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User language boxes list the languages a Wikimedia editor is comfortable communicating in, and their proficiency. This improves communication across the diverse community, both directly and by helping find interpreters and translators.
| en-5 |
This user has professional knowledge of English. |
| fr-1 |
Cet utilisateur dispose de connaissances de base en français. |
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You can add user information to your user page by inserting code like this:
{{#babel:ru-N|en-5|fr-1}}
This outputs the boxes you see at right. You can add as many languages as you want, in the form language code-proficiency level.
- Language code
- The extension recognizes standard ISO 639 (1–3) language codes. You can find your language by searching the list of ISO 639-1 codes or a database of ISO 639 1–3 codes.
- Proficiency
- The proficiency describes how well you can communicate in the language. It's indicated by a single character from the Proficiency column in the table below:
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| Proficiency |
Meaning |
| 0 |
You don't understand the language at all. |
| 1 |
You can understand written material or simple questions. |
| 2 |
You can edit simple texts or participate in basic discussions. |
| 3 |
You can write in this language with some minor errors |
| 4 |
You can speak like a native speaker (though it's not your birth language). |
| 5 |
You have professional proficiency; you understand the nuances of the language well enough to translate advanced documents. |
| N |
You are a native speaker of the language and have a thorough grasp of it, including colloquialisms and idioms. |
Custom layout (Metawiki only) [edit]
The boxes are neatly stacked along the right side of the page by default, but you can suppress the floating and header by wrapping it in the babel-plain class. For example:
{{babel-plain|en-N|fr-3|az-0}}
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<div class="babel-plain">{{#babel:en-N|fr-3|az-0}}</div>
| en-N |
This user has a native understanding of English. |
| fr-3 |
Cet utilisateur dispose de connaissances avancées en français. |
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This only works on Metawiki, due to its custom CSS.
See also [edit]
