Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Words to watch

Addition to Note C suggestion

I notice the {{Like whom?}} template is missing from Note C, which reads: The templates {{Who}}, {{Which}}, {{By whom}}, or {{Attribution needed}} are available for editors to request an individual statement be more clearly attributed. Also, the template {{Where}} is similarly nowhere on the page. Not a big deal I suppose, just pointing this out. 5Q5|^✉

Feedback requested at Talk:Ahomisation

Your feedback is requested at Talk:Ahomisation#Neologism as title. Thank you. Mathglot (talk) 03:16, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

"Mos:RT" listed at Redirects for discussion

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"Mos:Neo" listed at Redirects for discussion

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"Wikipedia:RACIST" listed at Redirects for discussion

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Should WP:BUZZWORD be moved here?

Reading WP:BUZZWORD, I noticed that it recommends avoiding the word "solution" and its wikilink leads here, but the anchor is broken. My investigation then revealed that this page (MOS:WTW) used to contain a section on the word "solution", but the whole section was removed back in 2010, with a simple edit message of "tightening": [1].

I think the topic of buzzWORDs to avoid/watch belongs here more than in the essay where it's currently found (WP:PLAINENGLISH). Do you agree? If so, do you have any advice for me regarding moving the content (e.g. should I incorporate the deleted text in any way)? Bendegúz Ács (talk) 20:45, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

The easiest solution (uh) may be to just remove the broken link from "solution". Content gone for 14 years probably wasn't missed, otherwise it would have been restored much earlier. Gawaon (talk) 21:01, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

:D Obviously, but that doesn't mean it's also the best one. One possible explanation for why it wasn't missed is that we do have WP:BUZZWORD and that's also why I'm suggesting moving that content here, rather than simply restoring the original one. Bendegúz Ács (talk) 21:10, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

In my viewpoint, that advice is fine where it is. Nothing wrong with it, but it reads more like an essay than like a MOS page. Plus, of course, it expands on issues that are already quite well covered in the MOS, so merging it in would probably require considerable work. Gawaon (talk) 21:16, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

How about a shortened version? It could even just be mentioned in one or two sentences under an existing section like MOS:PUFFERY and keep the original WP:BUZZWORD in the essay for a longer explanation. Bendegúz Ács (talk) 21:35, 6 May 2024 (UTC)