Template:Not a typo
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This template can be used to encapsulate deliberate or apparenttyposto save them from correction by bots and automated wiki-editors. Its purpose is to indicate passages that might appear incorrect to an automated tool, but which are actually correct. It has no effect on the rendered wikitext. The template is also recognized byWP:AWBduring normal Regex typo fi xing procedures, in which the program skips the text during its evaluation.
Any of six names can be used:
- {{Not a typo}}for items that are actually correct. Examples: bird calls, made-up words, "he put a little {{not a typo|english}} on the ball", in which "english"is not capitalised.
- {{Typo}}for items that are deliberately incorrect, because we are illustrating a point.
- If it is in a direct quote, use{{Sic}}instead.
- {{Proper name}}for names, such as Flouride (not fluoride) or Pharoah (not pharaoh).
- {{chem name}}forchemical names;for example: {{chem name|poly(1-phenylethene)}}.
- Forchemical formulaslikeH2O,use{{chem}}or{{chem2}}instead.
- {{As written}}For situations where the spelling is not deliberately incorrect or correct.
- For example,Julia Pardoe's book titleThe Life ofMarie de Medicis,Queen of France, Consort ofHenri IV,and Regent of the Kingdom UnderLouis XIIIis neither correct nor incorrect, because both "Marie de' Medici"and"Henry IV"have multiple spellings.
- {{bug workaround}},e.g. forblackboard boldUnicode characters in image captions, which is otherwise prohibited byMOS:BBB
Also be aware of:
- {{Lang}}for other-language text. If this is used alanguage codeis required.
- {{Sic}},which can be used to mark up text, thus [sic], or invisibly.
Examples
The first known mention of a form of the word "billiards" appears in[[Edmund Spenser]]'s''Mother Hubberd's Tale''in 1591, where he speaks of "... games that may be found... with dice, with cards, with{{Not a typo|balliards}}."
- → The first known mention of a form of the word "billiards" appears inEdmund Spenser'sMother Hubberd's Talein 1591, where he speaks of "... games that may be found... with dice, with cards, with balliards."
H.C. Nielsen is credited in the film as the'''{{Typo|assistent}}''' director.
- → H.C. Nielsen is credited in the film as theassistentdirector.
Advanced usage
- In some cases it may be beneficial to obfuscate the text so that it isn't included when searching for particular patterns. In order to achieve this,{{Not a typo}}supports two parameters, allowing the text to be broken up at an arbitrary position.
{{Not a typo|patt|ern}}
instead of{{Not a typo|pattern}}
- → pattern
See also
- {{Text}}to obfuscate text for bots
- {{Typo help inline}}
- {{Respell}}