Template talk:R:Olsen:1988

RFM discussion: May 2021–December 2023
Fix to the standard format for reference templates. For the same reason, also: and perhaps: and others of similar form. There are many others, but I won't attempt to list them all. Some, such as Template:R:Duden, Template:R:DIL and Template:R:Dwelly, are used on hundreds of pages and therefore moving the template would be a disruptive change; in such cases the original titles should be kept as redirects for convenience–but I doubt that these more established ones will be considered for moving at all. There doesn't seem to be any official policy on the naming of reference templates; the common  format is merely a convention. Some categories of reference templates such as Category:Proto-Indo-European reference templates have members which are almost entirely named according to this format; others have none at all; most are a mix. The inconsistency is confusing. Would it be improper to suggest a rule that all (future) reference templates include the respective language/family code when applicable? I would appreciate feedback from any big contributors on how you handle this type of thing, considering that templates have often been renamed according to this "standard" formatting in the past, despite lack of much discussion or an official guideline. Such a discussion would at least inform Wiktionarians on how to name reference templates in the future. — 69.120.64.15 02:20, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Template:R:Derksen 1996 → Template:R:bat:Derksen:1996
 * Template:R:AFB → Template:R:gd:AFB
 * Template:R:LG → Template:R:gd:LG
 * Template:R:MacBain → Template:R:gd:MacBain
 * Edit: Silly me, I didn't notice these parlour discussions on it:
 * WT:Beer parlour/2017/March
 * WT:Beer parlour/2021/April (recent, ongoing!)
 * — 69.120.64.15 04:46, 10 May 2021 (UTC)


 * See also Votes/2019-06/Language code into reference template names, where this exact issue was voted on. &mdash; excarnateSojourner (ta&middot;co) 23:11, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm in favour of adding language codes to the titles of templates that do not already have them, but the vote indicates the desires of the community are otherwise. Since there hasn't really been any discussion here, possibly because OP was unknowningly re-opening an issue that had already been discussed quite thoroughly, I think it's appropriate to close this discussion. &mdash; excarnateSojourner (ta&middot;co) 23:11, 11 December 2023 (UTC)