Template:Languageicon/doc

Usage

Please see: Category:Language templates, which lists the pre-made language templates currently available on Wikinews.

{{languageicon|<language code>|<language name>|<language wikilink target>}}

This template is intended for indirect use to label non-English language links, informing the reader that the language of the link's destination is something other than English. Language codes can be found here. Please use the Alpha-2 codes on that list, where possible.

The following code:

{{languageicon|de|German|German language}}

gives:

(German)

Usually this template is used only by specific language templates, so this template does not appear directly on articles. The above is equivalent to {{German}}, or {{de}}.

The template should be added after links, and there should be a space between the link and the template. For source citations, the {{source}} template does this automatically when given a parameter lang naming a specific language-template.

The following code:

[http://french.example.com/ French link] {{French}} *{{source|url=http://www.example.com|title=Your Source|author=|pub=BBC News Offline|date=October 19, 1976|lang=Quenya}}

gives:

French link (French) "Your Source" — BBC News Offline, October 19, 1976 (Quenya)

If this template is given only two parameters, the missing parameter is understood to be the language wikilink target, so the icon is unlinked; {{languageicon|de|German}} would produce (German). Given only one parameter, the remaining parameter is understood to be <language name>; so {{languageicon|German}} too would produce (German).