Template:PossibleSynonym/doc

{{PossibleSynonym}} and {{PossibleSynonym2}} are both used to list common tagging mistakes. The latter is more compact, only showing the total count of elements with the tag.

Usage

Don't use this for rare tagging mistakes. In those cases, it makes more sense to correct them yourself or add Notes.

Also, for popular tagging mistakes this template is rarely useful: if there is really a common pointless duplicate then consult other mappers and take action to fix the problem. And in many cases this template was places where it was not actually a pointless duplicate and resulted in bad mass edits.

This template is basically never helpful.

You can use this template simply by adding to the page one of the following syntaxes:

• {{PossibleSynonym|key}}
• {{PossibleSynonym|key|value}}
• {{PossibleSynonym|key|value|observation}}
• {{PossibleSynonym|kl= lang |key|vl= lang |value}}
• {{PossibleSynonym|kl= lang |key|vl= lang |value|observation}}

You can optionally append a short observation in the first rendered line by adding the third parameter.

The optional parameters |kl = lang and |vl = lang may be used to specify explicitly the language code of the target pages for links in the rendered tags. Without them, this template will attempt to locate a translation in the same language as the current page (as determined by {{Langcode}}), or will link to the default page (usually in English) if there's still no translation available. This may be needed if there are too many costly parser calls (caused by tests of existences of translated pages), when you know that the target translated page exists (look at the links in rendered page to see if they point to the English page or a translation: if a language code prefix is present in the link, you may safely specify these parameters).

Examples

• {{PossibleSynonym|contents}} to indicate the key contents=* is a possible synonym of the current page:

contents=*

More details at taginfo

• contents=*

If you know places with this tag, verify if it could be tagged with another tag.
Automated edits are strongly discouraged unless you really know what you are doing!

• {{PossibleSynonym|shop|car_wash}} to indicate the tag shop=car_wash is a possible synonym of the current page:

shop=car_wash

		$1%
		$1%
		$1%
		$1%

More details at taginfo

• shop=car_wash

If you know places with this tag, verify if it could be tagged with another tag.
Automated edits are strongly discouraged unless you really know what you are doing!

• {{PossibleSynonym|shop|car_wash|This tag may also be this other tag.}} with the short observation:

shop=car_wash

		$1%
		$1%
		$1%
		$1%

More details at taginfo

• shop=car_wash ‒ This tag may also be this other tag.

If you know places with this tag, verify if it could be tagged with another tag.
Automated edits are strongly discouraged unless you really know what you are doing!

Autocategorisation

This template categorizes automatically the pages using this template in Category:Tagging Mistakes (or one of its existing translated categories).

See also

• For translating this template, see Template:PossibleSynonymLang
• {{OpenHistoricalMap/PossibleSynonym}}

Template displays warning about possible synonym of this tag.

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Key	1	Key (or key part of full tag) of possible synonym of the current page.	Line	required
Value	2	Value of tag of possible synonym of the current page.	Line	optional
Description	3	Short description.	Line	optional
Language	lang	Language code of preferred template rendering. Example de	String	optional
Key page language	kl	Language code of preferred key page link. Example de	String	optional
Value page language	vl	Language code of preferred value page link. Example de	String	optional
Disable categorization	nocat	Assigning any value disables the template's category linking behavior Example yes	Boolean	optional