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? Think about 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 being bright.
Rich is an ambiguous word. A cake can be rich, and a person can be rich. However, only a person can be wealthy, so prefer that word. Neither word 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 in prose. It may be the most frequent word copy editors cut out as redundant.
Die: we all die, but species become extinct.

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 mean mammals, say so.
Reside: On Simple you don't reside somewhere, you live there.
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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August 2024

Hello, I am Cactusisme. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Library, but you did not provide a reliable source. It has been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you want to include a citation and re-add it, please do so! If you need help with referencing, please see Wikipedia:Citing sources, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Cactus🌵 ^spiky ^ouch 10:05, 18 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

about deletion of page Devaksh Rai

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Devaksh Rai is an Indian Actor, Known personality in bollywood. I attched all notable referencess, like google search, News articls, IMDB.

Kindly restore the page, I will add some more details about Devaksh Rai. Deepakdr90 (talk) 10:51, 18 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Undeletion request (done)

Hi, sorry, I probably made a mistake in the deletion request, but can you undelete Template:User wikipedia (small "w"), please? I only wanted to delete the redirect Template:User Wikipedia (capital "W") in order to move the template with the misspelled title. Sorry for confusing you, I wasn't sure how to tag it and I probably messed up something. Please, do not undelete Template:User Wikipedia (capital "W"), I need it red to make the move. ✩ Dream Indigo ✩ 17:38, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That messed up a lot of userpages. Cactus🌵 ^spiky ^ouch 03:26, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done MathXplore (talk) 04:28, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much! ✩ Dream Indigo ✩ 17:55, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]