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Usage notes

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Voting on: Editing WT:EL#Usage notes.

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Current text:

Usage notes

This section, whether identified by a heading or indent level may come anywhere. It should follow as closely as possible after the point that needs explaining. Curb the tendency to be long winded in this section; brief explicit notes tend to be more effective. These notes should not take the place of restrictive labels when those are adequate for the job. Be prepared to document these notes with references. Remember to describe how a term is used, rather than try to dictate how it should be used from your point of view.

The vote “2007-10/style for mentioned terms” is relevant to this section, without specifying text to be amended in this document, so please see it for details.
References

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Proposed text:

Usage notes
  • The "Usage notes" heading can be placed anywhere appropriate.
  • These notes should not take the place of context labels when those are adequate for the job.
  • Describe how a term is used, rather than trying to dictate how it should be used from your point of view.
  • Curb the tendency to be long-winded in this section; brief explicit notes tend to be more effective.
  • When mentioning entries in running text, use the {{m}} template, which italicizes entries written in Latin script.
  • Be prepared to document these notes with references.[1]
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Discussion:

Support

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  1. Support --Daniel Carrero (talk) 21:32, 21 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose

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  1. Oppose. I agree with every bullet in the proposed text, except the first. Usage notes should not be permitted to float freely through entries. Dictionaries should have a regular structure. · (talk) 07:15, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Abstain

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Decision

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Vote dismissed early, this vote was quickly replaced by Wiktionary:Votes/pl-2015-12/Usage notes per Talking Dot in the oppose section. The new version of the vote passed. --Daniel Carrero (talk) 02:40, 28 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]