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Help with simplifying/subtemplate creating

Hi, I've created Template:Aircraft specs as way to automatically convert specifications into other units (among other things). Its done thru a series of #if functions. The template has grown quite large, but is basically the same code repeated over and over. I'd like to create a subtemplate and just call it multiple times, but can't seem to get the coding down. I've created a subtemplate Template:Aircraft specs/parameter, and moved one of the parameter loops there: {{ #if:{{{length m|}}} |* '''Length:''' {{convert|{{{length m|}}}|m|ftin|abbr=on}} {{{length note|}}} |{{#if:{{{length ft|}}} |{{#if:{{{length in|}}} |* '''Length:''' {{convert|{{{length ft|}}}|ft|{{{length in|}}}|in|m|abbr=on|disp=flip}} {{{length note|}}} |* '''Length:''' {{convert|{{{length ft|}}}|ft|m|abbr=on|disp=flip}} {{{length note|}}} }} }} }}

I would like to allow the word "length" to be a variable (renamed of course, to perhaps "parameter"), so that Template:Aircraft specs/sandbox pass the parameter "length", "span", etc to it. maybe this is done by adding the code {{Aircraft specs/parameter|length}}, {{Aircraft specs/parameter|span}}, ....

I hope I've explained it clearly enough, any help or suggestions would be appreciated. - Trevor MacInnis ^contribs 21:00, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

Well, some simplification using a subtemplate is possible, but it won't be as short as {{Aircraft specs/parameter|length}}. Something like {{Aircraft specs/parameter|Length|{{{length m|}}}|{{{length ft|}}}|{{{length in|}}}|{{{length note|}}}}} should work, but it's not very pretty. Svick (talk) 23:03, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

Could it be done with {{Aircraft specs/parameter|Parameter Name (Caps on)|parameter name|parameter unit|unit 2|unit 3}} or do the parameter names need to be spelled out exactly? - Trevor MacInnis ^contribs 18:07, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

All the parameters that are passed from one template to the other have to be spelled out. Otherwise, there is no way how to get their values. Svick (talk) 21:11, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

date never showing

I am trying to get it so that {{Cite GameFAQs}} (a wrapper template for cite web) will not display the date if its left blank, but still show it if it is filled in regardless of the coding format. 陣内_Jinnai 22:31, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

 Done - I believe that that it should be working fine now. Hope this helps. Set Sail For The Seven Seas 7° 0' 0" NET 00:28, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Different colored links for stubs.

You should make it so the links throughout the whole site will be of a different color if they direct to a stub article. That way you can avoid the stubs if you prefer.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.19.86.40 (talk • contribs)

Interesting idea; not sure how achieveable that would be. In any case I would recommend bringing this up at the idea lab so that the implications can be explored. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 15:20, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

Stubs are only identified by user-added templates - it would require a tremendous amount of computational overhead to figure out if pages are stubs (basically you'd have to load each link on a page to check to see it the page has a stub template - or load a special 'stub category' page to see if a given link is included - and then re-color the link after the fact. I can't imagine that the result would be worth the overhead, not without some significant changes to the underlying structure of the wiki. --Ludwigs2 08:22, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

If you registered an account, you could set a preference (click the Appearance tab) so that all links to pages with less than $n$ bytes are in different color. Svick (talk) 12:21, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

Dates in chronological order

Concerning Template:Vgrelease. Could manual sorting be implemented for the release dates? I mean the order the fields in a single call are used: Currently, the template always displays JP -> NA -> PAL -> EU -> AUS, no matter which order you use in the template call. For example, {{vgrelease|NA=January 21, 1998|JP=January 29, 1998|PAL=May 8, 1998}} will display... JP comes before NA although it is used after NA in the call. The code above should actually result in this:

• ^NA January 21, 1998
• ^JP January 29, 1998
• ^PAL May 8, 1998

I don't know how hard that is to achieve, just thought I'd request it here as the current method of using separate template calls for manual sorting is just clunky, confusing to editors, and a waste of space (for the above example, we currently have to use {{vgrelease|NA=January 21, 1998}}{{vgrelease|JP=January 29, 1998|PAL=May 8, 1998}} to get the desired output). Prime Blue (talk) 09:20, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

Film series/franchise infobox requested

There are several articles regarding various film franchises that utilize the "film" infobox. I think there is too much information requested in this infobox for a series of films. For a series like the first group of Star Wars movies, where the writers, producers and directors are mostly the same for all three films, it's usable. However, a series like Friday the 13th with a total of 12 movies (including the 2009 reboot), each with a different writing/directing/producing team, the infobox could be longer than the article. To illustrate this, I completed an "infobox film" template (see below) with all the information I could find already aggregated onto one page. If I had researched these movies more, I could have easily expanded with entries for screenplay, release dates, actors (a list long enough to warrant a separate article), etc, etc.

I propose a shorter infobox with only the core production information that is likely to be carried over across all or most of the movies in the series. In addition, there should be statistical information related to the entire franchise such as total revenue, number of films. I think this would be a very useful tool. I've made a table with the info that I feel should be included. Compare it to the infobox and I think you'll see my point.

Thank you, Brendanmccabe (talk) 00:57, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

• It is worth noting, not all of the data is 100% accurate and none of it is verified.

Friday the 13th
[[File:[|frameless|upright=1]]
Directed by	Sean S. Cunningham(1) Steve Miner(2,3) Joseph Zito(Final Chapter) Danny Steinmann(5) Tom McLoughlin(6) John Carl Buechler(7) Rob Hedden(8) Adam Marcus(Final Friday) James Isaac(X) Ronny Yu(Freddy Vs. Jason) Marcus Nispel(2009)
Written by	Victor Miller(1) Ron Kurz(2) Martin Kitrosser & Carol Watson (3) Barney Cohen(4) Martin Kitrosser, David Cohen & Danny Steinmann(5) Tom McLoughlin(6) Manuel Fidello & Daryl Haney(7) Rob Hedden(8) Jay Huguely Adam Marcus & Dean Lorey(Final) Todd Farmer(X) Damian Shannon & Mark Swift(Freddy vs, 2009)
Produced by	Sean S. Cunningham(1) Steve Miner(2) Frank Mancuso Jr.(3) Timothy Silver(Final Chapter) Don Behrns(5) Iain Paterson(6) Randy Cheveldave(7) Sean S. Cunningham(8) Noel Cunningham(Final) Sean S. Cunningham(Freddy vs) Michael Bay  Andrew Form & Brad Fuller(2009)
Production companies	Paramount New Line Cinema
Release dates	39-May-80 30-Apr-81 13-Aug-82 13-Apr-84 22-Mar-85 1-Aug-86 13-May-88 28-Jul-89 13-Aug-93 26-Apr-02 15-Aug-03 13-Feb-09
Running time	89 minutes 120 minutes 101 minutes 94 minutes 90 minutes 100 minutes 88 minutes 22 minutes
Country	USA
Budget	$550,000 $1,250,000 $2,500,000 $2,600,000 $2,200,000 $3,000,000 $2,800,000 $5,000,000 $3,000,000 $14,000,000 $25,000,000 $19,000,000
Box office	$59,754,601 $21,722,776 $36,690,067 $32,980,880 $21,930,418 $19,472,057 $19,170,001 $14,343,976 $15,935,068 $16,951,798 $114,908,830 $91,379,051

Proposed

name	Friday the 13th
image	NonFreeImageRemoved.svg
image size	199px
alt	cover of boxset
caption	a box-set release of all 72 films
Commonality	Jason character
studio(s)	Paramount New Line Cinema
distributor(s)
Number of films	72
Avg runtime	100 minutes
country	USA
language	English
Average budget
total gross	US$465,239,523

Thanks again, Brendanmccabe (talk) 00:57, 30 August 2010 (UTC)