This template is about the article maintenance tag. For the penholder template for translated text, see
Template:Translation.
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Use this template to tag articles in the English Wikipedia project that are written in a foreign language, where the article does not already exist on aforeign Wikipedia project. If the article already exists on a foreign Wikipedia, then use{{Db-a2}} or{{Db-foreign}} instead. See speedy deletion criterionWP:A2.
This template will categorise tagged articles intoCategory:Wikipedia articles needing translation. All articles tagged should also have their entry manually added toWikipedia:Pages needing translation into English.
For graphics used in articles that have non-English text, instead of using this template you can put in a request atCommons:Commons:Graphic Lab/Map workshop orCommons:Commons:Graphic Lab/Illustration workshop.
{{Not English|language|article or section|listed=yes/no}}- language: (Optional) The name of the language that requires translation (e.g. "French" or "Mexican Spanish"). If omitted, it is assumed that the language is unknown.
- article or section: (Optional) A description of which part of an article needs translating (e.g. "Hungarian names").
- If the literal text "section" is specified, the template should be placed at the top of the section requiring translation. If omitted, "article" is assumed if page is in the article namespace, and "page" is assumed in all other namespaces.
- listed=yes/no: (Optional) If set tolisted=yes (or "Yes", "YeS", "Y", "y", "1"), will hide the message requiring you to add the page to the list of pages needing translation into English.
If thelanguage is recognised as being suitable for translation byGoogle Translate, a link will be added within the page transcluding the template.
This template adds a tag alerting editors that an article, or a part of an article, is not written in English.
Template parameters[Edit template data]
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status |
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| Language | 1 | The name of the language that requires translation. - Example
- French
| String | suggested |
|---|
| Part of article | 2 | The part of the article that is not in English. - Example
- Hungarian names
| String | optional |
|---|
| Listed? | listed | If set to yes, it will hide the message requiring you to add the page to the list of pages needing translation into English.
| Boolean | suggested |
|---|
| Category | category | no description
| Unknown | optional |
|---|
