Template:Full-URL wiktionary link
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Purpose
[edit]Link to Wiktionary with an identifiable icon, and in a way that allows linking to a specific part of a Wiktionary article.
Parameters
[edit]1: full wiktionary URL, may include #anchor2: text in link (i.e. word or phrase)
Example
[edit]"{{Full-URL wiktionary link|https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/downtime#Noun|downtime}}"
"downtime"
Example with context
[edit]{{User:Jruderman/CrowdStruck_thanks}}
" always be the relaxing kind.Accessibility
[edit]Blind
[edit]This template does absolutely nothing for screen-reader users. It's intended to be used as "just a little extra hint" – anyone, sighted or not, could plausibly guess that the link goes to a definition even without the hint.
I might add an option for the icon to have alt text such as " (wiktionary)". But I'd only recommend its use if the hint is especially important and the link is especially relevant, because I wouldn't want to slow down screen-readers with irrelevant extras.
Low-vision or reading on a smartphone
[edit]The icon is pretty small, but whatever, it's just a hint.
Alternatives
[edit]If you want to be 100% clear to everyone, this template probably isn't the right answer, regardless of your audience's sensory abilities.
Instead, consider
| Tone | Type | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Semi-encyclopedic[a] | Full statement | "Trucking" means .... Therefore, ... |
| Encyclopedic | Noun phrase (specific) | According to the definition of "hot sauce" on Wiktionary ... |
| Encyclopedic | Noun phrase (slightly vague) | I read the definition of "wand" and learned ... |
| Encyclopedic | Words-as-words (more blue) | The word uncle can mean ... |
| Encyclopedic[b] | Words-as-words (less blue) | The word "uncle" can mean ... |
| Semi-encyclopedic | Verb phrase (informational) | Wiktionary defines "footwork" as ... |
| Semi-encyclopedic | Verb phrase (instructional) | The word "downtime" can refer to either relaxation or outages (at least in American English; see Wiktionary). |
| Talk pages only | Prepositional phrase | The word "downtime" can refer to either relaxation or outages. Well, at least in American English. |
| Encyclopedic | Parenthetical disambiguation | See moonlight (Wiktionary). |
| Semi-encyclopedic | Qualifier | According to Wiktionary, a "mush room" is ... |
| Talk pages only | Qualifier in aside | A cantaloupe is a type of melon (at least according to Wiktionary). |
| Talk pages only | Verb phrase (narrative) | I looked up "cyber" and OMG, ... |
| Talk pages only | Snide remark | Are you sure that's a good source to cite in our paper? Wiktionary can be weird sometimes |
I guess you could do any of these and use this template to show a pretty icon. It's up to you. I'm not your boss.
Counter-indications
[edit]The use of position: relative makes it a little sketchy in paragraphs, especially at small font sizes and small line-spacing. It's fine for short, standalone lines of text, such as in infoboxes.
I wonder if there's some way to fix this.
Why did you make this?
[edit]Why are you putting questions in headers? According to MOS you're not supposed to do that.
Anyway, to answer your question, I made it in order to have a joke in an award template explain itself