Template:Expand language/howto

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}}}|{{{1}}} article title|date=December 2024}}

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 – title of the article on {{{1}}} Wikipedia. This is required.
• |section=yes – changes notice to "This section may be expanded..." (default: 'article')

• |date=December 2024 – 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.

See also

• WP:CWW, policy which governs copying and translating articles from other language Wikipedias
• WP:TFOLWP, describes required attribution when adding translated content to an article
• Wikipedia:Translation, general info
• Help:Translation, a how-to page about how to copy and translate text from a Wikipedia foreign language article into English.
• Wikipedia:Pages needing translation into English
• {{Expand language}}, parent template
• {{Translated page}}, may be added to the Talk page to provide supplemental translation attribution
• {{Proofreader needed}}, may be added to the article page to request assistance after translation from a given language
• Random article needing expansion from German Wikipedia
• Category:Articles needing translation from German Wikipedia
• Category:Wikipedia articles needing cleanup after translation from German
• Category:Wikipedia translation templates
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Intertranswiki, WikiProject for translating content from non-English Wikipedias
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Languages, general WikiProject for languages