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Template/table badly broken

The content of Template:Infobox Language/IPA notice doesn't display in a new TR but creates another column of this own, obviously because its opening "|-" is swallowed as the content of the previous cell and not interpreted properly. Apparently this has been going for weeks. The template is such a mess I have no way of fixing it. WTF can't you people KISS this bloody thing?!? --Malyctenar 17:41, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

I agree completely. However, the task of fixing this is a little beyond my abilities. --Andrew c 18:31, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

There's a small part of me that would love to see the language box display ten basic translations in the language or something, maybe the numbers 1-3, hello, goodbye, I love you, thank you and things along that line. A pipe dream, most likely, but you must admit it would be interesting. Sherurcij ^{(Speaker for the Dead)} 13:35, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

The translations are not really a good idea because they would just become revert war fodder. Besides which, they are oftentimes already in some of the other wiki sites. -Yupik 22:01, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

ISO 2 codes in the infobox

I just came across this edit. I know that it seems rather insignificant, but I believe that it is impossible for any language not to have an ISO 639-2 code (unlike ISO 639-1 which is confined to major languages so there can be 'none', and ISO 639-3 which, although extensive, is so specific that there are gaps so that, rather than 'none', the entry '—' may be appropriate). When I first set it up, the column for ISO 639-2 codes was given the default text 'to be added', because I wanted it to flag up the fact that someone has yet to look it up, rather than no code being appropriate. I would challenge anyone to find a language for which an ISO 639-2 code cannot be given (the code might not be very focused but it will fit). — Gareth Hughes 19:19, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

You're right. At the very least any language could be called mis for "Miscellaneous languages". —An gr 19:41, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

OK, this now looks petty, and appears to have shades of an insult. — Gareth Hughes 20:38, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

I don't call anyone arrogant, I call the notion of an all-encompassing ISO 639-2 code range with respect to individual languages arrogant, although I can understand that some might settle with a collective code, in which case the existence of 'mis' is sufficient to settle the issue. However, I think something like 'to be added' is misleading if it only leads to a language being classified under a collective code; in fact, I would like to see the infobox make it clear when such a code is used. -- Dissident (Talk) 21:12, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Template doco location

The usage doco for this template is (non-intuitively) presently at template talk:Infobox Language/Usage, also on a few other subpages. Any objections if these were to be consolidated and transcluded onto the main template page itself, via the WP:DOC method?--cjllw | TALK 07:30, 13 March 2007 (UTC)