I’m not an expert on dewiki, but I assume they still want word-ending links for simple stuff like [[Gesetz]]e (plural), [[Finger]]s (genitive). I would guess these cases are still more common than the long compound words where the <nowiki/> trick is used.
Am Do., 4. Okt. 2018 um 17:44 Uhr schrieb Amir E. Aharoni < amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il>: > I'm really not an expert on German. However, I have been slowly analyzing > common trails in some other languages with purpose of doing smarter link > trailing some day. It's a very crazy and long term pet project :) In > theory, I could do it for German, too. > > בתאריך יום ה׳, 4 באוק׳ 2018, 18:39, מאת C. Scott Ananian < > canan...@wikimedia.org>: > > > > > > https://hu.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grafikus_matroid&diff=prev&oldid=20406147 > > illustrates another use: separating - and { in the unusual case where > this > > string is wanted and you *don't* want language converter markup. ie > > `-<nowiki/>{foo}-` is different from `-{foo}-`. You don't usually notice > > this because languageconversion is disabled in many wikis, but it can > cause > > problems if unbalanced syntax is used inside a template argument, like: > > `{{foo|-{bar}}`. Here you need to use `{{foo|-<nowiki/>{bar}}`, even if > > LanguageConverter is not enabled. > > > > Amir -- in german, shouldn't they be tweaking the "linktrail" setting on > > dewiki, instead of using `<nowiki/>`? What are cases where they *do* > want > > the link to include the entire word? Can they be automatically > > distinguished? > > --scott > > > > On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 11:17 AM Bináris <wikipo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Here is a list of removals. :-) > > > > > > > > > https://hu.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Speci%C3%A1lis:Szerkeszt%C5%91_k%C3%B6zrem%C5%B1k%C3%B6d%C3%A9sei/BinBot&offset=20180912205000&target=BinBot&limit=28 > > > > > > > > > Amir E. Aharoni <amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il> ezt írta (időpont: > 2018. > > > okt. 4., Cs, 16:47): > > > > > > > Thanks. Can you please give some particular examples? > > > > > > > > בתאריך יום ה׳, 4 באוק׳ 2018, 17:41, מאת Bináris < > wikipo...@gmail.com > > >: > > > > > > > > > Amir E. Aharoni <amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il> ezt írta (időpont: > > > 2018. > > > > > okt. 4., Cs, 16:18): > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <nowiki>This sentence shows the template used at the > end.{{Citation > > > > > > needed|reason=Reliable source needed for the whole > > > > sentence|date=October > > > > > > 2018}}</nowiki> > > > > > > > > > > > > However, <nowiki> has less trivial use cases, that are not quite > > the > > > > same > > > > > > as demonstrating wiki syntax. One such usage I'm aware of is > > linking > > > a > > > > > part > > > > > > of a long compound German word, for example "[[Schnee]]<nowiki > > > > > />reichtum". > > > > > > It produces the desired effect, however it is a bit of a hack: > the > > > word > > > > > > "nowiki" doesn't have anything to do with dividing compound > words. > > > This > > > > > use > > > > > > is quite common in the German Wikipedia because of the nature of > > the > > > > > German > > > > > > language, which has a lot of long compound words. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > We have a lot of them in Hungarian Wikipedia, and we have just > > decided > > > to > > > > > eradicate them, because this is a non-desired effect. :-) > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Wikitech-l mailing list > > > > > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Wikitech-l mailing list > > > > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Bináris > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikitech-l mailing list > > > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > > > > > > > -- > > (http://cscott.net) > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikitech-l mailing list > > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l -- Lucas Werkmeister Software Developer (working student) Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Phone: +49 (0)30 219 158 26-0 https://wikimedia.de Imagine a world, in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. That‘s our commitment. Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207. _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
