Module:Engvar/doc

This module is allows a template to show national variants of English (WP:ENGVAR) in templates, depending on the individual article preference. See also {{Engvar}}.

For example, a single template can show "football" text in en-UK articles, and "soccer" in en-US articles.

Usage

See {{Engvar}}

| defaultWord =
| defaultLang =
| engvar = {{{engvar|}}}
| en-XX = <!-- Add country code for XX, and the nation language word -->
| en-YY = <!-- Add more variants as might be needed -->
| engvarcat = {{{engvarcat|}}}<!-- '=no' will suppress message category in article page) -->

Maintenance category

• Category:Articles using an unknown Template:Engvar option

Parameter list

In the

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

In the parameter list, for the editor to see & use:

| engvar =
| engvarCat =

List of variant languages

In the template code {engvar module & template), only use the ISO-code as parameter name. The article editor can use the descriptive words too (|engvar=Hong Kong English will show the |en-HK= variant word). |en-UK=vapour

Language	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-SCOTLAND
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-EOD
IUPAC spelling	en-IUPAC
IUPAC spelling US	en-IUPAC

• HELP:ENGVAR
• Category:Articles using an unknown Template:Engvar option
• ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 2-letter country code