[jbovlaste] Re: jbovlaste entry suggestion page

[Arnt Richard Johansen <arj@nvg.org>]

On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 06:15:22PM +0200, tijlan wrote:
> I have been focusing on the General Service List
> (http://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:General_Service_List) as
> to what to put into jbovlaste, so that i can optimize my effort
> towards most useful & frequent words (at least in English). I
> encourage other committed editors to be guided by such word lists at
> times if not always. Other than the General Service List, i recommend:
> 
> Basic English 1500
> http://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Extended_Basic_English_alphabetical_wordlist
> 
> Academic Word List
> http://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Academic_word_list
> 
> Contemporary Fiction Word Frequency List
> http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Frequency_lists/Contemporary_fiction
> 
> For this purpose, it would be very convenient & motivative if
> jbovlaste provided us with a page that would, based on such word
> lists, tell us which entries are missing from the database, in
> addition to the "natlang - All" page that lists only existing entries.

These lists are of course fine as rough guides to finding important words in existing literature, but using them as laundry lists for outright creating new words should be discouraged, because it runs counter to cultural neutrality.

-- 
Arnt Richard Johansen                                http://arj.nvg.org/
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