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Since user Tschubby [1] has uploaded almost every community map of Switzerland he made to Wiki Commons [2] and many articles already include the image code I don't see a reason why the maps should remain turned off. Makes no sense to me. --Cooper.ch 19:14, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
Supposedly, Tobias Conradi is trying to standardize names (by renaming to Template:Infobox Town CH). As it's only for municipalities, we might as well change its name to " Template:Infobox Municipality CH". There don't appear to be any others named that way though (see Special:Allpages/Infobox). Until naming is fixed, I'm moving it back to the old title ( Template:Infobox Swiss town). -- User:Docu
The current yellow might not be optimal for cases where "subject_name" still includes the coat of arms. (sample). Personally, I'd favor the previous "color", but obviously, this is something that may be debated at length. -- User:Docu
The maps available at commons mainly map the borders of the municipality as compared to the neighboring municipalities. Possibly we could include a link like "(map)" where the list of neighboring municipalities are displayed (currently in an optional table row starting with "Surrounded by"). -- User:Docu
Articles in the French and Italian language version include the lists of neighboring municipalities. Maybe there is an easy way to import them for "neighboring_municipalities=". -- User:Docu
So the template (which is now 340 kb long) contains the neighbouring information for all municipalities in Switzerland ?? Is it really a feature ? It seems slightly crazy to me; firstly, because this can not be good for the software's performance, and secondly, because such information should be self-contained in each article (as a parameter) rather than being in this template. Schutz 22:32, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
The geographic coordinates here are not following the standards used by other infoboxes. This means they are also not showing up on Google Earth's new Wikipedia layer. Can we change the infobox to follow more commonly used metrics? (see Google Earth Wikipedia Layer FAQ). I'll certainly help switch the Swiss towns over to the new standard. I'd love for all these swiss cities to be seen and read about by this great program! :) thanks, Goldfishbutt 08:17, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
Moved to /Archive 1
On test, I added a conversation to feet for the elevation (input is in meters/metres). It's visible at Template_talk:Infobox_Swiss_town/Test.
On a few articles, the elevation field includes additional information ( Avers, Ormont-Dessus, Hasliberg, Bagnes, Obersaxen, Wald, Berne). To make the conversation work there, the additional information would need to go into an additional field (e.g. "altitude_description"). -- User:Docu
Would people here appreciate adding an optional photograph field to the template, maybe below Canton/District? It would give us a standardised way to add a representative photograph to each article, especially for the smaller municipalities whose articles don't have a photograph yet. Sandstein 16:58, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
I have semi-d this infobox, since it is used on 2700+ articles. Rich Farmbrough, 10:58 22 September 2007 (GMT).
I propose a number of changes to the template. By using some of the code setup that is used by similar templates, the code can be simplified and the length of the infobox reduced.
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User:52 Pickup/Drafts/Infobox Swiss town |
Apart from the condensation of the code and the template's appearance, there are a number of other things that I have included in this new version:
As requested above, a photo may be added to this template, but I have added that code to the template yet.
What do you think? - 52 Pickup ( talk) 11:08, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
A copy of the proposed version is now at Template:Infobox Swiss town/sandbox to enable preview of the test cases on Template:Infobox Swiss town/testcases.
Good work. -- User:Docu
Well actually I would rather convert then all to a standard template and rid entirely of "Swiss town infobox". Why should Switzerland be special and have its own? ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ $1,000,000? 19:32, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
At Template:Infobox_Swiss_town/testcases, four new fields are being tested: ( {{highest}} {{highest_m}} {{lowest}} {{lowest_m}}. The optional fields can be used to add the elevation and name of the highest point in the municipality, similar to the fields already in use for the infobox for cantons. I removed the conversion to ft as it took up too much space. -- User:Docu
Can someone please check the calculations with miles? Eppenberg-Wöschnau has Population=319, Area=1.89 km², Density=169 /km² which is correct; but Population=319, Area=0.7 sq mi, Density=65 /sq.mi.. Shouldn't that be 456 /sq.mi.? -- Jeandré, 2008-04-18 t11:12z
Blofeld tried to implement three changes:
Personally, I favor point (3.): It reduces the space used and one has to scroll less to see more of the information. As for (2.): in general, I'd rather see first the other information. For (1.), the map shows adds too much space around the actual map. -- User:Docu
Well I like to see things consistent all across wikipedia and this Swiss template is backwards. It would look much better with a photo paramter at the top too, particularly for a country as scenic as Switzerland. All templates such as even lakes and infoboxes for mountains always have a photo at the very top. For me the photograph should be at the top. This isn't to do with information importance as obviously the data is more important, but I strongly think it gives the appearance more weight this way and is an overall improvement. If the infobox could be changed so there is a photo parameter which is at the absolute top and a map this is all I ask you to think about . Regards ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ $1,000,000? 20:37, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
Why can't you guys just use the standard? Looks much more attractive. -- —Preceding unsigned comment added by Blofeld of SPECTRE ( talk • contribs)
Lausanne | |
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Country | Switzerland |
Cantons of Switzerland | Vaud |
District | Lausanne |
Government | |
• Mayor | Daniel Brélaz (GPS) |
Area | |
• Total | 15.97 sq mi (41.37 km2) |
Elevation | 1,624 ft (495 m) |
Population (2007) | |
• Total | 128,302 |
• Urban density | 8,030/sq mi (3,101/km2) |
SFOS number 5586 | 1000-1018 |
Website | www.lausanne.ch |
This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Archive 1 | Archive 2 | Archive 3 | Archive 4 |
Since user Tschubby [1] has uploaded almost every community map of Switzerland he made to Wiki Commons [2] and many articles already include the image code I don't see a reason why the maps should remain turned off. Makes no sense to me. --Cooper.ch 19:14, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
Supposedly, Tobias Conradi is trying to standardize names (by renaming to Template:Infobox Town CH). As it's only for municipalities, we might as well change its name to " Template:Infobox Municipality CH". There don't appear to be any others named that way though (see Special:Allpages/Infobox). Until naming is fixed, I'm moving it back to the old title ( Template:Infobox Swiss town). -- User:Docu
The current yellow might not be optimal for cases where "subject_name" still includes the coat of arms. (sample). Personally, I'd favor the previous "color", but obviously, this is something that may be debated at length. -- User:Docu
The maps available at commons mainly map the borders of the municipality as compared to the neighboring municipalities. Possibly we could include a link like "(map)" where the list of neighboring municipalities are displayed (currently in an optional table row starting with "Surrounded by"). -- User:Docu
Articles in the French and Italian language version include the lists of neighboring municipalities. Maybe there is an easy way to import them for "neighboring_municipalities=". -- User:Docu
So the template (which is now 340 kb long) contains the neighbouring information for all municipalities in Switzerland ?? Is it really a feature ? It seems slightly crazy to me; firstly, because this can not be good for the software's performance, and secondly, because such information should be self-contained in each article (as a parameter) rather than being in this template. Schutz 22:32, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
The geographic coordinates here are not following the standards used by other infoboxes. This means they are also not showing up on Google Earth's new Wikipedia layer. Can we change the infobox to follow more commonly used metrics? (see Google Earth Wikipedia Layer FAQ). I'll certainly help switch the Swiss towns over to the new standard. I'd love for all these swiss cities to be seen and read about by this great program! :) thanks, Goldfishbutt 08:17, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
Moved to /Archive 1
On test, I added a conversation to feet for the elevation (input is in meters/metres). It's visible at Template_talk:Infobox_Swiss_town/Test.
On a few articles, the elevation field includes additional information ( Avers, Ormont-Dessus, Hasliberg, Bagnes, Obersaxen, Wald, Berne). To make the conversation work there, the additional information would need to go into an additional field (e.g. "altitude_description"). -- User:Docu
Would people here appreciate adding an optional photograph field to the template, maybe below Canton/District? It would give us a standardised way to add a representative photograph to each article, especially for the smaller municipalities whose articles don't have a photograph yet. Sandstein 16:58, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
I have semi-d this infobox, since it is used on 2700+ articles. Rich Farmbrough, 10:58 22 September 2007 (GMT).
I propose a number of changes to the template. By using some of the code setup that is used by similar templates, the code can be simplified and the length of the infobox reduced.
Current version | Proposed version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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User:52 Pickup/Drafts/Infobox Swiss town |
Apart from the condensation of the code and the template's appearance, there are a number of other things that I have included in this new version:
As requested above, a photo may be added to this template, but I have added that code to the template yet.
What do you think? - 52 Pickup ( talk) 11:08, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
A copy of the proposed version is now at Template:Infobox Swiss town/sandbox to enable preview of the test cases on Template:Infobox Swiss town/testcases.
Good work. -- User:Docu
Well actually I would rather convert then all to a standard template and rid entirely of "Swiss town infobox". Why should Switzerland be special and have its own? ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ $1,000,000? 19:32, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
At Template:Infobox_Swiss_town/testcases, four new fields are being tested: ( {{highest}} {{highest_m}} {{lowest}} {{lowest_m}}. The optional fields can be used to add the elevation and name of the highest point in the municipality, similar to the fields already in use for the infobox for cantons. I removed the conversion to ft as it took up too much space. -- User:Docu
Can someone please check the calculations with miles? Eppenberg-Wöschnau has Population=319, Area=1.89 km², Density=169 /km² which is correct; but Population=319, Area=0.7 sq mi, Density=65 /sq.mi.. Shouldn't that be 456 /sq.mi.? -- Jeandré, 2008-04-18 t11:12z
Blofeld tried to implement three changes:
Personally, I favor point (3.): It reduces the space used and one has to scroll less to see more of the information. As for (2.): in general, I'd rather see first the other information. For (1.), the map shows adds too much space around the actual map. -- User:Docu
Well I like to see things consistent all across wikipedia and this Swiss template is backwards. It would look much better with a photo paramter at the top too, particularly for a country as scenic as Switzerland. All templates such as even lakes and infoboxes for mountains always have a photo at the very top. For me the photograph should be at the top. This isn't to do with information importance as obviously the data is more important, but I strongly think it gives the appearance more weight this way and is an overall improvement. If the infobox could be changed so there is a photo parameter which is at the absolute top and a map this is all I ask you to think about . Regards ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ $1,000,000? 20:37, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
Why can't you guys just use the standard? Looks much more attractive. -- —Preceding unsigned comment added by Blofeld of SPECTRE ( talk • contribs)
Lausanne | |
---|---|
Country | Switzerland |
Cantons of Switzerland | Vaud |
District | Lausanne |
Government | |
• Mayor | Daniel Brélaz (GPS) |
Area | |
• Total | 15.97 sq mi (41.37 km2) |
Elevation | 1,624 ft (495 m) |
Population (2007) | |
• Total | 128,302 |
• Urban density | 8,030/sq mi (3,101/km2) |
SFOS number 5586 | 1000-1018 |
Website | www.lausanne.ch |