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Usage
editThis template puts articles in the hidden maintenance category Category:EngvarB (containing articles that use spelling that cannot be identified as either American English or Canadian English), where they can be worked on by the EngvarB script.
This is a spelling marker indicative of variants only from the viewpoint of the dictionary incorporated into the ENGVAR script. The template and its use do not imply any endorsement of the variant of English used in the tagged article. Please contact the script's author if there is disagreement about words included in the script's dictionary.
This template has a date parameter. After an article has been initially tagged, and bearing in mind article evolution, a periodic script or bot[clarification needed] runs to clean up spellings, correct any new introductions since its last visit, and update the visit date on the {{EngvarB}} template.[clarification needed]
This is not a temporary cleanup-request template, and it should remain in an article, unless there is a valid reason to remove it. The most common valid reason is that the article uses a different language variant, so should use a different template (listed in the "See also" section below).
Syntax
edit{{EngvarB/doc|date=November 2024}}
See also
edit- {{Use American English}}
- {{Use Australian English}}
- {{Use Bangladeshi English}}
- {{Use British English}}
- {{Use Canadian English}}
- {{Use Ghanaian English}}
- {{Use Hiberno-English}}
- {{Use Hong Kong English}}
- {{Use Indian English}}
- {{Use Jamaican English}}
- {{Use Kenyan English}}
- {{Use Liberian English}}
- {{Use New Zealand English}}
- {{Use Nigerian English}}
- {{Use Pakistani English}}
- {{Use Philippine English}}
- {{Use Singapore English}}
- {{Use South African English}}
- {{Use Sri Lankan English}}
- {{Use Tanzanian English}}
- {{Use Trinidad and Tobago English}}
- {{Use Ugandan English}}
- {{EngvarB}} – for non-specific but not N. American spelling
- {{Use dmy dates}} / {{Use mdy dates}}
- {{Globalize}} – for articles not representing a worldwide view
Template data
editTemplateData for EngvarB
This maintenance template adds articles to the hidden category Category:EngvarB to denote articles that have non-specific spelling that cannot be identified as American English or Canadian English spelling.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | date | Month and year the template was added or the article was last cleaned or checked
| Line | suggested |