Talk:Unsupported titles/Square bracketed sic

RFD discussion: December 2022–February 2023
It is "sic" in square brackets. The brackets are not part of the word. Equinox ◑ 09:45, 16 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. It's also not correct to treat it as an alternative form of sic since the square-bracketed one can't be used in every situation where the plain form can—which is just a consequence of what square brackets mean. —Al-Muqanna المقنع (talk) 15:16, 16 December 2022 (UTC)
 * If it could, we would have a recursion problem... Equinox ◑ 17:34, 16 December 2022 (UTC)


 * If you're saying the version with brackets had a separate meaning, that would be a reason to treat it separately. As is, though, it's probably best to just handle it with a (better) usage note on the main entry. — LlywelynII  15:51, 5 February 2023 (UTC)
 * It does have a separate meaning since square brackets entail a meaning, i.e. that the text has been inserted into a surrounding quotation by its editor rather than the original author (Unsupported titles/Square brackets sense 1). Hence "[sic]" can't be substituted into any of the examples on the sic page that have "quoted sic". This does not, however, deserve a separate entry since it's adequately covered by the square brackets entry. Might be pedantic but clearly it doesn't make sense to treat "[sic]" as merely an alternative form of "sic". —Al-Muqanna المقنع (talk) 17:51, 5 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete. This entry seems rather strange to me, it's no more justifiable keeping this than it would be creating round bracketed sic (which I don't propose doing). --Overlordnat1 (talk) 15:35, 16 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete for the reasons above. — Sgconlaw (talk) 17:28, 16 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete per the above. PUC – 12:53, 24 December 2022 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom. &mdash; excarnateSojourner (talk &middot; contrib) 21:40, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
 * RFD-deleted. Ultimateria (talk) 19:36, 28 February 2023 (UTC)