Wiktionary:Votes/2016-08/Using template l to link to English entries from English entries

Using template l to link to English entries from English entries

 * Voting on: For English sections, allowing automatic and semi-automatic edits to ensure that all links in Synonyms, Antonyms, Hyponyms, Hypernyms, Related terms, and Derived terms are linked using l template rather than plain wikilinks. Thus, instead of there will be
 * Rationale: See Wiktionary talk:Votes/2016-08/Using template l to link to English entries from English entries. The voters only vote on the proposed action, not on the rationale.
 * Vote starts: 00:00, 13 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Vote ends: 23:59, 11 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Vote created: Dan Polansky (talk) 10:02, 6 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Discussion:
 * [[Image:Wikt rei-artur3.svg|20px]] Beer parlour/2016/August
 * [[Image:Wikt rei-artur3.svg|20px]] Wiktionary talk:Votes/2016-08/Using template l to link to English entries from English entries

Support

 * 1)  --Daniel Carrero (talk) 21:16, 14 August 2016 (UTC)
 * 2)  again. —CodeCat 22:28, 14 August 2016 (UTC)
 * , but as Equinox says, it would be better to have language headers automatically detected somehow. Andrew Sheedy (talk) 01:31, 15 August 2016 (UTC)
 * 1)  "Harder to read the markup" simply doesn't fly for me. We're here to produce a dictionary that works for all our consumers, be they humans, other websites, bots, scripts run by researchers or analysts, etc. The convenience of us editors should be a secondary priority, and in any case, this is only a minor change (five additional keystrokes) for those who don't already do it. This, that and the other (talk) 07:12, 15 August 2016 (UTC)
 * "We're here to produce..." means we need not to be hindered in producing. I have averaged more than 100 edits per day (mostly creations) for most of a decade and I can tell you those five keystrokes add up: and it takes longer to read the markup too when it's full of templates. Equinox ◑ 07:32, 15 August 2016 (UTC)
 * You can still enter plain wikilinks, this vote won't stop you from doing that. This vote just allows bots to fix it up after. --WikiTiki89 18:46, 15 August 2016 (UTC)
 * 1)  - DonnanZ (talk) 11:39, 15 August 2016 (UTC)
 * 2) . I think it is important to keep markup readable. However, I think that  is perfectly readable when used in lists like this (as opposed to its use in running text). --WikiTiki89 18:46, 15 August 2016 (UTC)
 * 3)  -Xbony2 (talk) 20:19, 15 August 2016 (UTC)
 * 4)  Mulder1982 (talk) 21:43, 20 August 2016 (UTC)
 * 5)  AtalinaDove (talk) 13:45, 31 August 2016 (UTC)
 * 6)  --Mistrz (talk) 15:16, 20 September 2016 (UTC)
 * User:Mistrz has 79 edits between 9 July 2013 and 22 April 2016. The user is eligible to vote, per WT:Voting policy. --Daniel Carrero (talk) 22:30, 21 September 2016 (UTC)
 * 1)  – Jberkel (talk) 20:41, 28 September 2016 (UTC)
 * 2)  —Enosh (talk) 08:46, 29 September 2016 (UTC)
 * 3)  — Also, I find vertical lists with each item beginning   just as easy to read as those with each item beginning  . — I.S.M.E.T.A. 20:10, 9 October 2016 (UTC)
 * 4)  DTLHS (talk) 20:20, 9 October 2016 (UTC)
 * 5)  — JohnC5 03:05, 11 October 2016 (UTC)

Oppose

 * 1)  Harder to read and write the markup (and the visual editor isn't an acceptable alternative for me either). I wish we could detect language headers and set language links accordingly. Equinox ◑ 22:31, 14 August 2016 (UTC)
 * This vote does not mandate that you write it that way, only that a bot can convert your additions to that format. --WikiTiki89 13:46, 23 September 2016 (UTC)
 * 1)  Totally pointless AFAIAC. Also per vote creator's comment elsewhere. --Droigheann (talk) 23:05, 14 August 2016 (UTC)
 * , since proper redirection can be done using JS.--Dixtosa (talk) 11:35, 15 August 2016 (UTC)
 * 1)  per Equinox, myself as referenced by Droigheann, and Dixtosa. In another vote, I pointed out that the linking could be done by either Javascript or MediaWiki plugin, with no need to make the markup harder to read. I also pointed out that tabbed browsing, which was voted to be enabled via a passing vote but is not enabled yet, already has the function using Javascript. --Dan Polansky (talk) 09:59, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
 * 2)  per what I wrote at Votes/2016-07/Using template l to link to English entries. &#x200b;—msh210℠ (talk) 18:40, 8 September 2016 (UTC)
 * 3)  DCDuring TALK  22:19, 21 September 2016 (UTC)
 * 4)  per above. — ObſequiousNewt — Geſpꝛaͤch — Beÿtraͤge 03:41, 29 September 2016 (UTC)

Decision
Passes: 15-7-0 (68.19%-31.81%) --Daniel Carrero (talk) 12:45, 14 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Updated WT:TASK. --Daniel Carrero (talk) 12:48, 14 October 2016 (UTC)