Template:Needs IPA/doc

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

This template is a self-reference and so is part of the Wikipedia project rather than the encyclopedic content.

Usage

This template should be used on a single word or phrase that requires transcription into the International Phonetic Alphabet. It has an optional language parameter. Directly after the word or phrase, use either:

{{needs IPA}}

or

{{needs IPA|<language>}}

Use of this template automatically adds page to Category:Articles needing IPA.

Examples

Glauxkenfruble{{needs IPA}} produces: Glauxkenfruble^{[needs IPA]}
Glauxkenfruble{{needs IPA|Lithuanian}} produces: Glauxkenfruble^{[needs Lithuanian IPA]}

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData documentation for the template used by the new VisualEditor.

Needs IPA

<templatedata>{ "description": "An inline template that marks a word or phrase as requiring transcription in the International Phonetic Alphabet", "params": { "1": { "label": "Language", "description": "The language of the word needing transcription", "type": "string", "required": false, "example": "Lithuanian", "suggested": true }, "date": { "label": "Month and year", "description": "Provides the month and year; e.g., 'January 2013', but not 'jan13'", "type": "string", "autovalue": "January 2022", "suggested": true } } } </templatedata>

Related pages

{{Pronunciation needed}}, another inline template requesting phonetic transcription