[sw-l] Guidelines for Dictionary Editors ;-)

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
October 18, 2004

As one of the Editors of the ASL dictionary, Dan, you certainly make a
good point. If the other editors agree, that is fine...I think the
Editors for each language need to make their own guidelines for their
dictionary...and I will not interfere and will support your
decisions...

Val ;-)

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On Oct 18, 2004, at 3:40 PM, dparvaz at MAC.COM wrote:

> Dictionaries are in a way a language repository. Before the kind of
> collaborative work we have through systems like wikipedia and
> signpuddle, they represented language museums, but now they can be
> thought of as living, dynamic representations of the state of the
> language. And the state of the language includes words not normally
> used in polite conversation.
>
>> Profanity arguably has no redeeming social virtue
>
> Lexicographers are not out to redeem society. Noah Webster did not die
> for your sins.
>
> Now, if we wish to place an optional "filter" on the dictionary so
> that folks do not see the more scatological entries unless they are
> specifically requested, I think that would be fine. That way, the
> decision to see (or not) is in the hands of the users.
>
> -Dan.
>
>