Template:Sic

Due to the sensitive nature of this template or the fact that it is used on a large number of pages, it has been semi-protected to prevent site-wide damage by vandal bots. Editors: In order to minimize the impact on our servers, please use sandboxes to make and test changes to widely used templates before deployment. For more information, please see this article's talk page.

Summary

This template can be used to indicate a misspelling or other error in the game or source materials (such as the physical books or Bethesda/ZeniMax web content). Hover text will appear indicating that the word should not be edited and, optionally, what the correct text should have been.

If you see this template next to an error, please do not correct it, as this means that the error is in the game or source materials, and should be preserved on the site.

Parameters

Sic

Parameter	Scope	Description
1	optional	The incorrect word or phrase.
2	optional	The correct text.
description	optional	Use this parameter to describe the problem. The default text is "error", which can encompass general grammatical errors and misspellings. Most of these do not have to be clarified through this parameter. Instead, errors that are difficult to see like missing/extra/duplicate words, punctuation, spacing, capitalization, inconsistent spellings, and completely incorrect words should be clarified. The most commonly used descriptions in practice are two or three words: Missing, Extra, Duplicate missing word one the > one of the extra word the a thing > the thing duplicate word the the > the missing phrase arrived city > arrived at the city extra phrase found a place the entrance to > found the entrance to duplicate phrase could ever could ever > could ever Punctuation and Spacing missing apostrophe thats > that's erroneous apostrophe get's > gets incorrect punctuation How are you. > How are you? missing period This is the end > This is the end. extra period Sentence.. > Sentence. missing comma was in fact, true > was, in fact, true extra comma this, comma is bad > this comma is bad missing hyphen wellworn boots > well-worn boots extra hyphen camp-fire > campfire missing quotation mark "Hello > "Hello" extra quotation mark "Some dialogue"" > "Some dialogue" missing space alot > a lot extra space t he > the Capitalization lowercase letter and > And uppercase letter Over > over inconsistent capitalization dark elf > Dark Elf Spelling and Incorrect Words inconsistent spelling siltstrider > silt strider British spelling centre > center incorrect name Hammerfell > High Rock incorrect pronoun he > she incorrect gender man > woman invariable gender she > (he/she) incorrect direction north > south incorrect year 3E 450 > 3E 350 Miscellaneous swapped words for the > the for lore discrepancy 200 years ago > 150 years ago In some cases, you may wish to follow the format error. <explain problem> to give more detail. Make sure to never end this parameter with punctuation.
nolink	optional	Will not include the "[sic]" link if specified. Should be used if corrected text is linked.

Examples

Code	Produces	Explanation
{{sic|mispelled|misspelled}}	mispelled [sic]	If both the misspelled word and the correct spelling are specified as parameters, the hover text indicating that the word should not be edited will appear when hovering anywhere over the word and will include the correct spelling of the word.
{{sic|the the|the|description=duplicate word}}	the the [sic]	The hover text now refers to a "duplicate word" instead of an "error".
{{sic|House Ryl|House Rayn|description=error. All other sources that mention this say he is from House Rayn}}	House Ryl [sic]	Follow this format to describe the problem more in depth.
[[Lore:Books by Author#Adonato Leotelli|Adonato {{sic|Leonetti|Leotelli|nolink=1}}]]	Adonato Leonetti	The link to the Spelling page is not included, thus preserving the original link.
Falanu Hlaalu's Key{{sic|2=Falanu Hlaalu's Key}}	Falanu Hlaalu's Key [sic]	Use this method to add a sic tag in templates where adding the sic tag directly would cause problems. See Oblivion:Keys for an example.
{{sic|mispelled}}	mispelled [sic]	(Avoid if possible) If the misspelled word is specified as a parameter, the hover text indicating that the word should not be edited will appear when hovering anywhere over the word.
mispelled{{sic}}	mispelled [sic]	(Avoid if possible) If no parameters are specified, the template is placed after the misspelled word and the hover text indicating that the word should not be edited will only appear when hovering over the small space before the tag.