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Contents 1 Accessibility support 1.1 Accessibility update 2 Merging other templates to this one 3 Removed Navbar 4 Is this template useful?

[edit] Accessibility support

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For WP:ACCESSIBILITY by visually impaired readers, purely decorative images such as this template's compass roses should be marked with "|link=" (see WP:ALT #When to specify). Could you please install the obvious sandbox patch to do this? Thanks. Eubulides (talk) 20:06, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Y Done —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 20:48, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

As far as I know, this should only be done with public domain images. --- RockMFR 22:13, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

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OK, please install this sandbox change instead. It uses the public-domain image Image:Compass rose pale-50x50.png to allay any licensing concerns. Thanks. Eubulides (talk) 06:28, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

Y Done Plastikspork (talk) 00:04, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Accessibility update

{{editprotected}} Since the above discussion, the Mediawiki software has been changed to require "|link=|alt=" instead of just "|link=", to mark an image as being purely decorative; see WP:ALT#Purely decorative images. Please install this simple sandbox patch to fix the problem. Thanks. Eubulides (talk) 20:45, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Y Done Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 20:52, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Merging other templates to this one

Further to discussion above, I've nominated:

• Template:Compass-table (edit|talk|history|uses|watch|logs|delete)
• Template:GeoCompass (edit|talk|history|uses|watch|logs|delete)

for deletion (by way of redirect/ merge), as redundant to this template. Each is reportedly used <150 times, compared to 6,0000+ for this one. Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 13:36, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

These are now redirected here. Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 19:31, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Removed Navbar

I removed the tiny "view, edit, discuss" links as they pointed to this template, which seems unnecessary since they do not facilitate changing any actual content in the article. Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 19:55, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Is this template useful?

I am sure this template took effort to make but is it really adding anything useful. A simple map would tell you what cities are next door using less space with a higher degree of accuracy. And if the argument that is a navigation panel then it belongs at the bottom of articles using a third the space it currently occupies. -MarsRover (talk) 21:02, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

I agree. Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 22:54, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

I have to disagree with the assessment. Yes, a map would certainly be beneficial, but the reality is that we do not have the resources to produce almost seven thousand maps tailored to individual articles, compete with the article linking capability this template offers. Is this solution perfect? No, certainly not - but it does allow us to add a useful location service within our "budget" (as it were). --Ckatz^chat_spy 23:00, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

To clarify, I think a flat list of neighboring locations would suffice. Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 00:12, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

A variety of similar templates were created, larger and smaller; this one seems to have gained more mainstream support and usage, so let's keep it for now; as stated before, maps with wikilinks are rare; if you want to propose modifications, and have a specific layout in mind, please create it in a sandbox and let us look at it. --Qyd (talk) 02:15, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

I find this template to be useful on stubs, but on well developed articles this information should already be there. It is cluttering and unhelpful on the U.S. state articles that it currently transcludes on. Grey Wanderer (talk) 22:38, 8 November 2009 (UTC)