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This article is about a topic whose name is originally rendered in in a script different from the Roman alphabet; however the article does not have that version of its name in the article's lead paragraph. Anyone who is knowledgeable enough with the original language is invited to assist in adding the original script.
For more information, see: MOS:FOREIGN · Wikipedia:Manual of Style/.
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This is a meta-template designed for creating script header templates.

Contents

  • 1 Syntax
  • 2 Parameters
  • 3 Example
  • 4 See also

Syntax

{{Script needed
 |language =
 |image    = 
 |info     =
 |date     = October 2021 <!-- {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}} -->
}}

Parameters

  • language - the name of the language
  • image - the name of a file to use as the image on the template, without the File prefix
  • info - the link to a page where more information can be found about Wikipedia's policies of using this language in articles
  • date - since when adding foreign script has been needed

Example

{{Script needed
 |language = Japanese
 |image    = 書.svg
 |info     = MOS:JAPAN
 |date     = October 2021
}}

produces the code for Template:Japanese script needed which is:

This article is about a topic whose name is originally rendered in the Japanese script; however the article does not have that version of its name in the article's lead paragraph. Anyone who is knowledgeable enough with the original language is invited to assist in adding the Japanese script.
For more information, see: MOS:FOREIGN · Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Japanese) · MOS:JAPAN.

See also

  • Template:Script needed inline
The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Script needed/doc. (edit | history)
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (create | mirror) and testcases (create) pages.
Add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Script_needed&oldid=1065050126"
Last edited on 11 January 2022, at 15:04

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