Template:Link language/Notes

  is a template usually used to indicate to readers that an external link is in a  no parameters are needed.

It should generally be placed after the external link, although this is not set in stone. For more information, see the Manual of Style.

The template uses the format, but is shortened by simply having the name , where   represents the language code. These can be found in the "Alpha-2" column of the list of ISO 639 codes. Please be aware that language codes do not always coincide with country codes (see the list of ISO 3166-1 codes).

For citations, the  parameter of the various citation templates (,, , etc) should be used instead.

Category:Language icon templates contains a full list of the templates that can be used.