Template talk:seeSynonyms

RFD discussion: November 2017–May 2021

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Template:seeSynonyms

I think it better to reference the thesaurus without a template, using a short phrase like "See also Thesaurus:cat". This template produces e.g. "(marijuana): For semantic relationships of this sense, see marijuana in the Thesaurus" when placed to Synonyms section, which to my taste is too wordy, and does not fit nicely as a last item in a synonym list on a bullet, e.g. "puss, pussy, malkin, kitty, pussy-cat, grimalkin; see also Thesaurus:cat" or even "puss, pussy, malkin, kitty, pussy-cat, grimalkin; see also Thes:cat" if Thes ever becomes a namespace redirect. A similar template was deleted years ago; see Wiktionary:Votes/pl-2010-01/Removing Wikisaurus-link template. --Dan Polansky (talk) 07:44, 19 November 2017 (UTC)

Let me ping AdamBMorgan, who created the template and is a formidable contributor to the Thesaurus. --Dan Polansky (talk) 07:51, 19 November 2017 (UTC)

As for a rationale, I'd say, in general, let's be brief. In etymologies, let's write "from X (Y)" rather than "which comes from noun X meaning Y". I admit that a new user will not immediately know what "Thesaurus:cat" is unless they have seen a thesaurus outside of Wiktionary before, but they can figure it out by exploring the thesaurus, and by navigating to Wiktionary:Thesaurus which is linked from the header in every thesaurus entry. --Dan Polansky (talk) 08:20, 19 November 2017 (UTC)

I have no objection to deleting the template and replacing it with a short phrase. It was just an idea, based on a comment in the beer parlour, and the wording is just an adaptation of Template:seeCites. - AdamBMorgan (talk) 13:40, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

• Delete. --Barytonesis (talk) 11:07, 1 December 2017 (UTC)
• I shortened the text displayed by the template. I think we can treat this as resolved. — SGconlaw (talk) 19:30, 1 November 2018 (UTC)
  • @SGconlaw: Can you please delete the template, given this discussion shows two supports for deletion, and one abstain? The consensus is for deletion, not for keeping and changing the text. --Dan Polansky (talk) 12:26, 9 December 2018 (UTC)
    • Hmmm, I don't know why I thought there was no consensus for deletion. OK, deleted. I will drop a note to DTLHS to ask him to do a bot replacement. — SGconlaw (talk) 16:28, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

Keep, obviously. Dan Polansky's intent to delete the template but replace its use with "a short phrase" is ridiculous when we could just have the template generate that short phrase without going to all the trouble of editing every page to remove the invocation. DTLHS (talk) 03:52, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

The template is not the overwhelming practice. There are less than 500 pages using the template[1]. It is not much trouble, and I volunteer to orphan the template, provided there would be a consensus to delete it. There has to be a better rationale to keep the template. --Dan Polansky (talk) 08:05, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

• Delete Doesn't add much value, and it's often easier to use {{syn|en|Thesaurus:foo}}. – Jberkel 10:48, 25 April 2019 (UTC)
• Delete and replace as Jberkel suggested. —Rua (mew) 17:30, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

• Kept due to inactivity and me being a fan of template redirects Indian subcontinent (talk) 00:44, 21 May 2021 (UTC)