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That was what I meant when I said "Let's wait for some real questions."

Still, the answer to the previous discussion holds: The questions where [f]or instance, there might be doubts about whether a term (and its usage) is dialectal-only or it's an actual Italian term should be considered on-topic.

I'd propose the following good practice:

  • answerers should clearly state in their answers that it's a dialectal term (if possible, clarifying also geographic borders of its usage);
  • answerers should provide an example of a regular Italian way of saying the same thing;
  • answerers should not go into details of etymology, orthography, examples of usage, literature-songs-clerical references for this dialectal term, but only for its Italian analogue;analogue (if needed);
  • answerers should not provide analogues from other dialects (e.g., "No, it's the word used in Milano only, but generally we in Lombardia use..." - "Oh, right, it's just like we in Bari say...");
  • somebody should tag the question with the "regional" tag if the OP hasn't done it.

That was what I meant when I said "Let's wait for some real questions."

Still, the answer to the previous discussion holds: The questions where [f]or instance, there might be doubts about whether a term (and its usage) is dialectal-only or it's an actual Italian term should be considered on-topic.

I'd propose the following good practice:

  • answerers should clearly state in their answers that it's a dialectal term (if possible, clarifying also geographic borders of its usage);
  • answerers should provide an example of a regular Italian way of saying the same thing;
  • answerers should not go into details of etymology, orthography, examples of usage, literature-songs-clerical references for this dialectal term, but only for its Italian analogue;
  • answerers should not provide analogues from other dialects (e.g., "No, it's the word used in Milano only, but generally we in Lombardia use..." - "Oh, right, it's just like we in Bari say...");
  • somebody should tag the question with the "regional" tag if the OP hasn't done it.

That was what I meant when I said "Let's wait for some real questions."

Still, the answer to the previous discussion holds: The questions where [f]or instance, there might be doubts about whether a term (and its usage) is dialectal-only or it's an actual Italian term should be considered on-topic.

I'd propose the following good practice:

  • answerers should clearly state in their answers that it's a dialectal term (if possible, clarifying also geographic borders of its usage);
  • answerers should provide an example of a regular Italian way of saying the same thing;
  • answerers should not go into details of etymology, orthography, examples of usage, literature-songs-clerical references for this dialectal term, but only for its Italian analogue (if needed);
  • answerers should not provide analogues from other dialects (e.g., "No, it's the word used in Milano only, but generally we in Lombardia use..." - "Oh, right, it's just like we in Bari say...");
  • somebody should tag the question with the "regional" tag if the OP hasn't done it.
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I.M.
  • 5.1k
  • 12
  • 14

That was what I meant when I said "Let's wait for some real questions."

Still, the answer to the previous discussion holds: The questions where [f]or instance, there might be doubts about whether a term (and its usage) is dialectal-only or it's an actual Italian term should be considered on-topic.

I'd propose the following good practice:

  • answerers should clearly state in their answers that it's a dialectal term (if possible, clarifying also geographic borders of its usage);
  • answerers should provide an example of a regular Italian way of saying the same thing;
  • answerers should not go into details of etymology, orthography, examples of usage, literature-songs-clerical references for this dialectal term, but only for its Italian analogue;
  • answerers should not provide analogues from other dialects (e.g., "No, it's the word used in Milano only, but generally we in Lombardia use..." - "Oh, right, it's just like we in Bari say...");
  • somebody should tag the question with the "regional" tag if the OP hasn't done it.