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This is a wild-card template created based on this Redirects for discussion thread, intended to intuitively adapt to various "use x" templates. It uses the {{#switch:}} parser function.
Usage
{{Use|<date format>|<country code>|date=<month year>}}
- date format must be either mdy, dmy or empty.
- country code may be a country code from the table below for engvar, or unused. The country codes are based on the two-letter ISO country codes.
- month year should be the full month and year that the page content was established as compliant with the stated expectations, e.g. October 2025.
As the transcluded templates are not visible, check for correct application by previewing the usage and reviewing the projected page categorization.
Examples
{{Use|mdy|us|date=October 2025}}
transcludes{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2025}}{{Use American English|date=October 2025}}
.{{Use|dmy|gb|date=October 2025}}
transcludes{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2025}}{{Use British English|date=October 2025}}
.{{Use|mdy|date=October 2025}}
transcludes{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2025}}
.{{Use||in|date=October 2025}}
(note the empty param) transcludes{{Use Indian English|date=October 2025}}
.
Country codes
Code | Outputs | Country |
---|---|---|
mdy | {{Use mdy dates}} | — |
dmy | {{Use dmy dates}} | — |
au | {{Use Australian English}} | Australia |
bz | {{Use Belizean English}} | Belize |
ca | {{Use Canadian English}} | Canada |
Caribbean | {{Use Caribbean English}} | — |
gb | {{Use British English}} | United Kingdom |
gh | {{Use Ghanaian English}} | Ghana |
hi, ir | {{Use Hiberno-English}} | Ireland |
hk | {{Use Hong Kong English}} | Hong Kong |
in | {{Use Indian English}} | India |
jm | {{Use Jamaican English}} | Jamaica |
ke | {{Use Kenyan English}} | Kenya |
lk | {{Use Sri Lankan English}} | Sri Lanka |
lr | {{Use Liberian English}} | Liberia |
my | {{Use Malaysian English}} | Malaysia |
ng | {{Use Nigerian English}} | Nigeria |
nz | {{Use New Zealand English}} | New Zealand |
ph | {{Use Philippine English}} | Philippines |
pk | {{Use Pakistani English}} | Pakistan |
sa, za | {{Use South African English}} | South Africa |
sg | {{Use Singapore English}} | Singapore |
tt | {{Use Trinidad and Tobago English}} | Trinidad and Tobago |
ug | {{Use Ugandan English}} | Uganda |
us | {{Use American English}} | United States |