Template:In lang
(in English)
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Template:In lang is used to denote that a text source is written in a specific language.
For citations using a citation template (such as {{cite web}}, {{cite news}}, {{cite journal}}, etc.), that template's |language= parameter should be used instead.
To note a span of text in a different language, {{lang}} or {{langx}}, should be used instead.
Usage
Typical use of this template is inside <ref>...</ref> tags where the reference is not templated and the referenced source is non-English:
- <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>[1]</syntaxhighlight>
Also finds use in External links sections to mark non-English link-targets:
- <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>Non English external link (in Error: {{in lang}}: unrecognized language code: xx)</syntaxhighlight>
This template does not markup non-English text. For that, use {{lang}} or {{langx}} templates.
Parameters
This template accepts one or more positional language-tag parameters (<tag>) and two named parameters:
{{In lang|<tag>|<tag2>|...|link=|cap=}}
Most common use is a single language:
{{In lang|de}}→ (in German)
The positional parameters
<tag>– required;<tag>is a valid ISO-639 language tag or a valid IETF language tag; more than one language tag supported:- <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>(in Czech, English, German, French, Spanish, Valencian, Polish, Russian, Japanese, and Chinese)</syntaxhighlight> →
- (in Czech, English, German, French, Spanish, Valencian, Polish, Russian, Japanese, and Chinese)
- <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>(in Czech, English, German, French, Spanish, Valencian, Polish, Russian, Japanese, and Chinese)</syntaxhighlight> →
The named parameters are:
link– accepts the single valueyes; creates link to language articlecap– accepts the single valueyes; capitalizes the first letter of "In":{{In lang|pt-BR|cap=yes}}→ (In Brazilian Portuguese)
Error messages
This template has one error message of its own:
- error: {{In lang}} missing language tag – displayed when the template is transcluded without an ISO 639 language tag or IETF language tag.
All other error messages related to the use of this template are emitted by Module:Lang and are documented at Category:Lang and lang-xx template errors.
TemplateData
TemplateData for In lang
<templatedata>{ "params": { "1": {}, "2": {}, "3": {}, "4": {} }, "description": "Produces the phrase \"(in LANGUAGE)\" with language codes.", "format": "inline" }</templatedata>
Tracking categories
Transclusions in mainspace articles will add the article to the appropriate subcategory of Category:Articles with non-English-language sources. There are two forms of these subcategories:
Category:Articles with <language name>-language sources (<tag>)– for individual languages[2] and for macrolanguages[3]Category:Articles with sources in <collective name> languages (<tag>)– for language collectives[4]
where <language name> and <collective name> is the name used in the template's rendering and <tag> is the ISO 639 tag or IETF language tag.
References
- ↑ "Non English Journal Article". Non-English Journal. 12(3): 231–241 (in Error: {{in lang}}: unrecognized language code: xx).
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2123: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2123: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2123: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).