Template:Indian English
 | This template is written in Indian English, which has its own spelling conventions (colour, travelled, centre, analysed, defence), and some terms that are used in it may be different or absent from other varieties of English. According to the relevant style guide, this should not be changed without broad consensus. |
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This template may be included on talk pages or editnotices to alert other editors that the associated article is written in Indian English. Usually, the article either has evolved using predominantly this variety or has strong ties to a particular English-speaking nation that uses this variety.
Talk page usage
To use this template on an article's talk page, place {{Indian English}} near the top of the talk page. This produces the following:
| This template is written in Indian English, which has its own spelling conventions (colour, travelled, centre, analysed, defence), and some terms that are used in it may be different or absent from other varieties of English. According to the relevant style guide, this should not be changed without broad consensus. |
A smaller version is also available, by typing {{Indian English|small=yes}}. This looks like this:
| This template is written in Indian English, which has its own spelling conventions (colour, travelled, centre, analysed, defence), and some terms that are used in it may be different or absent from other varieties of English. According to the relevant style guide, this should not be changed without broad consensus. |
Placing this template will also add the page to Category:Wikipedia articles that use Indian English.
Additional options of |Oxford= for Oxford spelling, and |IUPAC= for IUPAC spelling, exist.
Editnotice usage
To use this template on an article's editnotice, {{Indian English|form=editnotice}} is placed (without |form=editnotice if the template name ends with "editnotice") on the editnotice template. This produces the following:
| This template is written in Indian English, which has its own spelling conventions (colour, travelled, centre, analysed, defence), and some terms that are used in it may be different or absent from other varieties of English. According to the relevant style guide, this should not be changed without broad consensus. |
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All users can create editnotices for their user and talk pages but only administrators and template editors can create or edit editnotices in other namespaces. Thus, to request this template be added to an article or other page in a restricted namespace, you can make your request at its talk page, using the template {{Edit template-protected}}.
An example talk page request you might emulate appears below:
{{Edit_template-protected}}
Please create an [[Wikipedia:Editnotice|edit notice]] for the article, placing in it the template <nowiki>{{Indian English|form=editnotice}}</nowiki> Thank you--~~~~
See also
- {{English variant notice}}
- {{American English}}
- {{Australian English}}
- {{Bangladeshi English}}
- {{Botswana English}}
- {{British English}}
- {{British English Oxford spelling}}
- {{Canadian English}}
- {{Commonwealth English}}
- {{EngvarB spelling}}
- {{EngvarC spelling}}
- {{EngvarO spelling}}
- {{Gambian English}}
- {{Ghanaian English}}
- {{Hiberno-English}}
- {{Hong Kong English}}
- {{Indian English}}
- {{Israeli English}}
- {{IUPAC spelling}}
- {{IUPAC spelling US}}
- {{Jamaican English}}
- {{Kenyan English}}
- {{Liberian English}}
- {{Malawian English}}
- {{Namibian English}}
- {{New Zealand English}}
- {{Nigerian English}}
- {{Pakistani English}}
- {{Papua New Guinean English}}
- {{Philippine English}}
- {{Scottish English}}
- {{Sierra Leonean English}}
- {{Singaporean English}}
- {{South African English}}
- {{Sri Lankan English}}
- {{Sudanese English}}
- {{Trinidadian English}}
- {{Ugandan English}}
- {{Welsh English}}
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