Page created by --Richardb 12:52, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
For symmetry with other request lists, such as rfp for pronunciation.
Lists all words needing an etymology in the one category, and on the one page.--Richardb 12:52, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
This is redundant. {{etystub}} already exists for this purpose.
Note that automated addition of etymology stub tags is highly discouraged. Yes, we would like etymologies identified for all entries eventually but for now, we are trying to get the language covered; having the tag appear in every entry is off-putting to readers and newcomers. So please remember to use these sparingly.
--Connel MacKenzie 19:27, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
It would be good if this template were language sensitive, such that one could e.g. do {{rfe|lang=Dutch|reason}} to have the article added to Category:Requests for etymology (Dutch). I could do this, but would like some suggestions about the category names and creation. H. (talk) 14:55, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
Taxonomic names often have problematic etymologies. I know that there are hundred of rfes for such entries. But this template fails to categorize them. DCDuring TALK 10:32, 14 October 2012 (UTC)
Just wondering if it's worth thinking about tweaking the wording to something like the following (obviously, to prevent people copying & pasting)
"This entry lacks etymological information. If you have information regarding the origin of this term, please add it, in your own words, to the page as described here"--Person12 (talk) 13:40, 10 June 2015 (UTC)
Why does this template require a lang code but does not add a category 'Lang words lacking etymology'? Korn (talk) 16:58, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
See ]. Canonicalization (talk) 14:26, 16 November 2019 (UTC)
Using templates besides {{m}} and {{l}} (e.g. {{cog}}) in the 2nd param automatically makes the rfe notice a box instead of inline, why? (pinging @Benwing2) Julia ☺ ☆ 17:03, 12 February 2020 (UTC)
{{cog}} generates a large amount of text, which trips the 100-char limit. I can probably make the template ignore HTML when counting chars, which should fix this. Benwing2 (talk) 01:54, 13 February 2020 (UTC)