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Current and new votes
| Ends | Title | Status/Votes |
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| Apr 29 | User:TTObot for bot status |  8  0  0 |
| May 26 | Allowing etymology trees on entries | starts: Apr 27 |
| (=2) | [Wiktionary:Table of votes] | (=8) |
User:TTObot for bot status
Nomination: I hereby request the Bot flag for User:TTObot, an account which is used to update the todo list subpages of WT:Todo/Lists.
Schedule:
- Vote starts: 23:59, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
- Vote ends: 23:59, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
- Vote created: This, that and the other (talk) 22:50, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
Discussion:
Support
Support, of course, but I don't think a vote should be required. Ioaxxere (talk) 23:59, 14 April 2024 (UTC)- Support. Benwing2 (talk) 00:09, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support Vininn126 (talk) 07:21, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support JeffDoozan (talk) 23:32, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support Went through the contribs and yep, looks great! This vote may as well be a formality aha. LunaEatsTuna (talk) 00:03, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support easy decision P. Sovjunk (talk) 09:59, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support 0DF (talk) 01:59, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support Binarystep (talk) 09:41, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
Oppose
Abstain
Decision
Allowing etymology trees on entries
Voting on: allowing editors to add etymology trees to entries using the {{etymon}} template. Here is an example etymology tree for English father:
This output above was generated by the wikitext {{etymon|en|id=male parent|title=father|inh|enm>fader>father|tree=1}}. The syntax is quite easy to learn and documented extensively on the template page.
This has the benefits of making etymology more interesting and accessible to casual readers, as well as increasing the consistency of our content—by design, it is impossible for etymology trees on different entries to contradict one another.
Specifically, the terms of the vote are:
- Each language community may decide for itself when and where etymology trees should be added to an entry. This may well be "never".
- Etymology trees must not be placed anywhere aside from within an Etymology section.
- If
{{etymon}}is used without setting|tree=1, the template produces no output (aside from an anchor to itself). However, these "silent" templates are still important as they can pass on information to other entries. Therefore, they may be used site-wide whenever necessary. - The
{{etymon}}template has a parameter|text=which can generate some text describing the etymology. This feature is currently experimental and should not be used in mainspace.
This vote does not:
- Affect the way our etymologies are currently presented. Etymology trees are in addition to, not a replacement for, textual etymologies.
- Allow or encourage editors to mass-add etymology trees across the site. As stated above, each language community will decide if or when they are appropriate.
- Seek to deprecate or change the usage of any existing template.
If anyone has any suggestions, questions, or concerns about the wording, please bring it up on the talk page!
This vote has not yet started. It has been created to solicit advice on wording and fitness to purpose. Feedback and new ideas are highly encouraged! If you have not done so, please follow the discussion links for a better understanding of the topic. However, do not vote for any options at this time, as any premature votes may be struck. On the other hand, if the discussion is stagnant and there are no recent changes, anyone may choose to start this vote by properly listing it. Once the starting date has arrived, this banner may be ignored or removed.
Schedule:
- Vote starts: 00:00, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
- Vote ends: 23:59, 26 May 2024 (UTC)
- Vote created: Ioaxxere (talk) 18:34, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
Discussion:
Support
Oppose
Abstain
Decision
Proposed votes
The following are proposals for new votes, excluding nominations, in cases where the proposer of the vote prefers that the vote is written collaboratively, or where the vote appears to require substantial revision. If you have not created a passing vote yet, it is recommended that you use this section and actively solicit feedback by linking to your proposal in discussion; your vote may have a better chance of passing if it is first reviewed.
Votes may linger here indefinitely. If changes in policy make a proposal irrelevant, the voting page will be requested for deletion. On the other hand, you do not have to be the creator to initiate one of the votes below. Place any votes with a live start date in the section above at least a few days before that start date arrives.
Forthcoming votes:
Votes intended to be written collaboratively or substantially revised: