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This template may be used to mark articles that have counterparts in {{{1}}} Wikipedia that are better than in English Wikipedia. These articles may be improved by translating content from the original {{{1}}}.

Usage

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.

= Parameters =

The article title is required; all named parameters are optional:

  • {{!}}1=ARTICLE{{snd}}title of the article on {{{1}}} Wikipedia. This is required.
  • |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.

= Topics and categorization =

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:

{{#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.

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

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

{{EL table row|{{{1}}}|cult}}

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

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

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

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

{{EL table row|{{{1}}}|sci}}

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

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

{{EL table row|{{{1}}}|tech}}

{{EL table row|{{{1}}}|transport}}

{{#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}}
}}

See also