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This template should not be placed directly on articles in the article namespace. Instead, use language-specific templates from Category:Expand by language Wikipedia templates if only one language is linked. This ensures proper categorization and helps editors identify articles needing expansion from specific language Wikipedias.

This template has two purposes: it is primarily used in transclusion from other templates such as {{Expand French}} or {{Expand Spanish}} to mark English Wikipedia articles that can be improved by a translation from a foreign-language Wikipedia. Second, this template may be placed directly on article pages if an article can be improved by translations from multiple foreign-language Wikipedias. Generally, you should use one of the templates in this list whenever possible, rather than this template. If you're not sure if this is the right template to use, it probably isn't.