Talk:Lexico

All the fffffffffffs
I'm deleting them, I don't think they're supposed to be their.Cameron Nedland 02:37, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Needs moving and updating because "AskOxford is now Oxford Dictionaries"
As noted in a recent edit to this article, and Oxford's site, AskOxford is now Oxford Dictionaries. Our article needs updating and moving accordingly. Mitch Ames (talk) 12:06, 10 August 2010 (UTC)


 * If this article were to be renamed "Oxford Dictionaries", should it be included in Category:Oxford dictionaries? Mitch Ames (talk) 12:25, 10 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Yep, looks like it ought to be moved. It sucks because some of the refs that I've used in articles are now dead, and they don't seem to be on the new site! That was a good source, but it seems to be no more.--Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 09:05, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

Requested move

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the move request was: Move. Cúchullain t/ c 15:27, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

AskOxford.com → OxfordDictionaries.com – AskOxford.com was integrated into a different website several years ago and the article should reflect that change. Andrew327 07:01, 17 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Support.--Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 09:55, 17 March 2013 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

Site Redirect
I think this article actually referred to https://en.oxforddictionaries.com which provided definitions to the public. As of June 10, 2019, the link redirects to https://www.lexico.com because Oxford University Press has entered into an agreement with dictionary.com to provide the web service, according to the OUP. FAQ https://languages.oup.com/lexico-faqs?utm_source=od-panel&utm_campaign=premium&utm_medium=premium The currently listed web page is for the upline Oxford University Press site instead of the dictionary page to which it used to connect. Algotruneman (talk) 18:10, 11 June 2019 (UTC)

Split
Shouldn't this article be split rather than simply redrected since Oxford Living Dictionary still exists for languages other than English and Spanish? Ausir (talk) 17:19, 16 June 2019 (UTC)
 * I think you should have moved this article back to OxfordDictionaries.com and turned Lexico into an article rather than turning OxfordDictionaries.com into an article, which is now essentially a WP:CONTENTFORK. The redirects and Wikidata are now all over the place. But if we're going to have a separate article about OxfordDictionaries.com (which I think should be at Oxford Dictionaries rather than OxfordDictionaries.com, especially now that the "Oxford Living Dictionaries" brand is no longer used for the English dictionary and the main Oxford Dictionaries website isn't at oxforddictionaries.com), I rather much prefer discussing Lexico at a section under the article about Oxford Dictionaries rather than having two separate articles. Nardog (talk) 02:15, 17 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Fair enough, maybe my edits were a bit too hasty. Ausir (talk) 02:41, 17 June 2019 (UTC)
 * So what do you think of my proposal? Would you be willing to delete the article you created and move this article to the previous location or, better if you ask me, to Oxford Dictionaries? Nardog (talk) 16:23, 17 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Yeah, sounds good. I'll do it. Ausir (talk) 15:25, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

This is still pretty confusing. Is it correct to say that Lexico and Oxford Living Dictionaries fall under Oxford Dictionaries, and Oxford Dictionaries and the Oxford English Dictionary all fall under the Oxford University Press? Kolya Butternut (talk) 22:49, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

Available in English and Spanish?
Maybe this is no longer true, because today (2021-01-17), the user interface is available only in Spanish. I have no options to change it! You can read as follows: "escribe la palabra o la frase". 85.193.228.103 (talk) 13:08, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Fortunately, everything is back to normal. 85.193.228.103 (talk) 22:07, 21 January 2021 (UTC)

Lead
Thank you for your correction of my apparent error. Is the second paragraph of Lexico summarizing something stated in the body of the article, or is it presenting separate information? Later in the article, I see a mention of "a one-year subscription to the website's subscription content", so at least some of what the article is discussing seemed to involve a subscription. I find the discussion of the various different site names and other names and their history rather confusing. Why shouldn't AskOxford.com be mentioned in the lead? —&#8288;&#8202;&#8288;BarrelProof (talk) 21:54, 9 September 2022 (UTC)
 * As the History section explains, the dictionary content on AskOxford.com was based on the Compact Oxford English Dictionary of Current English, not the Oxford Dictionary of English and New Oxford American Dictionary. Oxford Dictionaries Online never "required" a subscription (that's why it says "to the website's subscription content", not "to the website" period). I don't know what exactly you get by paying that wasn't available for free, but the basic definitions, pronunciation and etymology were always available for free from the launch of Oxford Dictionaries Online until the closure of Lexico. Nardog (talk) 06:02, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

Move to Oxford Dictionaries Online
I propose moving this article to and including in its scope all dictionary material produced or published by Oxford University Press that has ever been available online. Lexico only existed from 2019-2022, whereas oxforddictionaries.com was active from 2010–2019. In general, for historical items, I think we should prefer the name used the longest when no name is current. In this case, it's slightly more complicated, because rather than a strict linear succession, it seems there are multiple editions available through multiple website simultaneously. In any case, I intend my proposed title to be interpreted broadly and not merely as the proper name of a specific edition or website. Daask (talk) 17:58, 9 April 2024 (UTC)