I did a random check and discovered invalid HTML is being produced.
https://validator.w3.org/nu/?doc=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wiktionary.org%2Fw%2Findex.php%3Ftitle%3Dspare%26rdfrom%3DSpare%23Verb
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| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resolved | None | T2209 [DO NOT USE] HTML validity (tracking) | |||
| Duplicate | None | T168624 W3C Validator complains about <dd> elements missing <dt> children, and some unknown "language" parameter values |
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@Jidanni: This task mixes several problems - see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/How_to_report_a_bug :
- The W3C website does not understand lang="gem-pro", lang="ine-pro", lang="simple". Which actual problem that you experience does that situation create?
- <dl>s missing <dt>s.
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The main issue described in this task is a duplicate of T6521: Colon (:) & semicolon (;) shouldn't output as HTML definition list when used for indentation, boldfacing. Is the other item an actual issue or should this be closed duplicate?
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I've merged the task because the rest of it is invalid. The reason the validator complains about the languages is because they are not valid language tags: -pro is not a valid language subtag and simple is not a valid language tag.
English Wikipedia is working on getting to valid language tags. You may wish to stop by template talk:Lang and ask about this.