请 (qing) most commonly translates as 'to request'. Does anyone know why in the new HSK 1 list it is given as 'Qing dynasty'? It's number 57 in the list.

Well, in my language version (German) it still is "to request". Also, Qing dynasty should be 清, not 请 (both are "qing", though). Probably someone confused the two?

Yes, sorry about that, apparently it is so in the English version too.
When I go to the Skritter site and call up the list and word, I see 'Qing dynasty'. When Jeremy sends me the link, which for him shows 'request' or something, I see 'Qing dynasty'.

Now obviously I have made a mistake in the past, though I can't imagine doing this. I used Skritter for a year or so, and once or twice deleted everything, and then I didn't use it for a year, and I have started just the HSK 1. I must work out how to delete absolutely everything. I can't understand how an official list can appear changed for me. Of course I had my own lists too, but that isn't the same.

The character 请 [請] qǐng is defined in Skritter as: please; invite; to request /
treat. The definitions are the same across all lists. Maybe you have made an erroneous custom definition in the past? You can click the tab "My words" and then "Custom Definitions", and you can see (and delete) all of your custom definitions.

Thanks very much, xiaokaka. I have about 15 pages of obscure words, and I obviously added the dynasties there a couple of years ago and chose the wrong character. It will have replaced the other in the HSK 1 list, something I didn't even know.

@Zeppa: You can edit a word whether it's in an official list or not, and it will edit that word's definition as it appears in the list. (It doesn't edit the definition for anyone else studying the list, unless it were to have been accepted as a correction). If you delete the word from your studies and then re-add it later down the line from another list it will keep the previous edited definition.