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Etymology

Hi. I reverted your edit to Diagnosis. By policy, Misplaced Pages is not a dictionary. One of the things that means, is that Misplaced Pages articles are about things, not about words. The subject of the article Diagnosis is not the word Diagnosis, but rather the topic—the identification of the nature and cause of a certain phenomenon. The etymology of the title of the article is not relevant to the topic of the article. In some cases, etymology may merit inclusion in a section somewhere in the body of an article. Etymology is almost never relevant enough to mention in the lede, and should never be included in the first sentence of an article. The first sentence of an article is critical. It must concisely state and/or explain the topic of the article. Inserting etymology into that critical sentence breaks the flow and makes the sentence harder to read, while presenting irrelevant information. Please do not insert etymology into articles in this way.--Srleffler (talk) 01:42, 13 May 2014 (UTC)

And another one. The etymology of the word methodology is not at all relevant to the Misplaced Pages article on methodology, and certainly does not merit inclusion in the first sentence of the article. Misplaced Pages is not a dictionary. The history and origin of words is not our concern. --Srleffler (talk) 01:01, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

Abderites

Hello. Please note that the Modern Greek translation of the Modern English term for an ancient Greek school of philosophy is irrelevant to the article. See WP:NOTDICT. Having the phrase in Modern Greek would only make sense if the term had originated in Greek writings. It did not. --Omnipaedista (talk) 14:13, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

Please elaborate on this . --Omnipaedista (talk) 15:35, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

You seem to misunderstand the purpose of Misplaced Pages. Misplaced Pages is not a general purpose dictionary. "Related to Greece" is an irrelevant argument—it has little or nothing to do with the proposition or issue under discussion. The purpose of having a Greek word in parentheses is to indicate (ancestral) etymological relation. The article about Platonism does not have "Πλατωνισμός" in parentheses because Πλατωνισμός is a Modern Greek word that translates the Renaissance Latin Platonismus. Platonism, the ancient Greek movement had no "native name". Having a set of translations of English terms to other modern languages is outside the scope of Misplaced Pages. --Omnipaedista (talk) 15:47, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

Personal attacks

Please refrain from making personal attacks against other editors as you did here.--Omnipaedista (talk) 15:38, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

WP:LIKELY

Please stop removing information that is common knowledge as you did here and here. See Organon, Aristotelis Opera by August Immanuel Bekker, and Analytica Priora et Posteriora by William David Ross. --Omnipaedista (talk) 22:23, 10 June 2014 (UTC) --Omnipaedista (talk) 22:23, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

Regarding this edit: ancient Greek works are commonly known in English by their Latin titles (most ancient Greek works were printed for the first time having Latin titles assigned to them and featuring commentaries in New Latin). The converse is not true: Latin works are not known in English by their Greek titles and their Greek titles are irrelevant to the English Misplaced Pages. --Omnipaedista (talk) 02:51, 20 June 2014 (UTC)

WP:GREEK

Please make sure that the transliterations you insert conform with Misplaced Pages guidelines. --Omnipaedista (talk) 19:22, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

You seem to ignore that Greek may mean either Ancient Greek or Modern Greek. --Omnipaedista (talk) 23:38, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

Wrong information

Could you explain this edit? The word is Κουρῆτες. Do you actually know what you are doing? --Omnipaedista (talk) 05:54, 31 July 2014 (UTC)