Template:link language/doc
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Notice | This template should not be used in citation templates such as Citation Style 1 and Citation Style 2, because it includes markup that will pollute the COinS metadata they produce; see COinS in Wikipedia. |
This is a documentation subpage for Template:Link language. It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page. |
This template is used to indicate to readers that an external link is in a foreign language.
It should generally be placed after the external link, although this is not set in stone. en is the default language, and does not need to be noted using this template, unless there is a reason the reader would assume the link to be in a foreign language (e.g. a foreign title).
For citations, the |language=
parameter of the various citation templates ({{cite web}}, {{cite news}}, {{cite journal}}, etc.) should be used instead.
Usage
{{link language|<language code>}}
Example
Template:Tld produces: (French)
See also
- Language icons in the form Template:Tld, descending from this one, are listed in Category:Language icon templates.
- Language codes cross-reference: list of ISO 639 codes.
- Template:Link language/Notes. This has documentation for the codes listed on Category:Language icon templates, which can be updated easily.
- {{ISO 639 name}}