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*Richard.....?? I need the cliff notes, Professor! --[[User:TK|'''₮K''']]<sub><small><small>/Admin</small></small></sub><sup>[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]]</sup> 01:30, 21 April 2009 (EDT)
*Richard.....?? I need the cliff notes, Professor! --[[User:TK|'''₮K''']]<sub><small><small>/Admin</small></small></sub><sup>[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]]</sup> 01:30, 21 April 2009 (EDT)
::happy to oblige. :) [[User:RJJensen|RJJensen]] 01:38, 21 April 2009 (EDT)
::happy to oblige. :) [[User:RJJensen|RJJensen]] 01:38, 21 April 2009 (EDT)
== Pronunciation Guides ==
I've noticed that the [[Palin]] article includes a note about how to pronounce her surname, which I think is a good precedent. I was going to add similar notes to other people whose names have unintuitive pronunciations, like [[Euler]], but before I did so, I wanted to confirm that it was desirable and that the style used in the Palin article should be considered the model. I personally think that that style is better than using [[IPA]] or something, because most people don't know (or need to know) IPA, so while it has the advantages of being universal and very standardized, it's not especially fitting for a site that's used by English speakers who don't have any special reason to know IPA. I would propose the following standards:
* Add the pronunciation immediately after the first time the word appears, in the style of the Palin article. (pronounced pay'-lynn)
* Don't add pronunciations for words that are likely to appear in a dictionary.
* Don't add pronunciations for common English-language names or names that have a pronunciation obvious to most English speakers.
* In general, only add a pronunciation if it's likely that a typical CP user who had never heard the name spoken aloud would be likely to mispronounce it based on its spelling.
* Use the standard American pronunciation. Where regional accents affect the pronunciation of the word, use the form you believe to be more common.
* Avoid offering two pronunciations unless it's a very special case. Pronunciations take up valuable real estate at the very beginning of articles.
My apologies if there are already policies about this; I searched for "pronunciation" and didn't see any. -- [[User:DaveB7|DaveB7]] 20:43, 6 July 2009 (EDT)