User:Fish bowl/template consistency

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proposals:

• [general]
  • CONSISTENT PARAMETERS
  • how often is |2=link name used?
    • we can use [[wikilink]]s inside |1=
    • usecases such as {{compound|mul||bar|alt1=foo-}}
      • or use special syntax to suppress the link? like the * used in {{zh-l}}
  • finally abolish |lang= in favor of |1=?????
  • replace numbered parameters with |t= or |gloss=
    • or at least support |t= or |gloss=…
    • |t= is short → superior
• form-of templates
  • default: trailing punctuation?
    • |nodot=y is meh
      • replace |nodot=y with |.=?
        • |.=n, simple and concise
  • default: caps
    • sometimes it's |nocap=, sometimes it's |cap=, sometimes it's not implemented, and I always think it's |(no)caps=; choose one
    • Category:Hebrew form-of templates
    • (maybe) replace |nocap= with |lc=
      • |lc=y, simple and concise
• headword templates
  • delete the boring ones, like {{zh-adverb}}
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• japanese
  • standardize |yomi=
  • |rom=→|tr=!
  • sanity in naming verb paradigms (|type=1 |godan {{ja-go-ru}})
• chinese
  • {{zh-l}}, {{zh-x}}
  • {{zh-der}}, {{zh-syn-list}}, {{zh-forms|alt=}}, {{zh-dial}}
    • 黑黑@tr:хи1хи1@q:Dungan@t:pig
      • this can be extended to list templates {{der4}} as well?
        • Also, also: abolish the {{der3}}, {{der4}}, {{syn3}}, {{syn4}}, etc. templates, and do something like {{columns|der|4}}.

how:

• lua module that is substed to convert templates
  • mapping of parameters
  • module:parameters to be extra sure

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