Template:Welcome-foreign/doc

This welcome template may be used to welcome a user whose edits appear to show poor command of English (or whose edits are not in English at all) and who appear to be fluent in. It presents a brief welcome message in English, followed by an equivalent one in.

Usage
# where 'xx' is a language code
 * 1) same as above

Parameters
There is one required parameter, the named param lang (alias: positional 1):


 * lang – a language code; e.g., 'fr' for French, or 'es' for Spanish (see language code table)
 * 1 – same as above

Example
{{subst:Welcome-foreign}} gives:

Adding a new language
This template will work for any language listed in the language code table. The welcome will be issued in two languages: English, and the user's language, if the lang code corresponds to a language for which a language subpage exists. So, Albanian, Chinese, Dutch, and so on, because the subpages Albanian, Chinese, and Dutch exist. For valid lang codes corresponding to a language that doesn't have a subpage, the welcome is issued in English only.

To update the list, simply add a new subpage with the language name from the table. In particular, the language name should correspond to the value of  where 'xx' is the language code (so,   → ,   → , and so on). Translate the content of Template:Welcome-foreign/English into the new language, and save it as. The template code does not need to be changed, and will pick it up automatically.

 save early versions of your translation as until you're certain it's correct. As soon as the file exists under the correct name, it is seen by the template and goes live.