Module:Engvar/doc

Todo before going live: check maint cat colon; check maint cat ns.

This module is allows a template to show national variants of English (WP:ENGVAR) in templates, depending on the individual article preference. See also {{Engvar }}.

For example, a single template can show "football" text in en-UK articles, and "soccer" in en-US articles.

See {{Engvar }}.

| defaultWord =
| engvar = {{{engvar|}}}
| defaultLang =
| en-XX = <!-- Add country code for XX, and the nation language word -->
| en-YY = <!-- Add more variants as might be needed -->
| engvarCat = {{{engvarCat|}}}
| engvarCatSort =

|engvar=

This input (user input) is checked against a list of possible words ("en-US, American English, United States"). Internal identifier is the code like "en-US".

|engvarCatSort=

Sort text for maintenance category. Advise to set to project name like "rainbow" not "infobox rainbow" (all templates will fill this category!). Default is pagename.

Maintenance category

• Category:Articles using an unknown Template:Engvar option

In the

| defaultWord =
| defaultLang =
| engvar = {{{engvar|}}}<!-- Pass through the editor's choice -->
| en-XX = <!-- add country code for XX, and the nation language word -->
| en-YY = <!-- add more variants as might be needed -->
| engvarCat = {{{engvarCat|}}} <!-- yes/no; '=no' will suppress message category in article page) -->

In the parameter list, for the editor to see & use:

| engvar =
| engvarCat =

In the template code {engvar module & template), only use the ISO-code as parameter name. The article editor can use the descriptive words too (|engvar=Hong Kong English will show the |en-HK= variant word). |en-UK=vapour

• HELP:ENGVAR
• Category:Articles using an unknown Template:Engvar option
• ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 2-letter country code

• Pages actively undergoing a major edit