guidelines
Differences
This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.
| Both sides previous revisionPrevious revisionNext revision | Previous revision | ||
| guidelines [2025/05/31 13:38] – More things to not submit kbaiko | guidelines [2025/06/04 13:37] (current) – Proper noun heading kbaiko | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| ====== CC-CEDICT guidelines ====== | ====== CC-CEDICT guidelines ====== | ||
| - | This section describes guidelines for CC-CEDICT. | ||
| + | ===== What to submit ===== | ||
| - | ==== What not to submit ==== | + | Generally, we prefer |
| - | === 1. Proper nouns not related | + | * Addition of a new word or character that is in modern use |
| + | * Correcting a typo | ||
| + | * Improving a definition by adding new senses or glosses, or rewording existing ones | ||
| + | * Removing incorrect senses or glosses | ||
| + | * Deleting unsalvageably incorrect entries | ||
| + | * Fixing a formatting issue that may be hard to spot (such as extra slashes, extra spaces, extra brackets etc) | ||
| + | |||
| + | Or anything else that improves the quality of the dictionary. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===== What not to submit ===== | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==== Proper nouns, especially those unrelated | ||
| We are no longer accepting most proper noun entries, unless they are the kind of proper noun likely to be found in any Chinese dictionary, or significant in some way to Chinese culture, history, language etc. We will most likely reject proper nouns that have no relation to China, and especially if they are already on Wikipedia. A comprehensive C-E dictionary of topics (including proper names) can be derived automatically from Wikipedia, and is likely to appear sooner or later. Pleco has indicated that they will offer this sort of name list after Pleco version 4 is released. So it doesn' | We are no longer accepting most proper noun entries, unless they are the kind of proper noun likely to be found in any Chinese dictionary, or significant in some way to Chinese culture, history, language etc. We will most likely reject proper nouns that have no relation to China, and especially if they are already on Wikipedia. A comprehensive C-E dictionary of topics (including proper names) can be derived automatically from Wikipedia, and is likely to appear sooner or later. Pleco has indicated that they will offer this sort of name list after Pleco version 4 is released. So it doesn' | ||
| Line 26: | Line 37: | ||
| The current thinking of CC-CEDICT editors is that we will preserve existing proper nouns, even if they are not the kind of entry we would accept today, as long as the entry is correct and not extremely insignificant. If there is a mistake in the entry, it can just be deleted. | The current thinking of CC-CEDICT editors is that we will preserve existing proper nouns, even if they are not the kind of entry we would accept today, as long as the entry is correct and not extremely insignificant. If there is a mistake in the entry, it can just be deleted. | ||
| - | === 2. Archaic, obscure, or unused characters === | + | ==== Archaic, obscure, or unused characters |
| The Chinese language has existed in some form since ancient times, and there are tens of thousands (if not a hundred thousand) of archaic, obscure, or unused characters that have long been discarded from the modern language. | The Chinese language has existed in some form since ancient times, and there are tens of thousands (if not a hundred thousand) of archaic, obscure, or unused characters that have long been discarded from the modern language. | ||
| Line 32: | Line 43: | ||
| As a general policy we prioritize documenting words and characters that are in current use. In many cases, the time and effort required to research rare, archaic or obscure words and characters is better spent improving coverage of modern, widely used vocabulary. | As a general policy we prioritize documenting words and characters that are in current use. In many cases, the time and effort required to research rare, archaic or obscure words and characters is better spent improving coverage of modern, widely used vocabulary. | ||
| - | === 3. v2 conversions === | + | ==== v2 conversions |
| Please don't make a submission that is purely for converting pinyin to v2, or for correcting the grouping of glosses and senses. We already plan to go through all v1 entries and make those update ourselves, so any such submissions would just be duplicating work. | Please don't make a submission that is purely for converting pinyin to v2, or for correcting the grouping of glosses and senses. We already plan to go through all v1 entries and make those update ourselves, so any such submissions would just be duplicating work. | ||
guidelines.1748698711.txt.gz · Last modified: by kbaiko