Template talk:R:Sanskrit Dictionary

This is unprecedented but there doesn't seem to be a problem, so it can be used. But please don't go around replacing the actual MW and Apte links with this template in Sanskrit entries. -- 𝓑𝓱𝓪𝓰𝓪𝓭𝓪𝓽𝓽𝓪(𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓴) 12:29, 15 April 2021 (UTC)


 * Of course not. But I'll prefer using this from now on instead of Apte and MW. If you have any problem, I'm also fine with using this template only for referencing the dictionaries like Vedabase and DCS which don't have their own separate templates. 🔥 शब्दशोधक 🔥 12:32, 15 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Right, I think using it only for Vedabase and DCS is better. The MW and Apte templates redirect the user to the published works of MW and Apte. This one is based on a website and kind of tells the user "here, look it up yourself". Not that it is not useful or convenient but the main reference templates should always be published works, not a website that acts as a database by using different people's works. -- 𝓑𝓱𝓪𝓰𝓪𝓭𝓪𝓽𝓽𝓪(𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓴) 16:27, 15 April 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅. 🔥 शब्दशोधक 🔥 02:28, 16 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Just to clarify, this template is now deleted. I've created R:DCS, for referencing DCS, from the original site (can I use it on entries, even for those in which the definitions of MW and DCS are the same, just for showing occurrence and attestation in Sanskrit literature?). Vedabase, in my opinion, is not necessary, as it's main job is proving quotations which explain the sense - see Special:MobileDiff/62386050 - I removed the reference which showed only the Vedabase and added the quotation from the actual website. Maybe if you want, a reference template could be created for Vedabase (like R:sa:Vedabase or R:Vedabase) which'd link to . Regarding "website that acts as a database by using different people's works" - isn't DSAL also one like that? Thanks. 🔥 शब्दशोधक 🔥 04:05, 18 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Yes, DSAL and archive.org both do the same, ie, host the works which we use as references. The difference is that our reference templates for these works takes the reader directly to the source that the editor wants to put as a reference. Hence when you are using R:CDIAL you are crediting Turner for the information you've entered on the page, not DSAL. This template on the other hand showed the user a bunch of different sources where the word appears and makes the user look it up themselves. It also created the illusion that the information in this entry was being charged to a work called "Sanskrit Dictionary". You changed the wording later on to show that more than one sources were being included in the template but it's better to have a reference template tied to a single work. -- 𝓑𝓱𝓪𝓰𝓪𝓭𝓪𝓽𝓽𝓪(𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓴) 14:21, 21 April 2021 (UTC)