Template:BCP47
This template fixes the current violations of the BCP47 standard (for inclusion in the lang HTML attribute) by Wikimedia sites for their language codes.
It also normalizes these codes to lowercase only (though it is not mandatory).
Use this template only in the HTML lang=""
attribute.
Usage
{{BCP47 |1= }}
Template parameters
- TemplateData
TemplateData is a way to store information about template parameters (the description of those and of the whole template) for both humans and machines. It is used by VisualEditor and possibly other tools like Upload Wizard.
Existing template documentation
At Wikimedia Commons, it is recommended to use {{TemplateBox}} with either useTemplateData=1
or useTemplateData=only
on the /doc
subpage and transcluding it with {{Documentation}} into the template. <nowiki>
-tags can be wrapped around the arguments, if required, to avoid templates being expanded.
Newly created template documentation and imports
Another option, especially for imported templates, or for users with JSON experience, is placing raw <templatedata>
-tags into the Wikitext of the template, as described in various Wikipediae.
Wikipedia's help about TemplateData • Commons-specific information
This template fixes the current violations of the BCP47 standard (for inclusion in the lang HTML attribute) by Wikimedia sites for their language codes. It also normalizes these codes to lowercase only (though it is not mandatory). Use this template only in the HTML lang="" attribute.
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
---|---|---|---|---|
code | 1 | The Wikimedia language code to convert to BCP47 | Line | required |
Additional information
The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: the Template namespace
The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: all users
Localization
This template is not intended to be localized.
Examples
- Unaffected codes, for example:
- "
{{BCP47|en}}
" returns: "en"
- "
- Changes required by BCP47, using standard codes:
- "
{{BCP47|als}}
" returns: "gsw" - "
{{BCP47|fiu-vro}}
" returns: "vro" - "
{{BCP47|simple}}
" returns: "en" - "
{{BCP47|zh-classical}}
" returns: "lzh" - "
{{BCP47|roa-rup}}
" returns: "rup"
- "
- Changes required by BCP47, currently using private-use extensions:
- "
{{BCP47|nrm}}
" returns: "nrf" - "
{{BCP47|roa-tara}}
" returns: "it-x-tara"
- "
- Changes preferable with BCP47 for improved interoperability (not really violations):
- "
{{BCP47|be-x-old}}
" returns: "be-tarask"
- "