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Enjoy your stay at Wiktionary! Chuck Entz (talk) 17:41, 24 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

Headword Templates[edit]

Headword templates are required for every entry. They go on the line immediately after the part of speech header. Since there are no headword templates designed for Piedmontese, that means using {{head}} with the language code (pms) as the first parameter, and the part of speech (the same as in the part of speech header, but lowercase: {{head|pms|noun}}, {{head|pms|verb}}, {{head|pms|adjective}}, {{head|pms|adverb}}, {{head|pms|preposition}}, etc. The headword template formats the headword, but it isn't just for show: it puts the entry in the correct categories. There's an abuse filter that tags all the entries without headword templates and someone like me has to fix them if you don't. See our Entry layout page for details on all the formatting requirements. Chuck Entz (talk) 04:04, 25 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for this -- I'll make sure all the pages I make from now on use the correct formatting! I appreciate the patience you've had with me, and I'll have a look at some other pages too, to get used to the formatting of this website!
Iambored12348 (talk) 00:07, 26 February 2024 (UTC)Reply