I'm currently zoomed in 300% in my browser so I can hold my computer far away, and all of the text looks great but the wiktionary logo looks a little bad. Maybe we could use a nice vector version of it if one exists? I also don't know how one sets that image in the sidebar. Dingolover6969 (talk) 20:45, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
Translations on pages such as bird, fox, and flower are broken, showing "true" instead of the translation. This is seemingly due to the use of {{tt}} and {{tt+}}—the ones using non-multitrans templates {{t}} and {{t+}} work fine. However, these are all inside {{multitrans}}, so shouldn't they use {{tt}} and {{tt+}} instead of {{t}} and {{t+}}? If there has been a change and {{multitrans}} now uses the singular-t templates instead, shouldn't the double-t templates be redirected to the single-t ones, as to not break most translation pages? Ookap (talk) 18:51, 5 October 2024 (UTC)
On Wikipedia we can add w:Template:Citation needed.
What is the equivalent template on Wiktionary? Jidanni (talk) 09:26, 6 October 2024 (UTC)
{{rfv|foo}} or {{rfv-sense|foo}} (where "foo" is the usually-ISO-derived language code of the language the word or definition is in) and click the link the template generates to list it at the appropriate WT:RFV subpage. If you think a certain etymological claim may be wrong, bring it up in the Etymology Scriptorium. For most other claims, e.g. if you link a "(rare)" label is wrong, the Tea Room is generally a good place to bring it up. - -sche (discuss) 20:03, 6 October 2024 (UTC)What is wiktionary's policy on favouring American or British spelling? Is it similar to enwiki's w:WP:ENGVAR? I couldn't find it anywhere. (I notice that things are generally inconsistent: colour is listed as an alt. spelling of color, but favourite/favorite is the reverse). Thanks, Cremastra (talk) 15:44, 6 October 2024 (UTC)
Lately I have been adding Czech relational adjectives (such as úřednický, retní, or pudový) and consistently defined them using the phrase "of or related to". I have recently noticed that similar words in English (such as clerical or instinctual) are (almost?) always defined using the phrase "of or relating to". Is there a difference in meaning or is it just stylistic choice? CaptainPermaban (talk) 18:43, 9 October 2024 (UTC)
So I was checking zoning as the word looked weird as I typed it in (learning another language makes all words look weird?) and come upon
I try to go peek at the message's mentioned RFC list entry given the link Requests_for_cleanup#zoning and there's no entry.
I found a possible explanation: the rfc insertion is almost 16 years old! And in all that time no one has agreed enough to bother doing anything. And I don't agree either - I think it's fine.
If it's aged out of the RFC list, why not delete the template from the article? Why memorialize someone's dispepsia like some precious trichobezoar. Shenme (talk) 23:07, 9 October 2024 (UTC)
Under Nootka č̕aʔak, the reference Ravinski 2005 contains a dead link. I was going to add {{dead link}}, but that doesn't exist, and I can't find any equivalent template on Wiktionary. What should be done in this situation? — Äþelwulf (talk) 21:25, 14 October 2024 (UTC)
{{quote-book}} to quote from the foreword, translator's note, etc.What is the appropriate way to use this template when quoting from a book that is not an anthology (i.e. it has one listed author, or a few authors that do not get separate chapter/section level attribution), where the quote is, however, not from the listed author(s)? I am specifically thinking of the case where a work has a foreword, editor's or translator's note, etc. written by someone other than the credited author. Take the following as an example, the final quote given for the second definition of treat:
As you can see, the quote seems to imply Aristotle wrote these words, even though it is very obvious from reading the actual text of the quote that almost certainly isn't the case. The only indication of this from the attribution line is from the very last part, the section parameter, which is A Note on the Illustrations
, as well as the fact it was translated. If this were actually an anthology, I believe the author parameter would be set to the actual author of the specific chapter the quote is from, but I don't think that is appropriate here. Yet I am unsure what the alternative is. Is there a better way to handle this with this template, or perhaps there is a different template to use altogether? Brusquedandelion (talk) 02:17, 24 October 2024 (UTC)
author= parameter should be set to the actual author of the quotation in question (i.e. the author of the foreword, etc.), while a separate mainauthor= parameter should be set to the author of the overall work. A chapter= parameter should also be added and set to the name of the section or chapter written by the non-main-author. (Unfortunately, it looks like the section= parameter doesn’t give the desired results; the section must be given with chapter= for the quote to display properly.) — Vorziblix (talk · contribs) 05:04, 1 November 2024 (UTC)At red Category:Greek usually uncountable proper nouns I added {auto cat}, read the instructions at Help:Category#How_to_create_a_category but I cannot find which poscatboiler has the Category:Greek proper nouns by inflection type. Also, I do not know whom to call for help on specifics (e.g. Cats, a language xx, a topic, specialists on Template:place) These things are very difficult for us, non-administrators. A {template|help} or {alert} would be nice, if volunteer-sysops would like to sign in to help. Thank you. ‑‑Sarri.greek ♫ I 11:02, 25 October 2024 (UTC)
Greetings, I would like to request assistance in modifying the styles of certain Wiktionary templates and tables to accommodate dark mode. The primary concern is that the contrast between the background and text colors is insufficient.
The templates in question include, but are not limited to, the following:
This request primarily concerns templates categorized under Inflection-table templates by language.
Thank you for your attention to this matter. Σ>―(〃°ω°〃)♡→L.C.D.（-{に〇〇する}-） 15:07, 26 October 2024 (UTC)
var(--wikt-palette-cyan). Generally an approximation of the original colour should be okay but keep in mind that some templates use a specific colour to represent a language or nationality. Ioaxxere (talk) 06:09, 27 October 2024 (UTC)
Currently, there is a Category:Japanese extended shinjitai kanji category containing extended Shinjitai Kanji, but the list is not exhaustive. After some investigation, I found the reason is that there are multiple templates related to extended Shinjitai Kanji. The first one is Template:ja-ex shinjitai form of, the second one is Template:Han simplified forms (with ex=y parameter), and the third one is Template:ja-kanji forms (also with ex=y parameter). Currently, only the first template will add the page including it to the category automatically.
I would like to have the last two templates add appropriate pages to the category automatically, but the logic is somewhat complicated, and I have never edited templates before. The problem is that these templates will be used in multiple pages, but only the page corresponding to the extended Shinjitai Kanji should be added. For example, 醤 is an extended Shinjitai form of 醬, and the corresponding Simplified Chinese form is 酱. Template:Han simplified forms is used in all these three pages with identical parameters, but only 醤 (which is in the second field) should go into the extended Shinjitai category.
Could anyone please implement this feature? Lhy7889678 (talk) 15:22, 30 October 2024 (UTC)