Template:Place directory: Difference between revisions

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This is a helper template for displaying a list of places within a region, broken up into their type categories (so that you can easily display active + inactive + imported places at the same time. It's meant to aid regional validation work: Help:Validating a place (and was created specifically for Atlas:Midwest.

Usage

This template can be called with values for country, state/province, and/or city. You can also optionally provide a title override for the header that appears above the table.

{{Place directory|country=United States|state_province=Michigan}}

Michigan (16)

Imported	Active	Inactive	Unknown
CCS - Imaging Center Celery Press EMU Graphic Design Eastern Market Brewing Co. Print Cache RAD RISO Rachel Delmotte Residential College in the Arts and Humanities, Michigan State University University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design You VS Jesus	Chatterbox Press Diskette Press Issue Press Small Works Taxonomy Press Ultra Mega

TemplateData

Table display of imported, active, and inactive places in a region.

Template parameters[Edit template data]
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
City	`city`	The city to be queried.	String	optional
State/province	`state_province`	The state/province to be queried.	String	optional
Country	`country`	The country to be queried.	String	suggested
Category	`category`	The category to be queried (used for broader regions.	String	suggested
Title	`title`	Optional title for the header (H3) used above the table (otherwise uses the most specific of the provided location names).	String	optional

@@ Line 4: / Line 4: @@
    {{#if:{{{state_province|}}}|[[In state/province::{{{state_province}}}]]|}}
    {{#if:{{{city|}}}|[[In city::{{{city}}}]]|}}
+  {{#if:{{{category|}}}|[[Category:{{{category}}}]]|}}
    | format=count
 }}) ===
@@ Line 13: / Line 14: @@
    {{#if:{{{state_province|}}}|[[In state/province::{{{state_province}}}]]|}}
    {{#if:{{{city|}}}|[[In city::{{{city}}}]]|}}
+  {{#if:{{{category|}}}|[[Category:{{{category}}}]]|}}
    | format=ul
    | headers=hide
@@ Line 21: / Line 23: @@
    {{#if:{{{state_province|}}}|[[In state/province::{{{state_province}}}]]|}}
    {{#if:{{{city|}}}|[[In city::{{{city}}}]]|}}
+  {{#if:{{{category|}}}|[[Category:{{{category}}}]]|}}
    | format=ul
    | headers=hide
@@ Line 29: / Line 32: @@
    {{#if:{{{state_province|}}}|[[In state/province::{{{state_province}}}]]|}}
    {{#if:{{{city|}}}|[[In city::{{{city}}}]]|}}
+  {{#if:{{{category|}}}|[[Category:{{{category}}}]]|}}
    | format=ul
    | headers=hide
@@ Line 37: / Line 41: @@
    {{#if:{{{state_province|}}}|[[In state/province::{{{state_province}}}]]|}}
    {{#if:{{{city|}}}|[[In city::{{{city}}}]]|}}
+  {{#if:{{{category|}}}|[[Category:{{{category}}}]]|}}
    | format=ul
    | headers=hide
@@ Line 72: / Line 77: @@
 			"label": "Country",
 			"description": "The country to be queried.",
+			"type": "string",
+			"suggested": true
+		},
+		"category": {
+			"label": "Category",
+			"description": "The category to be queried (used for broader regions.",
 			"type": "string",
 			"suggested": true
@@ Line 81: / Line 92: @@
 		"state_province",
 		"country",
+        "category",
 		"title"
 	],