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}}.
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, at Wiktionary, these two things are quite different:
Because most pages at Wiktionary are in full lowercase, this template forces the entire PAGENAME to render in lowercase. 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}}
