Template talk:South America in topic
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This template can be applied to almost any article with a title in the form [[X of South American country]]. Warofdreams talk 01:36, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
- Neat, yet some articles are "Topic of Country" wereas others are named "Topic in country". It might be good to add one parametre to the template for that connecting word, and use a Robot to replace all the existing uses of the current template. What do you think? Mariano(t/c) 08:38, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
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- Yes, I'd been thinking about this. It would slightly complicate the template, but I think that would be worth it in order to be able to use it on so many more articles. I'll test it out on Template:Africa_in_topic as that appears on very few pages at present. Warofdreams talk 12:06, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
- OK, if you are going for the change also in South America, don't have any 'friend' robot to do the job, and need a had to change the existing links, just et me know it. Mariano(t/c) 12:12, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
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- I've now changed the template. It can now be used in the form {{South America in topic|Geography of}}, where the text after the pipe can be anything. So this example will produce the box below Warofdreams talk 14:19, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
Argentina • Bolivia • Brazil • Chile • Colombia • Ecuador • Guyana • Panama • Paraguay • Peru • Suriname • Trinidad and Tobago • Uruguay • Venezuela
Territories
Aruba • Falkland Islands • French Guiana • South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
[edit] Overriding the top level name
I added a second optional parameter, which if provided overrides the top level page. (I also fixed the positioning of the map graphic.) Example: Since there is not and probably never will be a "Flag of South America" page, on "Flag of" pages the template can be called:
Argentina • Bolivia • Brazil • Chile • Colombia • Ecuador • Guyana • Panama • Paraguay • Peru • Suriname • Trinidad and Tobago • Uruguay • Venezuela
Territories
Aruba • Falkland Islands • French Guiana • South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
. --ScottMainwaring 18:08, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Template name
Per here, would anyone object to this template being renamed {{South America topic}}, thereby leaving the of/in specified by its parameter (e.g. {{South America topic|Communications in}}, {{South America topic|Economy of}}, etc)...? Regards, David Kernow (talk) 02:53, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
