Template talk:etyl:gmw-hge

Template:etyl:gmw-lge, Template:etyl:gmw-hge
Whether or not this was its raison d'être, was in practice used to copy from dictionaries which don't distinguish Middle Low German from modern Low German. It displayed the same name and put entries in the same category as, which was confusing and in most cases wrong: when CodeCat and I stumbled onto it during this RFM, it turned out most uses could be replaced with. was apparently designed to be used similarly, but I'm not aware of a time it was ever in use. Both templates are now orphans.

The rename of means that  now does have a distinctive name and category, like, so both could be used in the etymologies of words whose era of borrowing isn't clear, and they wouldn't conflict with other templates anymore—but it still seems clearer just to specify "from  or " in those cases. - -sche (discuss) 19:32, 27 November 2012 (UTC)
 * I think we could keep these templates for cases when the time of borrowing is unknown or unclear, but we should treat their uses as needing cleanup. On the other hand, these templates are so obscure that very few editors will even think to use them, so they will probably not. Slight delete. 17:24, 1 December 2012 (UTC)


 * I'll orphan and delete these soon if no-one beats me to it. - -sche (discuss) 10:00, 17 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Deleted. - -sche (discuss) 00:40, 18 February 2013 (UTC)