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== {{tl|nirvana}} ==

What is the proper way to include a template many times on a page?  It seems the number that can be used is limited.  See [[Nirvana]].  --[[User:Eequor|Eequor]] 00:02, 3 Jul 2004 (UTC)

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:What was the purpose of those templates? Some kind of special chararcter? [[User:Rmhermen|Rmhermen]] 04:12, Jul 3, 2004 (UTC)

In this particular case I think you should use "nirvana" (the English word) in the body of the article. Write "nirv&#257;&#7751;a" once, in the introductory paragraph. Remember that the English Wikipedia is an English language encyclopedia. People who are familiar with the [[National Library at Calcutta romanization]] system for Indic languages will find "nirv&#257;&#7751;a" a useful guide to pronunciation. But most English speakers will be happy for the rest of the article to use the English word "nirvana".

(A similar issue arises for all English words or names which are inaccurate transliterations of terms in other languages. The Wikipedia approach is to use the English word in the article, but give an accurate transliteration near the start of the article. See for example, [[Rome]], [[shogi]].) [[User:Gdr|Gdr]] 18:28, 2004 Jul 3 (UTC)

:This is a Wikipedia convention: see [[Wikipedia:Naming conventions (use English)]]. [[User:Gdr|Gdr]] 11:22, 2004 Jul 5 (UTC)