Template talk:R:Babiniotis Dictionary

Merge?

See WT:Requests for moves, mergers and splits#Template:R:Babiniotis 2002, Template:R:Babiniotis 2008: --2003:DE:3702:3E44:8047:3646:C5CC:6344 14:01, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

RFM discussion: February–March 2021

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Template:R:Babiniotis 2002, Template:R:Babiniotis 2008

How about merging the templates

Template:R:Babiniotis 2002 (2nd ed.), Template:R:Babiniotis 2008 (3rd.) *Template:R:Babiniotis 1998 (1st), *Template:R:Babiniotis 2012 (4th), *Template:R:Babiniotis 2019 (5th)

into something like

Template:R:Babiniotis Dictionary

with parameters such as ed for the edition, p for page, entry for the entry? --2003:DE:3702:3E44:8047:3646:C5CC:6344 14:00, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

I'm not sure how we normally handle these. @Sgconlaw, have you got experience with this? —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 00:45, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

Unless the editions differ significantly in some way, I’d say merging them is a good idea. For example, {{R:Babiniotis 2010}} (not mentioned above) seems to be a completely different dictionary, and should probably not be merged with the others. Also, please think about whether it is necessary to refer to so many different editions of that dictionary. I would suggest it’s enough to have just the 1st or an early edition, and a more recent one. The more editions are merged, the more complex the template will be to maintain. — SGconlaw (talk) 04:28, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

@Sgconlaw: That makes sense. Would you be willing to merge this? Obviously we should support the editions currently referenced in entries, but besides that, maybe the most recent one will suffice. —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 23:53, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

Sure. By the way, the work isn’t actually available online, is it? — SGconlaw (talk) 04:49, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ I have merged {{R:Babiniotis 2002}} and {{R:Babiniotis 2008}} into {{R:Babiniotis Dictionary}}. A few things to note:

• So as not to break anything, {{R:Babiniotis 2008}} still exists but it essentially relies on {{R:Babiniotis Dictionary}}. If it is desired to delete {{R:Babiniotis 2008}}, all uses of it must first be replaced by {{R:Babiniotis Dictionary}} (@Benwing2 may be able to assist by doing a bot run).
• I could not find the 3rd edition of the Dictionary at WorldCat, so I am assuming that publication year of 2008 is correct. (The latest version I could find appears to be a 2006 one. Did the name of the Dictionary change?) (Found it. It was listed under a transliteration into the Roman alphabet rather than in the Greek alphabet.)
• I have no access to print versions of the Dictionary, so I have not been able to provide proper examples with page and column numbers on the documentation page of the template.

— SGconlaw (talk) 09:21, 30 March 2021 (UTC)