Template talk:gloss

If this just puts something in brackets, isn't it a bit pointless? I assumed it did something really clever like create an anchor. Mglovesfun (talk) 15:41, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

if no 1

Any objection to changing the current ({{{1}}}) to ({{{1|[[Category:Translations to be checked ({{{lang|{{{lang|Unspecified}}}}}})]]}}})?​—msh210℠ 18:50, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

You'd need a namespace check. But no, I don't object, but see my following message(s). Mglovesfun (talk) 12:58, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

Er, that should be ({{{1|[[Category:Translations to be checked ({{langname|{{{lang|Unspecified}}}}})]]}}}). What following message?​—msh210℠ (talk) 16:52, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

PREFS

There is an option in WT:PREFS to ‘Show glosses in single quotes’, but it doesn't apparently apply to this template. Can it? Ƿidsiþ 09:24, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

Template:delink

Should we use Template:delink to automatically remove all links from this template? I find links inside glosses distracting and irritating. Mglovesfun (talk) 20:43, 9 June 2013 (UTC)

use for missing grammatical information

This template is frequently misused for missing grammatical information like this. However, {{cog}} is also misused to mention terms in another language in etymology sections, even when they are not cognates to the headword. So can we update the documentation to make up for?

(Notifying Kc kennylau, Atitarev, Tooironic, Jamesjiao, Meihouwang, Suzukaze-c, Justinrleung, Hongthay, Mar vin kaiser, Dokurrat, Zcreator alt, Geographyinitiative): --Dine2016 (talk) 15:03, 25 November 2019 (UTC)

I like to imagine {{gloss}} with quotation marks, which would make its usage much less appropriate in these cases instantly. as for {{cog}}, we also have {{noncog}} (and {{m+}}), which have better template names (in that they do *not* imply cognacy; otherwise, "non-cognate" is actually rather strange). meh. —Suzukaze-c◇◇ 16:04, 25 November 2019 (UTC)