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Likely Redirect/Permutation?
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Beland:: Can we get {{which language}} (and maybe {{wl}} if it's not already taken or something more reasonable jumps to mind) to be a redirect here and evoke it? I tried to use the 'spelled out' version twice today and had to come check after making sure it wasn't just a silly capitalization thingy. Or any reasonable reason they shouldn't would also be appreciated. Thanks! Cheers~
Elfabet (
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21:09, 24 April 2019 (UTC)reply
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Elfabet:: Sure, I just created {{which language}} as a redirect; feel free to start using it. (I'll add that to the moss code; it needs to know to skip articles with any redirects to this template.) Looks like {{wl}} is already taken. --
Beland (
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21:22, 24 April 2019 (UTC)reply
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Crkanth: Greetings! If you want a more specific message like "in Kannada / Telugu?" you'll just need to edit the article the tag is on and make it look something like xxx {{which lang|reason=in Kannada / Telugu?}}. Editing
Template:Which lang changes it for all articles that use it, which will give the wrong text in most places. Thanks, and thanks for your help with language tagging! --
Beland (
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23:49, 2 December 2019 (UTC)reply
Patna
ORIGINS OF ‘PATNA’
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Beland:: ‘Patna grass’ is English – or, if you prefer, a Ceylon version of Hobson-Jobson (see
/info/en/?search=Hobson-Jobson). I think it originated because a similar kind of grass grows in Patna, India, and brooms made from it are used all over India. In Sri Lanka we use the term ‘patna’ to refer to a plain or, more usually, a hillside covered with this kind of grass. The Wikipedia entry for Horton Plains (
/info/en/?search=Horton_Plains_National_Park) refers to ‘patana grass’ as a Sinhala term but this is incorrect; the word is adapted from English.
palmyrah (
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08:37, 1 May 2020 (UTC)reply
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Palmyrah: Ah, interesting, I can move that word to the list to be added to the English Wiktionary. Would you happen to remember which Wikipedia article the {{which lang}} was on that directed you here? I couldn't find one that uses "patna". --
Beland (
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14:39, 1 May 2020 (UTC)reply
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Beland:: I don't know if there is one. My point is that English-speaking Sri Lankans don't use the word 'patana'; we say 'patna'. The Sinhala word is 'patana'.
palmyrah (
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07:50, 24 August 2020 (UTC)reply
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edit request process and reduce the number of edit requests in the
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Likely Redirect/Permutation?
@
Beland:: Can we get {{which language}} (and maybe {{wl}} if it's not already taken or something more reasonable jumps to mind) to be a redirect here and evoke it? I tried to use the 'spelled out' version twice today and had to come check after making sure it wasn't just a silly capitalization thingy. Or any reasonable reason they shouldn't would also be appreciated. Thanks! Cheers~
Elfabet (
talk)
21:09, 24 April 2019 (UTC)reply
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Elfabet:: Sure, I just created {{which language}} as a redirect; feel free to start using it. (I'll add that to the moss code; it needs to know to skip articles with any redirects to this template.) Looks like {{wl}} is already taken. --
Beland (
talk)
21:22, 24 April 2019 (UTC)reply
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Crkanth: Greetings! If you want a more specific message like "in Kannada / Telugu?" you'll just need to edit the article the tag is on and make it look something like xxx {{which lang|reason=in Kannada / Telugu?}}. Editing
Template:Which lang changes it for all articles that use it, which will give the wrong text in most places. Thanks, and thanks for your help with language tagging! --
Beland (
talk)
23:49, 2 December 2019 (UTC)reply
Patna
ORIGINS OF ‘PATNA’
@
Beland:: ‘Patna grass’ is English – or, if you prefer, a Ceylon version of Hobson-Jobson (see
/info/en/?search=Hobson-Jobson). I think it originated because a similar kind of grass grows in Patna, India, and brooms made from it are used all over India. In Sri Lanka we use the term ‘patna’ to refer to a plain or, more usually, a hillside covered with this kind of grass. The Wikipedia entry for Horton Plains (
/info/en/?search=Horton_Plains_National_Park) refers to ‘patana grass’ as a Sinhala term but this is incorrect; the word is adapted from English.
palmyrah (
talk)
08:37, 1 May 2020 (UTC)reply
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Palmyrah: Ah, interesting, I can move that word to the list to be added to the English Wiktionary. Would you happen to remember which Wikipedia article the {{which lang}} was on that directed you here? I couldn't find one that uses "patna". --
Beland (
talk)
14:39, 1 May 2020 (UTC)reply
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Beland:: I don't know if there is one. My point is that English-speaking Sri Lankans don't use the word 'patana'; we say 'patna'. The Sinhala word is 'patana'.
palmyrah (
talk)
07:50, 24 August 2020 (UTC)reply