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Documentation
This template has been deleted. This talk page is being kept for historical interest.
Usage
Including this template on a page will add the Wikisaurus box (seen here) to the right.
{{Wikisaurus-link}} - defaults to the page name in Wikisaurus
{{Wikisaurus-link|parameter}} - uses parameter passed in as the Wikisaurus target (that is, the article title).
Notes
Latest comment: 15 years ago5 comments4 people in discussion
How about we wait for the wiktionary logo to be chosen, then edit it or make one to symbolify both a thesaurus and a connection to Wiktionary? --Mirek220:03, 17 December 2009 (UTC)Reply
Deletion
Latest comment: 15 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion
Pro deletion: By its appearance, this template implies that Wikisaurus is a stand-alone project, independent on Wiktionary, which it isn't. The template's appearance and placement in Wiktionary articles is thus either misleading or plainly wrong.
Kept so far, with the last comment: Keep until the current Wikisaurus effort makes some determination about the utility of the template. DCDuring TALK 22:01, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
This page is being renamed/moved back to Template:Wikisaurus-link, as there is confusion between the two templates named Template:WikiSaurus and Template:wikisaurus--Richardb13:24, 14 May 2007 (UTC)Reply
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I am renominating this template for deletion. The template has already survived one RFDO: RFDO.
Justification: The template looks like a link to a sister project such as Wikisource or Commons, but Wikisaurus is not a sister project; Wikisaurus is a part of Wiktionary. I think it better to link to Wikisaurus from "Synonyms" sections using "See also Wikisaurus:entry", where people naturally come to look for synonyms.
The template is still used in less than 100 entries, so if the nomination for deletion is accepted, these entries have to be updated.
I don't think that a template is needed for such a simple think as "* See also ]". A sidenote: I prefer "see also" to "see", as the synonym sections should not be replaced with a hyperlink to Wikisaurus; they should still host lists of synonyms whenever someone cares to add them.
Most hyperlinks to Wikisaurus from the mainspace are done without the template, and it works just fine.
I think that could be useful though, it could have {{{1|{{PAGENAME}}}}} as a default. If widely used, it would save enough work to merit existing as a templates. I'd prefer just to overhaul it rather than delete it. Mglovesfun (talk) 09:46, 18 January 2010 (UTC)Reply
(unindenting) The default {{{1|{{PAGENAME}}}}} is pointless, as in all but a fraction of the pages that invoke the template, the invocation cannot rely on the default: "Wikisaurus:cat" is invoked not only in "cat" but also in all the synonyms of "cat".
The template does not save any work:
Without the template:
"* See also ]"
With the template:
"* {{seeWikisaurus|cat}}"
With the template and the original name:
"* {{Wikisaurus-link|cat}}"
When I have entered the "See also ..." into the mainspace for a Wikisaurus entry, I mostly did it by copying and pasting for a complete Wikisaurus synonym set, so the number of characters to be typed played no role.
Input from more people is needed, right, but you should reconsider whether you still think after what I have written that the template (a) can be meaningfully equipped with a default parameter, and (b) actually saves work. I think that I have refuted both points. I am surprised that you defend the template in the name of saving work after you have send {{bird}}, {{flower}}, etc. for deletion; counted by mere keystrokes, the pseudo-context templates that you have sent for deletion had greater work-saving effect. --Dan Polansky14:57, 18 January 2010 (UTC)Reply
delete, the link to wikisaurus should be in the synonyms section exclusively, this discourages that; also it would be nice to provide some simple synonyms in entry next to the link to wikisaurus, this makes that impossible; and it's got a silly name. Conrad.Irwin14:59, 18 January 2010 (UTC)Reply
Also, I think any major change to the template must be done by result of a vote, as the template is specifically referenced in ELE. --Yair rand18:31, 18 January 2010 (UTC)Reply
I'd say that the template can be deleted without a vote, as it has been added by Richardb to ELE without a vote in the first place, in this edit on 6 May 2006, back at the time when votes were unneeded to modify ELE. Nonetheless, I have sent the template to a due RFDO process here, and I have notified of it in Beer parlour.
If more people think that a vote is needed, I may need to return the issue to Beer parlour first, as a vote should not be started before a subject has been discussed at Beer parlour. --Dan Polansky18:59, 18 January 2010 (UTC)Reply
Having thought it over, I think you are right that a vote is needed, so I have started a discussion in Beer parlour. While the paragraph was originally added to ELE without a vote, it is now there, and any further modification of ELE now requires a vote. --Dan Polansky09:08, 19 January 2010 (UTC)Reply
The vote seems appropriate. The pseudo-sister-project box is even less desirable than the other sister-project boxes. The Synonyms header seems like the right place for a user to find a link to whatever Wikisaurus coverage we have. DCDuringTALK10:29, 19 January 2010 (UTC)Reply
This looks like it's going to fail. FWIW I see no advantage to keeping it, my point was more of a general one. It's probably worth leting this have another two or three days to see if we can get more than one person that wants to keep it. Mglovesfun (talk) 00:00, 26 January 2010 (UTC)Reply
Keep and hope someone finds a way to improve it. 68.218... is right, there needs to be a noticeable version with a picture. --Yair rand00:07, 26 January 2010 (UTC)Reply
There should be no Wikisaurus logo, neither in Wikisaurus nor when linking to Wikisaurus from the mainspace. Wikisaurus is not a separate project; it is part of Wiktionary in a separate namespace.
That seems like a bad idea, Dan. This page is for discussing the deletion of templates, and if it does get deleted, clearly that passage on WT:ELE can harmlessly be removed because nobody would advocate using a deleted templates on pages. Mglovesfun (talk) 20:21, 26 January 2010 (UTC)Reply
I am confused by the assertion that Wikisaurus should not have its own logo just because it's not a separate project from Wiktionary. AFAIK, most Wikiprojects throughout Wikimedia have their own logos. --Yair rand02:05, 28 January 2010 (UTC)Reply
Agree that “Synonyms” section (or “Antonyms”!) is best place, and a sidebox is a bit misleading; like “Citations”, Wikisaurus is another part of the lexicon, and should be treated as such.
A simple {seews} template (for a text link) would be useful.
-- w:Sakurambo 桜ん坊 02:51, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
