Abbreviations of languages

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Now there are follow abbreviations for the languages (it is indicated the number of letters in parentheses; see template:eng and so on): eng (3), fr (2), esp (3), ru (2). I think, that it is necessity to go to the same standard, e.g. to take biliteral abbreviations: en, fr, es, ru (as it was taken on Wikipedia). What do you think about this?

    Bertran (talk)23:44, 4 January 2011

    I don't mind. I suggest just leaving it as it is now. There is no need to copy Wikipedia exactly.

      Scarlet A.pngpostate23:46, 4 January 2011

      This is not coping Wikipedia, I mentioned this encyclopaedia only as example. Just different lengths of abbreviations, as for me, are looking not very good. And it is a bit strange.

        Bertran (talk)00:05, 5 January 2011

        I agree with Bertran - we need to follow one set of language codes, ISO 639-1 probably being the best option. The language templates should be predictable - if a user sees that the French template is called "fr", then they should be able to correctly predict that the English template is called "en" and not "eng".

          ~SuperHamster Talk00:40, 5 January 2011

          Also, if we eventually decide to set up a separate foreign language wiki, we'll use the same language codes for interlanguage links as Wikipedia (i.e. [[ru:Whatever]] etc.)

            -- Nx / talk06:44, 5 January 2011
             

            If standards exist, then follow them. I'm easy going on it and don't particularly mind but it would be best to do it now while there are only a few pages to change.

              Scarlet A.pngpostate18:58, 5 January 2011

              Ok, I'll make it.

                Bertran (talk)20:37, 5 January 2011
                 

                Done. Please, fill section "usage" in documentation of these two templates: template:en, template:ru. I'm afraid that I can do it properly. Thank you.

                  Bertran (talk)21:25, 5 January 2011
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
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