Template:Expand English

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This template may be used to mark articles that have counterparts in English Wikipedia that are better than in Simple English Wikipedia. These articles may be improved by translating content from the original English.

Usage

To mark an article, tag it with

{{Expand English|English article title|date=June 2026}}

This template adds articles to the category Category:Articles needing translation from English Wikipedia. See #Categorization below.

The template should be placed atop the article page along with other maintenance templates.

Parameters

The article title is required; all named parameters are optional:

• |1=ARTICLE – title of the article on English Wikipedia. This is required.
• |section=yes – changes notice to "This section may be expanded..." (default: 'article')
• |date=June 2026 – set by bot if omitted.

Topics and categorization

This template categorizes articles into categories. Basic categorization is into: ⟶ Category:Articles needing translation from English Wikipedia. Usage of parameters fa and topic define subcategories.

Related pages

• WP:CWW, policy which governs copying and translating articles from other language Wikipedias
• WP:TFOLWP, describes required attribution when adding translated content to an article
• Wikipedia:Translation, general info
• Help:Translation, a how-to page about how to copy and translate text from a Wikipedia foreign language article into Simple English.
• Wikipedia:Pages needing translation into English
• {{Expand language}}, parent template
• {{Translated page}}, may be added to the Talk page to provide supplemental translation attribution
• {{Proofreader needed}}, may be added to the article page to request assistance after translation from a given language
• Random article needing expansion from English Wikipedia
• Category:Articles needing translation from English Wikipedia
• Category:Wikipedia articles needing cleanup after translation from English
• Category:Wikipedia translation templates
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Intertranswiki, WikiProject for translating content from non-English Wikipedias
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Languages, general WikiProject for languages