Jim Breen wrote:
[Andrew Dunbar (Re: [Wiktionary-l] change of templates) writes:]
On 11/2/05, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijssen@gmail.com wrote:
On the Dutch wiktionary it has been proposed to change the template for adjective -adj- to -adjc-. The reason for this change is that adj is an ISO 639 code for a language. I am happy to change this template and the places where it is used on your wiktionary..
Exactly why should templates, codes, etc. be chosen to avoid overlapping with ISO 639 codes? ISO 639 has about 500 2 and 3 letter codes, including: ace ale arc arm map art bad bra cat car cop .... We can't avoid all of those.
What is the problem with "adj"?
Jim
Hoi, For use in many of the Wiktionaries we use the 2 and 3 letter codes to indicate languages, it does not make sense to have 2 and 3 character codes with another function than the indication of languages. Our aim is to have ALL languages ALL words so we should avoid all of those.
The problem with adj is, that there is a language that is indicated by this code.
Thanks, GerardM