Template talk:Coord

Globe icon not appearing in Mobile view?

The coordinates globe () icon doesn't show up in Mobile View. If the coordinates have the parameter format=hidden, then the absence of the globe icon can even be more confusing, especially if notes pertaining to the coordinates are still visible.

Example in Mobile view: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aklan#Administrative_divisions

Coordinate formats

Please join a discussion of geographic coordinate formats which affects this template. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:51, 2 August 2016 (UTC)

RfC notice

Please see related RfC at Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)#RfC: Deprecate named coordinates-related infobox parameters. ―Mandruss ☎ 03:38, 12 August 2016 (UTC)

Region not affecting choice of maps in Geohack

{{Coord}} with "region:GB_type:city" as in Buckfast used to lead to a Geohack page with a GB focus, including ability to get to OS maps. It doesn't seem to be doing so today. The Geohack page displays "Region: GB" but this doesn't seem to influence the menu of maps offered. Has something changed? It's not just this one page - I first noticed the links in List of tripoints of English counties (which use a different template but still go to Geohack) as not being GB-focussed, but it seems general. Is this a bug or a feature? PamD 09:32, 14 August 2016 (UTC)

@Pigsonthewing: @Mandruss: I'm not sure whether either of the discussions you mention above could have led to changes which might have had an unintended consequence, but pinging you both just in case. PamD 09:37, 14 August 2016 (UTC)

I rollbacked an edit by Nouill (talk · contribs) which I'm certain was detrimental, and the cause of this. --Redrose64 (talk) 09:46, 14 August 2016 (UTC)

Redrose64 (talk · contribs) You reinsert a beautiful grey square where a "JavaScript disabled" is writed. I don't know why you write your message there (In a wrong section) and not on Template talk:GeoTemplate (Where you have already discuss in the past...). Template talk:GeoTemplate, where you can see the problem is durable and is concern others peoples (See the section : JavaScript disabled??)... --Nouill (talk) 09:57, 14 August 2016 (UTC)

@Nouill: I put my message in the "Region not affecting choice of maps in Geohack" section deliberately, because your edit was the direct cause of the problems described by PamD (talk · contribs) here and at Template talk:Gbmapping. --Redrose64 (talk) 10:34, 14 August 2016 (UTC)

Better icon?

Hi. The current globe icon () looks kinda terrible (to me, on my screen); jagged and fuzzy due to bitmap scaling and transparency. How about using the SVG version () instead? And, frankly, I don't get the point of the downward-pointing arrow on the icon, so how about just using the source image ()? Or maybe get someone to design a stylized 2D globe/map icon in black and white for even better legibility (the 3D color globe image is beautiful at full size, but doesn't really scale well to really small sizes; a flat low-color one would). --Xover (talk) 17:22, 16 September 2016 (UTC)

The globe isn't added by this template, but a piece of Javascript, whose name escapes me. The globe didn't always have an arrow - it was added, I believe, to indicate that clicking the globe took you somewhere else (WikiMiniAtlas), and not to the same page that the coord link proper takes you. --Redrose64 (talk) 22:58, 16 September 2016 (UTC)

I… see. I never knew the icon would take you otherwhere than the link; it just looks like one of the MediaWiki external links or file media type icons (who are also decorations on an otherwise plain link). Having finally discovered the WikiMiniAtlas after you pointed it out, I understand why the arrow is there: the map appears as if it was in a drop-down menu, so the arrow is trying to indicate "hey, I'm a drop-down menu". That also explains why they use the semi-translucent (rather than the fully opaque) globe: they need the background to be lighter so that the down arrow shows up against it (i.e. this only works in MediWiki skins that have a white or very light page background color).

Oh well. Trying to track down the relevant script and finding the right place to give feedback about the UI and interaction design issues with this is a bit more effort than I'm prepared to put into it right now. Thanks for the explanation Redrose; at least now I know of the existence of the WikiMiniAtlas thingy. --Xover (talk) 05:29, 17 September 2016 (UTC)

@Xover: After some digging, I've found that the script is m:MediaWiki:Wikiminiatlas.js and it was created and maintained by Dschwen (talk · contribs) although the last four changes were by Krinkle (talk · contribs). --Redrose64 (talk) 21:14, 17 September 2016 (UTC)

@Xover: The globe was previously used without the downward arrow. I added the arrow as an indication of its function of openeing a dropdown after people complained that the globe alone does not look like it is a fucntional UI element. In my opinion the SVG version is a little too contrasty, but that is a matter of taste (and accessibility , I guess :-) ). --Dschwen 23:21, 28 September 2016 (UTC)