TranslateWiki:Templates/de

This project works a little different with templates than usual wikis. A lot of templates will be localized in different languages in subtemplates. Others serve as basic layout to be localized on the various pages of the wiki. Read this page to understand the important and common templates, and how to use them.

Localization
A lot of templates show by default in English, but most serve to be localized. This is usually done by either of the following ways:
 * a MediaWiki message that has to be manually added to MediaWiki namespace by an administrator.
 * putting the translatable text as parameters and creating subtemplates per language.

You can usually recognize which one it is by looking at the template code. If  is there, it is a MediaWiki message. If not, it should be subtemplated, which you can double-check by adding  to the end of your URL to see the English-only version.

Documentation
Documenting templates goes as follows:
 * Documentation is placed in the  subpage.
 * Documentation must be written in English by default. If the template is language-specific, it must however be written in the template's language.
 * If a template is a subtemplate without parameters (e.g. individual quotes such as Template:Quote/3), it gets no documentation.

In the case of complicated templates, the documentation itself can be translated in several languages as well. In this case, the base documentation is in the language of the template (English or other). The language suffix (e.g. ) will be added after. Example:
 * Template:Templatename (template)
 * Template:Templatename/doc (documentation)
 * Template:Templatename/doc/de (German documentation)

Doc templates
Templates for and directly related to documentation are:
 * Template:Documentation
 * Template:Docheader (and subtemplates)

Outdated
English pagename

This template is used to indicate that an article is no longer up to date. Usually, this is because the English page has been updated since it was translated or because the way the WLB works has been changed.

The parameter of this template must be the name of the English subpage (e.g. Home/en instead of Home). The translation of the template can be put at MW messages/MediaWiki:I18n-template-outdated.

Babel
language code

Template:Babel is used to indicate your own proficiency level at a specific language. This will allow you to list all languages you speak and how well you speak them. It will also automatically categorize you in the corresponding users by language category.

Time zone
UTC offset

Template:User timezone is used to indicate a user's time zone, since this usually has an influence on when the user will reply to messages. A user's timezone may change when he or she moves or stays abroad, and may not reflect the languages he or she speaks.

WLB userboxes
For WLB userboxes, which can usually be globally used, please see Templates. When making new ones, please also create them on Community Central.

Other userboxes
All other userboxes available on this wiki can be found at userbox templates. If you're using a lot of userbox templates, you may want to use Userboxtop and Userboxbottom.

Finding more templates
Not all templates of this wiki are listed on this page. Other templates can be found in Category:Wiki templates or its subcategories. To find templates that are not on this wiki but may be useful, you can take a look at Wikia Templates, Community Central or Wikipedia.