Template talk:Linktext

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Can someone modify the Wiktionary links to become wikt:新#Chinese or wikt:新#Japanese rather than just wikt:新 when the language codes lang=zh or lang=ja are specified? There are significant differences between Chinese and Japanese entries on Wiktionary. KevinUp (talk) 15:44, 31 May 2019 (UTC)Reply

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Per the almost-three-year-old comment on the Template talk:Linktext page, please update the template to include the indicated language in the target link.

Current template output for {{linktext|命|lang=ja}}:

• 命
• <span lang="ja"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%91%BD" class="extiw" title="wikt:命">命</a></span>

Functionally almost equivalent to {{lang|ja|[[:wikt:命|命]]}}

Desired template output for {{linktext|命|lang=ja}}:

• 命
• <span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%91%BD#Japanese" class="extiw" title="wikt:命">命</a></span></span>

Functionally equivalent to {{lang|ja|[[:wikt:命#Japanese|命]]}}

{{linktext}} currently only links to the top of a Wiktionary page.

Some pages have entries in multiple languages, sometimes very long entries.

If an editor supplies a language code to the template, the editor presumably expects the link to take the reader not just to that Wiktionary page, but more specifically to the entry on that page for the indicated language code.

For every instance of:

[[{{{pref|wikt}}}:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]]

Replace with:

[[{{{pref|wikt}}}:{{{1}}}{{if#:{{{lang|}}}|{{!}}lang={{{lang}}}}}|{{{1}}}]]

... and so on and so forth for each of the 20 possible input parameters.

My template coding skills are a bit rusty, so please double-check the bit about the {{!}} in particular. ‑‑ Eiríkr Útlendi │^{Tala við mig} 00:14, 26 February 2022 (UTC)Reply

 Not done (yet) Please make all your requested changed in the sandbox, test them, then reactivate when ready. — xaosflux ^Talk 01:01, 26 February 2022 (UTC)Reply

@Xaosflux, whomever else, please see what appears to be working code at Template:Linktext/sandbox, and some simple tests at Template talk:Linktext/Sandbox.

For future improvements, we could add a test to see if pref is a lang code, and change the target language for #language to match that.

‑‑ Eiríkr Útlendi │^{Tala við mig} 19:46, 1 March 2022 (UTC)Reply

 Done Also note that I moved the tests to Template:Linktext/testcases, which is the standard place for them. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 01:15, 20 March 2022 (UTC)Reply

Retracting false alarm for a bug (I wrongly used n3 instead of n4 in syntax). I encountered a problem splitting compound words, then adding parentheses.

{{linktext|Death|bringer |n2= (|Death|trial|n3=) }}

for some reasons renders as

Deathbringer  (Death) trial

:{{linktext|Death|bringer |n2=(|Death|trial|n4=)}}

whereas I wanted it to does correctly render as

Deathbringer (Deathtrial)

though I will use the latter workaround for now, so nothing urgent for me.--Kiyoweap (talk) 23:45, 9 January 2023 (UTC) --Kiyoweap (talk) 18:23, 12 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

This template is now used for adding tens of thousands of unnecessary (or not-very-necessary) Wiktionary links, especially in articles containing CJK terms. 172.56.232.78 (talk) 06:01, 20 February 2025 (UTC)Reply

An upper to lowercase adjustment option would help in some situations
e.g.: in "Where the Buffalo Roam", the link should go to wikt:buffalo, the animal and not the City. --Kiyoweap (talk) 18:14, 12 January 2026 (UTC)Reply