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[[{{{1}}} language]]
Babel [[Template:User {{{2}}}-1\|1]] [[Template:User {{{2}}}-2\|2]] [[Template:User {{{2}}}-3\|3]] [[Template:User {{{2}}}-4\|4]] [[Template:User {{{2}}}-5\|5]] [[Template:User {{{2}}}\|N]]

This is the template sandbox page for Template:Languages (diff).
See also the companion subpage for test cases.

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This template is used on approximately 2,700 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

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Usage

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General

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This template is to be placed in template documentation of user languages. It is intended primarily for userboxes (such as {{User en-ca-1}}), and it should not be placed on mainspace articles. It is written as (example for English):

You write only English (not language: the template writes that by itself).

Language void

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For most languages, saying "language" after it is necessary to direct it straight to the language's mainspace page, but sometimes saying "language" directs it to a red link. To stop this problem put:

User space

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Most language userboxes are in the template namespace. For those in user space, add the |userspace=yes parameter:

Different category

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This template automatically puts the template in its User template category, to redirect to a different User templates category do this, using Scottish English as an example:

Category sections

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By default the template categorizes templates like:

1
Template:User en-1

2
Template:User en-2

And so on, but if you wanted to replace these with different abbreviations such as:

c
Template:User en-ca-1
Template:User en-ca-2

e
Template:User en-1
Template:User en-2

Add |sections= with the abbreviated code, such as "ca" or "en", etc. Do not place the "-", at the end of "sections" as was done previously, this will mess up the sorting.

Voiding the category

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Some templates, such as the blank series and other fictional languages, do not need to have their own category. To void the category completely, use this wikitext markup text:

{{Languages|Spoken|blank|catvoid=}}

Format

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If all of these functions were used on one template they would look like this:

{{Languages|English|en|langvoid=|catvoid=|catalt=en|sections=us|#=N}}

Please note catalt, sections and # cannot exist if catvoid exists.