Template:Modern

Purpose

This template allows a contributor to modernize or standardize the orthography of an older text, in which nonstandard spellings might make reading or searching the text difficult for the reader.

Effect

When the text of a page using {{Modern}} is transcluded to a subpage titled /Modern the modernized spellings replace the originals. The parent page preserves the original orthography.

Usage

1. Use {{Modern|old spelling|new spelling}} in the markup of the text's main page.
2. Create a subpage titled /Modern with the exact title of the main text inserted after the colon in the markup {{:}} — this copies the original text onto the new page with the new spellings.

Two variables are used

• The first is the word as spelt in the original text.
• The second is the word with the standardized spelling.

Markup: Main Page

He has taken more care to give an edge to his {{Modern|satyr|satire}}.

Markup: Main Page/Modern

{{:Main Page}}

Display: Main Page

He has taken more care to give an edge to his satyr.

Display: Main Page/Modern

He has taken more care to give an edge to his satire.

Tips

You can use {{Modern}} to aid in relative linking within a work that has several subpages. For example, from Main Page, the markup [[/Preface|Preface]] will link to Main Page/Preface. However, the link on the transcluded page at Main Page/Modern will want to link to Main Page/Modern/Preface, which will be unhelpful. When using relative links on the main page, use the following markup:

{{Modern|[[/Preface|Preface]]|[[../Preface/Modern|Preface]]}}

The first variable contains the link from the main page to its /Preface subpage. The second variable links to Main Page/Preface/Modern via its parent (using two dots).

See also

• {{s}} - {{s}} replaces the 'long s' character, ſ, with the standard lower case s on the subpage /Modern.
• {{SIC}} - {{SIC|eror|error}} displays the correction on the main page for a typographical eror when the cursor hovers over the text; makes the correction on the subpage /Modern. (Do not confuse with {{sic}}.)