Template:Babel/documentation


 * This page describes how the template itself works. For general information about the Babel system and how it may be used to display the languages you know, see Babel.

Your Babel box is for saying what languages you know and approximately how well you know them; you use it by adding something like to your user-page, which produces the box at right.

Each language code —,  , etc. — corresponds to a userbox indicating that you're a native speaker of the language. A language code with a hyphen and a number 0 through 4 —,  , etc. — corresponds to a userbox indicating your approximate level of proficiency in the language. (There's no formal measure; just give your best guess. 0 means "I do not understand this language (or understand it with considerable difficulty)"; 1 means "I am able to contribute with a basic level of this language"; 2 means "I am able to contribute with an intermediate level of this language"; 3 means "I am able to contribute with an advanced level of this language"; and 4 means "I speak this language at a near-native level.") You might find that a userbox might not exist yet for a given language and proficiency level; if so, please feel free to ask for help in creating one.

You can list up to 100 languages. (Technically, you can use the template more than once on your user-page, and thereby include more than 100 languages, but it's probably not useful to list anywhere near that many languages, anyway.)

Special features

 * Some user templates have gender-specific texts, and the gender is taken from the gender you set in your preferences by default. It can be overridden by using the  parameter, which takes either ,   or   (not specified).
 * The  userbox leaves a userbox-sized gap — a blank row, essentially.
 * The  userbox starts a new column.
 * The header parameter lets you change the text at the top of the box; likewise, footer lets you change the text at the bottom.
 * The bordercolor and color parameters let you change the CSS-specified border-color and background-color, respectively.
 * By default, the box floats on the right. The  parameter may be set to   to left-float it instead, or to   to leave it in the normal flow of your user-page.

So, for example, produces: