Hi, I personally find this discussion pretty interesting, and I think that you can continue on-list, if you want... I don’t think I’m the only one who can find some useful points in what you are saying :)
Also, thanks to Noé for the slides, I will use them if I ever need something similar for courses/presentations. Have a nice day, Valerio Barbaking (from the italian wiktionary) Il giorno sab 9 mar 2019 alle 14:34 Dennis During <[email protected]> ha scritto: > The desirability of new entries varies according to which language > Wiktionar(y/ies) will host the efforts, which language the entries will > be in and which language is the native language of the students. > > Specifically, for English language words on English Wiktionary, coverage > is high. There are still many new words to be added, but to reward > students for new entries may create pressure to add obscure words with > marginal attestation. On the other hand, entry quality is very uneven. > Comparing to the OED or the "unabridged" print dictionaries, some > entries seem to be too many definitions, some too few. Definitions may > use words that themselves are dated, archaic, obsolete, or in an > inappropriate registers. The layout of entries is fairly consistent, > but is regularly criticized. At English Wiktionary, we have almost no > knowledge about who our actual users are and how they use Wiktionary. > The initial impressions of articulate users would be valuable to regular > contributors to Wiktionary. > > I would be happy to discuss this further. Off-list would probably be > more appropriate than on-list. > > On 3/9/2019 6:23 AM, Reem Al-Kashif wrote: > > Hello! > > > > Hope this finds you well. I am teaching Lexicography to junior university > > students this semester. What are ways I can incorporate Wikitionary in > the > > syllabus? > > > > The idea I have now is to make them complete a project on Wikitionary by > > adding entries to it. I think it would be awesome for them to see their > > project alive and not buried in heaps of paper in my drawers. > > > > Your input is highly appreciated. > > > > Best, > > Reem > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wiktionary-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiktionary-l > -- Valerio Barbaking Iannucci Coordinatore area didattica - Lazio Mob: +39 340 3459046 | Skype: Valerio.iannucci84 Wikimedia Italia _______________________________________________ Wiktionary-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiktionary-l
