[jbovlaste] Re: Request For Comments: proposed Jbovlaste guidelines

[tijlan <jbotijlan@gmail.com>]

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Terms that specify which field a jargon term belongs to (mathematics,
botany, etc.) are likewise to be avoided.

Incorrect

    * e-mail (noun) / e-mail (verb)
    * point (needle) / point (mathematics)

Correct

    * e-mail (message) / e-mail (send e-mail)
    * point (of a needle) / point (mathematical)
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"message" can be either "to message" (to send e-mail) or "a message"
(an e-mail).

mu'o mi'e tijlan


2009/6/20 Arnt Richard Johansen <arj@nvg.org>:
> I've noticed that each Jbovlaste editor writes definitions in slightly different styles. This is not the editors' fault; IMHO we have a lack of good documentation for how to do dictionary work. I'm trying to remedy this by coming up with a set of guidelines.
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> I would like Jbovlaste to be as uniform and consistent as possible. This means encouraging new definitions to be written in the same "house style", and revising old definitions to conform.
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> Please have a look here:
> http://www.lojban.org/tiki//tiki-index.php?page=Proposed+jbovlaste+guidelines
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> and comment here and/or in the "Discuss" tab. You can also edit the page directly.
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> Arnt Richard Johansen                                http://arj.nvg.org/
> Si hoc legere scis, nimium eruditionis habes.
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