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Madamebiblio (talk) 13:56, 4 October 2023 (UTC)Reply

Duplicate

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  Thank you for your work in maintaining Wikidata. I have a small suggestion to improve your future work. If you notice two items with similar names and you suspect they might be duplicates, please check them thoroughly before merging them. See Help:Merge for more information on how to merge items. Thanks!  Madamebiblio (talk) 13:57, 4 October 2023 (UTC)Reply

Greek aliases

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Greek is language code el, or grc for ancient Greek. --EncycloPetey (talk) 17:00, 2 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

Thank you! Clemens Dulcis (talk) 17:05, 2 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

Descriptions not definitions

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  Hello, I'm Madamebiblio. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent description edits didn't meet the Wikidata description guidelines. Descriptions should appear as though they were in the middle of a sentence, typically start with a lowercase letter, and written from a neutral point of view. For example, "pop singer" would be a better description than "He is the best pop singer." If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks!  Madamebiblio (talk) 18:05, 4 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

Thank you, please give an example of my mistakes. Clemens Dulcis (talk) 18:09, 4 February 2024 (UTC)Reply
Hi @Clemens Dulcis, here: Pindaric ode (Q124423958). Madamebiblio (talk) 18:22, 4 February 2024 (UTC)Reply
I thought: proper name; and so it is written in J. A. Cuddon: Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory, page 536... analogue to "Pindarics" in Wikipedia... Clemens Dulcis (talk) 18:45, 4 February 2024 (UTC)Reply
Dictionary is copyrighted, can be used as a reference. It is necessary to paraphrase in your own words following the conventions of the community for descriptions. Madamebiblio (talk) 18:55, 4 February 2024 (UTC)Reply
Oh, you meant the description, not the initial capital letter: "Pindaric ode: ode consisting of two identical stanzas (ode and antode) and a metrically different third stanza (epode)": Don't worry, the description is a simplified paraphrase in my own words (mainly based on the German dictionaries Wilpert and MLL-2). --- What is formally wrong? Please improve. Thank you for your interest. Clemens Dulcis (talk) 04:13, 5 February 2024 (UTC)Reply