User talk:Macdonald-ross

Words:
Every now & then we get editors changing words on the basis of their ideas on what is simple. Words also have to be accurate (we are an encyclopedia).

Big:certainly simple and popular with children, but a term almost never to be used about living things. Is a giraffe bigger than an elephant?Thinkabout it. It is almost always better to use a more exact word, such as longer, heavier. Is a star big? Does that mean its apparent size or its intrinsic size? Ditto stars beingbright.
Richis anambiguousword. A cake can be rich, and a person can be rich. However, only a person can be wealthy, so prefer that word.Neitherword is on the extended list of simple words, incidentally, so use the more precise word.
Very:another childhood favourite. In spoken English it is an intensifier, but it has almost no function inprose.It may be the most frequent wordcopy editorscut out asredundant.
Die:we all die, but species becomeextinct.

Now here's the tricky bit. Technically, a species which is not extinct is extant. Extant is the opposite of extinct. However it is a very rare word, and we use the common word "living". So we talk about living species. It sounds natural, and is right for us.

Animal:that includes jellyfish and beetles. If you meanmammals,say so.
Reside:On Simple you don't reside somewhere, youlivethere.
Rare:an essential word in ecology, and supported by definitions in the literature. Steaks can also be rare, but that would not be good to use on Simple.

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Why did you indefinetly block 136.158.7.247[change source]

At least from what I can see, they only made 2 bad edits, and were only warned once. They're block log shows they were not blocked before. Also, I don't believe IP address are allowed to be indefed. What happened here? Something I can't see since I'm not an admin? Mistake?Me Da Wikipedian(talk)11:07, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I suggested unblock atWP:AN.MathXplore(talk)11:52, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. @MathXplore Me Da Wikipedian(talk)11:52, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Skibidi Toilet[change source]

Hi, I really don't see howthis revisionis anywhere close to nonsense. It was vandalised, but that is grounds for reversion, not deletion as "nonsense". I've reversed this deletion, but please stop deleting articles seemingly because you feel like it – this is one of many deletions you have made now that have no justification based on policy. --Ferien(talk)00:02, 29 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Mars opposition[change source]

Can we do something with the opposition discussion in the Mars article? The word "opposition" as used in astronomy is technical and not likely to be known by our readers (perhaps not even the equivalent word in their native languages if it is not English).Kdammers(talk)00:41, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

At the moment I'm not seeing this section: can you point it out?Macdonald-ross(talk)05:35, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]