Wiktionary talk:Basic English alphabetical wordlist

Problems with links

I just added a bunch of new pages which are almost all on this list, but here it shows these as broken links (which goes to an edit box that is already full). I don't get it. Help? --Cromwellt|talk 08:24, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

Well, I guess I had to wait a bit or something, because now it's fine. --Cromwellt|talk 08:25, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

Keep this page from being edited?

Shouldn't this page be uneditable? Since it's just supposed to be the BE850 and that doesn't change, I don't think this page needs editing. It could help protect us from vandals and the well-meaning who don't understand the idea of Basic English.--HSTutorials 01:11, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Good point, HS. I have added some lists and things at the bottom, but any further edits can be done by administrators, just like system messages, so I'll go ahead and protect it. They can request those changes here. --Cromwellt|talk|contribs 20:48, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Bath/bathing

At the moment, bath is listed as a BE850 word, but the wikilink is to bathing. According to the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, bathing is the British English word meaning to "go... into the sea, a river, etc. to swim" (i.e., leisure activity in water), whereas bath means the act of washing yourself, and the container you enter to do so. I believe the wikilink on this page should be changed to go to bath, not bathing -- since the page is protected, could a sysop please take a look at this? Thanks, Tangotango 15:50, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

I've fixed this for the time being, since nobody seemed to be replying. I've noticed that there are also some other words that link to words with different meanings - maybe it would be better to have this page unprotected, or just semi-protected? - Tangotango 04:10, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

confusion re Wikipedia BE850 wordlist and Wiktionary BE850 wordlist

This needs adjustment. There is a BE850 wordlist on Wikipedia and there is a BE850 wordlist on Wiktionary. All words on the Wikipedia wordlist link to Wikipedia pages about the words. All words on the Wiktionary wordlist link to Wiktionary pages about the words. All definitions need to be in Wiktionary. --Coppertwig 19:25, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Not entirely - there was a discussion a while back on SEWikipedia, and the consensus then seemed to suggest that articles for BE850 words should exist on the Simple English Wikipedia. However, what with the Simple English Wiktionary expanding and all, the situation is rather different now, so it's definitely something we need to discuss in the near future, perhaps on the SEWikipedia. - Tangotango 04:09, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Just as on EWP and EWT, if the word is more than a definition, it should be on both, but all words that are only definitions should be here. I was part of that previous discussion, and consensus is now for using SEWT for definitions, as it should be, IMO. I think all words on the SEWP that can't be more than definitions should link to our definitions (which should not exist on SEWP), while all words over there that are/can be more than just definitions should link to their articles on the topic. --Cromwellt|talk|contribs 18:32, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Error in alphabetical order

Maybe this page needs to be edited. (by someone with admin or sysop privilege.) The word "seem" is not in alphabetical order. --Coppertwig 03:08, 26 November 2006 (UTC) "though" is also out of order. --Coppertwig 17:13, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Actually, since I've been working intensively with both this list and the BNC1000 headwords list, I've recently found that red, seem, stage, such, sudden, sun, though, tired, trouble, up, and waiting are all out of alphabetical order. I would fix it (since I'm a sysop), but I can't figure out my login problem, so I can't. I plan to add a list soon that mentions all the words shared by the BE850 and the BNC1000 headwords list. That should be interesting to anyone who works with either list, I would think. --Cromwellt|talk|contribs 00:10, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Now that I'm back, I'll fix it. Sorry: I forgot. --Cromwellt|talk|contribs 18:05, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

I fixed the alpha order problem. It is so cool that we finished this! Oh, and the BNC1000 headwords list and the comparison list (which is done also, since it only includes words that are on both lists) are the last two links under "See also" before the "External links" section.

I think now that we've finished this one, two wordlist tasks lie ahead for those of use who work on them: check over all the BE850 entries (making sure they're marked as BE850, for example, and improving the entries), and complete the BNC1000 headwords list (maybe followed by the complete BNC1000 list!). I still think we need to throw in an American wordlist or two to avoid this being too biased towards British English, since the BE850 and the BNC1000 are both British wordlists. Happy editing! --Cromwellt|talk|contribs 18:28, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Colour

I see there's "grey/gray"; so how about editing it to change "color" to "color/colour"? (The page is protected, so I can't edit it.) Thanks. ☺ Coppertwig 10:32, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

"this might be a good place to start"

The part "this might be a good place to start" implies that the list itself might need improving. I suggest changing it to "one of these might be a good place to start", or something similar. Xero Xenith (talk) 22:44, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

Good / goodness

The link from good goes to goodness. Could an admin please fix this. Matchups (talk) 21:00, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

What link are you talking about? πr² (talk • changes) 21:01, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

I checked the Basic English wordlist and the word is indeed good, so I have fixed the link on this page. — Wenli ^{(reply here)} 21:17, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

Other UK vs US

Since we have 'color/colour', 'plough/plow' & 'grey/gray', could we also have 'connection/connexion', 'harbor/harbour', 'humor/humour', 'organization/organisation' & 'through/thru'? cheers :) Tony6ty4ur (talk) 15:03, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

I'm not sure about "thru" but the others seem fine. Is "thru" the British spelling for "through"? Looks strange... πr² (talk • changes) 23:31, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

-our words

Original list has behaviour, colour, harbour and humour. Here we have behavior, color, harbor and humor. Only color/colour was enhanced as grey/gray and plough/plow. The other three are still missing, although already requested for two of them here above. NOTE: because we already have grey/gray and plough/plow, we should have in the same way: colour/color (instead of color/colour), behaviour/behavior, harbour/harbor and humour/humor. Coetledefretdena (talk) 14:02, 12 October 2022 (UTC)