Template:VGB
Displays the name of a city or country.
By default, makes the name a label for a link which tries to point to Wikipedia's article in the preferred language, trying to fall back to a language as close as possible. If Wikipedia has no article, links to Wikidata.
Intended to be used for locations in Creator templates, Book templates, Institution templates etc.
Usage
{{VGB}}
Template parameters
| Parameter | Description | Default | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | language | Language in which output is preferred, specified as its IETF BCP 47 language tag (generally ISO 639-1 language code). If the name in that language is unknown, the template falls back to another language. For example, "en" for English, "fr" for French or "vec" for Venetian.
If not specified, the preferred language is the MediaWiki session's. | empty | optional |
nolink | no link | "nolink=1" will remove interwiki link to wikipedia article | empty | optional |
Additional information
The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: all namespaces
The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: all users
Relies on:
{{Label}}
See also
Localization
This template is localized by utilizing Wikidata, via {{Label}} template or similar approach.
Examples
{{VGB}}– Will display the location name in the language specified by user's preferences (English):
British Virgin Islands{{VGB|ar}}– Will always display the location name in Arabic: جزر عذراء بريطانية{{VGB|de}}– Will always display the location name in German: Britische Jungferninseln{{VGB|en}}– Will always display the location name in English: British Virgin Islands{{VGB|fr}}– Will always display the location name in French: îles Vierges britanniques{{VGB|it}}– Will always display the location name in Italian: Isole Vergini Britanniche{{VGB|ja}}– Will always display the location name in Japanese: イギリス領ヴァージン諸島{{VGB|pt|nolink=1}}– Will always display the location name, without link to Wikipedia, in Portuguese: Ilhas Virgens Britânicas{{VGB|ru|nolink=1}}– Will always display the location name, without link to Wikipedia, in Russian: Британские Виргинские Острова
Creation of new multilingual templates
Help page Help:Creating multilingual tags with interwiki links documents steps of creating multilingual templates.