Template:Wiktionary/doc

{{Wiktionary/doc}} is a template that puts a little link to Wikitionary on a page. It's designed mainly for use on pages in category:jargon, slang and colloquialisms to help non-British readers understand better the slang that appears in Doctor Who fiction.

To use where our PAGENAME is the same as the Wiktionary PAGENAME, just type {{Wiktionary}}.

Look it up at Wiktionary.

If our PAGENAME is different, then enter the Wiktionary name thus: {{Wiktionary|Wiktionary PAGENAME}}. If I wanted to link this page to the wiktionary page on baseball, I'd type {{Wiktionary|baseball}}.

Wiktionary is case sensitive

Unlike this wiki, Wiktionary is strictly case sensitive. Here, these two things mean the same thing when entered into our search bar:

• gorilla
• Gorilla

However, these two things are quite different:

• wiktionary:gorilla
• wiktionary:Gorilla

Because most pages at Wiktionary are in full lowercase, this template forces the entire PAGENAME to render in the lower case. This is usually the behaviour we want. But on a page like PC Plod, we'll end up with wiktionary:pc plod, which isn't what we want.

Therefore, if you want capital letters to appear, you must override the default, and define the precise page you want, such as {{wiktionary|PC Plod}}.

Link as close to the definition as possible

Wiktionary pages have a lot of white space. Tons. And they offer definitions for cognates in other languages. The point of this template is to offer a definition that's relative to the term's use in Doctor Who. Therefore, in the case of extremely common words with very long Wiktionary pages, you'll want to link to a specific section. For instance, on our page Frog (insult),

• {{wiktionary|frog#Etymology 2}}

is better than just

• {{wiktionary}}