talk) 14:42, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

@Backinstadiums: Hello. You're welcome. I see you voted at Wiktionary:Votes/2017-02/Glyph origin. Actually, unfortunately your can't vote yet because your account must have at least 50 edits in total to the main and some other namespaces before the vote starts. See Wiktionary:Voting policy for the rules. (Thanks for the vote anyway, although I will have to scratch it.)

Voting "support" in the vote that I myself created is fine, basically everyone does it (if you are asking about this).

Once you have 50 edits, feel free to support, oppose or abstain any votes. --Daniel Carrero (talk) 20:57, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

@Daniel Carrero O.k. I still do not know why a ballot is necessary. I've shared some wishes on the beer parlor and so far people have agreed to try to implement them. --Backinstadiums (talk) 21:44, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

Maybe we don't actually need a vote to use "Glyph origin" in entries, but if the vote passes, we'll be able to add it in the policy Wiktionary:Entry layout. I believe sometimes it's nice to create votes for things that are already accepted by the community but need to be added in policies. --Daniel Carrero (talk) 21:52, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

I have a date with destiny

Hi. I copied the Family Guy cite to "date with destiny", and I think that's sufficient; "I have a..." seems an SoP entry, like "I have a bitter pill to swallow" or "I have a row to hoe". Would you agree? Equinox ◑ 07:21, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

Looks good to me, thanks. I redirected I have a date with destiny to date with destiny now. --Daniel Carrero (talk) 07:35, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

any experience adding large numbers of entries en masse?

Would it be possible to take, for example, a spreadsheet with Chinese terms + part of speech + English translation, and have them added to Wiktionary by bulk? I've long wanted to do this, but never knew if it would be feasible. ---> Tooironic (talk) 01:10, 4 April 2017 (UTC)