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Is it appropriate to use this template for scientific names of species, e.g. the llama (Lama glama), or should we stick to simple italics, e.g. the llama (Lama glama)? These names are always rendered in italics and use Latin grammar, although the words themselves may not be strictly Latin. pburka (talk) 00:22, 11 December 2022 (UTC)
I use {{lang}} to decide what language text should be spell-checked against for the moss project. I just came across lots of archaic spellings in List of Acts of the Parliament of Scotland to 1707, and I expect there are many more in quoted material (which I ignore for now) in other articles. These are from before modern English spellings were standardized, but after the transition from Middle English. Normally I'd simply {{lang}}-tag this type of content. According to Early Modern English, there is no ISO 639-3 code for this time period, but the ISO 639-6 code is "emen". Unfortunately, this gives an "unrecognized language tag" error when used with the template. Does this code just need to be added somewhere, or ISO 639-6 codes generally added? (And if any screen reader ever attempts to render Early Modern English spellings, that'll be a grand challenge.) -- Beland (talk) 03:27, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
I'm not touching this template because of the warning about possibly breaking something. I am requesting that a skilled editor replace the text "(click --beginning of link--here--end of link-- for list of most codes)" with "(See a List of ISO 639-1 codes.)"
"(See a list of ISO 639-1 codes. If you don't find the language, then see a list of ISO 639-3 codes.)"