Template talk:clipping of

@Ultimateria: I see you've requested a merge with {{clipping}}, but {{clipping of}} is meant to be used in definition lines (with italicisation), while {{clipping}} is an etymology template (without italicisation), so they shouldn't be merged. Or do you mean to get rid of "clipping of" from definition lines, and move all instances to etymology sections? --Per utramque cavernam (talk) 20:13, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

@Per utramque cavernam: Aaand it's the first line of both templates. Woops. I do think those two uses should be separate, but from the names the distinction wasn't readily apparent. Thanks for pointing out the difference. Ultimateria (talk) 20:21, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

RFM discussion: March 2019

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Template:clipping of and Template:clipping

I prefer the parameters of {{clipping}} (which has the language code as the first parameter) and the formatting of {{clipping of}} (which uses italics), but it's absurd that we should have both of these equivalent templates. —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 18:57, 24 March 2019 (UTC)

• Support: the merged template should probably be called {{clipping of}}, in line with other similar templates. — SGconlaw (talk) 19:10, 24 March 2019 (UTC)
• Oppose. One is a definition template and the other is for etymologies, hence the difference in formatting. —Rua (mew) 19:23, 24 March 2019 (UTC)
• Oppose per Rua. Compare {{ellipsis}} / {{ellipsis of}}. Chignon – Пучок 19:31, 24 March 2019 (UTC)
• Withdrawn. I saw both on a definition line and didn't read the documentations. The distinction is fine, but someone should clean up the misuses. —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 19:42, 24 March 2019 (UTC)
• Oh, right. — SGconlaw (talk) 01:51, 25 March 2019 (UTC)

BTW @Metaknowledge Part of my form-of cleanup work was adding support for having the language code as the first parameter to all of the form-of templates, which includes {{clipping of}}. They still support |lang= as well. I'm in the process of cleaning up the documentation of all these templates to reflect the preference for language code as first parameter. Benwing2 (talk) 15:11, 25 March 2019 (UTC)