Thread:User talk:Rua/mistaken rollbacks/reply (3)

The documentation states: Use this template outside running text, in sections that list entries, such as “Synonyms”, “Related terms” and “Descendants”.

Using plain links to wikify plain English text has always been the standard on Wiktionary, and while some people think should be used, it's still only a small minority. The use of makes running text much harder to read, and it also adds unnecessary markup to the page. It also makes the page load slower, and contributes to the number of pages that are too big to render correctly. Moreover, linking to sections, in either or plain links, is bad practice because the sections are subject to change at any time. If the structure of the page is changed, the links will no longer point to the correct location. On top of that, linking to etymology sections is bad practice because it doesn't indicate which part-of-speech and sense you mean.

The correct way to handle this situation is by using. This creates linkable anchors on the page with the format. You can then use this anchor in plain links like so:.