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The Guild of Archivists Dictionary uses the following guidelines. For discussion of these guidelines, see the [[Dictionary_Talk:Guidelines| | The Guild of Archivists Dictionary uses the following guidelines. For discussion of these guidelines, see the [[Dictionary_Talk:Guidelines|talk page]]. | ||
==D'ni Transliteration== | ==D'ni Transliteration== | ||
* The Dictionary uses a version of [[OTS]] for its standard transliteration. While OTS is somewhat ambiguous, it is the version of words that players will be most familiar with. Some decisions on what to use have been made to reduce confusion. | * The Dictionary uses a version of [[OTS]] for its standard transliteration. While OTS is somewhat ambiguous, it is the version of words that players will be most familiar with. Some decisions on what to use have been made to reduce confusion. | ||
* Transliteration has been chosen in order keep words in the ASCII character set, as well as avoid ambiguity with other sequences of sounds. | * Transliteration has been chosen in order keep words in the ASCII character set, as well as avoid ambiguity with other sequences of sounds i. | ||
** < | ** <d'ni>å</d'ni> is transliterated as ''a'' instead of ''å'' or ''æ''. | ||
** < | ** <d'ni>a</d'ni> is always transliterated as ''ah''. | ||
** < | ** <d'ni>I</d'ni> is attested as ''ai'' instead of ''í''. | ||
** < | ** <d'ni>A</d'ni> is transliterated as ''ay'' instead of ''ai'' or ''a''. | ||
** < | ** <d'ni>u</d'ni> is always transliterated as ''uh'' of ''u''. | ||
** < | ** <d'ni>e</d'ni> is always transliterated as ''e'' instead of ''eh''. | ||
** < | ** <d'ni>i</d'ni> is always transliterated as ''i'' instead of ''ih''. | ||
* Words that have very common transliteration variants will have the OTS transliteration as the page name. Variants are noted in the article for the words. Page redirects or disambiguation notes for these common variants as well (e.g. {{de|Uru}} redirects to {{de|ooroo}}) | |||
* Words that have very common transliteration variants will have the OTS transliteration as the page name. Variants are noted in the article for the words. Page redirects or disambiguation notes for these common variants as well (e.g. | |||
==Unknown Words== | ==Unknown Words== | ||
* Unattested meanings are marked as ''unknown word'' or with the ''{{tl|dict unknown-word}}'' template, even when the meaning of those words is relatively obvious. Editors are welcome to create templates or notes that add templates or develop policies that maintain this while pointing out suggested meanings. | * Unattested meanings are marked as ''unknown word'' or with the ''{{tl|dict unknown-word}}'' template, even when the meaning of those words is relatively obvious. Editors are welcome to create templates or notes that add templates or develop policies that maintain this while pointing out suggested meanings. | ||