Template:Expand language/howto

To mark an article, tag it with

:{{Expand {{{1}}}|{{{2|{{{1}}}}}} article title|date={{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}

This template adds articles to the category :Category:Articles needing translation from {{{1}}} Wikipedia. See #Categorization below.

The template should be placed atop the article page along with other maintenance templates.

All parameters are optional:

• {{!}}1=ARTICLE{{snd}}title of the article on {{{1}}} Wikipedia. This defaults to the article linked to the English article via Wikidata.
• |section=yes{{snd}}changes notice to "This section may be expanded..." (default: 'article'){{#ifexist: Category:Featured articles needing translation from {{{1}}} Wikipedia |
• |fa=yes{{snd}}used to tag articles that are featured articles in {{{1}}}; used in category name generation.}}

{{#ifexist: Category:Geography articles needing translation from {{{1}}} Wikipedia |

• {{!}}topic=TOPIC{{snd}}a topic code used in category name generation.}}
• {{!}}date={{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}{{snd}} set by bot if omitted.

This template categorizes articles into categories. Basic categorization is into: ⟶ :Category:Articles needing translation from {{{1}}} Wikipedia. Usage of parameters fa and topic define subcategories{{#ifexist: Category:Featured articles needing translation from {{{1}}} Wikipedia | , as follows:

• fa=yes ⟶ :Category:Featured articles needing translation from {{{1}}} Wikipedia |.}}

{{#ifexist: Category:Geography articles needing translation from {{{1}}} Wikipedia |

Topic codes are expanded into fuller descriptors in the category name; for example: code geo becomes Geography, and code gov becomes Government and politics.

• topic=geo ⟶ :Category:Geography articles needing translation from {{{1}}} Wikipedia

Topics recognized by {{BASEPAGENAME}} and the categories they are associated with include:

{{EL table row|{{{1}}}|bio}}

{{EL table row|{{{1}}}|culture}}

{{EL table row|{{{1}}}|geo}}

{{EL table row|{{{1}}}|gov}}

{{EL table row|{{{1}}}|hist}}

{{EL table row|{{{1}}}|mil}}

{{EL table row|{{{1}}}|scitech}}

{{EL table row|{{{1}}}|sport}}

{{EL table row|{{{1}}}|struct}}

{{EL table row|{{{1}}}|transp}}

{{#ifexist: Template:Expand {{{1}}}/topics | {{Expand {{{1}}}/topics}} |}}

Topic code	Topic name and category	Articles in category
	Main category	{{#ifeq: {{PAGESINCATEGORY:Articles needing translation from {{{1|}}} Wikipedia|subcats}} | 0 | | ({{PAGESINCATEGORY:Articles needing translation from {{{1|}}} Wikipedia|subcats}} C) |}}{{PAGESINCATEGORY:Articles needing translation from {{{1|}}} Wikipedia|pages}}

}}

{{Collapse top|bg=cornsilk|click show to view details on adding new topics and subcategories}}

{{Expand language/howto/newtopic|{{{1}}}}}

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• WP:CWW, policy which governs copying and translating articles from other language Wikipedias
• WP:TFOLWP, describes required attribution when adding translated content to an article
• Wikipedia:Translation, general info
• Help:Translation, a how-to page about how to copy and translate text from a Wikipedia foreign language article into English.
• Wikipedia:Pages needing translation into English
• {{Template link|Expand language}}, parent template
• {{Template link|Translated page}}, may be added to the Talk page to provide supplemental translation attribution
• {{Template link|Proofreader needed}}, may be added to the article page to request assistance after translation from a given language
• [https://randomincategory.toolforge.org/Articles_needing_translation_from_{{{1|German}}}_Wikipedia?site=en.wikipedia.org Random article needing expansion from {{{1|German}}} Wikipedia]
• German}}} Wikipedia
• German}}}
• :Category:Wikipedia translation templates
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Intertranswiki, WikiProject for translating content from non-English Wikipedias
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Languages, general WikiProject for languages

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