Template:Languages - Revision history

Sarah: got rid of a bunch of stuff 'cause we don't need it

2007-01-04T03:23:18Z

got rid of a bunch of stuff 'cause we don't need it

Sarah: removed tag for nonexistent geography logo

2006-12-14T04:57:51Z

removed tag for nonexistent geography logo

Sarah at 04:57, December 14, 2006

2006-12-14T04:57:16Z

Sarah: 1 revision(s)

2006-12-05T03:12:57Z

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== Template ==
<onlyinclude><div class="LanguageLinks">
<table width="100%" style="clear: both; border: 1px solid #aaaaaa; border-collapse: collapse; padding: 0.2em; margin: 0; font-size: 85%; margin: 0 1px;">
<tr valign="top" style="background: #EEF3E2">
<td style="width: 25px; padding-left: 0.5em;">[[Image:Geographylogo.png|25px|]]</td>
<td style="width: 10px; white-space: nowrap; padding: 4px 1em 0 0.5em; border-right: 1px solid #aaaaaa;">'''[[Project:Language policy|Languages]]:''' </td><td style="padding: 1px 1em 0; background: #F6F9ED;">
[[{{{1|{{#if: {{NAMESPACE}} | {{NAMESPACE}}:}}{{BASEPAGENAME}}}}}|English]]
{{Languages/Lang|de|{{{1|}}}}}
{{Languages/Lang|es|{{{1|}}}}}
{{Languages/Lang|fi|{{{1|}}}}}
{{Languages/Lang|fr|{{{1|}}}}}
{{Languages/Lang|it|{{{1|}}}}}
{{Languages/Lang|he|{{{1|}}}}}
{{Languages/Lang|ja|{{{1|}}}}}
{{Languages/Lang|ko|{{{1|}}}}}
{{Languages/Lang|no|{{{1|}}}}}
{{Languages/Lang|pl|{{{1|}}}}}
{{Languages/Lang|pt|{{{1|}}}}}
{{Languages/Lang|ru|{{{1|}}}}}
{{Languages/Lang|sq|{{{1|}}}}}
{{Languages/Lang|zh|{{{1|}}}}}
</td></tr></table></div></onlyinclude>

== Syntax ==
<nowiki>{{{Languages|PageName}}}</nowiki>

* '''PageName''' (optional) - the name of the page to display language links for. If omitted then the English version of the current page is used. This parameter can normally be omitted, as it is only required if you want to link to a page other than the one you place the template on, which is very uncommon. If this parameter is used on a sub-page make sure you supply the root name, not the full page name (e.g. on [[MediaWiki/fr]] you would need to use <code><nowiki>{{{Languages|MediaWiki}}}</nowiki></code> and not <code><nowiki>{{{Languages|MediaWiki/fr}}}</nowiki></code>).

== Usage ==

The template should only be placed on pages that exist in more than one language, and it should be placed in the same location on each translation of the page.

The English version of a page is always the main version, with all other languages as sub-pages, named using the appropriate language code (see below).

For example, on the Main Page you would include the text <code><nowiki>{{{Languages}}}</nowiki></code>, both on [[Main Page]] itself, and on each of its language sub-pages. The template automatically creates links to any language sub-pages that exist, e.g. <tt>Main Page/ja<tt>, <tt>Main Page/fr</tt>, and ignores non-existant languages.

See [[Project:Language policy]] for further details about translating pages.

== Supported languages ==
This shows you the name of each language's sub-page (using ''Main Page'' as an example). Other languages may be added easily as necessary. Please use the appropriate [[meta:List of Wikipedias|prefix, as used on Wikipedia]] when adding a new language. Please do ''not'' add languages for which no pages exist yet, as this will increase the time needed to include the template without adding any benefit (languages are only displayed to the user when the relevant page exists).

{| border="1" cellpadding="5"
! Page Name || Language
|-
| Main Page || English
|-
| Main Page'''/de''' || German
|-
| Main Page'''/es''' || Spanish
|-
| Main Page'''/fi''' || Finnish
|-
| Main Page'''/fr''' || French
|-
| Main Page'''/it''' || Italian
|-
| Main Page'''/he''' || Hebrew
|-
| Main Page'''/ja''' || Japanese
|-
| Main Page'''/ko''' || Korean
|-
| Main Page'''/no''' || Norwegian
|-
| Main Page'''/pl''' || Polish
|-
| Main Page'''/pt''' || Portugese
|-
| Main Page'''/ru''' || Russian
|-
| Main Page'''/sq''' || Albanian
|-
| Main Page'''/zh''' || Chinese
|}

== Example ==
Here is how the language bar looks on the [[MediaWiki]] page:
{{Languages|MediaWiki}}

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   <nowiki>{{{Languages|PageName}}}</nowiki>
-* '''PageName''' (optional) - the name of the page to display language links for.  If omitted then the English version of the current page is used.  This parameter can normally be omitted, as it is only required if you want to link to a page other than the one you place the template on, which is very uncommon.  If this parameter is used on a sub-page make sure you supply the root name, not the full page name (e.g. on [[MediaWiki/fr]] you would need to use <code><nowiki>{{{Languages|MediaWiki}}}</nowiki></code> and not <code><nowiki>{{{Languages|MediaWiki/fr}}}</nowiki></code>).
+* '''PageName''' (optional) - the name of the page to display language links for.  If omitted then the English version of the current page is used.  This parameter can normally be omitted, as it is only required if you want to link to a page other than the one you place the template on, which is very uncommon.  If this parameter is used on a sub-page make sure you supply the root name, not the full page name (e.g. on Mediawiki(fr) you would need to use <code><nowiki>{{{Languages|MediaWiki}}}</nowiki></code> and not <code><nowiki>{{{Languages|MediaWiki/fr}}}</nowiki></code>).
 == Usage ==
-The template should only be placed on pages that exist in more than one language, and it should be placed in the same location on each translation of the page.
+There was all sorts of stuff here about the language template, but it doesn't apply.  See our [[Project:Language policy]] for further details about translating pages.

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 <table width="100%" style="clear: both; border: 1px solid #aaaaaa; border-collapse: collapse; padding: 0.2em; margin: 0; font-size: 85%; margin: 0 1px;">
 <tr valign="top" style="background: #EEF3E2">
-<td style="width: 25px; padding-left: 0.5em;">[[Image:Geographylogo.png|25px|]]</td>
+<td style="width: 25px; padding-left: 0.5em;"></td>
 <td style="width: 10px; white-space: nowrap; padding: 4px 1em 0 0.5em; border-right: 1px solid #aaaaaa;">'''[[Project:Language policy|Languages]]:'''&nbsp;</td><td style="padding: 1px 1em 0; background: #F6F9ED;">
 [[{{{1|{{#if: {{NAMESPACE}} | {{NAMESPACE}}:}}{{BASEPAGENAME}}}}}|English]]

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 <td style="width: 10px; white-space: nowrap; padding: 4px 1em 0 0.5em; border-right: 1px solid #aaaaaa;">'''[[Project:Language policy|Languages]]:'''&nbsp;</td><td style="padding: 1px 1em 0; background: #F6F9ED;">
 [[{{{1|{{#if: {{NAMESPACE}} | {{NAMESPACE}}:}}{{BASEPAGENAME}}}}}|English]]
-{{Languages/Lang|de|{{{1|}}}}}
 </td></tr></table></div></onlyinclude>
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 == Example ==
 Here is how the language bar looks on the [[MediaWiki]] page:
-{{Languages|MediaWiki}}
+*Example removed because we don't care.