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The IPA pronuntiation looks quite bad in the first line of the article. Could it be included in the "pronun=" section of the infoboxes? Also, some articles include the English pronuntiation with the Template:Respell. Which one should be used to keep consistency? --LorenzoCB 10:35, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

This is a good question. I was never a big fan of the IPA template (which was obviously just lifted from Wikipedia) as I felt it was confusing for normal people who wouldn't understand how to read it. So I created a modified version of respell to help people understand. There was then a request to add pronunciation to the infoboxes. My suggestion would be to have respell on the first line, and then both IPA and respell in the infobox. --Mith (Talk/Contribs/Edits) 16:19, 15 February 2020 (UTC)

As I am not an English speaker, I can't make the respells. Can I start putting the IPA in the infoboxes? No, I won't start editing expressly that. --LorenzoCB 15:11, 18 February 2020 (UTC)