Template:Multilingual description/doc

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Allows to write a description in several languages, to display only the one set in the user preferences and to allow to read the others using a form.

Usage

{{Multilingual description |xx= }}

This template is linked with a mediawiki javascript which was integrated to Commons. More information is available at meta:Meta:Language select and meta:template:Ls.
An alternative version of this javascript is available, to try it you need to add that line in your user vector.js:

  importScript('MediaWiki:Multilingual description.js');

Template parameters

Parameter	Description		Default	Status
xx	xx can be any number of any supported language codes		string in language xx	optional

Additional information

The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: no namespace specified

The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: no user group specified

See also

• {{LangSwitch}}

Localization

This template is not intended to be localized.

Example

{{Multilingual description
|de=deutscher Text
|en=English text, if the text corresponding to the choosen language to display is not available, all language will be displayed by default.
|fr=texte français, si le texte correspondant à la langue choisie n’est pas disponible, toutes les langues seront affichées par défaut.
|it=parole italiane
|ru=Русский текст
}}

produces:

Deutsch: deutscher Text

English: English text, if the text corresponding to the choosen language to display is not available, all language will be displayed by default.

Français : texte français, si le texte correspondant à la langue choisie n’est pas disponible, toutes les langues seront affichées par défaut.

Italiano: parole italiane

Русский: Русский текст