I found Wheelock's Latin to be amazingly straightforward and comprehensive.
Why are no German books (at least those many which I have found) in any way comparable? They are absolutely annoying with their pictures, phrases, and dimwitted conversations, but no actual rigor. I need rigor. I thrive ...
There are quite a few good users here worthy of becoming pro temp moderator, so I hope this nomination does not feel like a slight toward anyone else, but I would like to nominate Cerberus.
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@QPaysTaxes Read De Bello Gallico was the first time I realized I could actually just sit down and read without looking anything up. Didn't catch every word, especially some of the more military words, or more likely their specialized meanings, but I could infer most from context.
Because I had some very important games of Diamond Quest to play.
@QPaysTaxes Ah, but now that I look it up in Lewis & Short, I see that it's listed there as poetic and post-Augustan. Which sort of eliminates the need for a question.
@QPaysTaxes I keep forgetting that that's a thing. I should add some. I'll include that.
Off to read Hygin for the moment. Will add questions anon!
Are we really supposed to do self-answered questions for just anything? I thought that was only to showcase different types of questions, and this one would be redundant, I think.
I never really see them outside the beta period, but I'm not really looking, either.
That makes sense. Look at the top answers - they're super long and in depth and about complicated or genuinely unobvious questions. Nothing that can be quickly looked up in a dictionary. I am OK with that.
What good online Latin dictionaries do you know?
What are their benefits and drawbacks?
Please give only one dictionary per answer.
If you have many dictionaries to suggest, give multiple answers.
The reason for wanting a single dictionary per answer is that I want people to be able to vote on i...
I think that's a better tactic, good questions, thoughtful questions, not homework help.
Let the community decide on that.
At least the range, the expectations, the exceptions.
I'm confused, what does your question have to do with self-answered questions?
But you didn't answer it...
But Vox Latina is not online.
Negative.
Some pages are indeed omitted from that preview.
I think they might vary it depending on the user, but ever few pages, I get 2 that are missing.
as well as a huge chunk (pp. 61-135) at the end.
"not shown"
And the way Google Books works, some books won't show that until you get to a page that it determines you can't see.
Also good to remember that what's good for other stacks isn't necessarily good for us. Parenting.SE for example is all opinions all the time. History.SE doesn't allow a request for sources about a topic.
@QPaysTaxes You'll grow out of the first one, be glad you have the second, learn to step away from the computer if you ever feel like you need to do the third, and realize that the fourth has never stopped anyone.
@Nathaniel Oh, yeah, I wonder what our first HNQ question will be.
I don't think there's harm in having a different standards here compared to say, ELU. But as I said in a meta post, I don't like the idea of this place turning into a new rendition of reddit where half the questions are tattoo translation requests.
I mean, look. If you don't want tattoo translation requests, make a policy about them.
So... what's research? Is "what does this mean i looked there's nothing" good enough?
Just sounds like box-checking to me.
On bigger sites, it makes a little more sense. But on smaller sites, our goal is to grow. What better way to grow than to insert oneself into the most common searches?
Also, more questions means more answers, means more rep, means more people with moderation privileges. That's a Good Thing.
Anyway, /rant. It's one of those things I feel strongly about.
@Undo More that it literally is explainable through a site much larger than ours. It's not a question that a good answer can be offered to. It's not a question that provokes a good discussion.
For what it's worth, in this case, Wikipedia's answer isn't the greatest (i.e. I'll be writing a completely different one, unless the question gets closed).
If it can be edited to ask for more, if an answer can give more than just a Wikipedia link, maybe say something that will leave people who see it with something more than just "that's just what Wiki says", then we can and should keep it open.
@HDE226868 This too is a good reason to keep things open. I think in this case, it's fine, but could use a little more beef in editing.
And now we have our first answer from someone who wasn't in private beta.
PS @Nathaniel, my vote is for this (for high votes and activity) or this (for high votes and mass appeal).
@C.M.Weimer Regarding the HNQ list? It's not that easy. Someone has to post a question, and that question has to get three upvotes or so. Plus, within six hours, that question has to be answered at least once. If all answers add up to a score of 3 or more, the question has a good shot of hitting HNQ briefly.
There are quite a few good users here worthy of becoming pro temp moderator, so I hope this nomination does not feel like a slight toward anyone else, but I would like to nominate Cerberus.
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