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This template may be used to mark articles that have counterparts in {{{1}}} Wikipedia that are better than in English Wikipedia. These articles may be improved by [[Wikipedia:Translation|translating content]] from the original {{{1}}}. 

== Usage ==

To mark an article, tag it with

:<code><nowiki>{{Expand</nowiki> {{{1}}}|''{{{2|{{{1}}}}}} article title''<nowiki>|date=</nowiki>{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code>

This template adds articles to the category [[:Category:Articles needing translation from {{{1}}} Wikipedia]]. See [[#Categorization]] below.

The template should be placed atop the article page [[MOS:ORDER|along with other maintenance templates]].<!--Per the latest Tfd at [[Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2021 April 16#Expand language]].-->

=== Parameters ===

The article title is required; all named parameters are optional:

* <code>{{!}}1=''ARTICLE''</code>{{snd}}title of the article on {{{1}}} Wikipedia. This is required.
* <code><nowiki>|section=yes</nowiki></code>{{snd}}changes notice to "This section may be expanded..." (default: 'article'){{#ifexist: Category:Featured articles needing translation from {{{1}}} Wikipedia |
* <code><nowiki>|fa=yes</nowiki></code>{{snd}}used to tag articles that are [[WP:FA|featured articles]] in {{{1}}}; used in category name generation.}}<noinclude>
<!-- 'Geography' is by far the most common subcat, and a good proxy for whether any topics exist. -->
</noinclude>{{#ifexist: Category:Geography articles needing translation from {{{1}}} Wikipedia |
* <code>{{!}}topic=''TOPIC''</code>{{snd}}a topic code used in category name generation.}} 
* <code>{{!}}date={{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}</code>{{snd}} set by bot if omitted.

=== Topics and categorization ===

This template categorizes articles into categories. Basic categorization is into:  ⟶ [[:Category:Articles needing translation from {{{1}}} Wikipedia]]. Usage of parameters <code>fa</code> and <code>topic</code> define subcategories<!--
-->{{#ifexist: Category:Featured articles needing translation from {{{1}}} Wikipedia | , as follows:
* <code>fa=yes</code> ⟶ [[:Category:Featured articles needing translation from {{{1}}} Wikipedia]] |.}}
{{#ifexist: Category:Geography articles needing translation from {{{1}}} Wikipedia |
Topic codes are expanded into fuller descriptors in the category name; for example: code ''geo'' becomes ''Geography'', and code ''gov'' becomes ''Government and politics''.
* <code>topic=geo</code> ⟶ [[:Category:Geography articles needing translation from {{{1}}} Wikipedia]]
Topics recognized by {{BASEPAGENAME}} and the categories they are associated with include:
<table class="wikitable" style="margin-left:4em">
<tr> <th>topic code</th> <th>topic name<br/>and category</th> <th>articles in<br/>category</th></tr>
{{EL table row|{{{1}}}|bio}}
{{EL table row|{{{1}}}|cult}}
{{EL table row|{{{1}}}|geo}}
{{EL table row|{{{1}}}|gov}}
{{EL table row|{{{1}}}|hist}}
{{EL table row|{{{1}}}|mil}}
{{EL table row|{{{1}}}|sci}}
{{EL table row|{{{1}}}|sport}}
{{EL table row|{{{1}}}|struct}}
{{EL table row|{{{1}}}|tech}}
{{EL table row|{{{1}}}|transport}}
{{#ifexist: Template:Expand {{{1}}}/topics | {{Expand {{{1}}}/topics}} |}}
<tr> <th>&nbsp;</th> <td>[[:Category:Articles needing translation from {{{1}}} Wikipedia|Main category]]</td> <td style="text-align:right">{{#ifeq: {{PAGESINCATEGORY:Articles needing translation from {{{1|}}} Wikipedia|subcats}} | 0 | | ({{PAGESINCATEGORY:Articles needing translation from {{{1|}}} Wikipedia|subcats}}&nbsp;C)&#32; |}}{{PAGESINCATEGORY:Articles needing translation from {{{1|}}} Wikipedia|pages}}</td> </tr>
</table>}}

== See also ==
* [[WP:CWW]], policy which governs copying and translating articles from other language Wikipedias
* [[WP:TFOLWP]], describes [[WP:COPYRIGHT|required attribution]] when adding translated content to an article
* [[Wikipedia:Translation]], general info
* [[Help:Translation]], a how-to page about how to copy and translate text from a [[Wikipedia:About#Other_languages|Wikipedia foreign language article]] into English.
* [[Wikipedia:Pages needing translation into English]]
* {{tl|Expand language}}, parent template
* {{tl|Translated page}}, may be added to the Talk page to provide supplemental [[WP:TFOLWP|translation attribution]]
* {{tl|Proofreader needed}}, may be added to the article page to request assistance after translation from a given language
* <span class="plainlinks">[https://randomincategory.toolforge.org/Articles_needing_translation_from_{{{1|<noinclude>German</noinclude>}}}_Wikipedia?site=en.wikipedia.org Random article needing expansion from {{{1|<noinclude>German</noinclude>}}} Wikipedia]</span>
* [[:Category:Articles needing translation from {{{1|<noinclude>German</noinclude>}}} Wikipedia]]
* [[:Category:Wikipedia articles needing cleanup after translation from {{{1|<noinclude>German</noinclude>}}}]]
* [[:Category:Wikipedia translation templates]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Intertranswiki]], WikiProject for translating content from non-English Wikipedias
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Languages]], general WikiProject for languages