Module:Engvar/doc

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This module implements {{engvar}}. It allows templates to show national varieties of English, when |engvar= is passed by each article.

For example, one template can display "football" for |engvar=en-UK articles, and "soccer" for |engvar=en-US articles.

Parameter list[edit]

Template[edit]

{{#invoke:engvar|variants
| defaultWord =
| defaultLang =
| engvar = <!-- Pass-through the editor's choice -->
| en-XX = <!-- add country code for XX, and the nation language word -->
| en-YY = <!-- add more varieties as might be needed -->
| engvarCat =  <!-- '=no' will suppress message category in article page -->
}}

Article[edit]

{{example
| engvar =
| engvarCat =
}}

Maintenance category[edit]

Articles with an invalid |engvar= will be placed in the hidden maintenance category Category:Articles using an unknown Template:Engvar option. Articles listed may need editing.

An article's requested |engvar= may be unspecified in the template. For example, if an article uses {{example|engvar=South African English}} but the template has no |en-ZA=, then the template will return |defaultWord=default color name. The category will not be used.

When this categorization is not desired for a whole template, set |engvarCat=no in the template

Otherwise pass-through this setting from the article: |engvarCat={{{engvarCat|yes}}}. This allows the editor to switch categorization off per article.

Articles are sorted by |engvarCatSort= or {{pagename}} by default. Note that other templates will fill this category. Set this parameter like |engvarCatSort=Personal prefs in a template to group its listings under "P".

List of English varieties[edit]

In the template, use the exact ISO-code as the parameter name like |en-GB=vapour. Write |en-US=soccer not |American English=soccer. Needed varieties have articles using the template and words differing from the default.

English variety	ISO-code
American English	`en-US`
Australian English	`en-AU`
British English	`en-GB`
Canadian English	`en-CA`
Hiberno-English (Irish-English)	`en-EI`
Hong Kong English	`en-HK`
Indian English	`en-IN`
Jamaican English	`en-JM`
Malawian English	`en-MW`
New Zealand English	`en-NZ`
Nigerian English	`en-NG`
Pakistani English	`en-PK`
Philippine English	`en-PH`
Scottish English	`en-SCO`
Singapore English	`en-SG`
South African English	`en-ZA`
Trinidadian English	`en-TT`
British English Oxford spelling British (Oxford) English Oxford English Dictionary (OED)	`en-OED`
IUPAC spelling	`en-IUPAC`

There is backwards compatibility for leeway in articles. |engvar=en-US, |engvar=United States, |engvar=US can all show the |en-US=football variety.

Parameter list[edit]

Template[edit]

Article[edit]

Maintenance category[edit]

List of English varieties[edit]

See also[edit]