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This article has been tagged and proposed for deletion by Greenrd on 2007-04-13. The concern raised is that the article is 'unencyclopedic'.
I'm removing the tag, and explaining why I think the article should not be deleted.
Acronyms don't seem to be "unencyclopedic articles", by modern standards at least. The English Wikipedia features lots of them. It even includes very technical or little used ones (if you look at the disambiguation pages, you'll find that most 3- or 4-letter words are an acronym of something). Anyway, acronyms about dictionary names are definitely included (see OED, SOED, OALD, GCIDE, etc.).
I think this article only appears "unencyclopedic" because it is short, and its subject relatively less famous. BTW, both dictionaries are far from irrelevant. After all, the youngest of them has been published for almost 30 years, and provides a free online service. I'd agree that the article should be expanded, not deleted. But I believe that this still is a good starting point: it gives title, publisher and date of first publication for each possible meaning. That's enough information if you suddenly need to know what "LDOCE" is (as it happened to me, and I had to google it). Stefano 03:40, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
the official slogan is facilmente. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Polred74 senscape ( talk • contribs) 21:52, 25 December 2012 (UTC)
Is this some insider term, or code for something? Having said that it is for "Advanced Learners", it goes on to say that the definitions are in simplified English with limited vocabulary, which suggests it is for beginners in learning English, e.g. ESL, not "advanced" learners. Does the author of this perhaps mean "Advanced ESL Learners"? The use of the Brit term "learner", rather than "student", suggests that maybe the term "advanced learner" has a local meaning there that is unknown to the rest of the English-speaking world. Please clarify.
Longman sells only 5th edition. You can find 6th edition on internet for free, but also with crack. I find it suspicious. Now I understand why it has been "published in 2014" ;-) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.193.211.176 ( talk) 00:53, 10 October 2013 (UTC)
Say what? Shouldn't that be clarified? – 174.7.101.229 ( talk) 07:41, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
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This article has been tagged and proposed for deletion by Greenrd on 2007-04-13. The concern raised is that the article is 'unencyclopedic'.
I'm removing the tag, and explaining why I think the article should not be deleted.
Acronyms don't seem to be "unencyclopedic articles", by modern standards at least. The English Wikipedia features lots of them. It even includes very technical or little used ones (if you look at the disambiguation pages, you'll find that most 3- or 4-letter words are an acronym of something). Anyway, acronyms about dictionary names are definitely included (see OED, SOED, OALD, GCIDE, etc.).
I think this article only appears "unencyclopedic" because it is short, and its subject relatively less famous. BTW, both dictionaries are far from irrelevant. After all, the youngest of them has been published for almost 30 years, and provides a free online service. I'd agree that the article should be expanded, not deleted. But I believe that this still is a good starting point: it gives title, publisher and date of first publication for each possible meaning. That's enough information if you suddenly need to know what "LDOCE" is (as it happened to me, and I had to google it). Stefano 03:40, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
the official slogan is facilmente. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Polred74 senscape ( talk • contribs) 21:52, 25 December 2012 (UTC)
Is this some insider term, or code for something? Having said that it is for "Advanced Learners", it goes on to say that the definitions are in simplified English with limited vocabulary, which suggests it is for beginners in learning English, e.g. ESL, not "advanced" learners. Does the author of this perhaps mean "Advanced ESL Learners"? The use of the Brit term "learner", rather than "student", suggests that maybe the term "advanced learner" has a local meaning there that is unknown to the rest of the English-speaking world. Please clarify.
Longman sells only 5th edition. You can find 6th edition on internet for free, but also with crack. I find it suspicious. Now I understand why it has been "published in 2014" ;-) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.193.211.176 ( talk) 00:53, 10 October 2013 (UTC)
Say what? Shouldn't that be clarified? – 174.7.101.229 ( talk) 07:41, 23 January 2022 (UTC)