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{{taxlink}}
(Now with more Lua!!!), which is for taxonomic names for which enwikt DOES NOT have an entry, used as before, eg, {{taxlink|Rosa noentry|species}}
, and {{taxfmt}}
(New!!!, with Lua!!!), to be used for taxonomic names for which enwikt DOES have an entry, used just as {{taxlink}}
, eg, {{taxfmt|Rosa multiflora|species}}
. {{taxfmt}}
will soon (months) have been applied automagically to all taxonomic names that currently have some link and eventually (many months) even to all now-unlinked taxonomic names. At present this just addresses formatting (various configurations of italics) and makes searches easier. In the more distant future it may make other changes (improvements???) easier. The resulting taxon formatting should be the same for both templates, but categorization will be different, mostly effecting only those with an active interest in taxonomic names.kca
) and Mansi (mns
) languages have been split into the Khanty and Mansi families, respectively, each consisting of three languages.{{trans-mid}}
has been deprecated.fiu-fin
to urj-fin
, and the language code for Proto-Finnic respectively from fiu-fin-pro
to urj-fin-pro
.chm
to mhr
.{{trans-top|column-width=narrow}}
to create a box with many short translations, or {{trans-top|column-width=wide}}
to hold exceptionally long translations. If you find that you are now seeing too few columns on your screen, follow the instructions at T:trans-top#Personal customisation to tweak it to your tastes, or leave feedback at the Grease Pit.Meaning of consensus for discussions which are not formal votes
Where the consensus of editors is required for discussions other than formal votes at Wiktionary:Votes (for example, in discussion rooms such as Wiktionary:Beer parlour and on discussion pages such as Wiktionary:Requests for deletion and Wiktionary:Requests for verification), the support of at least two-thirds of the editors taking a supporting or opposing stance in a discussion on an issue is a hint for the threshold for consensus, but it is not set in stone. As a result, the consensus determination is somewhat indeterminate and can take into account considerations other than pure tallying. Tallying does play a role.
Kawi
; U+11F00–U+11F5F)Nagm
; U+1E4D0–U+1E4FF){{trans-top|width=narrow}}
for a box with many short translations, or {{trans-top|width=wide}}
to hold exceptionally long translations. The {{trans-mid}}
template no longer has a purpose and is now blank.Following a vote, Wiktionary:Criteria for inclusion has been updated to require a derogatory term to meet the usual attestation requirements within:
Otherwise, it may be speedily deleted after that period. The template {{derogatory}}
can be used to tag derogatory terms, or to generate boilerplate text when nominating such terms for deletion or verification.
Number list modules have been made for Burmese (my), Chakma (ccp), Oriya (or), Rohingya (rhg), Sylheti (syl), Santali (sat), Friulian (fur), Shan (shn), Lü (khb), Khmer (km), Uyghur (ug) and Yakut (sah).
{{lo-pron}}
has been created.{{coinage}}
(shorthand: {{coin}}
).en
is the language code for English), and Category:Latin links to Category:Latin language and Category:Latin script. Category:Samaritan language links to Category:Samaritan Aramaic language and Category:Samaritan Hebrew language because both of those languages have "Samaritan" in their otherNames
field.{{sl-IPA}}
which generates IPA pronunciations when provided with the tonemic orthography.no_multiword_cat
.){{circumfixcat}}
, {{infixcat}}
, {{interfixcat}}
, {{prefixcat}}
and {{suffixcat}}
have been renamed to include a space: {{circumfix cat}}
, {{infix cat}}
, {{interfix cat}}
, {{prefix cat}}
and {{suffix cat}}
. (December 2020: These templates no longer exist. Use {{auto cat}}
, specifying an |alt=
parameter if needed to add extra diacritics to the affix.){{inflection of}}
now allows a list of inflection tags of the same category to be separated by double slashes, and the output is the same as if they were separated by and
. For example, in phaenomena, {{inflection of|la|phaenomenon||nom//acc//voc|p}}
or {{inflection of|la|phaenomenon||nom|and|acc|and|voc|p}}
.accel
string, there is now one template parameter or table key for each tag. See WT:ACCEL#Adding the tags to a template for more information.|lang=
parameter will now also accept it in the first parameter, and using the first parameter is preferred because it is more consistent with other common templates like {{l}}
and {{m}}
. For instance, {{IPA|en|/wɝːd/}}
is preferred over {{IPA|/wɝːd/|lang=en}}
and {{inflection of|la|verbum||gen|p}}
is preferred over {{inflection of|verbum||gen|p|lang=la}}
.{{l}}
, {{m}}
, {{t}}
), and links to pages that exist but don't have a header for the language yet.If you are interested in a language and it is not in User:Jberkel/lists/wanted/latest, add its language code to User:Jberkel/lists/wanted/languages and it will be added when the next batch of lists is generated.
{{cite}}
and {{quote}}
families of templates now support the following new parameters:
|translator=
and |translators=
(abbreviation: |trans=
)|text=
, a synonym for |passage=
|t=
, a synonym for |translation=
|tr=
(in {{quote}}
templates), a synonym for |transliteration=
{{quote}}
family templates, use of the parameter |lang=
is now mandatory; if it is omitted, the entry on which the quotation template is used will be placed in "Category:Undetermined terms with quotations".require
and mw.loadData
to the module pages and tracking template names after require("Module:debug").track
to Special:WhatLinksHere.{{quote}}
family of templates:
|language=
and |lang=
are now used to specify the language of the passage quoted, and will add the entry page to a category in the form "Category:Language terms with quotations". The parameters require a language code (see Wiktionary:List of languages).|worklang=
may be used to specify the language that the work as a whole is written in. This parameter takes either a language code or the name of one or more languages spelled out in full.{{cite}}
family of templates in due course.{{cite}}
family of templates. The parameters |lang=
, |language=
, or |worklang=
may be used to specify the language that the work as a whole is written in. The parameters take either a language code (preferred) or the name of one or more languages spelled out in full.{{cite}}
family of templates now also has a |translation=
parameter so that a translation of a passage can be added.span
tag to provide acceleration tags for WT:ACCEL is now deprecated, and may stop working in the future. Instead, provide it as a parameter to a linking or headword template. The documentation of WT:ACCEL contains more instructions.expandtemplates
to call Module:accel and have it generate an entry for you, so you don't have to do it yourself and your bot will always generate entries in the most recently defined format.){{derivcatboiler}}
is now called {{derived cat}}
, to match {{inherited cat}}
and {{borrowed cat}}
and their respective etymology templates. (October 2020: These templates no longer exist as they are unnecessary. Use {{auto cat}}
.){{quote-}}
family (such as {{quote-book}}
) now |lang=
, which will categorize entries into categories in the format “Category: terms with quotations”.