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Missing languages: bjs, jam
[edit]missing are bjs and jam, see eg Melicoccus bijugatus--Estopedist1 (talk) 05:52, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
- I've added Jamaican Creole (language code "jam") as it's a language spoken by several millions of people, and now has a fairly well standardized writing system and orthography. However, I didn't add Bajan Creole ("bjs") since it's primarily a spoken language with no standardised written form (i.e. in general still uses standard English for print). Due to the lack of standardisation, Bajan spelling may vary widely from person to person, and there is much dialectal variation throughout the island. –Tommy Kronkvist (talk), 09:58, 2 May 2025 (UTC).
- @Tommy Kronkvist: Just a heads up, "Patois: {{{jam}}}" is now popping up everywhere where Japanese vernacular names are used. It looks like you accidentally wrote {{{ja|}}} instead of {{{jam|}}} on the "jam" line? Monster Iestyn (talk) 10:57, 2 May 2025 (UTC)
- @Monster Iestyn: Indeed I did. It's now corrected – thanks for notifying me!
- As a side note, "Jamaican Creole" would be a better name for the language. "Patois" or sometimes "Patwah" is often used by the native speakers, but "Jamaican Creole" is used by linguists. From a linguistic viewpoint, "patois" is mainly used as general term for a whole bunch of different (Creole) languages and dialects. –Tommy Kronkvist (talk)‚ 11:11, 2 May 2025 (UTC).
- @Tommy Kronkvist: Just a heads up, "Patois: {{{jam}}}" is now popping up everywhere where Japanese vernacular names are used. It looks like you accidentally wrote {{{ja|}}} instead of {{{jam|}}} on the "jam" line? Monster Iestyn (talk) 10:57, 2 May 2025 (UTC)
Request of addition
[edit]I request addition of the following language codes:
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I can provide sources of vernacular names in these languages if needed. --Eryk Kij (talk) 00:27, 11 June 2024 (UTC) [items added: Eryk Kij (talk) 08:22, 12 June 2024 (UTC); Eryk Kij (talk) 11:16, 12 June 2024 (UTC); Eryk Kij (talk) 04:22, 15 June 2024 (UTC); Eryk Kij (talk) 10:47, 15 June 2024 (UTC); Eryk Kij (talk) 12:48, 16 June 2024 (UTC); Eryk Kij (talk) 12:02, 21 June 2024 (UTC); Eryk Kij (talk) 09:10, 5 July 2024 (UTC); Eryk Kij (talk) 04:51, 8 July 2024 (UTC); Eryk Kij (talk) 04:16, 10 July 2024 (UTC); Eryk Kij (talk) 10:34, 12 July 2024 (UTC); Eryk Kij (talk) 16:43, 30 July 2024 (UTC); Eryk Kij (talk) 15:03, 9 August 2024 (UTC); Eryk Kij (talk) 10:02, 10 April 2025 (UTC)]
On Phabricator, I also created a task requesting display of several glossonyms/endonyms of the above-mentioned languages. --Eryk Kij (talk) 14:28, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
- @エリック・キィ: Do you intend to use all 380 of these languages? It seems unlikely. I'm minded to refuse this, on the basis that there is no evidence of there being any volunteers willing or wanting to use them. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 10:33, 9 April 2025 (UTC)
- @Pigsonthewing: I admit that the above-mentioned list includes some languages yet to be used for my future activity. However, I would like to use them indeed and I have already done in some entries. Source examples are as follows:
- Adema (1991) [Cupaniopsis spp. (Sapindaceae); Papuasia & Pacific]; e.g. Cupaniopsis kajewskii
- Beentje (1994) [woody plants and liana; Kenya]; e.g. Chassalia discolor, Pavetta sphaerobotrys subsp. tanaica
- Hauman (1958) [Sapindaceae; DRC]; e.g. Deinbollia cauliflora, Placodiscus paniculatus
- Hou (1978) [Anacardiaceae spp.; Malesia and Papuasia]; e.g. Campnosperma brevipetiolatum
- Kostermans & Bompard (1993) [Mangifera spp. (Anacardiaceae); Malesia and Papuasia]; e.g. Mangifera minor
- Molino et al. (2022) [tree species; Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana]; e.g. Talisia hemidasya
- Petit (1955) [Mussaenda sp. (Rubiaceae); DRC]; e.g. Mussaenda leucophylla
- Record (1945) [woody plants; Papuasia]; e.g. Mangifera minor
- van Welzen (1989) [Guioa spp. (Sapindaceae); mainly Malesia & Papuasia]; e.g. Guioa acuminata, G. comesperma
- So, I request anew addition of languages at least used in the above-mentioned entries. For someone interested, I also give incomplete information of additional name sources of useful plants I have not yet employed effectively; Bouquet (1969) [Congo Republic]; Kerharo & Bouquet (1950) [Côte d'Ivoire & Burkina Faso]; Raponda-Walker & Sillans (1961) [Gabon]; RELMA-ICRAF series [Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda]; Staner (1941) [DRC]. --Eryk Kij (talk) 10:02, 10 April 2025 (UTC)
- @Pigsonthewing: I admit that the above-mentioned list includes some languages yet to be used for my future activity. However, I would like to use them indeed and I have already done in some entries. Source examples are as follows:
Also please add # avk - Kotava. Kotavusik (talk) 16:37, 14 August 2025 (UTC)
Request to enable Sambalpuri [spv] on species translation
[edit]I would really appreciate it if Sambalpuri will be added to the list of supported languages.
Thanks Rocky 734 (talk) 15:40, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
Done —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 15:43, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
- Hi, Thanks @Koavf for adding Sambalpuri. I have added a local name of mango in Sambalpuri, but the language name is displayed as "spv", instead of "ସମ୍ବଲପୁରୀ". Rocky 734 (talk) 03:09, 30 April 2025 (UTC)
- I believe this cannot be resolved locally. I created phab:T392971 and took the liberty of adding you as a subscriber. Please let me know what else I can do for you. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 03:56, 30 April 2025 (UTC)
- Hi, Thanks @Koavf for adding Sambalpuri. I have added a local name of mango in Sambalpuri, but the language name is displayed as "spv", instead of "ସମ୍ବଲପୁରୀ". Rocky 734 (talk) 03:09, 30 April 2025 (UTC)
Flatlist quirk
[edit]Documenting today's (6/6/25) change here for posterity, since it needs more explanation than an edit summary will allow.
The 3 June 2025 changes highlighted a minor problematic quirk of {{Flatlist}}, which needed to be accommodated.
Long story short, Flatlist doesn't reach the closing </div> when it encounters empty or unrecognized parameters, and roughly 36500 some pages using VN have empty or unrecognized parameters triggering this issue.
The relevant discussions to this (on Enwiki):
(note that Flatlist is near equivalent here and on Enwiki, which makes that template request discussion critically relevant here).
Due to the dual usage methods {{Flatlist|content}} vs {{Flatlist}} content </div>, and the two discussions linked, I'm adjusting VN to accommodate this quirk and not change Flatlist. Successful testing has occurred from Template:VN/sandbox and Template:VN/testcases (using live and sandbox versions) and has shown the sandbox version performed as expected in closing the templates without any tracked unclosed errors.
Cases with unrecognized parameters have a display issue (no box showing) in both cases, but has no tracked errors. Will likely need a Category added for tracking those unrecognized parameter cases, but not adding that at this point. Zinnober9 (talk) 08:30, 6 June 2025 (UTC)
Dark mode compatibility
[edit]Please replace background:#f9f9f9;color:inherit; with:
background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f9f9f9); color:var(--color-base,#202122);
It's a quick solution for dark mode compatibility, thx --Mdktb (talk) 00:47, 13 June 2025 (UTC)
- @Mdktb: Done; please check. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 19:02, 14 August 2025 (UTC)
- Thx @Pigsonthewing, Just a quick note, the addition here is repetitive --Mdktb (talk) 21:11, 14 August 2025 (UTC)
- Oops. Fixed. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 21:27, 14 August 2025 (UTC)
- Thx @Pigsonthewing, Just a quick note, the addition here is repetitive --Mdktb (talk) 21:11, 14 August 2025 (UTC)
Missing language: Kotava
[edit]Please add Kotava language. Its ISO code is "avk". Kotavusik (talk) 16:41, 14 August 2025 (UTC)
- Done https://species.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template%3AVN&diff=10779313&oldid=10779188 —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 05:01, 15 August 2025 (UTC)
Error
[edit]This line appears to be an error:
-->{{#if:{{{ab|}}}|* <span lang="ace">'''{{#language:ace|ace}}:''' {{{ace}}}</span>}}<!--
I believe it should use "ab" and not "ace" throughout.
Tungolen (talk) 01:12, 23 January 2026 (UTC)
- Done Thanks. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 13:34, 23 January 2026 (UTC)