Template:Arabic script needed
 | Please add Arabic script to this article, where needed. |
Template documentation | This template may have no transclusions, because it is substituted by a tool or script, it is used as part of a short-term or less active Wikipedia process, or for some other reason. |
This template is used to mark articles which need Arabic script to be added to them. It may be placed either on an article or on its talk page by typing {{Arabic script needed|date={{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}}}.
Use on articles
When placed on an article it looks like this:
| Please add Arabic script to this article, where needed. (May 2025) |
Use on talk pages
When placed on a talk page it looks like this:
| This article is about a topic whose name is originally rendered in the Arabic script; however the article does not have that version of its name in the article's lead paragraph. Anyone who is knowledgeable enough with the original language is invited to assist in adding the Arabic script. For more information, see: MOS:FOREIGN. |
Categorisation
Articles tagged with this template are placed in Category:Articles needing Arabic script or text
Specific information relating to this template
Add the template alone if the article needs Arabic script for an Arabic language name. If the article's subject name is in any of the languages listed in the syntax, add the corresponding parameter. The full syntax is as follows: <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext"> Template:Arabic </syntaxhighlight>
- language name= yes if the article pertains specifically to a specific language
To avoid needlessly cluttering up talk pages, it is usually appropriate to remove any unused parameters from the template.
You may also use the {{Persian}} template for Persian script requests.
Notes
While most of these languages use the Arabic alphabet only, some use the Arabic alphabet in certain areas only or have used the Arabic alphabet previously. Please note that:
- the Azerbaijani language used by its speakers in Iran uses the Arabic alphabet;
- the Kazakh language used by its speakers in China uses the Arabic alphabet;
- the Tajik language has used the Arabic alphabet in the past, before replacing it with the Latin and Cyrillic alphabets;
- the Swahili language has used the Arabic alphabet in the past;
- the Chinese languages use the Arabic alphabet, Xiao'erjing, in Islamic writing;
- one of the writing systems of the Somali language, Wadaad's writing, is based on the Arabic alphabet;
- and the Comorian language uses both the Arabic and Latin alphabets.
Please do not tag articles unless you are sure that their subjects' names need the Arabic script (satisfying the conditions above).