Template:Native name checker/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Native name checker.
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template uses Lua:

Module:Native name

REDIRECT Template:Template link code inspects the value in the |native_name= parameter in infoboxen that support that parameter, and returns that value and, when appropriate, an error message.

Usage

Typical use is:

<syntaxhighlight lang="moin" inline="1">|dataxx=</syntaxhighlight>

Error messages

REDIRECT Template:Template link code returns these error messages:

Error {{native name checker}}: parameter value is malformed – |native_name= is expected to hold {{Native name}} or {{Native name list}}. The detector is looking for a lang= html attribute with a properly formatted IETF language tag. If not found,

REDIRECT Template:Template link code emits this error message.

Error {{native name checker}}: list markup expected for multiple names – when

REDIRECT Template:Template link code detects more than one name in |native_name=, those names are expected to be listed using appropriate list markup. The detector is looking for <div></div> html list markup. When that markup is not detected, {{Native name checker}} emits this error message. Data from multiple
REDIRECT Template:Template link code templates can be combined into a single
REDIRECT Template:Template link code template or multiple
REDIRECT Template:Template link code templates can be listed using {{Plainlist}}.

Error {{native name checker}}: <br /> lists not allowed – Per MOS:NOBREAKS, the use of <br></br> to separate items of a list is proscribed. Usually <br></br>-separated lists are caught by the list markup expected detector but, occasionally, not. The detector looks for a variety of acceptable and unacceptable <br></br> variants. Data from multiple

REDIRECT Template:Template link code templates can be combined into a single
REDIRECT Template:Template link code template or multiple
REDIRECT Template:Template link code templates can be listed using {{Plainlist}}.

Mainspace articles with any of the above errors are listed in Category:Native name checker template errors. A help link at the end of each error message links to this page.

Tracking category

Category:Native name checker template errors (1)