User talk:CosineKitty

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[edit] Apologies

I mistakenly hit the wrong button and a warning was placed on this page. I have removed it & would like to offer my sincere apologies. kind regards, nancy ^(talk) 15:39, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Phoenix

Thanks for the work on Phoenix, it's shaping up nicely! I replied to your comment with a new section. It might be worth splitting the info box, if we don't split it then I think adding the field is a good idea, in fact we should add a whole section for landers. -Ravedave (talk) 21:15, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Mercury & its Lobate-ness

Thanks for the link; didn't think to check Wiktionary for a def of this term. You can link to other projects by adding a prefix to the article title (such as [[fr:John Fitzgerald Kennedy]], which produces fr:John Fitzgerald Kennedy). I don't know how to do that for wiktionary, though. I'll see what I can dig up. Again, thanks! UltraExactZZ ^Claims ~ Evidence 12:45, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Hello. You do it thus: lobate. But do we really need to link standard English words to their dictionary definitions? Best wishes. --RobertG ♬ talk 13:16, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

I had the same concern that maybe I was going overboard. The only reason I wanted to link in this instance was because I didn't know the word. I looked it up in Wikipedia, but there was no such article. I then tried Wiktionary and it wasn't there either. Finally I consulted the Merriam Webster online dictionary and found the definition. It was a duh moment, but I went ahead and added the term to Wiktionary. I figured if I had to go out of my way to understand the sentence because of this one word, maybe other college-educated, native English speakers would appreciate a handy definition. Another possibility in this instance would be to replace lobate with its synonym lobed. I appreciate the concern about the overuse of links to define words; if used at all, it should be used with restraint. If possible, unusual terms should be linked to other encyclopedia articles. If a Lobate article existed, I would have linked to it, but I certainly didn't see the point of creating one. CosineKitty (talk) 14:21, 6 June 2008 (UTC)