Moonbear said:Greg, you must have been very bored this summer to come up with so many new features in such a short time! Great ideas!
Moonbear said:My post is directed toward anyone with ideas about definitions for biology-related terms. I'm willing to help write some definitions, but don't particularly feel like thinking up which words to include, so if some of you know of terms that have needed to be defined repeatedly in the bio forum, but don't feel confident writing your own definitions, PM me with your suggestions. Or, if someone is writing a definition and just wants to bounce it past another person before submitting it to check for clarity or confirm accuracy, I'm willing to help with that too. Probably the best way to ensure accurate/complete definitions is to make this a bit of a team effort. I know that a perfectly good synonym in normal usage can lead to an incorrect definition in scientific usage, so an extra proofreader can be very helpful.
Gokul43201 said:Speaking of a Search feature, will there be any way to be sensitive to both American and English spellings or is this asking for too much ?
In other words, if a Brit uses the Glossary Search for 'colour' or 'Aluminium' or 'ionisation energy' will (s)he find any results ?
Greg Bernhardt said:I ended a relationship a few months ago, gave me more time. Chroot has done a lot too :)
Moonbear we'd like to keep the glossary for physics and cosmology terms only for now. If it becomes popular then we might setup another glossary sections for other diciplines.
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