OpenStreetMap:Babel templates

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If you need more template for users, go to Category:Template for Users
This page provides the framework for displaying the language ability of users on their user page. It helps users communicate by listing the languages the user can understand and their proficiency.

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Census in Babel

Not everyone at the OpenStreetMap speaks the same language. To help with communication, Users can categorize themselves into different language categories on their user page. Example language groups are: en for English, de for German, and so on. Additionally, users can specify their level of proficiency in the language.

For example, de-1 refers to a user with basic skills in German, and en-3 refers to a user with advanced skills in English. The two-letter language code is the two-letter code as described in ISO 639. (See List of Wikipedias).

Here is a sample of template usage:

Babel
hu Ennek a szerkesztőnek magyar az anyanyelve.
en-3 This user is able to contribute with an advanced level of English.



To draw the box above you write as the below:

{{babel|hu|en-3}}

You can use one or more languages, up to 10 (if you need more, well well).

Using language skill boxes offers another advantage; in case you have an advanced or native language skill level in at least two different languages, you will be sorted into a category combining these two languages. Thus, it is easier to find out if there are users with skills in a specific language combination. (see also: Multilingual_users)

How to add your language level to your user page

Your user page is now listed in the Category:user en-3 and Category:user en for english, Category:user es-1 and Category:user es for spanish, all of which are subcategories of Category:Users.

Code Languages

af an ar ay bg bn br ca crh cs cy da de dsb el en eo es et fa fi fr fur fy grc he hi hr hsb id is it ja ko la lb lv mi ms nl no oc pl pt qu ro ru scn sk sl sq sr sv th tr uk vi zh zh-hans zh-hant zh-min-nan zh-yue

Categories and templates

Here a sample list of categories and templates needed. The order of creation is important:

  1. Create the main category, (noted 1)
  2. Create the secondary categories (noted 2-4)
  3. Create the templates (noted 5-8). Template for 1st language speaker is green. Others are blue.

Current work... (Add your language here if it isn't in the next list)

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