Babel/text

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User language boxes list the languages a Wikimedia editor is comfortable communicating in, and their proficiency. This improves communication across the diverse community, both directly and by helping find interpreters and translators.

Usage

{{#babel:ru-N|en-5|fr-1}}

This outputs the boxes you see at right. You can add as many languages as you want, in the form language code-proficiency level.

Language code

Proficiency

The proficiency describes how well you can communicate in the language. It's indicated by a single character from the Proficiency column in the table below:

See also

• Historical
  • Meta's alternative system (2008–2011)
  • Vote to enable extension (2008–2011)