This template is used in a number of articles - [ [1]. The addition of a bullet makes those pages look weird. - Willmcw 00:34, Mar 20, 2005 (UTC)
What is the intended purpose of this template and
Template:Sub? It's not really easier to type {{sup |x}}
than <sup>x</sup>
. The sup tag is not about to be obsoleted in XHTML. Display attributes, like font size, can be controlled in the style sheet (e.g., sup { font-size:smaller; }
. Are you anticipating changing the code for superscripts and subscripts? —
Michael
Z. 2005-04-15 20:12 Z
This template was on TFD, but there was no consensus to delete it. So it is kept. See Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/Not deleted/June 2005. It was suggested by some voters that this template be subst'ed as much as possible, to avoid server drain. R adiant _>|< 11:49, Jun 9, 2005 (UTC)
{{subst:sup|text}}
. --
David Iberri (
talk)
21:23, 23 November 2005 (UTC)
Interesting. This template is easier to type. Is this recommended against, though, because of meta-templates?
I once suggested adding TeX markup (with mandatory brackets) to the wiki syntax. In other words, typing x^{3}
in the wiki markup will give you x3.
Examples:
x^{3}
→ x3 (powers)CO_{2}
→ CO2 (carbon dioxide symbol)1^{st}
→ 1st (ordinals)^{2}H_{2}O
→ 2H2O (isotopes)A lot simpler than HTML, looks better in the source, and doesn't rely on templates. I filed it as Bug 3080.
Other comments:
I will create related templates for other fuctions like this one, like a {{nowiki}} template, font templates, etc. I will create a category for them. Polonium 01:18, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
I have reverted this template to a previous version as it appears to be broken. It no longer uses template:su. SpinningSpark 08:03, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: No consensus. Let me succinctly list the rationales for closing this as moved or not moved:
The transclusion count is what, to me, signifies that we need a clear consensus to move, because while redirects are cheap, "cheap" does not mean "free". With my template editor hat on, high-use templates should be touched very sparingly, and I don't think the balance is pushed down far enough to justify moving. Sceptre ( talk) 06:12, 23 September 2020 (UTC)
Template:Sup → Template:Superscript – Trying to call {{ Superscript}} should work, and it makes sense to host the template at the more complete title. I could move it myself, but requesting here out of caution since it has 60k transclusions and I wouldn't want to mess anything up. {{u| Sdkb}} talk 07:14, 16 August 2020 (UTC) —Relisting. Steel1943 ( talk) 05:59, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
Template function should be clear from the template name, but redirects can be created to assist everyday use of very popular templates.These move will leave the commonly-used redirects, but make the function clearer from the name. -- Netoholic @ 17:50, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
Template function should be clear from the template name. As I've already tried to argue, {{ sup}} and {{ sub}} are already clear enough. – Uanfala (talk) 20:19, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
The lake has an area of 24 km{{sup|2}}
? Of course, "sup" can never be as explicit as "superscript", but that's the trade off for the concise and clean syntax that the short name enables. I really don't see how anyone could argue that we should be writing {{superscript}}
instead of {{sup}}
- it's indicative that for the 16 years since the creation of this widely used template (> 60,000 transclusions), no-one has ever tried creating {{
superscript}} as a redirect to it. –
Uanfala (talk)
22:52, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
— SkyLined ( talk) 09:33, 20 August 2020 (UTC)
Hi, can a 'Link' parameter be added to this template? It would be very helpful. Thank you. Empire AS ( Talk) 06:24, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
Is there a template, or other good way, to put both subscript and superscript on something (before or after), with one right over the other? Gah4 ( talk) 23:13, 19 October 2021 (UTC)
This template is used in a number of articles - [ [1]. The addition of a bullet makes those pages look weird. - Willmcw 00:34, Mar 20, 2005 (UTC)
What is the intended purpose of this template and
Template:Sub? It's not really easier to type {{sup |x}}
than <sup>x</sup>
. The sup tag is not about to be obsoleted in XHTML. Display attributes, like font size, can be controlled in the style sheet (e.g., sup { font-size:smaller; }
. Are you anticipating changing the code for superscripts and subscripts? —
Michael
Z. 2005-04-15 20:12 Z
This template was on TFD, but there was no consensus to delete it. So it is kept. See Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/Not deleted/June 2005. It was suggested by some voters that this template be subst'ed as much as possible, to avoid server drain. R adiant _>|< 11:49, Jun 9, 2005 (UTC)
{{subst:sup|text}}
. --
David Iberri (
talk)
21:23, 23 November 2005 (UTC)
Interesting. This template is easier to type. Is this recommended against, though, because of meta-templates?
I once suggested adding TeX markup (with mandatory brackets) to the wiki syntax. In other words, typing x^{3}
in the wiki markup will give you x3.
Examples:
x^{3}
→ x3 (powers)CO_{2}
→ CO2 (carbon dioxide symbol)1^{st}
→ 1st (ordinals)^{2}H_{2}O
→ 2H2O (isotopes)A lot simpler than HTML, looks better in the source, and doesn't rely on templates. I filed it as Bug 3080.
Other comments:
I will create related templates for other fuctions like this one, like a {{nowiki}} template, font templates, etc. I will create a category for them. Polonium 01:18, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
I have reverted this template to a previous version as it appears to be broken. It no longer uses template:su. SpinningSpark 08:03, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: No consensus. Let me succinctly list the rationales for closing this as moved or not moved:
The transclusion count is what, to me, signifies that we need a clear consensus to move, because while redirects are cheap, "cheap" does not mean "free". With my template editor hat on, high-use templates should be touched very sparingly, and I don't think the balance is pushed down far enough to justify moving. Sceptre ( talk) 06:12, 23 September 2020 (UTC)
Template:Sup → Template:Superscript – Trying to call {{ Superscript}} should work, and it makes sense to host the template at the more complete title. I could move it myself, but requesting here out of caution since it has 60k transclusions and I wouldn't want to mess anything up. {{u| Sdkb}} talk 07:14, 16 August 2020 (UTC) —Relisting. Steel1943 ( talk) 05:59, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
Template function should be clear from the template name, but redirects can be created to assist everyday use of very popular templates.These move will leave the commonly-used redirects, but make the function clearer from the name. -- Netoholic @ 17:50, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
Template function should be clear from the template name. As I've already tried to argue, {{ sup}} and {{ sub}} are already clear enough. – Uanfala (talk) 20:19, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
The lake has an area of 24 km{{sup|2}}
? Of course, "sup" can never be as explicit as "superscript", but that's the trade off for the concise and clean syntax that the short name enables. I really don't see how anyone could argue that we should be writing {{superscript}}
instead of {{sup}}
- it's indicative that for the 16 years since the creation of this widely used template (> 60,000 transclusions), no-one has ever tried creating {{
superscript}} as a redirect to it. –
Uanfala (talk)
22:52, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
— SkyLined ( talk) 09:33, 20 August 2020 (UTC)
Hi, can a 'Link' parameter be added to this template? It would be very helpful. Thank you. Empire AS ( Talk) 06:24, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
Is there a template, or other good way, to put both subscript and superscript on something (before or after), with one right over the other? Gah4 ( talk) 23:13, 19 October 2021 (UTC)