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Revision as of 15:18, 16 October 2007
User language templates aid multilingual communication by making it easier to contact someone who speaks a certain language. The idea originated on the Wikimedia Commons and has also been implemented on Meta-Wiki and some of the other wikis to varying extents. To participate, you can add the {{Babel-X}} template to your user page as follows:
- Start off with {{Babel-X|if=|
- Next add one of the following codes for each language you speak or understand, separated by |, where xx is the Wikipedia code for the language. The general usage of each code level is as follows:
- xx-0 if you don't understand the language at all. Don't use it for every language you don't know; only when there is some reason why you might be expected to know it, or if you don't know it but have an interest in learning it.
- xx-1 for basic ability - enough to understand written material or simple questions in this language.
- xx-2 for intermediate ability - enough for editing or discussions.
- xx-3 for advanced level - though you can write in this language with no problem, some small errors might occur.
- xx-4 for 'near-native' level - although it's not your first language from birth, your ability is something like that of a native speaker.
- xx (no hyphen or number) for native speakers who use a language every day and have a perfect grasp of it, including colloquialisms.
- Then finish by adding closing braces: }}
- Expanded definitions of these levels are also available.
So, for example, {{Babel-X|if=|en|de-1}} would indicate a native speaker of English with basic knowledge of German. {{Babel-X|if=|en|sv-4|de-3|fr-2|es-1|nl-0}} would indicate a native speaker of the English language with an almost-native knowledge of Swedish, advanced knowledge of German, an intermediate knowledge of French, a basic knowledge of Spanish and little or no knowledge of Dutch (but a desire to learn!).
These templates also add you to the category associated with that language.
Alternatives
As an alternative, you can add stand-alone language templates to your user page.
- Format: {{User xx-1}}{{User yy-1}}{{User zz-1}}.
See also
Template:Babel-X
Languages | Templates | Categories | ||||||||||||
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English en | English | en | en-4 | en-3 | en-2 | en-1 | en-0 | en | ||||||
German de | German | de | de-4 | de-3 | de-2 | de-1 | de-0 | de | ||||||
Spanish es | Spanish | es | es-4 | es-3 | es-2 | es-1 | es-0 | es | ||||||
French fr | French | fr | fr-4 | fr-3 | fr-2 | fr-1 | fr-0 | fr | ||||||
Italian it | Italian | it | it-4 | it-3 | it-2 | it-1 | it-0 | it | ||||||
Dutch nl | Dutch | nl | nl-4 | nl-3 | nl-2 | nl-1 | nl-0 | nl | ||||||
Swedish sv | Swedish | sv | sv-4 | sv-3 | sv-2 | sv-1 | sv-0 | sv | ||||||
Esperanto eo | Esperanto | eo | eo-4 | eo-3 | eo-2 | eo-1 | eo-0 | eo | ||||||
Portuguese pt | Portuguese | pt | pt-4 | pt-3 | pt-2 | pt-1 | pt-0 | pt | ||||||
Serbian sr | Serbian | sr | sr-4 | sr-3 | sr-2 | sr-1 | sr-0 | sr | ||||||
Russian ru | Russian | ru | ru-4 | ru-3 | ru-2 | ru-1 | ru-0 | ru | ||||||
Czech cs | Czech | cs | cs-4 | cs-3 | cs-2 | cs-1 | cs-0 | cs | ||||||
Chinese zh | Chinese | zh | zh-4 | zh-3 | zh-2 | zh-1 | zh-0 | zh | ||||||
Irish Gaelic ga | Irish Gaelic | ga | ga-4 | ga-3 | ga-2 | ga-1 | ga-0 | ga | ||||||
Scots sco | Scots | sco | sco-4 | sco-3 | sco-2 | sco-1 | sco-0 | sco | ||||||
Polish pl | Polish | pl | pl-4 | pl-3 | pl-2 | pl-1 | pl-0 | pl | ||||||
Romanian ro | Romanian | ro | ro-4 | ro-3 | ro-2 | ro-1 | ro-0 | ro | ||||||
Japanese ja | Japanese | ja | ja-4 | ja-3 | ja-2 | ja-1 | ja-0 | ja |