Template:Link language/Notes

  is a template usually used to indicate to readers that an external link is in a  no parameters are needed.

It should generally be placed after the external link, although this is not set in stone. For more information, see the Manual of Style.

The template uses the format, but is shortened by simply having the name , where   represents the  language code. Please be aware that language codes do not always coincide with country codes (see the list of ISO 3166-1 codes).

For citations, use the language parameter of the various citation templates:, , , etc.

Category:Language icon templates contains a full list of the templates that can be used.

User-defined CSS
Logged in users can change the appearance of the template's output using CSS with the  class. For example, edit Special:MyPage/common.css and add span.languageicon { font-weight: bold; }. That would result in being displayed as (in ) instead of (in ). {{#ifexist: Category:Articles with {{ #if: {{{cat-lang|}}} | {{{cat-lang}}} | {{#invoke:Lang|name_from_tag|{{lcfirst:{{str crop|{{BASEPAGENAME}}|5}}}}}} }}-language external links |

Category added to articles
Articles using   are automatically added to. }}

Supporting templates

 * Link language