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This <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Template">template</a> is a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_self-references" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Avoid self-references">self-reference</a> and so is part of the Wikipedia project rather than the encyclopedic content. </p><p>Use <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Explain-wrap" title="Template:Explain-wrap">Explain-wrap</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> for a version with word wrap. </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Usage"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Usage</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Parameters"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Parameters</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Categorisation"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Categorisation</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Redirects"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Redirects</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#TemplateData"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">TemplateData</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Usage">Usage</h2></div> <p>This is an <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ILT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ILT">in-line template</a>, place the template immediately after the material in question, as one would do with a footnote. 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class="minerva-languages"><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8:%D8%A8%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%A9_%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B1%D8%AD" title="قالب:بحاجة لشرح – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="قالب:بحاجة لشرح" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%81%E0%A6%9A:Explain" title="সাঁচ:Explain – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="সাঁচ:Explain" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86:Explain" title="شابلون:Explain – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="شابلون:Explain" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pang-b%C3%B4%CD%98:Explain" title="Pang-bô͘:Explain – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Pang-bô͘:Explain" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9F:Elucidate" title="टेम्पलेट:Elucidate – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="टेम्पलेट:Elucidate" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nodyn:Explain" title="Nodyn:Explain – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Nodyn:Explain" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%AF%D9%88:%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B6%DB%8C%D8%AD%D8%9F" title="الگو:توضیح؟ – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="الگو:توضیح؟" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mod%C3%A8le:C%27est-%C3%A0-dire" title="Modèle:C'est-à-dire – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Modèle:C'est-à-dire" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Templat:Jelaskan" title="Templat:Jelaskan – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Templat:Jelaskan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AB%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%82:Explain" title="ഫലകം:Explain – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ഫലകം:Explain" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Templat:Explain" title="Templat:Explain – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Templat:Explain" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AB%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%BE:Elucidate" title="ਫਰਮਾ:Elucidate – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਫਰਮਾ:Elucidate" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predefini%C3%A7%C3%A3o:Explicar" title="Predefinição:Explicar – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Predefinição:Explicar" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Format:Explic%C4%83" title="Format:Explică – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Format:Explică" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Explain" title="Template:Explain – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Template:Explain" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%90%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%BD:Explain" title="සැකිල්ල:Explain – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="සැකිල්ල:Explain" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Explain" title="Template:Explain – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Template:Explain" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%86%D9%88:Explain" title="سانچو:Explain – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="سانچو:Explain" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predloga:Dodatno_pojasni" title="Predloga:Dodatno pojasni – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Predloga:Dodatno pojasni" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%DA%95%DB%8E%DA%98%DB%95:%DA%95%D9%88%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A8%DA%A9%DB%95%D9%88%DB%95" title="داڕێژە:ڕوونیبکەوە – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="داڕێژە:ڕوونیبکەوە" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD:Elucidate" title="Шаблон:Elucidate – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Шаблон:Elucidate" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padron:Elucidate" title="Padron:Elucidate – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Padron:Elucidate" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81:Explain" title="வார்ப்புரு:Explain – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="வார்ப்புரு:Explain" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AE%E0%B1%82%E0%B0%B8:Explain" title="మూస:Explain – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="మూస:Explain" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Eablon:A%C3%A7%C4%B1kla" title="Şablon:Açıkla – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Şablon:Açıkla" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%86%DB%81:%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AD" title="سانچہ:تشریح – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="سانچہ:تشریح" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Explain" title="Template:Explain – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" data-title="Template:Explain" data-language-autonym="粵語" data-language-local-name="Cantonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>粵語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Explain" 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