User:-sche/pronunciation problems

When complete, this page will list everything that can go wrong in a ===Pronunciation=== section, to aid those who seek to find and fix errors in pronunciation sections. Additions are welcomed.

Many of these issues also affect Rhymes: pages.

pronunciation templates don't contain pronunciations

 * see Category:Pronunciation templates without a pronunciation

This is always a problem. It can be due to a typo (one too many or too few vertical bars) or can be due to a user writing something like,  ,  or. The latter will not show up in Category:Pronunciation templates without a pronunciation.

deprecated or nonstandard IPA characters are used

 * from Todo/Entries containing obsolete IPA characters
 * and Wiktionary talk:Todo

This is always a problem. Replacement of the deprecated or nonstandard characters with their modern equivalents can be automated if only pronunciation sections are edited.

The following are deprecated characters:
 * ʤ (should be dʒ or d͡ʒ)
 * ʦ (should be ts or t͡s)
 * ʧ (should be tʃ or t͡ʃ)
 * ʣ (should be dz or d͡z)
 * ʥ (should be dʑ or d͡ʑ)
 * ʨ (should be tɕ or t͡ɕ)

The following are nonstandard:
 * g (in IPA transcriptions, ɡ should be used)
 * ε (U+3B5) (should be ɛ (U+25B))
 * ǝ (U+1DD) (should be ə (U+259))
 * : (should be ː)
 * ı (U+0131) (should be ɪ (U+026A))
 * ' (should be ˈ, except in some languages, where it is also misused for ʼ)
 * ’ and ‛ and ʻ might also be misused as stress marks, or as ejective markers, and it's even possible that stress marks and ejective markers are misused for each other
 * , (should be ˌ)

In English, r should be replaced with ɹ except in exceptional cases, and /ɻ/ should be replaced with /ɹ/ (but [ɻ] may be OK).

" is used outside of Template:X-SAMPA

 * from Todo/non-standard pronunciation transcriptions

If a pronunciation section contains " outside of an X-SAMPA transcription, this is usually, but not always, an indication that something is wrong. Sometimes, it is only because a pronunciation has a &lt;ref&gt;; this is OK.

accents are indicated by means other than Template:a
Example: [//en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=span&diff=18428831&oldid=18190860]. Robert Ullmann and Thryduulf suggested looking for (RP),  (RP) ,  RP , [RP], etc. (And (US), <tt>[WEAE]</tt>, etc.)

other irregularities exist

 * many from User talk:Robert Ullmann/Pronunciation exceptions


 * <tt>&lt;tt&gt;</tt> (indicates something is wrong, usually that an X-SAMPA pronunciation needs to be templatised)
 * <tt> [[Rhymes: </tt> (should be templatised...or are raw links OK?)
 * <tt> {| </tt> (i.e. table syntax, indicates something is wrong)
 * <tt>IPA</tt>, <tt>enPR</tt> or <tt>SAMPA</tt>/<tt>X-SAMPA</tt> not as a template name (indicates something is wrong, usually that a transcription needs to be templatised)
 * <tt>AHD</tt> (indicates something is wrong, usually needs to be changed to enPR)
 * <tt>enPR</tt> after IPA or <tt>SAMPA</tt>/<tt>X-SAMPA</tt> before IPA (should be changed to the standard order: enPR, IPA, X-SAMPA)
 * is used in the middle or end of a line (especially following a templated or non-templated transcription) rather than the start
 * , and any other templates which should, don't contain either <tt>/</tt> or <tt>[</tt>
 * , or any other template, contains an opening <tt>/</tt> or <tt>[</tt> but not a closing <tt>/</tt> or <tt>]</tt>