Category:Lang and lang-xx template errors: Difference between revisions

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This category is used to track {{Lang}} and {{Lang-??}} template errors and other Module:Lang-related errors. This category is used only by Module:Lang.

Error messages

Module:Lang consolidates the processing of {{Lang}} and most of the {{Lang-xx}} templates. As part of that, the module emits error messages when the template parameters are used inappropriately or when the data assigned to the parameters is malformed. The error messages have the form:

[<text>] <error message> (help link)

where <text> is the text supplied to the template and rendered without proper html markup. Error messages are defined here:

Italic markup errors

The text has italic markup error commonly occurs for these reasons:

1. text includes text written with more than one alphabet

   in this example, Ancient Greek with a Latin script transliteration (also called Romanization)

   {{Lang-grc|Ἀθῆναι, ''Athênai''}}

   the above should be rewritten

   {{Lang-grc|Ἀθῆναι|translit=Athênai}} → Ancient Greek: Ἀθῆναι, romanized: Athênai

   A similar condition may exist for languages that have multiple writing systems, where the second is not a transliteration of the first but the actual text as written in the 'other' writing system. For such templates, consider writing:

   {{Lang-xx|<first text>|italic=<yes|no>|rtl=<yes|no>}} {{Lang|xx|<second text>}}

2. text includes italic markup to override default italic markup set by the {{Lang-xx}} template (see the settings box in the template doc §Usage section)

   {{Lang-sco|''Dumbairton''}} – 'Dumbairton' is a proper name so should not be italicized

   the above should be rewritten

   {{Lang-sco|Dumbairton|italic=no}} → Scots: Dumbairton

   for languages like Kurdish that use more than one script and where the template default is to italicize

   {{Lang-ku|هه‌ڵپه‌ركێ}} – text holds a script that should not be italicized

   the above should be rewritten:

   {{Lang-ku|هه‌ڵپه‌ركێ|italic=no|rtl=yes}} → Kurdish: هه‌ڵپه‌ركێ

   (it is prudent to set |rtl= to yes or no so that the template includes the correct html markup in the rendering)

   when text holds Latin transliterations of right-to-left languages like Arabic (no Arabic script), consider setting |script=Latn so that the template removes the default right-to-left html markup from the rendering and automatically renders in italics:

   {{Lang-ar|''min sallaf es-sabt lāqā el-ḥadd qiddāmūh''}}

   the above could be rewritten:

   {{Lang-ar|min sallaf es-sabt lāqā el-ḥadd qiddāmūh|script=Latn}} → Arabic: min sallaf es-sabt lāqā el-ḥadd qiddāmūh

   but, consider using the perhaps more semantically correct {{transl}} instead:

   [[Romanization of Arabic|Arabic]]: {{transl|ar|min sallaf es-sabt lāqā el-ḥadd qiddāmūh}} → Arabic: min sallaf es-sabt lāqā el-ḥadd qiddāmūh

3. text includes italic wiki markup to 'turn off' italics for an inserted English-language conjunction between two non-English words or phrases:

   in this example, an English-language conjunction, 'or', is inserted between two Lithuanian phrases; English is not Lithuanian so does not belong inside of the {{Lang-lt}} template:

   {{Lang-lt|Rusijos lietuvių seimas Petrograde'' or ''Visos Rusijos lietuvių seimas}}

   the above should be rewritten:

   {{Lang-lt|Rusijos lietuvių seimas Petrograde}} or {{Lang|lt|Visos Rusijos lietuvių seimas}} → Lithuanian: Rusijos lietuvių seimas Petrograde or Visos Rusijos lietuvių seimas

4. When the template is {{Lang-en}} or {{Lang|en|...}}, consider removing the template; this is the English Wikipedia, it is not usually necessary to identify English text in the English Wikipedia as being English.
5. Sometimes the inclusion of italic markup is just wrong.

   For example, Cyrillic text is generally not to be rendered in italic font; see MOS:FOREIGNITALIC.

   {{Lang-uk|''Українська Народна Міліція''}}

   the above should be rewritten:

   {{Lang-uk|Українська Народна Міліція}} → Ukrainian: Українська Народна Міліція

See also

• Category:ISO 639 name template errors (0)
• Category:Transl template errors (0)

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