[Wikipedia-l] Wiktionary

[rose.parks at att.net]

Hi,

     My only suggestion is that whatever dictionary you 
use as base should be current. Part of what "standard 
usage" means is "current usage."
     You might have sections for "new words" and a place 
to add unusual, but fairly main stream uses of common 
words.
     That would put new words, that is "coined words"
say alphabetically at the end. New usages could be added 
to the main entries in the read-write area. Of course, 
such usages would be better documented with the source, 
sort of like the OED, allowing all media as sources.
     
     Just a suggestion.

           As Ever,

             Ruth Ifcher

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> I like LDC's variant on the idea.  The original (public domain)
> version could be held sacrosanct.  Visitors could leave commentary,
> add new meanings, and even add new words.  (I don't think any public
> domain dictionaries will have a definition of the word 'sendmail', for
> example.)  But the new stuff would always appear slightly separated
> from the original.
> 
> I don't think this should be a "ghetto" for too-short wikipedia entries,
> but a separate thing.  And I think that the software should be as simple
> and easy to use as wiki software, but made especially for this project.
> 
> I could write a super simple version pretty quickly.
> 
> Does anyone know where I can get a sensibly-delimited public domain dictionary
> to get started?  I know that one exists somewhere.
> 
> --Jimbo
> 
> 
> 
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