Template:Country topics/doc
This is a documentation subpage for Template:Country topics. It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page. |
Note: In the following, the word "place" is used in place of "country / territory / region [/...]" to keep the text's density manageable. "place", however, is not one of the parameters that can be used to specify the template's subject (see below).
Use
This is a metatemplate for templates in categories such as Category:Country and territory topics templates. It provides the layout that appears to have evolved for the majority of these templates, viz.
- A titlebar featuring a flag icon followed by the place's name followed by the word "topics";
- A line between the template's titlebar and main body (the "above" line) that carries a link or links to an outline and/or index article;
- Five fundamental topic areas: History, Geography, Governance, Economy, Culture;
- A line below the template's main body (the "below" line) that carries a link or links to a Wikibook, Wikipedia category, Commons category, portal and/or WikiProject.
Although standardized, much of the above can be customized via the template's parameters.
Parameters
Most common parameters shown in bold italics.
Order of appearance in template code |
Parameter name | Description and example/s |
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1 | template_name | Occasionally, the template's name won't necessarily match its title, e.g. the name "Burma (Myanmar) topics" for a template whose title is "Burma topics". In these cases, use template_name to ensure the "V•T•E" links on the lefthand side of the template's titlebar operate correctly.
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2 | country territory region |
Required
Use one of these to identify the place to which the topics refer.
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3 | [unnamed] state |
Use when calling the template to set its initial state (expanded, collapsed, autocollapse).
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4 | (basestyle) | Use to set a non-standard basestyle (a non-standard colo/ur scheme – see {{Navbox}} – so use sparingly, if at all!) |
5 | _notitleflag | Set to anything (usually "yes") to suppress the appearance of a flag icon in the titlebar. |
6 | flagname | Use to provide the name of the place's flag if it doesn't match the default "Flag of [place]". This is usually due to prefixes/suffixes in the place's name such as "T/the" ("the Bahamas", "The Gambia", etc).
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7 | prefix | If the place's name is (sometimes) prefixed by a word such as "the" (e.g. "...of the British Virgin Islands"), set prefix to this word.
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8 | flagsize flagvariant |
Use to alter the size or variant of the flag icon from the default settings (see {{flagicon}}). |
9 | titlename | Provided for those occasions where a place carries disambiguation within Wikipedia (e.g. "Galicia (Spain)") but that disambiguation not desired in the template's title.
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10 | _notopicsword | Set to anything (usually "yes") to suppress the appearance of the word "topics" in the titlebar. |
11 | imagestyle | Optional further CSS styling for image (if used). |
12 | image | To include an image on the righthand side of template (usually the place's coat of arms). Use Wikipedia's standard syntax, e.g.
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13 | abovestyle | Optional further CSS styling for the template's "above" line (between the template's titlebar and main body). |
14 | _noabove | Set to anything (usually "yes") to suppress the appearance of the "above" line. |
15 | above | For a custom "above" line, i.e. carrying something other than an outline and/or index link.
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16 | addtoabove | To add (further) links to the "above" line, especially if there's only one or two articles on a particular topic area.
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17 | history | For a list or listsa of links addressing the place's history. See where this template occurs in Wikipedia for examples. |
18 | custom1 list1 |
For a custom-named (custom1) list (list1) after the list of history topics (if provided) and before anything else. |
19 | geography (subdivisions (subdivisions_link)) |
For a list or listsa of links addressing the place's geography. See where this template occurs in Wikipedia for examples. subdivisions can be used for a separate list of topics about the place's administrative divisions. If, for the name "Subdivisions" preceding this list, the link "Administrative divisions of [place]" doesn't exist or an alternative is desired, it can be given using subdivisions_link.
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20 | custom2 list2 |
For a custom-named (custom2) list (list2) after the list of geography (and/or subdivision) topics (if provided) and before anything else. |
21 | governance (governance_link) (politics military) |
For a list or listsa of links addressing the place's governance (politics, government, etc). See where this template occurs in Wikipedia for examples. As links named "Governance of [place]" don't tend to exist, governance_link can be used to provide a link for the name "Governance" that precedes the list.
politics and military are provided if a separate list or lists of topics about the place's politics and/or military (armed forces) are desired. |
22 | custom3 list3 |
For a custom-named (custom3) list (list3) after the list of governance (and/or politics/military) topics (if provided) and before anything else. |
23 | economy (infrastructure transport) |
For a list or listsa of links addressing the place's economy. See where this template occurs in Wikipedia for examples. infrastructure and transport are provided if separate lists of topics about the place's infrastructure and/or transport are desired. |
24 | custom4 list4 |
For a custom-named (custom4) list (list4) after the list of economy (and/or infrastructure) topics (if provided) and before anything else. |
25 | culture (society (adjective, society_link) demographics religion symbols (symbols_link)) |
For a list or listsa of links addressing the place's culture. See where this template occurs in Wikipedia for examples. society, demographics, religion and symbols are provided if a separate list or lists of topics about the place's social structure, demographics, religion and/or symbols are desired. If society is used, then, if the place has a society category at Wikipedia that's named using a preceding adjective (e.g. "Category:Italian society"), adjective can be used to link the group's name "Society" to that category.
Alternatively, society_link can be used to generate a relevant link, e.g.
Similarly, if symbols is used and the template is unable to link its group name "Symbols" to the relevant place – or, if an alternative link is desired – then symbols_link can be used to generate a link.
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26 | custom5 list5 |
For a custom-named (custom5) list (list5) after the list of culture/society/etc topics (if provided) and before anything else. |
27 | custom6 list6 |
For a custom-named (custom6) list (list6) after custom list5 (if provided) and before custom list7 (if provided) or the template's "below" line (if not suppressed). |
28 | custom7 list7 |
For a custom-named (custom7) list (list7) after custom list6 (if provided) and before the template's "below" line (if not suppressed). |
29 | belowstyle | Optional further CSS styling for the template's "below" line (below the template's main body). |
30 | _nobelow | Set to anything (usually "yes") to suppress the appearance of the "below" line. |
31 | _commonslink | Set to "yes" (without speechmarks) to include a link in the "below" line to the Commons category with the same name as the place. This assumes that such a category exists.
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32 | addtobelow | To add (further) links to the "below" line that aren't already handled by the template buit (ideally) follow the same pattern of "[icon] [[link]]".
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a Using e.g. {{Navbox |subgroup ...}} .
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