Template:Babel - Revision history

YoshiRulz: Add note to TemplateData about intended namespace

2024-07-31T13:47:51Z

Add note to TemplateData about intended namespace

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	},		},
	"description": "A userbox for signaling which languages you know and your proficiency in those languages.",		"description": "Intended for User namespace: A userbox for signaling which languages you know and your proficiency in those languages.",
	"paramOrder": [		"paramOrder": [
	"1",		"1",

YoshiRulz: Suggest that users should be conservative in judging their own abilities

2024-07-29T06:34:56Z

Suggest that users should be conservative in judging their own abilities

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	* For this wiki, you're encouraged to include any languages you speak, but localised descriptions have only been added for the following:<br><del><code>arb</code> <!---->العربية الفصحى<!----> / Standard Arabic</del> (mixed directionality is hard), <code>cmn</code> 中国话/Mandarin, <code>en</code> English, <code>es</code> Español/Spanish, <code>fr</code> Français/French, <code>ja</code> 日本語/Japanese, <code>pt</code> Português/Portuguese, and <code>ru</code> Русский/Russian. Using any other code will produce a box with a generic message in English, but is otherwise fine.		* For this wiki, you're encouraged to include any languages you speak, but localised descriptions have only been added for the following:<br><del><code>arb</code> <!---->العربية الفصحى<!----> / Standard Arabic</del> (mixed directionality is hard), <code>cmn</code> 中国话/Mandarin, <code>en</code> English, <code>es</code> Español/Spanish, <code>fr</code> Français/French, <code>ja</code> 日本語/Japanese, <code>pt</code> Português/Portuguese, and <code>ru</code> Русский/Russian. Using any other code will produce a box with a generic message in English, but is otherwise fine.
	** These are the UN's international languages, plus those with a dedicated subforum on TASVideos. Complaints about being left out should be directed to the latter.		** These are the UN's international languages, plus those with a dedicated subforum on TASVideos. Complaints about being left out should be directed to the latter.
	* The proficiency code must be one of the following:<br><code>N</code> or <code>4</code> for native or as-native fluency, <code>3</code> for proficient / advanced fluency (i.e. only occasional mistakes), <code>2</code> for intermediate fluency (i.e. can communicate without much trouble), <code>1</code> for basic familiarity (i.e. confused by complex or novel constructions).		* The proficiency code must be one of the following:<br><code>N</code> or <code>4</code> for native or as-native fluency, <code>3</code> for proficient / advanced fluency (i.e. only occasional mistakes), <code>2</code> for intermediate fluency (i.e. can communicate without much trouble), <code>1</code> for basic familiarity (i.e. confused by complex or novel constructions).<br>If in doubt, round down.
	** Not included is a <code>0</code> for no familiarity, because that's the assumed level. (Maybe it would be useful to identify yourself as <code>en-0</code>, but then how are you reading this and why would you register to edit this wiki?)		** Not included is a <code>0</code> for no familiarity, because that's the assumed level. (Maybe it would be useful to identify yourself as <code>en-0</code>, but then how are you reading this and why would you register to edit this wiki?)
	** The distinction between <code>4</code>, <code>5</code>, and <code>N</code> in the extension didn't seem clear or useful, so it's been dropped. ([[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Babel/Levels\|The English Wikipedia's documentation]] is clearer, but still.)		** The distinction between <code>4</code>, <code>5</code>, and <code>N</code> in the extension didn't seem clear or useful, so it's been dropped. ([[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Babel/Levels\|The English Wikipedia's documentation]] is clearer, but still.)

YoshiRulz: Update docs

2024-07-28T13:26:11Z

Update docs

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	The available codes are a subset of [[mw:Extension:Babel#Usage\|the ones the extension uses]]:		The available codes are a subset of [[mw:Extension:Babel#Usage\|the ones the extension uses]]:
	* The first part is a 2- or 3-character language identifier (typically called ISO 639-1 and ISO 639-3 codes, respectively, after the global standard where they're defined), and the second part is a hyphen followed by a single-character 'proficiency level' identifier.		* The first part is a 2- or 3-character language identifier (typically called ISO 639-1 and ISO 639-3 codes, respectively, after the global standard where they're defined), and the second part is a hyphen followed by a single-character 'proficiency level' identifier.
	* For this wiki, you're encouraged to include any languages you speak, but localised descriptions ~~<del>~~have only been ~~added</del> will be~~ added for the following:<br><code>arb</code> <!---->العربية الفصحى<!----> / Standard Arabic, <code>cmn</code> 中国话/Mandarin, <code>en</code> English, <code>es</code> Español/Spanish, <code>fr</code> Français/French, <code>ja</code> 日本語/Japanese, <code>pt</code> Português/Portuguese, and <code>ru</code> Русский/Russian. Using any other code will produce a box with a generic message in English, but is otherwise fine.		* For this wiki, you're encouraged to include any languages you speak, but localised descriptions have only been added for the following:<br><del><code>arb</code> <!---->العربية الفصحى<!----> / Standard Arabic</del> (mixed directionality is hard), <code>cmn</code> 中国话/Mandarin, <code>en</code> English, <code>es</code> Español/Spanish, <code>fr</code> Français/French, <code>ja</code> 日本語/Japanese, <code>pt</code> Português/Portuguese, and <code>ru</code> Русский/Russian. Using any other code will produce a box with a generic message in English, but is otherwise fine.
	** These are the UN's international languages, plus those with a dedicated subforum on TASVideos. Complaints about being left out should be directed to the latter.		** These are the UN's international languages, plus those with a dedicated subforum on TASVideos. Complaints about being left out should be directed to the latter.
	* The proficiency code must be one of the following:<br><code>N</code> or <code>4</code> for native or as-native fluency, <code>3</code> for proficient / advanced fluency (i.e. only occasional mistakes), <code>2</code> for intermediate fluency (i.e. can communicate without much trouble), <code>1</code> for basic familiarity (i.e. confused by complex or novel constructions).		* The proficiency code must be one of the following:<br><code>N</code> or <code>4</code> for native or as-native fluency, <code>3</code> for proficient / advanced fluency (i.e. only occasional mistakes), <code>2</code> for intermediate fluency (i.e. can communicate without much trouble), <code>1</code> for basic familiarity (i.e. confused by complex or novel constructions).

YoshiRulz: Use interface messages

2024-07-28T07:20:58Z

Use interface messages

YoshiRulz: Link to tracking cat

2024-07-28T07:00:28Z

Link to tracking cat

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	A userbox for signaling which languages you know and your proficiency in those languages.		A userbox for signaling which languages you know and your proficiency in those languages.
	Doesn't actually use the Babel MediaWiki extension, but is almost identical in function: Add this template to [[Special:MyPage\|your User page]] as in the example below, with a code for each of the languages you speak, and it will produce a userbox like the one on the right.		Doesn't actually use the Babel MediaWiki extension, but is almost identical in function: Add this template to [[Special:MyPage\|your User page]] as in the example below, with a code for each of the languages you speak, and it will produce a userbox like the one on the right and add you to [[:Category:Users_by_language\|the relevant categories]].
	<pre><nowiki>		<pre><nowiki>
	{{babel\|en-N\|fr-N\|de-2}}		{{babel\|en-N\|fr-N\|de-2}}

YoshiRulz: Link to Wikipedia's docs re: levels

2024-07-28T06:38:22Z

Link to Wikipedia's docs re: levels

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	* The proficiency code must be one of the following:<br><code>N</code> or <code>4</code> for native or as-native fluency, <code>3</code> for proficient / advanced fluency (i.e. only occasional mistakes), <code>2</code> for intermediate fluency (i.e. can communicate without much trouble), <code>1</code> for basic familiarity (i.e. confused by complex or novel constructions).		* The proficiency code must be one of the following:<br><code>N</code> or <code>4</code> for native or as-native fluency, <code>3</code> for proficient / advanced fluency (i.e. only occasional mistakes), <code>2</code> for intermediate fluency (i.e. can communicate without much trouble), <code>1</code> for basic familiarity (i.e. confused by complex or novel constructions).
	** Not included is a <code>0</code> for no familiarity, because that's the assumed level. (Maybe it would be useful to identify yourself as <code>en-0</code>, but then how are you reading this and why would you register to edit this wiki?)		** Not included is a <code>0</code> for no familiarity, because that's the assumed level. (Maybe it would be useful to identify yourself as <code>en-0</code>, but then how are you reading this and why would you register to edit this wiki?)
	** The distinction between <code>4</code>, <code>5</code>, and <code>N</code> in the extension didn't seem clear or useful, so it's been dropped.		** The distinction between <code>4</code>, <code>5</code>, and <code>N</code> in the extension didn't seem clear or useful, so it's been dropped. ([[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Babel/Levels\|The English Wikipedia's documentation]] is clearer, but still.)
	*** Considering that most ostensibly-native English speakers have misconceptions about the language or find certain aspects hard to understand, the only pragmatic choice for where to put the 'bar' of native fluency is whether you can understand a verbose and jargon-filled page like this one. And it's not like those levels are even important—<code>en-2</code> is necessary for most of the modern Web and should be considered the lowest common denominator for readers of main-space articles, and <code>en-3</code> should be the target level for editors.		*** Considering that most ostensibly-native English speakers have misconceptions about the language or find certain aspects hard to understand, the only pragmatic choice for where to put the 'bar' of native fluency is whether you can understand a verbose and jargon-filled page like this one. And it's not like those levels are even important—<code>en-2</code> is necessary for most of the modern Web and should be considered the lowest common denominator for readers of main-space articles, and <code>en-3</code> should be the target level for editors.

YoshiRulz: Link to user's User page

2024-07-28T06:35:09Z

Link to user's User page

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	A userbox for signaling which languages you know and your proficiency in those languages.		A userbox for signaling which languages you know and your proficiency in those languages.
	Doesn't actually use the Babel MediaWiki extension, but is almost identical in function: Add this template to your User page as in the example below, with a code for each of the languages you speak, and it will produce a userbox like the one on the right.		Doesn't actually use the Babel MediaWiki extension, but is almost identical in function: Add this template to [[Special:MyPage\|your User page]] as in the example below, with a code for each of the languages you speak, and it will produce a userbox like the one on the right.
	<pre><nowiki>		<pre><nowiki>
	{{babel\|en-N\|fr-N\|de-2}}		{{babel\|en-N\|fr-N\|de-2}}

YoshiRulz: Fix a typo and add a note

2024-07-28T06:10:35Z

Fix a typo and add a note

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	The available codes are a subset of [[mw:Extension:Babel#Usage\|the ones the extension uses]]:		The available codes are a subset of [[mw:Extension:Babel#Usage\|the ones the extension uses]]:
	* The first part is a 2- or 3-character language identifier (typically called ISO 639-1 and ISO 639-3 codes, respectively, after the global standard where they're defined), and the second part is a hyphen followed by a single-character 'proficiency level' identifier.		* The first part is a 2- or 3-character language identifier (typically called ISO 639-1 and ISO 639-3 codes, respectively, after the global standard where they're defined), and the second part is a hyphen followed by a single-character 'proficiency level' identifier.
	* For this wiki, you're encouraged to include any languages you speak, but localised descriptions <del>have only been added</del> will be added for the following:<br><code>arb</code> <!---->العربية الفصحى<!----> / Standard Arabic, <code>cmn</code> 中国话/Mandarin, <code>en</code> English, <code>es</code> Español/Spanish, <code>fr</code> Français/French, <code>ja</code> 日本語/Japanese, <code>pt</code> Português/Portuguese, <code>ru</code> Русский/Russian. Using any other code will produce a box with a generic message in English, but is otherwise fine.		* For this wiki, you're encouraged to include any languages you speak, but localised descriptions <del>have only been added</del> will be added for the following:<br><code>arb</code> <!---->العربية الفصحى<!----> / Standard Arabic, <code>cmn</code> 中国话/Mandarin, <code>en</code> English, <code>es</code> Español/Spanish, <code>fr</code> Français/French, <code>ja</code> 日本語/Japanese, <code>pt</code> Português/Portuguese, and <code>ru</code> Русский/Russian. Using any other code will produce a box with a generic message in English, but is otherwise fine.
	** These are the UN's international languages, plus those with a dedicated subforum on TASVideos. Complaints about being left out should be directed to the latter.		** These are the UN's international languages, plus those with a dedicated subforum on TASVideos. Complaints about being left out should be directed to the latter.
	* The proficiency code must be one of the following:<br><code>N</code> or <code>4</code> for native or as-native fluency, <code>3</code> for proficient / advanced fluency (i.e. only occasional mistakes), <code>2</code> for intermediate fluency (i.e. can communicate without much trouble), <code>1</code> for basic familiarity (i.e. confused by complex or novel constructions).		* The proficiency code must be one of the following:<br><code>N</code> or <code>4</code> for native or as-native fluency, <code>3</code> for proficient / advanced fluency (i.e. only occasional mistakes), <code>2</code> for intermediate fluency (i.e. can communicate without much trouble), <code>1</code> for basic familiarity (i.e. confused by complex or novel constructions).
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	* A <code>nocat</code> parameter was added which skips adding the containing page to user categories (because this documentation page needed such a parameter anyway).		* A <code>nocat</code> parameter was added which skips adding the containing page to user categories (because this documentation page needed such a parameter anyway).
	* <del>The labels are taken from interface strings, using the same paths as the extension (because Yoshi didn't like the defaults and was going to change them anyway).</del> TODO		* <del>The labels are taken from interface strings, using the same paths as the extension (because Yoshi didn't like the defaults and was going to change them anyway).</del> TODO
			* The HTML/CSS class names used for the output match those from the extension, and most of the styles were taken directly from it.
	* You can't add an arbitrary number of languages, nor split them into multiple columns.		* You can't add an arbitrary number of languages, nor split them into multiple columns.
	* There's no <code>plain</code> parameter.		* There's no <code>plain</code> parameter.

YoshiRulz: Swap userboxen order in example

2024-07-28T03:08:49Z

Swap userboxen order in example

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	Doesn't actually use the Babel MediaWiki extension, but is almost identical in function: Add this template to your User page as in the example below, with a code for each of the languages you speak, and it will produce a userbox like the one on the right.		Doesn't actually use the Babel MediaWiki extension, but is almost identical in function: Add this template to your User page as in the example below, with a code for each of the languages you speak, and it will produce a userbox like the one on the right.
	<pre><nowiki>		<pre><nowiki>
			{{babel\|en-N\|fr-N\|de-2}}
	<!-- {{infobox individual}}, if you included one -->		<!-- {{infobox individual}}, if you included one -->
	~~{{babel\|en-N\|fr-N\|de-2}}~~

	<!-- your bio, or whatever it is you've put on your user page -->		<!-- your bio, or whatever it is you've put on your user page -->

YoshiRulz: Wrap in a div, move style attr to that

2024-07-28T02:39:06Z

Wrap in a div, move style attr to that

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	<onlyinclude><includeonly>{\| class="mw-babel-wrapper~~" style="float: right;~~" not-style="background-color: transparent; border: #99B3FF solid 1px; clear: right; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 1em; width: 248px;"		<onlyinclude><includeonly><div style="float: right;">
			{\| class="mw-babel-wrapper" not-style="background-color: transparent; border: #99B3FF solid 1px; clear: right; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 1em; width: 248px;"
	\|-		\|-
	! class="mw-babel-header" not-style="background-color: transparent; text-align: center" not-colspan="10" \| This user's [[TASBot_Wiki:Babel\|Babel]] info		! class="mw-babel-header" not-style="background-color: transparent; text-align: center" not-colspan="10" \| This user's [[TASBot_Wiki:Babel\|Babel]] info
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	\|-		\|-
	! class="mw-babel-footer" not-style="background-color: transparent; text-align: center" not-colspan="10" \| [[:Category:Users_by_language\|Users by language]]		! class="mw-babel-footer" not-style="background-color: transparent; text-align: center" not-colspan="10" \| [[:Category:Users_by_language\|Users by language]]
	\|}</includeonly></onlyinclude>		\|}
			</div></includeonly></onlyinclude>

	{{babel\|nocat=1\|en-N\|fr-N\|de-2}}		{{babel\|nocat=1\|en-N\|fr-N\|de-2}}

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	{\| class="mw-babel-wrapper" not-style="background-color: transparent; border: #99B3FF solid 1px; clear: right; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 1em; width: 248px;"		{\| class="mw-babel-wrapper" not-style="background-color: transparent; border: #99B3FF solid 1px; clear: right; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 1em; width: 248px;"
	\|-		\|-
	! class="mw-babel-header" not-style="background-color: transparent; text-align: center" not-colspan="10" \| ~~This user's [[TASBot_Wiki~~:Babel~~\|Babel]] info~~		! class="mw-babel-header" not-style="background-color: transparent; text-align: center" not-colspan="10" \| {{int:Babel}}
	\|- not-style="vertical-align: top"		\|- not-style="vertical-align: top"
	\| {{babel/box\|{{{1}}}\|nocat={{{nocat\|}}}}}{{#if:{{{2\|}}}\|		\| {{babel/box\|{{{1}}}\|nocat={{{nocat\|}}}}}{{#if:{{{2\|}}}\|
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	{{babel/box\|{{{10}}}\|nocat={{{nocat\|}}}}}\|}}		{{babel/box\|{{{10}}}\|nocat={{{nocat\|}}}}}\|}}
	\|-		\|-
	! class="mw-babel-footer" not-style="background-color: transparent; text-align: center" not-colspan="10" \| [[:~~Category~~:~~Users_by_language~~\|~~Users by language]]~~		! class="mw-babel-footer" not-style="background-color: transparent; text-align: center" not-colspan="10" \| {{plainlinks\|{{localurl:{{int:Babel-footer-url}}}}\|<!-- I couldn't tell you why but plainlinks+localurl is very much necessary -->{{int:Babel-footer}}}}
	\|}		\|}
	</div></includeonly></onlyinclude>		</div></includeonly></onlyinclude>
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	This template-based implementation is based on [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Babel Wikimedia Commons' old system] which predated [[mw:Extension:Babel\|the extension]]. However, as described above it has fewer features than either. And where possible the remaining features have been modified to match the extension. Specifically:		This template-based implementation is based on [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Babel Wikimedia Commons' old system] which predated [[mw:Extension:Babel\|the extension]]. However, as described above it has fewer features than either. And where possible the remaining features have been modified to match the extension. Specifically:
	* A <code>nocat</code> parameter was added which skips adding the containing page to user categories (because this documentation page needed such a parameter anyway).		* A <code>nocat</code> parameter was added which skips adding the containing page to user categories (because this documentation page needed such a parameter anyway).
	* ~~<del>~~The labels are taken from interface strings, using the same paths as the extension (because Yoshi didn't like the defaults and was going to change them anyway).~~</del> TODO~~		* The labels are taken from interface strings, using the same paths as the extension (because Yoshi didn't like the defaults and was going to change them anyway).
	* The HTML/CSS class names used for the output match those from the extension, and most of the styles were taken directly from it.		* The HTML/CSS class names used for the output match those from the extension, and most of the styles were taken directly from it.
	* You can't add an arbitrary number of languages, nor split them into multiple columns.		* You can't add an arbitrary number of languages, nor split them into multiple columns.