Template:Sic/doc

This template places an italic and subscripted "[sic]", which links to the sic Wikipedia article.

"sic" = "thus", "just as"; in full: sic erat scriptum, "thus was it written"

"Sic" is used to mark cited or quoted text containing orthographic or factual errors. It shall note, that the error(s) contained are in fact part of the quotation and shouldn't be "corrected", as quotations in general shouldn't be.

Usage
Add sic behind the wrong term/word/error.


 * Example

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 * The Heart of White March [sic] is …

Within italics
Most uses of this will happen within text that's contained inside the quote and description templates – which are italic by default. Here  should use the regular, non-italic font-style to distinguish it from the surrounding text. That needs an additional parameter, like :

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