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=== Inline D'ni Dictionary Template ===
=== Inline D'ni Dictionary Template ===


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==== Summary ====
At the moment the it is possible to insert D'ni text and write D'ni words in romanised form, and the wiki has an extensive dictionary. (See: [[:Category:D'ni words]].)


The wiki has [[Dictionary:Full_Word_List|an extensive dictionary]] which at the moment isn't being particularly well leveraged from within templates and articles. I propose to change that by adding some templates that could make use of the dictionary in conjuction with the D'ni rendering capabilities of the wiki to provide rendered D'ni with hover text that provides information from the D'ni dictionary.
What I would like to propose is a template that could leverage these features and produce a tooltip that provides information from the D'ni dictionary. Most importantly, it should include the three main ways of writing that word ([[Dnifont]], [[OTS]], and [[NTS]]) as well as the IPA pronunciation of the word. This could ideally be applied to words written in any of Dnifont, OTS, or NTS, so that any of the three could provide relevant contextual information.


Notably, the hover text would be able display the three main ways of writing that word ([[Dnifont]], [[OTS]], and [[NTS]]), as well as the IPA pronunciation of the word.
(It may also be worth including the meaning or meanings, or whether the word is e.g. a noun or a verb, provided that those don't flood the tooltip with too much information. Though I am less committed to those than I am to the basic romanisation and pronunciation.)


==== Reasoning ====
==== Reasoning ====


This feature would make it easier to provide more linguistic information with less markup and less effort.
This feature would make it easier to provide more linguistic information with less markup or effort on the part of an article writer. If implemented in the ideal way (see [[#Example|Example]] below), contributors would (for the most part) no longer have to remember how to write Dnifont. They would only have to remember the name of the corresponding <code>Dictionary:</code> page.
 
Paradoxically, despite no longer having to remember how to write in Dnifont, this feature would actually make using Dnifont easier as it would be displayed within the tooltip on any in-page D'ni words.


The primary way of implementing this template (see [[#Example|Example]] below) would allow using the name of the dictionary entry, which is likely easier for those who are not well-versed in Dnifont. However, a secondary implementation supporting Dnifont may be provided.
This would also avoid the potential confusion that might arise as to which of the romanisation styles is in use since all three styles would always be displayed.


Having the IPA pronunciation would be particularly useful considering how many pages currently feature rendered Dnifont and OTS-style words but lack any corresponding IPA. The presence of IPA would be incredibly useful for readers who understand the meaning of the IPA symbols, as it would help them to know how to pronounce the various D'ni words and names that crop up throughout the wiki.
Having the IPA pronunciation code as well would be a nice little bonus considering how many pages feature rendered Dnifont and OTS-style words but lack any corresponding IPA. The presence of IPA would be incredibly useful for readers who understand it as it would help them to know how to pronounce the various D'ni words and names that crop up throughout the wiki. Particularly on [[Age]] articles, and on articles for characters with D'ni names like [[Aitrus]], [[Ti'ana]], and [[Gehn]].


==== Example ====
==== Example ====


A usage like <code><nowiki>{{D'ni word OTS|Teledahn}}</nowiki></code> could appear as thus: {{User:Pharap/Templates/D'ni word OTS|Teledahn}}.
A usage like <code><nowiki>{{D'ni dict page|Teledahn}}</nowiki></code> could appear as thus:
<span title="Dnifont: teleDan, OTS: teledahn, NTS: teledan, IPA: /tɛ.lɛ.dɑn/" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted"><dni>teleDan</dni></span>


Hence one would only need to remember the name of the dictionary entry, and the template will generate all relevant information as part of the hover text.
Hence one would only need to remember the name of the dictionary entry and the template could do the rest.


Alternatively, a variant like <code><nowiki>{{D'ni word Dnifont|teleDan}}</nowiki></code> accepting Dnifont could also be permitted, as well as possibly a form that could accept either argument, such as <code><nowiki>{{D'ni word|ots=Teledahn}}</nowiki></code> and <code><nowiki>{{D'ni dict|dnifont=teleDan}}</nowiki></code>, perhaps even having <code><nowiki>{{D'ni word|Teledahn}}</nowiki></code> be treated as <code><nowiki>{{D'ni word|ots=Teledahn}}</nowiki></code>.
Alternatively, a usage like <code><nowiki>{{D'ni dict word|teleDan}}</nowiki></code> accepting Dnifont could also be permitted, as well as possibly a form that could accept either argument, such as <code><nowiki>{{D'ni dict|page=Teledahn}}</nowiki></code> and <code><nowiki>{{D'ni dict|word=teleDan}}</nowiki></code>.


Ideally the hover text would be better formatted, more like the <nowiki>[[Has length::30 cm]]</nowiki> property from the Semantic MediaWiki addons: [[Has length::30 cm]], but I have yet to investigate how that might be achieved.
Ideally the toolbox would be better formatted, more like the <nowiki>[[Has length::30 cm]]</nowiki> property from the Semantic MediaWiki addons: [[Has length::30 cm]], but I have yet to investigate how that might be achieved.


==== Implementation ====
==== Implementation ====


As a proof of concept, I have implemented all the aforementioned templates:
So far I have been able to implement all the tooltip information and a Dnifont argument, as well as the ability to specify a dictionary entry name, but I haven't yet worked out a good way to create a template that supports both. However, it may actually be better to simply offer two different templates rather than one dual-purpose template. To avoid maintenance issues, one could be implemented in terms of the other.
 
As a proof of concept, I have implemented both possible templates:
* A template that accepts [[Dnifont]]:
** <code>{{(}}{{(}}[[User:Pharap/Templates/Dnidict word]]<nowiki />{{!}}teleDan{{)}}{{)}}</code> →{{User:Pharap/Templates/Dnidict word|teleDan}}
* A template that accepts a [[Dictionary:Full Word List|Dictionary]] page name:
* A template that accepts a [[Dictionary:Full Word List|Dictionary]] page name:
** <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[User:Pharap/Templates/D'ni word OTS]]<nowiki>|</nowiki>Teledahn<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code> → {{User:Pharap/Templates/D'ni word OTS|Teledahn}}
** <code>{{(}}{{(}}[[User:Pharap/Templates/Dnidict page]]<nowiki />{{!}}Teledahn{{)}}{{)}}</code> → {{User:Pharap/Templates/Dnidict page|Teledahn}}
* A template that accepts [[Dnifont]]:
 
** <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[User:Pharap/Templates/D'ni word Dnifont]]<nowiki>|</nowiki>teleDan<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code> → {{User:Pharap/Templates/D'ni word Dnifont|teleDan}}
(Note that I am temporarily using subpages of my user page to provide templates that call the <code>dnifont2ots</code> and <code>dnifont2nts</code> functions exposed by the [[Module:Dict D'ni|Dict D'ni]] module as template wrappers are necessary for them to function correctly outside of the module. Only the former is needed as part of the implementation, but it may be worth providing both for future use.)
* A template that accepts either:
** <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[User:Pharap/Templates/D'ni word]]<nowiki>|</nowiki>Teledahn<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code> → {{User:Pharap/Templates/D'ni word|Teledahn}}
** <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[User:Pharap/Templates/D'ni word]]<nowiki>|</nowiki>ots=Teledahn<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code> → {{User:Pharap/Templates/D'ni word|ots=Teledahn}}
** <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[User:Pharap/Templates/D'ni word]]<nowiki>|</nowiki>dnifont=teleDan<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code> → {{User:Pharap/Templates/D'ni word|dnifont=teleDan}}


Discovering how to implement this solution took me quite a lot of research as at first I didn't know about the existance of the [[Property:OTS|OTS]], [[Property:NTS|NTS]], and [[Property:IPA|IPA]] properties, as their existence was somewhat buried in the [[Module:Dict D'ni|Dict D'ni]] module and {{tl|IPA}} template respectively. After figuring those out I managed to discover some modules that support the '<code>dnifont2ots</code>' and '<code>dnifont2nts</code>' functions.
I went through a lot of false starts before arriving at my final implementations because it took me a while to discover that the [[Property:OTS|OTS]], [[Property:NTS|NTS]], and [[Property:IPA|IPA]] properties already existed, as their existence was somewhat buried in the [[Module:Dict D'ni|Dict D'ni]] module and {{tl|IPA}} template respectively.


It also took me a while to realise that the syntax <code><nowiki>[[Property::Value]]</nowiki></code> can be used to declare a value for a property in the same way as <code><nowiki>{{#set: Property=Value}}</nowiki></code>, and that consequently the following two lines of the D'ni Dict module are producing two properties:
In the case of the former, it took me a while to realise that the syntax <code><nowiki>[[Property::Value]]</nowiki></code> can be used to declare a value for a property in the same way as <code><nowiki>{{#set: Property=Value}}</nowiki></code>, and that consequently the following two lines of the D'ni Dict module are producing two properties:
* <code><nowiki>output = output..'* [[OTS]]: [[OTS::'..dnifont2ots(args['dnifont'])..']]\n'</nowiki></code>
* <code><nowiki>output = output..'* [[OTS]]: [[OTS::'..dnifont2ots(args['dnifont'])..']]\n'</nowiki></code>
* <code><nowiki>output = output..'* [[NTS]]: [[NTS::'..dnifont2nts(args['dnifont'])..']] '</nowiki></code>
* <code><nowiki>output = output..'* [[NTS]]: [[NTS::'..dnifont2nts(args['dnifont'])..']] '</nowiki></code>
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In the case of the {{tl|IPA}} template, I simply hadn't peeked at its source. At one point I had separately thought of the possibility of including such a property in the {{tl|IPA}} template, but for a while after I had simply presumed that it wouldn't be there and hadn't thought to check until I ended up looking at the source by chance when editing my User page and noticing the property's presence.
In the case of the {{tl|IPA}} template, I simply hadn't peeked at its source. At one point I had separately thought of the possibility of including such a property in the {{tl|IPA}} template, but for a while after I had simply presumed that it wouldn't be there and hadn't thought to check until I ended up looking at the source by chance when editing my User page and noticing the property's presence.


After getting a working prototype, I went back and refined the templates several times, including changes such as adding a <code>link</code> parameter, changing how I was using the 'dnifont2ots' facilities (due to discovering a second module with the same functionality), and splitting the hover text over multiple lines.
Fortunately, the fact the properties I had been intending to suggest be created already exist means implementing this proposal would be relatively straightforward and only require the creation of three templates, all of which have already been trialled...
* <code>{{(}}{{(}}[[User:Pharap/Templates/Dnidict word]]{{)}}{{)}}</code>, likely as {{tl|D'ni dict word}} or similar.
* <code>{{(}}{{(}}[[User:Pharap/Templates/Dnidict page]]{{)}}{{)}}</code>, likely as {{tl|D'ni dict page}} or similar.
* <code>{{(}}{{(}}[[User:Pharap/Templates/Dni to OTS]]{{)}}{{)}}</code>, likely as {{tl|D'ni to OTS}} or similar.
 
Additionally, it may be worth implementing a wrapper template for {{tl|D'ni dict word}} and {{tl|D'ni dict page}} to permit using either as originally suggested. For example:
* <code><nowiki>{{D'ni dict|dnifont=teleDan}}</nowiki></code> → <code><nowiki>{{D'ni dict word|teleDan}}</nowiki></code>
* <code><nowiki>{{D'ni dict|page=Teledahn}}</nowiki></code> → <code><nowiki>{{D'ni dict page|Teledahn}}</nowiki></code>
 
This could be implemented as:
<pre><nowiki>
{{#if {{{page|}}}|{{D'ni dict page|{{{page}}}}}|{{#if {{{dnifont|}}}|{{D'ni dict word|{{{dnifont}}}}}|Error: D'ni dict template requires a 'page' or 'dnifont' parameter.}}}}
</nowiki></pre>


=== Apocrypha Banner ===
=== Apocrypha Banner ===
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==== Summary ====
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| issue = is [[GoArch:Apocrypha|apocrypha]]. It should be considered [[GoArch:Canon policy|non-canon]] and may consist of fan-created content.
| issue = is [[GoArch:Apocrypha|apocrypha]]. It should be considered [[GoArch:Canon policy|non-canon]] and may consist of fan-created content.
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| issue = is [[GoArch:Apocrypha|apocrypha]]. It should be considered [[GoArch:Canon policy|non-canon]] and may consist of fan-created content.
| issue = is [[GoArch:Apocrypha|apocrypha]]. It should be considered [[GoArch:Canon policy|non-canon]] and may consist of fan-created content.
| small = {{#if:{{{sect|{{{section|{{{1|}}}}}}}}}|{{#if:{{{small|{{{left|}}}}}}|left}} }}
| small = {{#if:{{{sect|{{{section|{{{1|}}}}}}}}}|{{#if:{{{small|{{{left|}}}}}}|left}} }}
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This template currently includes no documentation, though if any were needed it should simply be a matter of adapting the documentation provided for the {{tlx|OOC}} or {{tlx|Unexplored Branches}} templates.
This template currently includes no documentation, though if any were needed it should simply be a matter of adapting the documentation provided for the {{tlx|OOC}} or {{tlx|Unexplored Branches}} templates.


=== Hover Text Template ===
=== Add a <code>quote</code> Parameter to {{tlx|cite journal}} ===
 
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==== Summary ====
==== Summary ====


I propose introducing a <code><nowiki>{{hover text}}</nowiki></code> template like [https://en.uesp.net/ UESP]'s <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>[https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Template:Hover hover]<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code> template, which is itself based on Wikimedia's <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>[https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:H:title?useskin=vector H:title]<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code>.
I propose to add a <code>quote</code> parameter to the {{tlx|cite journal}} template so that references may include specific quotes relevant to the claim being supported by the citation.


==== Reasoning ====
==== Reasoning ====


This new template would be useful for adding contextual information as a basic tooltip, and could be used as a base for building further, more complex templates.
The intent of such a quotation would be to make it easier to verify claims as readers would not have to (for example) go hunting through entire journals just to find the one sentence that supports the claim made in the article.


==== Example ====
==== Example ====


* <code><nowiki>{{Hover text|This is the hovertext|This is the main text}}</nowiki></code> → {{User:Pharap/Templates/Hover text|This is the hover text|This is the main text}}
The <code>quote</code> parameter could then be used as thus:
* <code><nowiki>{{Hover text|This is the hovertext|This is the main text|dotted=no}}</nowiki></code> → {{User:Pharap/Templates/Hover text|This is the hover text|This is the main text|dotted=no}}
<pre><nowiki>
<ref name="Tay">{{cite journal|author=Catherine|journal=Personal journal|journal-page=Reference:Catherine, personal journal (Riven)|game=Riven|quote=They have named it "Tay"}}</ref>
</nowiki></pre>


==== Implementation ====
Producing an output of:
<blockquote><samp>Catherine, ''Personal journal''. Riven. "They have named it "Tay""</samp></blockquote>


The easiest way to impelement this would be with a <code>title</code> attribute on a <code>span</code> element. There may, however, be a better, more sophisticated, or more semantically correct way to implement the template. Fortunately, it can be amended after-the-fact if necessary.
The presence or absence of quote marks and/or the style of the quote marks would be up for discussion.


Additionally, the text would be underlined with a <span style="bottom-border: 1px dotted">dotted line</span> to highlight the fact the user can hover over it, and the cursor could be optionally changed to the <span style="cursor: help">help cursor</span>.
Should anyone find the nesting of the same style of quotes unsatisfactory, I ''believe'' it should be possible to enforce the inner quotes being made a different style.
 
By default, the first parameter would be the hover text and the second parameter would be the main text. A <code>dotted</code> parameter would be used to disable the dotted line.
 
See <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[User:Pharap/Templates/Hover text]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code> for a functional implementation.
 
=== Abbreviation Template ===
 
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==== Summary ====
 
This would function very much like the [[#Hover Template|aforementioned <code><nowiki>{{hover}}</nowiki></code> template]], but would instead rely on the <code><nowiki><abbr></nowiki></code> HTML element.
 
==== Reasoning ====
 
While the observable functionality is identical to <code><nowiki>{{hover}}</nowiki></code>, there would be a distinct semantic difference that may be of use to external tools, or perhaps to screenreaders.
 
Note, from [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/abbr#attributes Mozilla's documentation]:
 
<blockquote>
The title attribute has a specific semantic meaning when used with the <abbr> element; it must contain a full human-readable description or expansion of the abbreviation. This text is often presented by browsers as a tooltip when the mouse cursor is hovered over the element.
</blockquote>
 
==== Example ====
 
* Dictionary Abbreviations:
** {{User:Pharap/Templates/Abbreviation|full=noun|abbreviation=n.}}
** {{User:Pharap/Templates/Abbreviation|full=adjective|abbreviation=adj.}}
** {{User:Pharap/Templates/Abbreviation|full=preposition|abbreviation=prep.}}
** {{User:Pharap/Templates/Abbreviation|full=prefix|abbreviation=pre.}}
** {{User:Pharap/Templates/Abbreviation|full=suffix|abbreviation=suf.}}


==== Implementation ====
==== Implementation ====


The implementation would use the <code><nowiki><abbr></nowiki></code> {{User:Pharap/Templates/Abbreviation|abbreviation=HTTP|full=HyperText Markup Language}} element and its <code>title</code> attribute.
This proposal could be implemented by simply adding <code><nowiki>{{#if:{{{quote|}}}| "{{{quote}}}"|}}</nowiki></code> to the existing template, such that it becomes:


See <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[User:Pharap/Templates/Abbreviation]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code> for a functional implementation.
<pre><nowiki>
{{{author}}}. ''{{{journal-nolink|[[{{{journal-page|Reference:{{{author}}}, {{{journal}}}}}}|{{{journal}}}]]}}}''. {{{game-nolink|[[{{{game-page|{{{game}}}}}}|{{{game}}}]]}}}.{{#if:{{{quote|}}}| "{{{quote}}}"|}}<noinclude>{{documentation}}</noinclude>
</nowiki></pre>


=== Sic Template ===
The documentation for the template could be ammended with:


{{
<pre><nowiki>
User:Pharap/Templates/Improvement Proposal Box
"quote":
|reference=IP-005
{
|type=Template
"label": "Quote",
|status=Unimplemented
"description": "A selected quote from the referenced journal. The chosen quote should be relevant to the article content that makes use of the citation. If omitted, no quote is included in the reference.",
}}
"example": "They have named it \"Tay\"",
"type": "string"
}
</nowiki></pre>


==== Summary ====
As well as the addition of <code>"quote"</code> to the end of the <code>paramOrder</code> array.


At the moment the {{tl|sic}} template merely produces a box with a link to Wikipedia, roughly appearing as &#91;''[[w:sic|sic]]''&#93;. The template accepts word fragments, but doesn't do anything useful with them.
Note: In regards to enforcing that nested quotes use a different style, I don't believe templates alone are capable of text replacement that sophisticated, though it's possible they support some sort of regex-replacement feature that I'm unaware of at the time of writing. To support such a feature would, I believe, require a Lua module. I haven't researched that as I'm presuming it won't be an issue, but should it be an issue I have sufficient experience with Lua and parsing that I'm confident I could make a good go of it.
 
I would like to propose an alternative implementation of {{tl|sic}} that would be based on [https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Main_Page UESP]'s [https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Template:Sic implementation] of {{tl|sic}}. Specifically, it would accept the verbatim text and a corrected form, and provide the corrected form as hover text that appears when the incorrect word is hovered over with the reader's cursor.
 
(A surplus of examples can be found in the [https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Bloodmoon:Airship_Captain%27s_Journal Bloodmoon:Airship Captain's Journal] article.)
 
I would also propose that the revised {{tl|sic}} link to an internal article on the wiki rather than externally linking to Wikipedia, to avoid the generation of the <span class="extiw" style="padding: 8px;"></span>&nbsp;icon, which clutters the page. The most obvious candidate at the moment would be the [[GoArch:Style_guide#Quotations|Quotations]] section of the style guide.
 
==== Reasoning ====
 
Merely highlighting that a word is incorrect is of limited use and provides only half the information necessary to understand the problem, relying on the reader to inuit both what the problem actually is and what the correct text should be.
 
Providing a correction not only informs the reader of what the text should have said, but helps them to recognise why the incorrect text is incorrect.
 
==== Example ====
 
Examples:
* <code><nowiki>{{User:Pharap/Templates/Sic|Whark|Wahrk}}</nowiki></code> → {{User:Pharap/Templates/Sic|Whark|Wahrk}}
* <code><nowiki>{{User:Pharap/Templates/Sic|Ghen|Gehn}}</nowiki></code> → {{User:Pharap/Templates/Sic|Ghen|Gehn}}
* "<code><nowiki>{{User:Pharap/Templates/Sic|Muphry|Murphy|link=no}}'s law</nowiki></code>" → "{{User:Pharap/Templates/Sic|Muphry|Murphy|link=no}}'s law"
 
To provide a more concrete example, [[Reference:Gehn, Lab journal|Gehn's Lab Journal]] incorrectly says "discreet" instead of "discrete", and at present that looks like discreet {{sic|[discrete]}}. With the proposed change, it would appear as (something more like) {{User:Pharap/Templates/Sic|discreet|discrete}}.
 
==== Implementation ====
 
A functional implementation can be viewed at <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[User:Pharap/Templates/Sic]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code>.


=== IPA Hover Guides ===
=== IPA Hover Guides ===
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==== Summary ====
==== Summary ====
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The whole thing would be wrapped in a <code>span</code> element with its <code>style</code> attribute set to produce a dotted line, and that would be bookended by forward slashes.
The whole thing would be wrapped in a <code>span</code> element with its <code>style</code> attribute set to produce a dotted line, and that would be bookended by forward slashes.
=== Add a <code>quote</code> Parameter to {{tlx|cite journal}} ===
==== Summary ====
I propose to add a <code>quote</code> parameter to the {{tlx|cite journal}} template so that references may include specific quotes relevant to the claim being supported by the citation.
==== Reasoning ====
The intent of such a quotation would be to make it easier to verify claims as readers would not have to (for example) go hunting through entire journals just to find the one sentence that supports the claim made in the article.
==== Example ====
The <code>quote</code> parameter could then be used as thus:
<pre><nowiki>
<ref name="Tay">{{cite journal|author=Catherine|journal=Personal journal|journal-page=Reference:Catherine, personal journal (Riven)|game=Riven|quote=They have named it "Tay"}}</ref>
</nowiki></pre>
Producing an output of:
<blockquote><samp>Catherine, ''Personal journal''. Riven. "They have named it "Tay""</samp></blockquote>
The presence or absence of quote marks and/or the style of the quote marks would be up for discussion.
Should anyone find the nesting of the same style of quotes unsatisfactory, I ''believe'' it should be possible to enforce the inner quotes being made a different style.
==== Implementation ====
This proposal could be implemented by simply adding <code><nowiki>{{#if:{{{quote|}}}| "{{{quote}}}"|}}</nowiki></code> to the existing template, such that it becomes:
<pre><nowiki>
{{{author}}}. ''{{{journal-nolink|[[{{{journal-page|Reference:{{{author}}}, {{{journal}}}}}}|{{{journal}}}]]}}}''. {{{game-nolink|[[{{{game-page|{{{game}}}}}}|{{{game}}}]]}}}.{{#if:{{{quote|}}}| "{{{quote}}}"|}}<noinclude>{{documentation}}</noinclude>
</nowiki></pre>
The documentation for the template could be ammended with:
<pre><nowiki>
"quote":
{
"label": "Quote",
"description": "A selected quote from the referenced journal. The chosen quote should be relevant to the article content that makes use of the citation. If omitted, no quote is included in the reference.",
"example": "They have named it \"Tay\"",
"type": "string"
}
</nowiki></pre>
As well as the addition of <code>"quote"</code> to the end of the <code>paramOrder</code> array.
Note: In regards to enforcing that nested quotes use a different style, I don't believe templates alone are capable of text replacement that sophisticated, though it's possible they support some sort of regex-replacement feature that I'm unaware of at the time of writing. To support such a feature would, I believe, require a Lua module. I haven't researched that as I'm presuming it won't be an issue, but should it be an issue I have sufficient experience with Lua and parsing that I'm confident I could make a good go of it.


== Incomplete Proposals ==
== Incomplete Proposals ==


* Add a template that marks a name as being based on conjecture rather than in-game evidence.
* Add a {{tlx|hover}} template like [https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Template:Hover the one] found on [https://en.uesp.net/ UESP].
** Use this new {{tlx|hover}} template to add hover text for n., adj., v., prep., suf. et cetera, thus making it easier for people to know what these abbreviations mean. E.g. <abbr title="noun">n.</abbr>, <abbr title="adjective">adj.</abbr>, <abbr title="verb">b.</abbr>, <abbr title="preposition">prep.</abbr>, , <abbr title="suffix">suf.</abbr>.
*** For that matter, a general {{tlx|abbreviation}} (short form: {{tlx|abbr}}) template would also be useful for other abbreviations like , <abbr title="KI Positioning System">KIPS</abbr>, and could incorporate an <abbr title="Hyper Text Markup Language">HTML</abbr> <code>abbr</code> element rather than a <code>span</code>. (The <code>abbr</code> element has the added bonus of already including the dotted line underneath and thus not neading an extra <code>style</code> attribute.)
** See also: [[User:Pharap/Templates/Hovertext]]
* Further proposals for adding <code>quote</code> parameters to other <code>cite</code> templates, such as {{tlx|cite dialog}}.
* Further proposals for adding <code>quote</code> parameters to other <code>cite</code> templates, such as {{tlx|cite dialog}}.
* Add an <code>access-date</code> parameter to the {{tlx|cite forum post}} template.
* Add an <code>access-date</code> parameter to the {{tlx|cite forum post}} template.
* Add relevant details to <code>Reference:</code> pages that archive forum posts such that they can be properly cited with a {{tlx|cite forum post}}. In particular, the original forum post URL would be useful - the reference page should be considered the archived form if no [http://web.archive.org/ Wayback Machine] page exists.
* Add relevant details to <code>Reference:</code> pages that archive forum posts such that they can be properly cited with a {{tlx|cite forum post}}. In particular, the original forum post URL would be useful - the reference page should be considered the archived form if no [http://web.archive.org/ Wayback Machine] page exists.
* Allow {{tl|infobox person}} to automatically add a person to [[:Category:Humans]] with <code><nowiki><includeonly>{{#ifeq: {{{race|}}}|Human|[[Category:Humans]]}}</includeonly></nowiki></code>.
* Adapting the {{tlx|sic}} template to produce an output more akin to what [https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Main_Page UESP] produces. (A surplus of examples can be found in the [https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Bloodmoon:Airship_Captain%27s_Journal Bloodmoon:Airship Captain's Journal] article.
* Tool pages
** For those who are unwilling or unable to visit the linked page, if one were to use UESP's <nowiki>{{sic}}</nowiki> template as <nowiki>{{sic|Incorrect|Correct}}</nowiki>, that would cause the text to appear as thus: <span title="Please do NOT CHANGE to &quot;Correct&quot;: the original source is intentionally copied and has the error." style="border-bottom:1px dotted">Incorrect ''[sic]''</span>. Naturally the text in the hover box could be adapted to say whatever might be appropriate. It could be as simple as including only the correct text.
** A D'ni clock
*** UESP also has the 'sic' link to an appropriate section of one of the style guide articles. For the Guild of Archivists, the most obvious candidate at the moment would be the [[GoArch:Style_guide#Quotations|Quotations]] section of the style guide.
** D'ni rendering from input
** To provide a more concrete example, [[Reference:Gehn, Lab journal|Gehn's Lab Journal]] incorrectly says "discreet" instead of "discrete", and at present that looks like discreet {{sic|[discrete]}}. With the proposed change, it would appear as something more like <span title="Please do not attempt to correct this to &quot;discrete&quot;. The original source is intentionally copied verbatim, including any and all typographical errors." style="border-bottom: 1px dotted">discreet ''<nowiki>[</nowiki>[[GoArch:Style_guide#Quotations|sic]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>''</span>, with the exact tooltip text being up for debate.
** D'ni keyboard
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