Template:Romanization needed/doc

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• Use this template in the body of an article as a request for other editors to clarify text in a non-Latin script that has no romanized transliteration or transcription.
• This template will categorize tagged articles into Category:Wikipedia articles needing romanization.
• This template is a self-reference and so is part of the Wikipedia project rather than the encyclopedic content.
• Please do not subst: this template.

Usage

This is an in-line template. Place the template immediately after the material in question, as one would do with a footnote. For example:

Bilad Al Qadeem (Arabic: بلاد القديم{{romanization needed}}) is a town in Bahrain.

The above text will cause the tag to appear inline.

The text "romanization needed" will be linked to Wikipedia:Romanization, which provides links to Wikipedia's various preferred romanization standards.

Redirects

The alternative name {{Transliteration needed}} redirects to this template.

See also

• {{Needs IPA}}, a similar inline template, but specifically requesting phonetic transcription into the International Phonetic Alphabet
• {{Pronunciation needed}}, another inline template requesting phonetic transcription