Template:Ref sic

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Summary

An alternative form of the {{sic}} template that provides a means of describing what the mistake in the text is believed to be, as well as a helpful admonition to editors, reminding them not to attempt to correct the mistake as it was copied verbatim.

Template Data

An alternative form of the 'sic' template that provides a means of describing what the mistake in the text is believed to be, as well as a helpful admonition to editors, reminding them not to attempt to correct the mistake as it was copied verbatim.

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Source Text	1 source	The word or phrase found in the source text, verbatim, including whatever mistake might be present.	String	required
Correction	2 correction	The corrected form of the word or phrase that has been singled out as being incorrect.	String	suggested
Description	description	An optional decription that replaces the terminal "contains the same error." part of the hover text. Such a description is intended to provide more detail or direction to the reader.	String	optional
No Sic	nosic	If present, the trailing '[sic]' is omitted from the output. The value is unimportant, as it is merely the presence of this parameter that affects the output.	Unknown	optional

Examples

Code	Result	Explanation
{{ref sic|discreet|discrete}}	discreet [sic]	If both the incorrect text and the correct text are provided as parameters, the hover text indicating that the text should not be edited will include the correct spelling of the word.
{{ref sic|fire-marbles|firemarbles|description=contains the same stylistic quirk.}}	fire-marbles [sic]	Providing the description parameter changes the tail end of the hover text to allow the problem to be described more in depth. The section of the text that is replaced is "contains the same error.".
{{ref sic|discreet}}	discreet [sic]	(Avoid if possible) If only the first parameter is provided, a default hover text is used. This should be avoided in favour of specifying a correction so that readers can understand what the mistake is.