Template talk:About-distinguish-text

Renaming
I'm proposing renaming this template as part of a broader move to rename some hatnote templates for clarity. Please participate in the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Hatnotes. Thanks, {&#123; Nihiltres &#8202;&#124;talk&#8202;&#124;edits}&#125; 22:19, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

Not prefixing "Not" with "It is"
This is not done on Template:Redirect-distinguish for a good reason, so can we do it here? Faster than Thunder (talk) 02:02, 11 February 2022 (UTC)


 * Strongly oppose: See my comments below and at . —  void  xor  16:49, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 30 January 2023
Please change “it is not to be confused with” to “not to be confused with”, like in the parent template. 182.77.113.148 (talk) 10:18, 30 January 2023 (UTC)
 * made the change from "Not.." to "It is not..." just two days ago, apparently to match the behaviour of Template:About-distinguish. The parent template you're referring to appears to instead by Template:Distinguish, which has "Not..." (and so does the similarTemplate:Redirect-distinguish). I'm not sure which version is better, but I agree it makes sense to have consistency, at least across the longer templates. – Uanfala (talk) 15:19, 30 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Strongly oppose: Thanks for the ping, . I actually changed it primarily because it was an incomplete sentence, yet still had a period. See MOS:BULLETLIST and MOS:CAPTION for stylistic guidelines that discourage that. As you say, I cited the parent template (which would be About-distinguish; Distinguish could be called the grandparent). I love consistency as much as the next editor, but the problem here is that consistency should take a back seat to proper grammar. I'd recommend "It is..." be added to, yet that would make no sense when there is not the proceeding sentence saying what the article is about. So, I think we're in a good place. —  void  xor  16:38, 30 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the template. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 14:22, 31 January 2023 (UTC)