Template talk:ja-l

Dewikifying rōmaji?
I don't like one particular thing about this template - it links to romaji. I think it should just show romanisation in a normal style, not cursive and not as a link. E.g. 饂飩 (うどん, udon). Do you insist on having it that way? --Anatoli (обсудить/вклад) 13:47, 22 April 2014 (UTC)


 * I'm fine with that, I guess. My recollection is a little fuzzy, but I think the initial idea behind wikifying the romaji was so that we could tell right away if that entry was missing, such as when creating lists under.
 * I'm not sure what you mean by "cursive". If you mean italics, I think the romaji should still be in italics, much like the transliterations are when using, as in.
 * That said, I think the template is also internally applying  to the romaji, which changes the display font (depending on your OS, browser, and Wiktionary preferences), which is a separate issue from just applying italics.  Other users (I think it was Chuck Entz, and Michael Z.) have made the point that the  metadata is important for accessibility purposes, such as screen readers and other assistive technologies.  Consequently, I think  should continue to apply  to the romaji, but perhaps we could change the font it uses, if you're having display problems with it.  &#8209;&#8209; Eiríkr Útlendi │ Tala við mig 20:52, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes, I meant italics, sorry. Formatting is fine, I didn't use the proper formatting in the example, my objection was the link. --Anatoli (обсудить/вклад) 20:59, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

Remodel after ?
Currently editors of Chinese and Korean have established the use of and, but editors of Japanese seems to be still using , despite the existence of this template. What about remodeling this template after to support more flexible arguments, like: --Dine2016 (talk) 16:39, 17 August 2018 (UTC)
 * produces
 * or produces  (, Yamato-kotoba)
 * produces (, kango)
 * produces (,, ware)
 * produces (, ao, historically awo)


 * I'm open to that idea, with the important caveat that we bear in mind all current usage of.
 * Recent redesigns of the markup produced by the  param in, , and elsewhere led to some rather awful problems that should have been avoided.  I'd like to not have us repeat that kind of mistake.  ‑‑ Eiríkr Útlendi │Tala við mig 17:37, 17 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Also, is well known and established, in line with other usage of  throughout the site.  Meanwhile,  has been less useful.  I'm fine with expanding, but I would not be a fan of converting existing instances of  en masse.  ‑‑ Eiríkr Útlendi │Tala við mig 17:39, 17 August 2018 (UTC)
 * I like this idea. —Suzukaze-c◇◇ 00:36, 18 August 2018 (UTC)
 * An idea: could link to あい instead of just あい, if ja-kanjitab can generate the anchors. --Dine2016 (talk) 09:54, 18 August 2018 (UTC)

Romaji should have script tag
Currently, the romaji is tagged as "lang=ja", resulting in a Japanese font being applied. What it should have instead is "lang=ja-Latn". Opencooper (talk) 18:58, 25 August 2019 (UTC)