View source for BPFK Community Work


This page is for anyone in the Lojban community who wants to help

the BPFK with the initial language description task.

==  The Goal ==

The whole goal here is to replace the definitions with something

that (1) uses complete English sentences and (2) might be useful to

somone who has never seen them before (although please don't include

descriptions of things common to many words; do not define

"attitudinal", for example).

We'd also like to get the various piece of information about the

words seperated out for future use, and get some examples, but those

are somewhat secondary goals.

==  The Procedure ==

Here's what you do:

* Log in to your account here; register if necessary (it's in the upper right)
* Make sure your email here is valid; see [http://www.lojban.org/tiki/tiki-user_preferences.php he preferences page]

* Ignore anything else you've ever heard about BPFK procedures
* Pick a section that isn't green on the [[BPFK Sections|BPFK Sections]] page.  Pick a cmavo in that section that looks unfinished.  Do the following:

** Grab your CLL, or use one of the online versions.  Figure out what the cmavo means.  Write it down.  See the templates below.
*** Do ''NOT'' describe its category in general; it is sufficient to say that something is "an attitudinal"; you do not need to talk about how attitudinals in general work at all.

*** Do describe how it is different from other members of its category.
** Find (or, if you really can't find any, make) examples of usage of the cmavo; use the [[Corpora|Corpora]] page for this.

** Search [http://groups.google.com/group/lojban the mailing list], or anything else that seems relevant, for debate about the nature of the cmavo or its category.  Make notes of any you find, seperate from the body of the definition.

==  Dealing With Issues ==

At any stage along the way, if you see any problem (contradictions, arguments, confusions, whatever) about either the cmavo itself ''or'' the general category it belongs to, make sure they are noted down, either in the Issues section for the cmavo or the Issues section (make one if necessary) for the whole page.

If you get stuck or confused, please post to [http://groups.google.com/group/bpfk-list he BPFK group].

==  Tags ==

Each grammatical category should have unique descriptiors in Lojban

that can be used to refer to all cmavo of that type, for consistency

across various documents, in case we decide to go with something

like

[http://teddyb.org/robin/tiki-index.php?page=Documentation+Standards+For+Lojban]

==  Cross-References ==

Please put {...} around any cross-references to other Lojban words,

like {broda}. This will not get marked up, but it will save us a lot

of trouble later.  Basically, put {...} anywhere you would want a

hyperlink to another entry to appear if this was an online

dictionary.

==  Section Colours ==

For the colors, Blue means "completed but not voted on"; you should

mark any section that appears finished blue.  Green means "completed

and voted on"; please do not touch those!

==  Go For It! ==

When editing the wiki, ''DO NOT WORRY'' about making mistakes or anything like that.  You are totally free to edit as you see fit.  This ''very much includes'' fixing other people's mistakes.  Edit as you see fit.  Do not discuss the page on the page; if there's something that needs discussion, post to [http://groups.google.com/group/bpfk-list he BPFK group].  If a page is locked, let [http://groups.google.com/group/bpfk-list he BPFK group] know.  We have people watching every edit; if there's a problem, we'll mail you.

==  But Be Careful About Concurrent Edits ==

We've had at least one case so far of one person entirely destroying

another person's cmavo definition changes.  Therefore, please:

* If the site says "someone else edited this since you started", or something like that, ''DO NOT SAVE''.  Copy the text somewhere else, cancel, ''RELOAD'', and try again.
* Make lots of small, quick changes.

* ''RELOAD'' before you start editing.

==  Templates ==

A finished cmavo looks something like this:



===  cmavo: xxx (SELMAHO) ===

====  Proposed Definition ====

Fun-times! Used to express fun-ness.

====  Proposed Tag ====

Awesome attitudinal.

====  See Also ====

* {XYY}
* {XYZ}

* {GISMU}

====  Proposed Keywords ====

* whatever
* shyeah-right!

====  Usage Examples ====

;xxx mi klama:"Whatever!  I'm going."

====  Notes ====

This cmavo is different from {XYY}, because {XYY} allows for the piano-eating duties to be split.

====  Issues ====

This cmavo is completely non-standard, but ''very'' common in actual usage.  We could resolve this by allowing it, or not.

{BOX}

...

===  General Section Issues ===

All attitudinal modifiers are weird.

{BOX}

The raw markup for that is this:


~pp~


===  cmavo: xxx (SELMAHO) ===

====  Proposed Definition ====

Fun-times! Used to express fun-ness.

====  Proposed Tag ====

Awesome attitudinal.

====  See Also ====

* {XYY}
* {XYZ}

* {GISMU}

====  Proposed Keywords ====

* whatever
* shyeah-right!

====  Usage Examples ====

;xxx mi klama:"Whatever!  I'm going."

====  Notes ====

This cmavo is different from {XYY}, because {XYY} allows for the piano-eating duties to be split.

====  Issues ====

This cmavo is completely non-standard, but ''very'' common

in actual usage.  We could resolve this by allowing it, or not.

{BOX}

...

===  General Section Issues ===

All attitudinal modifiers are weird.