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It seems quite strange that there are more fields in this template than in the more specialized Historic building template; it also diverges from the more specialized Skyscraper template. Should those be superset of this one? MrRedwood 23:01, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
Can someone add style and cost parameters to this?-- TonyTheTiger ( t/ c/ bio/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:LOTM) 11:36, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
I'd like to see an Acoustical Engineer parameter added to the template - acousticians play an important part (arguably the most important) for many concert halls and performance spaces. Anechoic Man ( talk) 04:52, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
Even when coordinate data is present in the template, no map link is being generated. This is confusing to AnomeBot. Can anyone fix this? -- Stepheng3 ( talk) 20:26, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi! Some other templates (i.e. Uncategorized), when used, are able to automatically add the page into a category. This template ( Template:Infobox building or Template:Infobox Historic building) is able to collect data, so let's use the data: Let the template adds the page to the propper category.
I.e. we get:
|location_town= Berlin |location_country= Germany |style= Baroque
...so, let the Template tries to find the proper Category:Baroque buildings in Berlin, or if this specific is not found, to find less specific Category:Baroque buildings in Germany or finally the least specific default Category:Baroque architecture,
There are already lots of buildings in this general Category (and even more buildings, which are not categorized at all: Unsolvable this way). So, the next step can be, that bots will use the "catalogizing tree of IFs" to be applied on the pages of the default Category, so to shake them down deeper to the geographical hierarchy tree. Oashi ( talk) 00:44, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
page.getSortStringForTheCategory(Category)
, isn't it? I do not know, how to get it...Can somebody add an alt text field to the infobox? The reason is it's now part of the FA criteria to include alt text and at the moment there's no way to include alt text for the static image in the infobox. Nev1 ( talk) 22:12, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
The alt text should not default to the caption, because alt text and captions have quite different functions and typically they do not overlap; see WP:ALT #What not to specify. Typically it's better to have no alt text than an alt text equal to the caption, because that avoids useless repetition of the same info to the visually impaired who is using a screen reader. That is what similar infobox templates like {{ Infobox film}} do. Also, other templates that have this argument typically call it "alt" rather than "alttxt", since it's called "alt" in the image syntax. I suggest further improving this template by installing this sandbox patch to default the alt text to empty (actually, to "alttxt"'s value if set, for backward compatibility; and then to empty otherwise). Eubulides ( talk) 09:20, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
Can someone add a website field to this template?-- TonyTheTiger ( t/ c/ bio/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:LOTM) 12:58, 28 July 2009 (UTC)-- TonyTheTiger ( t/ c/ bio/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:LOTM) 12:58, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
| label# = Website | data# = {{{website|}}}
I was looking over the infobox and it needs a few additions:
Hi all - I've found what looks like a bug in the template - see Dunedin Town Hall. The building was built under the supervision of architects Lawson et al, then renovated under Hesson et al. As such I listed Lawson at "architect=" and Hesson at "ren_architect=". This resulted in both lawson and hesson being listed separately as "Architect" under the header "Renovating team". The only way that the infobox will list Lawson as the original architect is if I remove the information about the renovation. Anyone able to fix this (or have I done something wrong?)? Grutness... wha? 10:01, 5 December 2009 (UTC)
The description of the parameters appears to be missing from this page. On other infobox templates, e.g. skycraper, this defines what is expected to be entered (which is sometimes not immediately evident, hence it's good to have this documented). Can somebody please add this? Schwede66 ( talk) 00:47, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
Despite multiple bright warnings in the documentation that Attention! At use of map {{
coord}} it is not necessary to use, I often find it necessary to use the coordinates=
parameter in order to get a coordinates link that is 100% correct. My difficulty seems to be that {{
Infobox building}} passes a blank 2nd argument to {{
CountryAbbr}}, causing it to generate an invalid region code for locations in the United States, India, and Canada. The straightforward fix would be to add a parameter analogous to the subdivision_name1=
parameter of {{
Infobox settlement}}. However, {{
CountryAbbr}} is inefficient and unreliable. I think a better long-term solution would be to introduce a region-iso=
parameter similar to that of {{
Infobox Berg1}}.
If anyone has an opinion or concern regarding how to address this issue, please comment below. Best regards, -- Stepheng3 ( talk) 20:09, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
coordinates_type=
parameter ala {{
Infobox settlement}} would provide an acceptable workaround for the issue. However, the name coordinates_type=
is misleading because the region code has nothing to do with the type of building. If we go that route, I'd ask that the parameter be named coord_parameters=
(ala {{
Infobox nrhp}}).region-iso=
is blank or unspecified. However, if we add region-iso=
to each instance of the template, then we could dispense with {{
CountryAbbr}}. I'm thinking a bot could do the work of adding the parameter. --
Stepheng3 (
talk) 06:06, 1 March 2010 (UTC)iso_region
in order to be more harmonious with the existing parameters. --
Stepheng3 (
talk) 03:37, 4 March 2010 (UTC)The Template:Infobox modern building has almost exactly the same data fields as Infobox building, and if there are any missing they can be merged into it. There is no point having a separate template "for buildings from 1900 onwards." Adabow ( talk) 09:31, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
There seems to be consensus. Can someone with more experience than me please carry out the merge? Adabow ( talk) 03:34, 9 April 2010 (UTC)
Merging:
Template:Infobox Kremlin building ( talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
into this one should be straightforward. There are only 4 trasnclusions. The only differing parameter is |locator=
.
Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing);
Andy's talk;
Andy's edits 15:53, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
The next template to be merged here should be {{ Infobox skyscraper}}. The latter's different parameters are:
| building_name = | former_name = | year_highest = | year_end = | plural = | location = | status = | groundbreaking = | constructed = | est_completion = | topped_out = | opening = | demolished = | destroyed = | cancelled = | use = | antenna_spire = | roof = | top_floor = | elevator_count = | architect = | engineer = | contractor = | developer = | management =
Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 15:32, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
Strong support Should be done asap. Dr. Blofeld White cat 10:54, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
Strong support, ditto. - SSJ t 02:13, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
Unless I have missed something, there really isn't a field in the template to accommodate information about designations (historic designations first jump to mind, but obviously there are others, e.g. designation as part of a Parliamentary precinct, etc.). The awards & prizes field is a little too narrow - either it should be retitled to "awards and designations" or something similar, or a new field should be added. -- Skeezix1000 ( talk) 14:09, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
"Altitude"? In common usage, altitude is in the air; elevation is the correct term for ground-based structures and natural features. Correction needed! I attempted to edit the template myself, but after some passage of time saw no effect at New Gate. Expert help needed. Hertz1888 ( talk) 07:27, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
I am proposing to add to the Template documentation that the above parameters should only include notable awards (i.e. ones with there own articles), Comments please Mtking ( talk) 10:56, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
Might as well merge in {{ infobox hotel}} and {{ infobox casino}}. Vegaswikian ( talk) 22:13, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
| names_pre = | casino_type = | casino_theme = | casino_license_holder= | space_gaming = | shows = | attractions = | notable_restaurants = | renovations = | number_of_hotel_rooms = | number_of_hotel_suites = | number_of_restaurants =
number_of_hotel_rooms modified in this proposal from (rooms and number_of_rooms); and number_of_hotel_suites modified in this proposal from (number_of_suites)
What is the difference between these terms? Vegaswikian ( talk) 20:24, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
If I had more time, I would try to repair the handy automatic status calculator that we had in the skyscraper infobox. The automatic status calculator worked by looking at various date fields, and therefore some skyscraper articles don't have the status field at all. The removal of that feature during the merge has caused the construction status to disappear from some skyscraper articles once they have been converted to use this template. Maybe someone can look into this.
Also, would it be better for the status to be included in the "General information" section, rather then just above it as it currently appears? Astronaut ( talk) 03:42, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
How do we deal with single articles that cover multiple buildings? A simple case example is Turnberry Towers where, I think, the exterior of the buildings is identical for the most part. About the only difference might be the altitude since the starting elevations are likely to be different. The more complicated case would be something with a large number of buildings like an outdoor shopping center, albeit more likely to be using {{ Infobox shopping mall}}. An example of this would be World Market Center Las Vegas. One infobox for the totals and then one for each building? Vegaswikian ( talk) 05:27, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
Can someone explain why we don't just use coordinates= and the {{ coord}} template? One bot run and we could eliminate about 10 parameters in the template. That is about 15% of the parameters in the template. Vegaswikian ( talk) 06:38, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
|map_type=
).
Plastikspork
―Œ(talk) 14:23, 10 May 2011 (UTC)As {{ Infobox Historic building}} redirects to this template, I would personally find it useful to have some designation fields like those in {{ Infobox Historic Site}}, so I could add information on listed building status like the following:
| designation1 = Grade II Listed Building | designation1_date = 25 April 1952 | designation1_number =217669
I also wonder if it might not be possible to add a few fields of a more of historic nature to this infobox such as these, particularly the "rebuilt"/"restored" and "rebuilt by"/"restored by" elements, again like those in {{ Infobox Historic Site}}:
| built = | built_for = | rebuilt = | rebuilt_by = | restored = | restored_by =
I’m afraid that I don’t know enough about infobox templates to change things myself, and it would obviously be best to get others’ support for any additions, but maybe someone could help with this? The above suggestions would certainly help me when I come to post a couple of articles about historic buildings I am working on – thank you ( Lepidus Magnus ( talk) 16:06, 11 September 2010 (UTC))
Selly Manor | |
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Listed Building – Grade II | |
Designated | 25 April 1952 |
Reference no. | 217669 |
Sorry for not seeing this request earlier. I am now currently in the process of testing a general template that can be used to just list such designations. It will have a feature so it can be embedded into other infoboxes besides this one. Thanks. Zzyzx11 ( talk) 03:08, 5 July 2011 (UTC)
Another straight forward merge:
Template:Infobox venue ( talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Differing parameters are:
| nickname = | type = | genre = | built = | opened = | renovated = | expanded = | closed = | demolished = | construction_cost=
I strongly support a merger of Infobox venue into infobox building. Dr. Blofeld White cat 10:52, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
I strongly support a merger of Infobox venue into infobox building. - SSJ t 02:15, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
The template documentation offers a choice of |completion_date=
or |completed_date=
. It appears that only the former works. What's up?
Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing);
Andy's talk;
Andy's edits 11:29, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
There is a discussion concerning infoboxes for fuel production facilities. Your input is appreciated. Beagel ( talk) 09:39, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
I suggest adding an "accessible" parameter to show whether or not a building is wheelchair accessible. I would go ahead and add it myself but I don't know if I would be violating some rule by doing that. NorthernThunder ( talk) 15:07, 6 October 2011 (UTC)
It seems that the template doesn't include an above ground/underground floor parameter. I think both should be added. Comments are welcome. — Ynhockey ( Talk) 08:55, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
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Dear Owner of this page,
I like to help edit this page. Since, I have prior knowledge to the architectural inspiration and main contractor details for this building.
Natasha rod (
talk) 02:59, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
I have proposed that we delete {{ geobox}}. That may effect this templates. You are invited to particiapte in the Geobox deletion dicussion. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 22:56, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
I'd like to merge the little-used {{
Infobox bathhouse}}, into this one. Any objections to adding the only missing parameter, |facilities=
?
Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing);
Talk to Andy;
Andy's edits 11:09, 13 March 2012 (UTC)
{{
infobox hotel}}
At TfD, it has been concluded that this template is to be merged with Infobox building. TfD: infobox hotel.
I have done some research, and started a talk at: Template_talk:Infobox_hotel. Please take a look if you are interested. - DePiep ( talk) 14:54, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
I think the documentation of the coordinates_display= parameter is misleading. In various places it suggests setting to inline,title or yes to display coordinates in the title. In fact, any non-blank value (including no or inline) will cause title coordinates. Or is this a bug in the template? — Stepheng3 ( talk) 18:29, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
{{ Infobox museum}} has been nominated for merger into this template, see the discussion at WP:TFD. -- 65.92.180.137 ( talk) 02:04, 31 March 2013 (UTC)
The Infobox building at Beehive (Gatwick Airport) is currently showing an error message Expression error: Missing operand for *.%; I have concluded it is connected to the "map_type = United Kingdom Crawley" parameter, but I have not been able to resolve the issue. Hoping someone here may help. Periglio ( talk) 20:02, 20 April 2013 (UTC)
Fixed Thanks Periglio ( talk) 22:46, 20 April 2013 (UTC)
Hi all, in writing the article Columbus Power House it occurred to me that it would be nice to have in the template something that indicates it's inventory status, much like what is done for Endangered species.
Note the last section in my article where I provided the classification of the building as "Outstanding" and then "Notable".
Could you add something to the template that allows for putting this information in the info box?
Thanks!
-- RichardMcCoy ( talk) 16:48, 10 August 2013 (UTC)
I propose to add a |named_for=
parameter, for buildings named after an event, place, person or other notable entity. This will mirror the same parameter in {{
Infobox settlement}}. Any comments?
Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing);
Talk to Andy;
Andy's edits 21:38, 24 December 2013 (UTC)
Many of the buildings which we write about (historic houses, schools, chapels, etc.) sit in extensive grounds. I have therefore added a |grounds_area=
parameter, which should take a value in hectares, square metres or similar. Use {{
Convert}} if appropriate.
Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing);
Talk to Andy;
Andy's edits 02:13, 22 December 2013 (UTC)
|area=
parameter in it is for properties which have an area, not the grounds in which a smaller property sits (but thank you for showing the precedent for the use of this information).
Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing);
Talk to Andy;
Andy's edits 21:44, 24 December 2013 (UTC)
For some reason that I can't determine through trying to read the source code, this template is automatically putting a border around all images. While this looks okay for actual photographs (although most other templates don't include them even then), it looks bad for logos. There needs to be a way to turn off the border.
See Happy Valley (Guangzhou) for an example. I tried the customary image_border tag (setting it to none), but to no avail. Please implement this. — trlkly 16:46, 26 January 2014 (UTC)
Seems you can't use both - is that intentional? 82.132.238.244 ( talk) 13:41, 25 January 2014 (UTC)
It is proposed to deprecate the use of {{ Geobox}} for buildings (currently there are 260 such instances), mostly in favour of this template. Please comment at Template talk:Geobox#Use for buildings. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:55, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
~ 260 instances of {{ geobox}} for buildings need to be replaced with this infobox (whcih has 11,780 transclusions) or in some cases, possibly {{ infobox church}}. Would anyone like to assist? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 10:58, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
all the fields listed in the height section refer to the height of the building (i.e., architectural height, tip height, spire height). this section is specifically here due to the prior merger of {{ infobox skyscraper}}, where height is one of the more important features, as well as which architectural feature is used when it is measured. I attempted to fix this, but was reverted with the rationale that I didn't use a meaningful edit summary. apparently no other objection. however, if this is the standard for reverting edits, then I would say that "ce" is not a rationale for changing the height header, so I have rolled back those edits as well. Frietjes ( talk) 14:28, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
Is it possible to add a mechanism for including parameters for listed buildings (or equivalent), or is there some way of including this information in the infobox already? Dave.Dunford ( talk) 09:53, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
This word is used wrongly in the context of this box, etymology describes the origins and history of words - it is not a term to cover how objects or buildings derive their names. What is being referred to here is "name derivation", something completely different from etymology. For instance if you had a building named the Penwood building the etymology would be - pen Early Welsh for hill or eminence, 'wood' from wudu Old English for a forest. But what is meant is that the Penwood Building was named after someone called Penwood. Please get it right! Urselius ( talk) 18:36, 5 June 2014 (UTC)
I'd like to modify the template so that the map caption gets the name of the map from inside the map's template/module instead of the pagename that contains the template. If the template's pagename is something lengthy such as "United Kingdom Borough of Ribble Valley", it's not appropriate to display this within the map caption. I've already successfully made similar changes to other infoboxes, e.g. {{
Infobox museum}}
, {{
Infobox monastery}}
, {{
Infobox historic site}}
, {{
Infobox GB bus station}}
. If agreed, the specific change to be made is: Replace
|caption = {{{map_caption|<center>Location within {{{map_type}}}</center>}}}
with
|caption = {{{map_caption|<center>Location within {{#invoke:Location map|data|{{{map_type}}}|name}}</center>}}}
-- Dr Greg talk 23:44, 22 July 2014 (UTC)
It would be great if this template could accommodate in the height section, fields to enter its rank among buildings in that city. (Interesting for skyscrapers, not shorter buildings). For example, to mention that it is 7th tallest in Atlanta (just an example). Any ideas? Any opinions would this be a constructive thing to seek consensus on and find out how to add to the template? Keizers ( talk) 23:52, 15 August 2014 (UTC)
a request was made on my talk page by TonyTheTiger to add a second location map (like we have in infobox settlement). any comments or objections? Frietjes ( talk) 15:32, 12 September 2014 (UTC)
I would like someone to augment {{ Infobox building}} to have the same multiple pin map option that {{ Infobox settlement}} has. I.e., I would like to see both the before and after map of this edit included on the page. Can anyone augment the template for that feature. P.S. the example that I showed in that edit ( Broadway_Hollywood_Building) is going on the main page at DYK on the 14th so if the change is not too complicated to copy over, it would be good if it could be done fairly quickly. TonyTheTiger ( talk) 19:07, 12 September 2014 (UTC)
I went ahead and added descriptions of the following parameters to the documentation's parameter table: height, architectural, tip, top_floor, roof, observatory, antenna_spire. I also added a paragraph on "Height parameters". The paragraph explains that four of these parameters correspond to methods used by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) to measure the height of tall buildings.
I redefined one of the paramters: top_floor. Formerly the documentation had these descriptions.
Unless you are counting floors like the Germans (where the ground floor is numbered zero), these are going to be the same numbers. I suspect that what happened here is that the floor_count parameter existed previously, and then the top_floor paramter was imported along with the other CTBUH height parameters when this template was merged with the skyscraper template. So it should be a height parameter. Redefining it from a floor count to a height contradicts the previous description and may not correspond to the values in some pages that use the info box. But I think this is what it was supposed to be, and went and changed the description.
There are still other parameters that don't have descriptions in the parameters table. Most of the renovation parameters, altitude, etc. Relief is mentioned in what looks like a comment from source code, but not in the table. – Margin1522 ( talk) 17:55, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
I propose to add a publictransit
parameter, similar to what
Template:Infobox museum has. I think it would be more relevant here since several public transport stations around the world are located on either the ground or underground floors of buildings. For example, the
Gare de La Défense station of the
Paris Métro is underneath the
Grande Arche, the entrance to the
Federal Triangle station of the
Washington Metro is beneath the
Clinton Federal Building, and the
Westminster tube station of the
London Underground is below the
Portcullis House.
Zzyzx11 (
talk) 06:13, 17 November 2014 (UTC)
| publictransit = [[Federal Triangle (WMATA station)|Federal Triangle (metro station)]]
...?
Sardanaphalus (
talk) 12:53, 17 November 2014 (UTC)|integrated_transit_type
and |integrated_transit_station
for:Please elaborate.
Sardanaphalus ( talk) 23:46, 14 November 2014 (UTC)
Above | |
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header1 | |
label2 | Some text as data2 that should linewrap |
label3 should linewrap | data3 |
header5 | |
Some text as data4 that's not accompanied by a label and should also, like data2, be sufficiently long to produce linewrapping – in this case, at least twice. | |
header7 | |
label8 | data8 |
If demolitions takes say 3 months, can a demolition start, demolition end be added to the infobox? Bs0u10e01 ( talk) 14:13, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
Could we get a field that indicates the building incorporates a previous structure? For example, an English country house might have been built in 1750, but it incorporated a tower or basement from a 11th century castle. What do you think? Thanks! —Мандичка YO 😜 22:54, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
Maybe this isn't supposed to be human readable, but why are the entries for "awards" and "ren_awards" in the TemplateData section garbled? They look ok in the Parameters section. Kendall-K1 ( talk) 18:45, 12 May 2015 (UTC)
I add on the 'Template:Infobox building/doc' page in the correct places (I think) 'glazing_contractor'. It would be nice to have the template:infobox building reflect this so wiki pages could list which glazing contractor worked on the facade of the building. Glazing contractors have a major role in building design, performance, and architectural aesthetics. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BenSD ( talk • contribs) 21:22, 29 June 2015 (UTC)
Note- the change I made to the 'Template:Infobox building/doc' page have been undone, I assumed that adding the 'glazing contractor' field myself would have been helpful. I am still in the opinion that adding the field to the infobox would be useful. BenSD ( talk) 17:11, 2 July 2015 (UTC)
I see your point, I thought adding it to the document page would make it easier to implement, into the actual template:infobox building. BenSD ( talk) 16:10, 6 July 2015 (UTC)
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Can we add a construction manager parameter to the template? Construction management firms are hired and perform different work then anything that is listed under design and construction. They serve an integral role in quality control/assurance, budgeting, scheduling and assuring that a project runs smoothly. It has become an important part of the construction process in large projects/renovations so I think it would be beneficial to include it. Can anyone do this please? Construction_Management_Association_of_America Keelsh01 ( talk) 17:40, 23 July 2015 (UTC) Keelsh01 ( talk) 20:10, 23 July 2015 (UTC)
{{
edit template-protected}}
template. --
Redrose64 (
talk) 13:00, 24 July 2015 (UTC)
(see discussion in subject below)
Keelsh01 (
talk) 16:40, 30 July 2015 (UTC)
A number of articles are - not unreasonably, given the parameter name - using |top_floor=
to store a number or text such as "9" or "9th floor". Much of this useful data was recently removed in an AWB run by
User:Bgwhite, acting on
Category:Building using deprecated parameters*.
Perhaps the parameter should be repurposed? Or renamed to |top_floor_height=
, with the data to which I refer moved to |top_floor_number=
?
Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing);
Talk to Andy;
Andy's edits 09:22, 21 August 2015 (UTC)
|floor_count=
instead.
Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing);
Talk to Andy;
Andy's edits 11:25, 22 August 2015 (UTC)The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
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Can we add a project_manager (PM) parameter to the template? Over the past two decades, project/construction managers (PM/CM) have become key players in the construction process. [1] In the past, they were usually apart of the contracting team. However, now client's often hire a PM/CM firm separately to over see the building process from the very beginning, working closely with architects and engineers to go over plans and drawings, making timetables for the project, determining material and labor costs, negotiating with and hiring subcontractors and workers, scheduling workers on site, gathering permits and making sure everything is up to code.- "An owner may also contract with a construction project management company as an advisor, creating a third contract relationship in the project. The construction manager's role is to provide construction advice to the designer, design advice to the constructor on the owner's behalf and other advice as necessary." [2]
It has become an important part of the construction process in small-medium-large projects/renovations, and it would be beneficial to include it. Also, it is necessary because adding a construction manager firm's name under any other parameter would be portraying misleading information-it doesn't quite fit anywhere else. Furthermore, the only infobox that attains a sufficing parameter is Template: infobox venue, however that template does not acquire the appropriate embed codes (a user requested this, but was denied). Can this be added please?
Keelsh01 ( talk) 17:47, 28 July 2015 (UTC)
{{
infobox}}
or {{
reflist}}
. This is a non-mainstream user-created template and should therefore be treated as such. The fact that it's locked goes against our nature of being the encyclopedia that anyone can edit. I'm myself a seasoned template editor but can't edit it because I'm not an administrator. This lock in this particular template goes against our mission. —
Ahnoneemoos (
talk) 06:32, 8 August 2015 (UTC)I'm bringing this back up - Template talk:Infobox building/Archive 1#Designations. Can we please get a designation such as exists for Template:Infobox historic site? See result here: Lyme Park. It would be nice to be able to easily add Grade I/Grade II etc to this infobox. —Мандичка YO 😜 05:30, 11 September 2015 (UTC)
embedded
parameter to embed {{
infobox designation list}}. See the
Sydney Opera House for example. If I used it for
Lyme Park, I would start it like this:Lyme Park | |
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General information | |
Location | Disley, Cheshire, England |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
Designated | 17 November 1983 |
Reference no. | 406869 |
{{Infobox building | name = Lyme Park | location = [[Disley]], [[Cheshire]], England | embedded = {{infobox designation list | embed=yes | designation1 = Grade I | designation1_date = 17 November 1983 | designation1_number = 406869 }} }}
Hello, I embedded the infobox restaurant in to the infobox hotel in article [[
Sir and Star]] using the embedded= and embed=yes parameters. However, the infobox restaurant is off-center within the infobox hotel. Please assist. I had this issues on another page: [[
Michael Laucke]] but I got the child boxes to line up by changing the embed=yes parameter to child=yes. The Laucke article also uses the module= parameter instead of the embedded= parameter. I tried changing embed=yes to child=yes in the Sir and Star article but without the expected improvement. Thank you. Cheers! {{u|
Checkingfax}} {
Talk}
04:22, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
OK, now the infobox restaurant does not have an ugly border that is misaligned with the infobox hotel; but, now the restaurant name= parameter does not render. See:
Sir and Star. The hotel name in the infobox hotel is The Olema, but the infobox restaurant should be showing Sir and Star as the restaurant. Ping me back. Thank you. Cheers! {{u|
Checkingfax}} {
Talk}
08:22, 9 November 2015 (UTC)
It would apply to many many articles, not every transit oriented development falls under a more specific infobox that might include that parameter. Parking is there, I don't see where public_transport would hurt among the roughly 100 parameters that there are now. B137 ( talk) 00:57, 15 November 2015 (UTC)
What is the actual use of the parameter logo in this infobox? Is there any example of the usage? Or it is just an alternate name for the parameter? Thanks for your reply. Doblecaña ( talk) 16:29, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
I don't get what is the difference between this two parameters. Can someone clarify? Doblecaña ( talk) 21:59, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
There's a few articles on unfinished/on hold buildings (e.g. Louisville Museum Plaza) that would benefit from a "Construction stopped" or "Construction halted" parameter. Sounder Bruce 23:17, 29 February 2016 (UTC)
Could somebody more template aware than me please take a look at Swissôtel Zürich. This uses the hotel infobox that redirects here. It used to work fine, but it now shows amounts of red:
Lua error in Module:Location_map at line 417: Unable to find the specified location map definition. Neither "Module:Location map/data/Zürich" nor "Template:Location map Zürich" exists. Location within Lua error in Module:Location_map at line 59: Unable to find the specified location map definition. Neither "Module:Location map/data/Zürich" nor "Template:Location map Zürich" exists.
What went wrong? -- chris_j_wood ( talk) 14:51, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
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I'd like to see the "opening" parameter fixed to include the past tense (opened) for completed buildings.
| label27 = {{#if:{{{opening|}}}{{{opening_date|}}}|Opening}}{{#if:{{{opened|}}}{{{opened_date|}}}|Opened}}
Sounder Bruce 01:50, 17 May 2016 (UTC)
opened
and opening
are given, only "opened" is used. I've tested the cases in my sandbox and looks okay. —
Andy W. (
talk ·
ctb) 02:59, 17 May 2016 (UTC)This
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Another edit request: a cancellation or construction stopped date field to complement the other date fields. Many articles on never-built or on-hold projects would benefit from it. Sounder Bruce 00:35, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
stop_date
and construction_stop_date
sound like reasonable names for this param? —
Andy W. (
talk ·
ctb) 04:18, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
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Please remove {{PAGENAME}}
from the deprecated coordinates format category sort key; it's not necessary for sorting.
Jc86035 (
talk) Use {{
re|Jc86035}}
to reply to me 05:24, 20 November 2016 (UTC)
[[Category:Pages using deprecated coordinates format|building{{PAGENAME}}]]
[[Category:Pages using deprecated coordinates format|building]]
@ Jonesey95: The list of articles with script errors is normally empty, but it is currently adding articles like Sampson House that have not been edited recently. The error message is:
The articles showing that message are:
Would someone please investigate. Perhaps all that is required is to remove repeated coordinates from the infobox? Johnuniq ( talk) 09:14, 20 November 2016 (UTC)
Since posting the above, another four have turned up:
Johnuniq ( talk) 09:21, 20 November 2016 (UTC)
|coordinates=
, and some of the pages have two different sets of coordinates.
Jc86035 (
talk) Use {{
re|Jc86035}}|coordinates=
parameter. –
Jonesey95 (
talk) 22:06, 20 November 2016 (UTC)
There are some more problem pages, in the category, but I don’t know how to fix them; or at least in the first one Hare and Billet. there’s no obvious problem and replacing the separate fields with {{ coord}} seems not to work.-- JohnBlackburne words deeds 22:45, 20 November 2016 (UTC)
{{#if:{{{latitude|}}}{{{longitude|}}}… … …{{{lon_dir|}}}||{{{coordinates|}}}}}
.
Jc86035 (
talk) Use {{
re|Jc86035}}This
edit request to
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Please merge the sandbox into the main template; this fixes the error that
Jonesey95 introduced and stops script errors from appearing
Jc86035 (
talk) Use {{
re|Jc86035}}
to reply to me 04:57, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
Jc86035 (
talk) Use {{
re|Jc86035}}
to reply to me 04:57, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
Please merge the sandbox fully. thanks,
Jc86035 (
talk) Use {{
re|Jc86035}}
to reply to me 07:57, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
The parameter |iso_region=
is missing from the template. Is it okay to remove it from the documentation?--
Auric
talk 14:02, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
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Could I request the "mark" parameter to become customizable, allowing for other marks, especially ones in other colors? The location map template has this ability. Most importantly I dislike red's low contrast against tan, and since I first looked at it as a pimple on light-colored skin, I can't seem to unsee that. ɱ (talk) · vbm · coi) 20:27, 23 December 2016 (UTC)
{{{map_dot_mark}}}
parameter has been added.
Primefac (
talk) 01:10, 24 December 2016 (UTC)
Why is |completion date=
not displayed, e.g. in
Meštrović Pavilion?
GregorB (
talk) 12:05, 21 January 2017 (UTC)
One of CTBUH criteria is Height: Occupied, not top_floor. This should be changed so the parameter displays occupied. Triplecaña ( talk) 11:01, 5 February 2017 (UTC)
Bringing a proposal about the use of geobox vs infobox for buildings to the attention of any page stalker here. -- HyperGaruda ( talk) 17:35, 7 May 2017 (UTC)
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Maybe add a staircase_count similar to elevator_count. Especially relevant for emergency/fire exits. Skullers ( talk) 16:19, 17 June 2017 (UTC)
{{
edit template-protected}}
template. --
Ahecht (
TALKSporkBot says that 'completion_date' and 'opened_date' are duplicate parameters and removed 'completion_date'. Should completion_date be removed from the basic template? Leschnei ( talk) 12:08, 26 June 2017 (UTC)
|completion_date=
after you
added a duplicate |completion_date=
to the article. if you would moved the information to the existing parameter above, instead of adding a second one, the bot would have not needed to make any corrections to the article. and no opening is not always the same as completion.
Frietjes (
talk) 15:42, 23 July 2017 (UTC)
Shouldn't the architectural_style show up under the Design and construction heading in the infobox? It appears under General information, which doesn't make sense. Cnbrb ( talk) 00:19, 10 March 2018 (UTC)
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Please add {{
subst:tfm|Infobox monument|type=sidebar}}
, per a nomination by
Capankajsmilyo
{{3x|p}}ery (
talk) 00:04, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
A discussion at Talk:Lighthouse of Alexandria#Record height has identified an issue with the "highest..." parameters of this template. Specifically, editors are using them for the highest examples of particular types of buildings. For example, the List of tallest buildings and structures#History of tallest tower and List of tallest towers#Timeline of tallest towers articles list a series of towers which were sequentially the tallest towers in the world, but not the tallest buildings. Many of the articles for specific buildings in these lists are using the "highest..." parameters, identifying them as "Tallest in the world" despite their not being the tallest buildings in the world at the time, merely the tallest towers. Is there a way of using the "highest..." parameters for this infobox to specify the type of building involved? - Polly Tunnel ( talk) 15:46, 4 July 2018 (UTC)
See Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)#Help_-_Sneaky_Vandalism! and Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Help_-_Sneaky_Vandalism!. Please review and determine if this is appropriate content to trust for automatic importing to present to our readers. — xaosflux Talk 19:40, 11 August 2018 (UTC)
<mapframe>
maps is beyond the scope of this talk page – anyone wanting to change the status-quo should start an RfC/discussion at the Village Pump (or another centralised venue). -
Evad37 [
talk 02:51, 12 August 2018 (UTC)According to the current structure of the template, if anyone filled the "Coordinates" parameter with a country name, then the template would convert the country name into a region code and then feed it into Template:Coordinate as a parameter. However, such handling ignored locations where their representative region is not a country in itself. In order to avoid displaying incorrect map service for users who click onto Template:coordinate links or misunderstanding for bots that read information from Wikipedia infobox, please help add the following logic into the template:
C933103 ( talk) 16:40, 28 August 2018 (UTC)
Does anyone know how to modify the infobox so that Extension:Kartographer can be used for the maps? Thanks, Daylen ( talk) 18:18, 17 July 2018 (UTC) Please ping me when you leave a reply!
Thanks for your help! Daylen ( talk) 01:48, 18 July 2018 (UTC)
|mapframe=no
– though it could also easily be made opt-in instead of opt-out if would be preferred. -
Evad37 [
talk 07:57, 20 July 2018 (UTC)|pushpin_map=
, |map_type=
, or |image_map=
is set. -
Evad37 [
talk 09:12, 21 July 2018 (UTC)|mapframe-zoom=
to adjust the zoom level (default is 10), |mapframe-width=
and |mapframe-height=
for the map size (defaults are 270 and 200), |mapframe-marker=
for the
marker icon (default is no marker icon), and either |mapframe-marker-color=
or |mapframe-marker-colour=
for the marker colour (
hex triplet, default is #5E74F3
) -
Evad37 [
talk 03:01, 22 July 2018 (UTC)
Thanks, Daylen ( talk) 05:11, 31 July 2018 (UTC)
|mapframe=no
to suppress the mapframe map.So should mapframe maps always be displayed unless |mapframe=no
is set (regardless of whether there is a pushpin map)? -
Evad37 [
talk 11:10, 3 August 2018 (UTC)
introducing a default map adds a map when there was none previously– Yes, that is the point of having it on by default. The reason for articles not already having mapframe maps would be that it is a new feature only enabled on English Wikipedia earlier this year, rather than an editorial decision "let's not have a map". Is there any reason why articles which have coordinates shouldn't have a dynamic mapframe map the reader can interact with, in the majority of cases? (given that it is possible to override that default for specific instances)
I also think the default zoon is too high– What value would you suggest for the default zoom? Currently it is 10.
Can a parameter for mapframe coordinates be added so the map centre can be set independently of the building?– Done, you can now use
|mapframe-lat=
and |mapframe-long=
to set the map latitude and longitude -
Evad37 [
talk 02:29, 7 August 2018 (UTC)
|mapframe=no
to all existing transclusions of the infobox (via AWB or bot), along with an edit summary explaining that a mapframe map may be displayed by setting |mapframe=yes
. That way editor interaction is required to display a mapframe map in an existing infobox, but new articles/infoboxes can have mapframe maps on by default. Since mapframe maps would be added by editor discretion, we could at the same time remove the code making mapframes maps secondary to pushpin maps. Also pinging @
Daylen and
Ɱ. -
Evad37 [
talk 02:15, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
The ideal situation would be
Is there any way to accomplish all three of these? And if not, which would be the least important? Pinging @ Epicgenius, Daylen, Jts1882, and Ɱ: - Evad37 [ talk 03:05, 13 August 2018 (UTC)
@ Evad37: I don't understand why this most recent change was made, which makes the mapframe appear even if the infobox already has a map. The result is that infoboxes on lots of pages like Transamerica Pyramid are suddenly bloated with two maps. I guess the idea is to encourage editors to remove pushpin maps, because... mapframe maps are considered inherently superior? Has there been a broader discussion somewhere about that? I have concerns about whether pushpin maps should be widely replaced with mapframe in its current state, such as the amount of visual noise and the aesthetic quality of the maps. Toohool ( talk) 23:16, 31 August 2018 (UTC)
I see it's been updated with the OSM maps. I don't think they're very useful at all, the point of the pin map was to be able to visualize county location and wider location with a side window at a glance without having to touch anything. Kind of defeats the object when you have the globe to click and external link. The pin was one of the main reasons I was OK with infoboxes in architecture articles.♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:05, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
The deletion notice transcluded onto pages says this template is
Template:Geobox and THIS template is being consider for deletion, which is not true, can someone remove {{Template for discussion/dated|action=|page=Geobox|link=Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2018 November 11#Template:Geobox|type=sidebar|help=off|bigbox={{#invoke:Noinclude|noinclude|text=yes}}}}
from the template or replace it with a merge notice? –
BrandonXLF
(t@lk) 03:13, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
Please see m:Community Wishlist Survey 2019/Maps/Maps Improvements: Vector Structure, Disputed Borders, Cleaner Style, which seems to be about improving the mapframe system used by this template. The wishlist uses approval voting (vote to support any/all wishes that you like), so "oppose votes" are pointless, but useful information, examples, or explanations of problems would be very much appreciated.
This is one of multiple "wishes" for improvements to how maps are handled on Wikipedia. (Most of the others can be found at m:Community Wishlist Survey 2019/Maps, although m:Community Wishlist Survey 2019/Multimedia and Commons/Easy, low-maintenance possibility to include color coded maps seems to be in a separate group.) WhatamIdoing ( talk) 02:24, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
I'm proposing changing the name of
Category:Building using deprecated parameters. The category isn't really a deprecation issue. Deprecation is "replace {{{x}}}
with {{{y}}}
". This category is more of a "this case is not valid". Not saying the category isn't useful! I just think it could be better named and moved out of the deprecation category. Without objection, I'm going to rename the category
Category:Pages using infobox building with invalid parameters. --
Zackmann (
Talk to me/
What I been doing) 17:42, 30 November 2018 (UTC)
Since the Template:Infobox Historic building was merged with this one, there is no way indicate the Status for existing/ancient buildings. The current status values are biased towards new buildings as can be seen in the description of the field. Can a Status value of "Ruin" be added to the template please? Kmcnamee ( talk) 17:44, 8 January 2019 (UTC)
|status=Ruin
. --
Zackmann (
Talk to me/
What I been doing) 18:17, 8 January 2019 (UTC)
What exactly triggers an interactive map to bei displayed in the infobox? See e.g. Schmidt-Lademann_House versus The Flintstone House. I can't figure out why the map is displayed in the one infobox and not in the other and can't find a hint in the description of this template. Thanks -- Schmila ( talk) 11:19, 13 April 2019 (UTC)
| mapframe-zoom = 8 | mapframe-long = -0.1 | mapframe-lat =51.5 | mapframe-marker=soccer
Thanks Jts1882, the hint regarding the wikidata item was what I needed. Would be helpfull if this were mentioned in the descriprtion. Perhaps I will look into that. -- Schmila ( talk) 13:15, 13 April 2019 (UTC)
Hi. I'm not sure this is a good idea. The whole purpose of an infobox map is to show rough location in a regional area at a glance without having to click it. Particularly when browsing on an iPad it is difficult to use it and it looks unsightly. I would rather a return to the old pin maps. You can click the globe for OSM and google map views.♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:20, 10 July 2019 (UTC)
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In {{#ifeq:{{{embed|}}}|yes|'''Building details'''}}
, please remove the redundant / excess boldface markup ('''
), so as to avoid "double boldface" rendering.--
Hildeoc (
talk) 18:22, 7 October 2019 (UTC)
Hildeoc (
talk) 18:22, 7 October 2019 (UTC)
{{#ifeq:{{{embed|}}}|yes|<span style="font-weight:bold">Building details</span>}}
instead? it's my understanding that the Internet Exploder double bold bug is only triggered if there are bold tags, but not by bold css?
Frietjes (
talk) 17:09, 8 October 2019 (UTC)
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Please change template call {{ ifempty}} to {{ if empty}} to avoid the redirect. The call to that template is transcluded in over 20,000 articles through being called in this template, so that unnecessary redirect has to be followed every time one of those articles is viewed. Colonies Chris ( talk) 16:20, 10 October 2019 (UTC)
{{
edit template-protected}}
template. For further discussion see
User talk:Colonies Chris. --
Trialpears (
talk) 16:28, 10 October 2019 (UTC)Hi, I think there should be an option to change the other_dimensions label. It would be useful for being more concise and was mentioned as an option in the infobox pyramid merger TfD. If noone objects I will implement it shortly. ‑‑ Trialpears ( talk) 10:16, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
|topped_out=
seems to be valid but is not displayed.
Goldin Finance 117 is an example.
Frietjes?
MB 19:59, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
|topped_out=
is supposed to be a "yes" or "no" thing that will toggle the "status" if the |status=
isn't set otherwise. to show the topped-out date, you are supposed to use |topped_out_date=
or |topped-out_date=
. but, not surprisingly, this isn't obvious and there are many articles using these parameters incorrectly. it's the same story for |cancelled=
/ |canceled=
, but with no cancelled_date
. I wouldn't mind changing |topped_out=
to function the same as |topped_out_date=
. you can find some of the correct and incorrect uses with
this search but I will add a tracking category as well.
Frietjes (
talk) 20:47, 18 June 2020 (UTC)|topped_out_date=
and put the most sig status (on hold) in |status=
.In this version of Museum of Textiles and Industry of Busto Arsizio, the OSM map is wrong. The coordinates are correct in WD, but when this map is generated it seems to be using lat/long 0/0 instead of the actual coords.
Clearly not a generic problem with {{
Infobox building}}
, but I don't know if it is specific to only this article or not.
I fixed the article with a work-around - using {{
Infobox museum}}
which is more appropriate anyway. This also shows the coords are correct in WD.
Frietjes?
MB 22:05, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
{{
Infobox museum}}
is newer, so I imported that here. could be that it wasn't getting the coordinates when pulling them through the template wrapper, but using the module directly allows it to access those coordinates directly.
Frietjes (
talk) 23:48, 14 July 2020 (UTC)Maisons Jaoul | |
---|---|
General information | |
Location | Paris, France |
Address | 83 Rue de Longchamp Neuilly-sur-Seine |
Completed | 1954-56 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Le Corbusier |
Looking at the article Maisons Jaoul, I see a nice map of central Paris and I can zoom in to see these two individual buildings outlined. Then looking at the infobox, I see very little indeed: just a street address, no geodata, no post code (ZIP code), very little indeed. But when I try to imitate that sparseness in another infobox (because I would rather have this dynamic mapping rather than the current static map), I get no map at all. Aiming to make the question convenient, I reproduced the infobox here and ... no map. What is the secret? -- John Maynard Friedman ( talk) 15:19, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
|mapframe=no
set. There are various |mapframe-XXX=
parameters that can change the position, zoom and other aspects of the map. They aren't well documented, though. They are basically the parameters described at {{
Infobox_mapframe}} but they are prefixed by mapframe-
so the |NAME=
in {{
Infobox_mapframe}} becomes |mapframe-NAME=
in {{
Infobox_building}}.I notice that infoboxes for park, library, museum all have fields for public transport access, I think it's a helpful way to describe what part of town a building might be in. Could it be added to this infobox? -- Paul Carpenter ( talk) 18:31, 2 September 2020 (UTC)
Transit access parameter
I notice that {{
Infobox museum}} has a |publictransit=
parameter, which allows specifying transit access to a building. This template currently has a |parking=
parameter but is missing that one. Could we add it? {{u|
Sdkb}}
talk 06:56, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
Information on the building's parking facilities (e.g. number of spaces or lots). We can add a clarification that it's not supposed to be used for nearby parking unassociated with the building itself. {{u| Sdkb}} talk 20:06, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
It would be nice if this perimeter worked in several infoboxes even if it was a commonly used in some of them. B137 ( talk) 20:20, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
So it looks like there's consensus for this. How does the code from {{ Museum}} look?
| label27 = Public transit access | data27 = {{{publictransit|}}}
{{u| Sdkb}} talk 01:37, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
What is the point of having a separate "owner" and "landlord" parameter? Jklamo ( talk) 19:30, 20 November 2020 (UTC)
1. The template has three parameters with uppercase, while lowercase name is available. We can remove the uc variant.
|Status=
→ |status=
|Logo_caption=
→ |logo_caption=
|number_of_Bars=
→ |number_of_bars=
No usage found; uc names will categorise the article (by parameter check).
2. There is a separate check for |1=
being used. This can be removed, as
Module:Check for unknown parameters already does this.
- DePiep ( talk) 15:50, 28 November 2020 (UTC)
3. Parameter names with alt spelling, not needed (underscore = standard in this template):
|map dot label=
→ |map_dot_label=
|topped-out_date=
→ |topped_out_date=
No usage left (after me editing them out today). - DePiep ( talk) 16:23, 28 November 2020 (UTC)
4. These parameters are checked by Module:Check for unknown parameters, but are not present in code. To be removed; can be re-added after deemed useful & working & tested etc.
|qid=
| mapframe | mapframe-caption | mapframe-custom | mapframe-id | mapframe-coord | mapframe-wikidata | mapframe-point | mapframe-shape | mapframe-frame-width | mapframe-frame-height | mapframe-shape-fill | mapframe-shape-fill-opacity | mapframe-stroke-color | mapframe-stroke-colour | mapframe-stroke-width | mapframe-marker | mapframe-marker-color | mapframe-marker-colour | mapframe-geomask | mapframe-geomask-stroke-color | mapframe-geomask-stroke-colour | mapframe-geomask-stroke-width | mapframe-geomask-fill | mapframe-geomask-fill-opacity | mapframe-length_km | mapframe-length_mi | mapframe-area_km2 | mapframe-area_mi2 | mapframe-frame-coordinates | mapframe-frame-coord | mapframe-switcher
(31x) |mapframe-zoom =
is used and so kept.5. Use {{Main other}} for tracking categories. - DePiep ( talk) 18:36, 28 November 2020 (UTC)
6. Add |mapframe-line=
to Module:Check for unknown parameters: makes mapframe set of parameters complete (once, no aliases). Per
mapframe documentation. -
DePiep (
talk) 13:57, 29 November 2020 (UTC)
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edit request to
Template:Infobox building has been answered. Set the |answered= or |ans= parameter to no to reactivate your request. |
|mapframe-marker=
to show a different marker on the mapframe map, which the sandbox proposes to eliminate from the parameter check. Please copy the working live template code to the sandbox, and then eliminate or change only things whose functionality you understand. Make some testcases if you need to experiment. –
Jonesey95 (
talk) 00:19, 29 November 2020 (UTC)|mapframe-line=
to parametercheck, after checking the set with
mapframe documentation. No changes in articles expected.Would anyone be interested in starting a discussion page on the documentation for this infobox? When I first looked at the documentation, I had a hard time figuring out what some of the params mean. E.g. it took some digging to figure out that "architectural" means (I think) "Height to architectural top" as defined by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. There are some other params that I still don't understand, like the difference between "relief" and "altitude", and how to use the "references" param. I'd like to add some examples of how these params are used properly (e.g. embedded). But I don't know how hard or easy it is to gather examples and statistics. I do know something about how this information is presented in architectural journals, but before I change anything in the documentation I'd like to discuss it with others who know more about infoboxes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Margin1522 ( talk • contribs) 20:10, 27 August 2014
I observe that the template indicates the following tallest building as "Surpassed by", but that doesn't apply in the (several) instances where the tallest part of a building is destroyed so the subsequent "tallest" building hasn't surpassed it at all. Is there any way the template could be modified with an alternate parameter to indicate "followed by" rather than "surpassed by" in those instances where this applies? Newimpartial ( talk) 22:09, 9 March 2021 (UTC)
Doc says mapframe-width is an alt to mapframe-frame-width, but it fails the valid para check. Frietjes, could you sync up the parameter checking? (unless the better solution is to un-document it.) Thanks. MB 17:20, 21 June 2021 (UTC)
The field is named alternate_name, but it's displayed as alternative name when populated in the infobox. Maybe we can make the necessary change? - Seasider53 ( talk) 13:46, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
Does anyone object to adding a "Built" parameter to this infobox, to allow for a date range, like "| built = 1966–1971", rather than having "| start_date = 1966" and "| stop_date = 1971", which creates an extra line and plenty of whitespace in the infobox. The two parameters only benefit when you list a full date rather than just the year. ɱ (talk) 04:48, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
A map is appearing, unbidden, in the template at St. John's Market. Can someone advise, please? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 16:09, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
|mapframe = no
"
ɱ
(talk) 17:37, 7 February 2022 (UTC)This
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For data10, it should be built | completed | finished | complete = Completed (tense) 219.78.190.165 ( talk) 17:23, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
Was
this change to a fixed size discussed anywhere? It appears to go against
Help:Pictures#Thumbnail sizes. I recommend switching back to frameless
so that readers' thumbnail size preferences are respected. –
Jonesey95 (
talk) 21:02, 17 April 2022 (UTC)
frameless
. The sandbox uses my
preferred thumbnail size (in my case, 300px) and looks much better on my screen than the tiny image provided by the live template. The whole point of the thumbnail preference is to allow images to be sized appropriately for an editor's screen size. Using fixed pixel widths eliminates that possibility, making the infobox look right for you but not for others. –
Jonesey95 (
talk) 15:26, 18 April 2022 (UTC)
Okay so I'm officially stumped.
Burr-Brown Corporation needs two Infobox buildings with maps pointing to different locations. But both maps point to the same location.
First error I had to fix was to understand the |display=
of {{
coord}} must be set to |inline
, not |title
or |inline,title
. Digging into the talk archives of that template gave me that info.
I managed to find out that the article defaults to some WikiData item (hate this utterly misguided reliance on something other than plaintext!!!) so I got rid of that. Still both maps point to the same location.
I commented out the coordinates specified; and in conjunction to actively setting the WikiData item to "unknown" I finally managed to break the dependency.
Next issue - now the infoboxes does not appear to support what the documentation promises, that of supporting the coordinates parameter to override the Wikidata. It does nothing. Okay, so I use the alternate (suggested by the documentation, which for some reason is {{ Maplink/doc}}): mapframe-coordinates
Then I get:
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox factory with unknown parameter "mapframe-coordinates". Grrr...
I cannot for the life of me understand when or if there's been a change that went undocumented - everything is coded in Lua.
I'm sure from a programmer's point of view Lua and Wikidata items are great, except it makes the life of a Wikipedian much much much harder than it needs to be.
Anyway - How do I specify a manual override coordinates so one article can have many auto mapframes, each with its own separate set of coordinates supplied by the article, divorced from any other source (no wikidata).
Somewhat exasperatedly yours, CapnZapp ( talk) 19:31, 26 April 2022 (UTC)
Thank you! I feel certain the issue is safe in your hands! CapnZapp ( talk) 08:00, 27 April 2022 (UTC)
| coordinates =
in the infobox in order for a map to display.
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(talk) 22:35, 29 April 2022 (UTC)I think that the default image size should be removed. While MOS:IMGSIZE carves out an exception for infoboxes, I still believe the change should be made to respect user preferences. I've updated the sandbox, and you can see the changes in the testcases. Logged-out users will see slightly smaller images, but the map frame will stay the same size for everyone (I don't know how to get it to use user preferences). Does anyone have qualms with this? SWinxy ( talk) 00:40, 3 August 2022 (UTC)
Many of the uses of this infobox create a short description that reads a bit oddly because Module:Type in location is invoked with its type argument as the direct building_type argument without adding the word building afterwards. This can results in short descriptions like "Office in Halifax, Nova Scotia" where "Office building in Halifax, Nova Scotia" would be more appropriate. Having said that, it's possible there are times where this would not work well. I was wondering what others thoughts were. TartarTorte 21:35, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
|building_type=
work well with this automation. You can see some of the values used at
this page (scroll to building_type and then click "Click to show"). It appears that only about six articles use "Office"/"office"/"
Office" as their value, so those articles could be fixed manually, either in the infobox or in a short description template within the article. –
Jonesey95 (
talk) 21:52, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
{{
Infobox religious building}} seems to have a |funded by=
parameter. Would that not be useful in this infobox too, for cases where the cost of a building or a restoration is borne by a patron or sponsor or indeed any body different from the owner or user?
Justlettersandnumbers (
talk) 20:37, 5 December 2022 (UTC)
Can we add things like:
Danstarr69 ( talk) 19:37, 2 January 2023 (UTC)
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 |
It seems quite strange that there are more fields in this template than in the more specialized Historic building template; it also diverges from the more specialized Skyscraper template. Should those be superset of this one? MrRedwood 23:01, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
Can someone add style and cost parameters to this?-- TonyTheTiger ( t/ c/ bio/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:LOTM) 11:36, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
I'd like to see an Acoustical Engineer parameter added to the template - acousticians play an important part (arguably the most important) for many concert halls and performance spaces. Anechoic Man ( talk) 04:52, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
Even when coordinate data is present in the template, no map link is being generated. This is confusing to AnomeBot. Can anyone fix this? -- Stepheng3 ( talk) 20:26, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi! Some other templates (i.e. Uncategorized), when used, are able to automatically add the page into a category. This template ( Template:Infobox building or Template:Infobox Historic building) is able to collect data, so let's use the data: Let the template adds the page to the propper category.
I.e. we get:
|location_town= Berlin |location_country= Germany |style= Baroque
...so, let the Template tries to find the proper Category:Baroque buildings in Berlin, or if this specific is not found, to find less specific Category:Baroque buildings in Germany or finally the least specific default Category:Baroque architecture,
There are already lots of buildings in this general Category (and even more buildings, which are not categorized at all: Unsolvable this way). So, the next step can be, that bots will use the "catalogizing tree of IFs" to be applied on the pages of the default Category, so to shake them down deeper to the geographical hierarchy tree. Oashi ( talk) 00:44, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
page.getSortStringForTheCategory(Category)
, isn't it? I do not know, how to get it...Can somebody add an alt text field to the infobox? The reason is it's now part of the FA criteria to include alt text and at the moment there's no way to include alt text for the static image in the infobox. Nev1 ( talk) 22:12, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
The alt text should not default to the caption, because alt text and captions have quite different functions and typically they do not overlap; see WP:ALT #What not to specify. Typically it's better to have no alt text than an alt text equal to the caption, because that avoids useless repetition of the same info to the visually impaired who is using a screen reader. That is what similar infobox templates like {{ Infobox film}} do. Also, other templates that have this argument typically call it "alt" rather than "alttxt", since it's called "alt" in the image syntax. I suggest further improving this template by installing this sandbox patch to default the alt text to empty (actually, to "alttxt"'s value if set, for backward compatibility; and then to empty otherwise). Eubulides ( talk) 09:20, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
Can someone add a website field to this template?-- TonyTheTiger ( t/ c/ bio/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:LOTM) 12:58, 28 July 2009 (UTC)-- TonyTheTiger ( t/ c/ bio/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:LOTM) 12:58, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
| label# = Website | data# = {{{website|}}}
I was looking over the infobox and it needs a few additions:
Hi all - I've found what looks like a bug in the template - see Dunedin Town Hall. The building was built under the supervision of architects Lawson et al, then renovated under Hesson et al. As such I listed Lawson at "architect=" and Hesson at "ren_architect=". This resulted in both lawson and hesson being listed separately as "Architect" under the header "Renovating team". The only way that the infobox will list Lawson as the original architect is if I remove the information about the renovation. Anyone able to fix this (or have I done something wrong?)? Grutness... wha? 10:01, 5 December 2009 (UTC)
The description of the parameters appears to be missing from this page. On other infobox templates, e.g. skycraper, this defines what is expected to be entered (which is sometimes not immediately evident, hence it's good to have this documented). Can somebody please add this? Schwede66 ( talk) 00:47, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
Despite multiple bright warnings in the documentation that Attention! At use of map {{
coord}} it is not necessary to use, I often find it necessary to use the coordinates=
parameter in order to get a coordinates link that is 100% correct. My difficulty seems to be that {{
Infobox building}} passes a blank 2nd argument to {{
CountryAbbr}}, causing it to generate an invalid region code for locations in the United States, India, and Canada. The straightforward fix would be to add a parameter analogous to the subdivision_name1=
parameter of {{
Infobox settlement}}. However, {{
CountryAbbr}} is inefficient and unreliable. I think a better long-term solution would be to introduce a region-iso=
parameter similar to that of {{
Infobox Berg1}}.
If anyone has an opinion or concern regarding how to address this issue, please comment below. Best regards, -- Stepheng3 ( talk) 20:09, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
coordinates_type=
parameter ala {{
Infobox settlement}} would provide an acceptable workaround for the issue. However, the name coordinates_type=
is misleading because the region code has nothing to do with the type of building. If we go that route, I'd ask that the parameter be named coord_parameters=
(ala {{
Infobox nrhp}}).region-iso=
is blank or unspecified. However, if we add region-iso=
to each instance of the template, then we could dispense with {{
CountryAbbr}}. I'm thinking a bot could do the work of adding the parameter. --
Stepheng3 (
talk) 06:06, 1 March 2010 (UTC)iso_region
in order to be more harmonious with the existing parameters. --
Stepheng3 (
talk) 03:37, 4 March 2010 (UTC)The Template:Infobox modern building has almost exactly the same data fields as Infobox building, and if there are any missing they can be merged into it. There is no point having a separate template "for buildings from 1900 onwards." Adabow ( talk) 09:31, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
There seems to be consensus. Can someone with more experience than me please carry out the merge? Adabow ( talk) 03:34, 9 April 2010 (UTC)
Merging:
Template:Infobox Kremlin building ( talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
into this one should be straightforward. There are only 4 trasnclusions. The only differing parameter is |locator=
.
Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing);
Andy's talk;
Andy's edits 15:53, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
The next template to be merged here should be {{ Infobox skyscraper}}. The latter's different parameters are:
| building_name = | former_name = | year_highest = | year_end = | plural = | location = | status = | groundbreaking = | constructed = | est_completion = | topped_out = | opening = | demolished = | destroyed = | cancelled = | use = | antenna_spire = | roof = | top_floor = | elevator_count = | architect = | engineer = | contractor = | developer = | management =
Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 15:32, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
Strong support Should be done asap. Dr. Blofeld White cat 10:54, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
Strong support, ditto. - SSJ t 02:13, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
Unless I have missed something, there really isn't a field in the template to accommodate information about designations (historic designations first jump to mind, but obviously there are others, e.g. designation as part of a Parliamentary precinct, etc.). The awards & prizes field is a little too narrow - either it should be retitled to "awards and designations" or something similar, or a new field should be added. -- Skeezix1000 ( talk) 14:09, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
"Altitude"? In common usage, altitude is in the air; elevation is the correct term for ground-based structures and natural features. Correction needed! I attempted to edit the template myself, but after some passage of time saw no effect at New Gate. Expert help needed. Hertz1888 ( talk) 07:27, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
I am proposing to add to the Template documentation that the above parameters should only include notable awards (i.e. ones with there own articles), Comments please Mtking ( talk) 10:56, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
Might as well merge in {{ infobox hotel}} and {{ infobox casino}}. Vegaswikian ( talk) 22:13, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
| names_pre = | casino_type = | casino_theme = | casino_license_holder= | space_gaming = | shows = | attractions = | notable_restaurants = | renovations = | number_of_hotel_rooms = | number_of_hotel_suites = | number_of_restaurants =
number_of_hotel_rooms modified in this proposal from (rooms and number_of_rooms); and number_of_hotel_suites modified in this proposal from (number_of_suites)
What is the difference between these terms? Vegaswikian ( talk) 20:24, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
If I had more time, I would try to repair the handy automatic status calculator that we had in the skyscraper infobox. The automatic status calculator worked by looking at various date fields, and therefore some skyscraper articles don't have the status field at all. The removal of that feature during the merge has caused the construction status to disappear from some skyscraper articles once they have been converted to use this template. Maybe someone can look into this.
Also, would it be better for the status to be included in the "General information" section, rather then just above it as it currently appears? Astronaut ( talk) 03:42, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
How do we deal with single articles that cover multiple buildings? A simple case example is Turnberry Towers where, I think, the exterior of the buildings is identical for the most part. About the only difference might be the altitude since the starting elevations are likely to be different. The more complicated case would be something with a large number of buildings like an outdoor shopping center, albeit more likely to be using {{ Infobox shopping mall}}. An example of this would be World Market Center Las Vegas. One infobox for the totals and then one for each building? Vegaswikian ( talk) 05:27, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
Can someone explain why we don't just use coordinates= and the {{ coord}} template? One bot run and we could eliminate about 10 parameters in the template. That is about 15% of the parameters in the template. Vegaswikian ( talk) 06:38, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
|map_type=
).
Plastikspork
―Œ(talk) 14:23, 10 May 2011 (UTC)As {{ Infobox Historic building}} redirects to this template, I would personally find it useful to have some designation fields like those in {{ Infobox Historic Site}}, so I could add information on listed building status like the following:
| designation1 = Grade II Listed Building | designation1_date = 25 April 1952 | designation1_number =217669
I also wonder if it might not be possible to add a few fields of a more of historic nature to this infobox such as these, particularly the "rebuilt"/"restored" and "rebuilt by"/"restored by" elements, again like those in {{ Infobox Historic Site}}:
| built = | built_for = | rebuilt = | rebuilt_by = | restored = | restored_by =
I’m afraid that I don’t know enough about infobox templates to change things myself, and it would obviously be best to get others’ support for any additions, but maybe someone could help with this? The above suggestions would certainly help me when I come to post a couple of articles about historic buildings I am working on – thank you ( Lepidus Magnus ( talk) 16:06, 11 September 2010 (UTC))
Selly Manor | |
---|---|
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Designated | 25 April 1952 |
Reference no. | 217669 |
Sorry for not seeing this request earlier. I am now currently in the process of testing a general template that can be used to just list such designations. It will have a feature so it can be embedded into other infoboxes besides this one. Thanks. Zzyzx11 ( talk) 03:08, 5 July 2011 (UTC)
Another straight forward merge:
Template:Infobox venue ( talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Differing parameters are:
| nickname = | type = | genre = | built = | opened = | renovated = | expanded = | closed = | demolished = | construction_cost=
I strongly support a merger of Infobox venue into infobox building. Dr. Blofeld White cat 10:52, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
I strongly support a merger of Infobox venue into infobox building. - SSJ t 02:15, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
The template documentation offers a choice of |completion_date=
or |completed_date=
. It appears that only the former works. What's up?
Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing);
Andy's talk;
Andy's edits 11:29, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
There is a discussion concerning infoboxes for fuel production facilities. Your input is appreciated. Beagel ( talk) 09:39, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
I suggest adding an "accessible" parameter to show whether or not a building is wheelchair accessible. I would go ahead and add it myself but I don't know if I would be violating some rule by doing that. NorthernThunder ( talk) 15:07, 6 October 2011 (UTC)
It seems that the template doesn't include an above ground/underground floor parameter. I think both should be added. Comments are welcome. — Ynhockey ( Talk) 08:55, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
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Dear Owner of this page,
I like to help edit this page. Since, I have prior knowledge to the architectural inspiration and main contractor details for this building.
Natasha rod (
talk) 02:59, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
I have proposed that we delete {{ geobox}}. That may effect this templates. You are invited to particiapte in the Geobox deletion dicussion. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 22:56, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
I'd like to merge the little-used {{
Infobox bathhouse}}, into this one. Any objections to adding the only missing parameter, |facilities=
?
Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing);
Talk to Andy;
Andy's edits 11:09, 13 March 2012 (UTC)
{{
infobox hotel}}
At TfD, it has been concluded that this template is to be merged with Infobox building. TfD: infobox hotel.
I have done some research, and started a talk at: Template_talk:Infobox_hotel. Please take a look if you are interested. - DePiep ( talk) 14:54, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
I think the documentation of the coordinates_display= parameter is misleading. In various places it suggests setting to inline,title or yes to display coordinates in the title. In fact, any non-blank value (including no or inline) will cause title coordinates. Or is this a bug in the template? — Stepheng3 ( talk) 18:29, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
{{ Infobox museum}} has been nominated for merger into this template, see the discussion at WP:TFD. -- 65.92.180.137 ( talk) 02:04, 31 March 2013 (UTC)
The Infobox building at Beehive (Gatwick Airport) is currently showing an error message Expression error: Missing operand for *.%; I have concluded it is connected to the "map_type = United Kingdom Crawley" parameter, but I have not been able to resolve the issue. Hoping someone here may help. Periglio ( talk) 20:02, 20 April 2013 (UTC)
Fixed Thanks Periglio ( talk) 22:46, 20 April 2013 (UTC)
Hi all, in writing the article Columbus Power House it occurred to me that it would be nice to have in the template something that indicates it's inventory status, much like what is done for Endangered species.
Note the last section in my article where I provided the classification of the building as "Outstanding" and then "Notable".
Could you add something to the template that allows for putting this information in the info box?
Thanks!
-- RichardMcCoy ( talk) 16:48, 10 August 2013 (UTC)
I propose to add a |named_for=
parameter, for buildings named after an event, place, person or other notable entity. This will mirror the same parameter in {{
Infobox settlement}}. Any comments?
Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing);
Talk to Andy;
Andy's edits 21:38, 24 December 2013 (UTC)
Many of the buildings which we write about (historic houses, schools, chapels, etc.) sit in extensive grounds. I have therefore added a |grounds_area=
parameter, which should take a value in hectares, square metres or similar. Use {{
Convert}} if appropriate.
Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing);
Talk to Andy;
Andy's edits 02:13, 22 December 2013 (UTC)
|area=
parameter in it is for properties which have an area, not the grounds in which a smaller property sits (but thank you for showing the precedent for the use of this information).
Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing);
Talk to Andy;
Andy's edits 21:44, 24 December 2013 (UTC)
For some reason that I can't determine through trying to read the source code, this template is automatically putting a border around all images. While this looks okay for actual photographs (although most other templates don't include them even then), it looks bad for logos. There needs to be a way to turn off the border.
See Happy Valley (Guangzhou) for an example. I tried the customary image_border tag (setting it to none), but to no avail. Please implement this. — trlkly 16:46, 26 January 2014 (UTC)
Seems you can't use both - is that intentional? 82.132.238.244 ( talk) 13:41, 25 January 2014 (UTC)
It is proposed to deprecate the use of {{ Geobox}} for buildings (currently there are 260 such instances), mostly in favour of this template. Please comment at Template talk:Geobox#Use for buildings. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:55, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
~ 260 instances of {{ geobox}} for buildings need to be replaced with this infobox (whcih has 11,780 transclusions) or in some cases, possibly {{ infobox church}}. Would anyone like to assist? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 10:58, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
all the fields listed in the height section refer to the height of the building (i.e., architectural height, tip height, spire height). this section is specifically here due to the prior merger of {{ infobox skyscraper}}, where height is one of the more important features, as well as which architectural feature is used when it is measured. I attempted to fix this, but was reverted with the rationale that I didn't use a meaningful edit summary. apparently no other objection. however, if this is the standard for reverting edits, then I would say that "ce" is not a rationale for changing the height header, so I have rolled back those edits as well. Frietjes ( talk) 14:28, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
Is it possible to add a mechanism for including parameters for listed buildings (or equivalent), or is there some way of including this information in the infobox already? Dave.Dunford ( talk) 09:53, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
This word is used wrongly in the context of this box, etymology describes the origins and history of words - it is not a term to cover how objects or buildings derive their names. What is being referred to here is "name derivation", something completely different from etymology. For instance if you had a building named the Penwood building the etymology would be - pen Early Welsh for hill or eminence, 'wood' from wudu Old English for a forest. But what is meant is that the Penwood Building was named after someone called Penwood. Please get it right! Urselius ( talk) 18:36, 5 June 2014 (UTC)
I'd like to modify the template so that the map caption gets the name of the map from inside the map's template/module instead of the pagename that contains the template. If the template's pagename is something lengthy such as "United Kingdom Borough of Ribble Valley", it's not appropriate to display this within the map caption. I've already successfully made similar changes to other infoboxes, e.g. {{
Infobox museum}}
, {{
Infobox monastery}}
, {{
Infobox historic site}}
, {{
Infobox GB bus station}}
. If agreed, the specific change to be made is: Replace
|caption = {{{map_caption|<center>Location within {{{map_type}}}</center>}}}
with
|caption = {{{map_caption|<center>Location within {{#invoke:Location map|data|{{{map_type}}}|name}}</center>}}}
-- Dr Greg talk 23:44, 22 July 2014 (UTC)
It would be great if this template could accommodate in the height section, fields to enter its rank among buildings in that city. (Interesting for skyscrapers, not shorter buildings). For example, to mention that it is 7th tallest in Atlanta (just an example). Any ideas? Any opinions would this be a constructive thing to seek consensus on and find out how to add to the template? Keizers ( talk) 23:52, 15 August 2014 (UTC)
a request was made on my talk page by TonyTheTiger to add a second location map (like we have in infobox settlement). any comments or objections? Frietjes ( talk) 15:32, 12 September 2014 (UTC)
I would like someone to augment {{ Infobox building}} to have the same multiple pin map option that {{ Infobox settlement}} has. I.e., I would like to see both the before and after map of this edit included on the page. Can anyone augment the template for that feature. P.S. the example that I showed in that edit ( Broadway_Hollywood_Building) is going on the main page at DYK on the 14th so if the change is not too complicated to copy over, it would be good if it could be done fairly quickly. TonyTheTiger ( talk) 19:07, 12 September 2014 (UTC)
I went ahead and added descriptions of the following parameters to the documentation's parameter table: height, architectural, tip, top_floor, roof, observatory, antenna_spire. I also added a paragraph on "Height parameters". The paragraph explains that four of these parameters correspond to methods used by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) to measure the height of tall buildings.
I redefined one of the paramters: top_floor. Formerly the documentation had these descriptions.
Unless you are counting floors like the Germans (where the ground floor is numbered zero), these are going to be the same numbers. I suspect that what happened here is that the floor_count parameter existed previously, and then the top_floor paramter was imported along with the other CTBUH height parameters when this template was merged with the skyscraper template. So it should be a height parameter. Redefining it from a floor count to a height contradicts the previous description and may not correspond to the values in some pages that use the info box. But I think this is what it was supposed to be, and went and changed the description.
There are still other parameters that don't have descriptions in the parameters table. Most of the renovation parameters, altitude, etc. Relief is mentioned in what looks like a comment from source code, but not in the table. – Margin1522 ( talk) 17:55, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
I propose to add a publictransit
parameter, similar to what
Template:Infobox museum has. I think it would be more relevant here since several public transport stations around the world are located on either the ground or underground floors of buildings. For example, the
Gare de La Défense station of the
Paris Métro is underneath the
Grande Arche, the entrance to the
Federal Triangle station of the
Washington Metro is beneath the
Clinton Federal Building, and the
Westminster tube station of the
London Underground is below the
Portcullis House.
Zzyzx11 (
talk) 06:13, 17 November 2014 (UTC)
| publictransit = [[Federal Triangle (WMATA station)|Federal Triangle (metro station)]]
...?
Sardanaphalus (
talk) 12:53, 17 November 2014 (UTC)|integrated_transit_type
and |integrated_transit_station
for:Please elaborate.
Sardanaphalus ( talk) 23:46, 14 November 2014 (UTC)
Above | |
---|---|
header1 | |
label2 | Some text as data2 that should linewrap |
label3 should linewrap | data3 |
header5 | |
Some text as data4 that's not accompanied by a label and should also, like data2, be sufficiently long to produce linewrapping – in this case, at least twice. | |
header7 | |
label8 | data8 |
If demolitions takes say 3 months, can a demolition start, demolition end be added to the infobox? Bs0u10e01 ( talk) 14:13, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
Could we get a field that indicates the building incorporates a previous structure? For example, an English country house might have been built in 1750, but it incorporated a tower or basement from a 11th century castle. What do you think? Thanks! —Мандичка YO 😜 22:54, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
Maybe this isn't supposed to be human readable, but why are the entries for "awards" and "ren_awards" in the TemplateData section garbled? They look ok in the Parameters section. Kendall-K1 ( talk) 18:45, 12 May 2015 (UTC)
I add on the 'Template:Infobox building/doc' page in the correct places (I think) 'glazing_contractor'. It would be nice to have the template:infobox building reflect this so wiki pages could list which glazing contractor worked on the facade of the building. Glazing contractors have a major role in building design, performance, and architectural aesthetics. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BenSD ( talk • contribs) 21:22, 29 June 2015 (UTC)
Note- the change I made to the 'Template:Infobox building/doc' page have been undone, I assumed that adding the 'glazing contractor' field myself would have been helpful. I am still in the opinion that adding the field to the infobox would be useful. BenSD ( talk) 17:11, 2 July 2015 (UTC)
I see your point, I thought adding it to the document page would make it easier to implement, into the actual template:infobox building. BenSD ( talk) 16:10, 6 July 2015 (UTC)
This
edit request to
Template:Infobox building has been answered. Set the |answered= or |ans= parameter to no to reactivate your request. |
Can we add a construction manager parameter to the template? Construction management firms are hired and perform different work then anything that is listed under design and construction. They serve an integral role in quality control/assurance, budgeting, scheduling and assuring that a project runs smoothly. It has become an important part of the construction process in large projects/renovations so I think it would be beneficial to include it. Can anyone do this please? Construction_Management_Association_of_America Keelsh01 ( talk) 17:40, 23 July 2015 (UTC) Keelsh01 ( talk) 20:10, 23 July 2015 (UTC)
{{
edit template-protected}}
template. --
Redrose64 (
talk) 13:00, 24 July 2015 (UTC)
(see discussion in subject below)
Keelsh01 (
talk) 16:40, 30 July 2015 (UTC)
A number of articles are - not unreasonably, given the parameter name - using |top_floor=
to store a number or text such as "9" or "9th floor". Much of this useful data was recently removed in an AWB run by
User:Bgwhite, acting on
Category:Building using deprecated parameters*.
Perhaps the parameter should be repurposed? Or renamed to |top_floor_height=
, with the data to which I refer moved to |top_floor_number=
?
Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing);
Talk to Andy;
Andy's edits 09:22, 21 August 2015 (UTC)
|floor_count=
instead.
Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing);
Talk to Andy;
Andy's edits 11:25, 22 August 2015 (UTC)The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
This
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Template:Infobox building has been answered. Set the |answered= or |ans= parameter to no to reactivate your request. |
Can we add a project_manager (PM) parameter to the template? Over the past two decades, project/construction managers (PM/CM) have become key players in the construction process. [1] In the past, they were usually apart of the contracting team. However, now client's often hire a PM/CM firm separately to over see the building process from the very beginning, working closely with architects and engineers to go over plans and drawings, making timetables for the project, determining material and labor costs, negotiating with and hiring subcontractors and workers, scheduling workers on site, gathering permits and making sure everything is up to code.- "An owner may also contract with a construction project management company as an advisor, creating a third contract relationship in the project. The construction manager's role is to provide construction advice to the designer, design advice to the constructor on the owner's behalf and other advice as necessary." [2]
It has become an important part of the construction process in small-medium-large projects/renovations, and it would be beneficial to include it. Also, it is necessary because adding a construction manager firm's name under any other parameter would be portraying misleading information-it doesn't quite fit anywhere else. Furthermore, the only infobox that attains a sufficing parameter is Template: infobox venue, however that template does not acquire the appropriate embed codes (a user requested this, but was denied). Can this be added please?
Keelsh01 ( talk) 17:47, 28 July 2015 (UTC)
{{
infobox}}
or {{
reflist}}
. This is a non-mainstream user-created template and should therefore be treated as such. The fact that it's locked goes against our nature of being the encyclopedia that anyone can edit. I'm myself a seasoned template editor but can't edit it because I'm not an administrator. This lock in this particular template goes against our mission. —
Ahnoneemoos (
talk) 06:32, 8 August 2015 (UTC)I'm bringing this back up - Template talk:Infobox building/Archive 1#Designations. Can we please get a designation such as exists for Template:Infobox historic site? See result here: Lyme Park. It would be nice to be able to easily add Grade I/Grade II etc to this infobox. —Мандичка YO 😜 05:30, 11 September 2015 (UTC)
embedded
parameter to embed {{
infobox designation list}}. See the
Sydney Opera House for example. If I used it for
Lyme Park, I would start it like this:Lyme Park | |
---|---|
General information | |
Location | Disley, Cheshire, England |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
Designated | 17 November 1983 |
Reference no. | 406869 |
{{Infobox building | name = Lyme Park | location = [[Disley]], [[Cheshire]], England | embedded = {{infobox designation list | embed=yes | designation1 = Grade I | designation1_date = 17 November 1983 | designation1_number = 406869 }} }}
Hello, I embedded the infobox restaurant in to the infobox hotel in article [[
Sir and Star]] using the embedded= and embed=yes parameters. However, the infobox restaurant is off-center within the infobox hotel. Please assist. I had this issues on another page: [[
Michael Laucke]] but I got the child boxes to line up by changing the embed=yes parameter to child=yes. The Laucke article also uses the module= parameter instead of the embedded= parameter. I tried changing embed=yes to child=yes in the Sir and Star article but without the expected improvement. Thank you. Cheers! {{u|
Checkingfax}} {
Talk}
04:22, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
OK, now the infobox restaurant does not have an ugly border that is misaligned with the infobox hotel; but, now the restaurant name= parameter does not render. See:
Sir and Star. The hotel name in the infobox hotel is The Olema, but the infobox restaurant should be showing Sir and Star as the restaurant. Ping me back. Thank you. Cheers! {{u|
Checkingfax}} {
Talk}
08:22, 9 November 2015 (UTC)
It would apply to many many articles, not every transit oriented development falls under a more specific infobox that might include that parameter. Parking is there, I don't see where public_transport would hurt among the roughly 100 parameters that there are now. B137 ( talk) 00:57, 15 November 2015 (UTC)
What is the actual use of the parameter logo in this infobox? Is there any example of the usage? Or it is just an alternate name for the parameter? Thanks for your reply. Doblecaña ( talk) 16:29, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
I don't get what is the difference between this two parameters. Can someone clarify? Doblecaña ( talk) 21:59, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
There's a few articles on unfinished/on hold buildings (e.g. Louisville Museum Plaza) that would benefit from a "Construction stopped" or "Construction halted" parameter. Sounder Bruce 23:17, 29 February 2016 (UTC)
Could somebody more template aware than me please take a look at Swissôtel Zürich. This uses the hotel infobox that redirects here. It used to work fine, but it now shows amounts of red:
Lua error in Module:Location_map at line 417: Unable to find the specified location map definition. Neither "Module:Location map/data/Zürich" nor "Template:Location map Zürich" exists. Location within Lua error in Module:Location_map at line 59: Unable to find the specified location map definition. Neither "Module:Location map/data/Zürich" nor "Template:Location map Zürich" exists.
What went wrong? -- chris_j_wood ( talk) 14:51, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
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I'd like to see the "opening" parameter fixed to include the past tense (opened) for completed buildings.
| label27 = {{#if:{{{opening|}}}{{{opening_date|}}}|Opening}}{{#if:{{{opened|}}}{{{opened_date|}}}|Opened}}
Sounder Bruce 01:50, 17 May 2016 (UTC)
opened
and opening
are given, only "opened" is used. I've tested the cases in my sandbox and looks okay. —
Andy W. (
talk ·
ctb) 02:59, 17 May 2016 (UTC)This
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Another edit request: a cancellation or construction stopped date field to complement the other date fields. Many articles on never-built or on-hold projects would benefit from it. Sounder Bruce 00:35, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
stop_date
and construction_stop_date
sound like reasonable names for this param? —
Andy W. (
talk ·
ctb) 04:18, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
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Please remove {{PAGENAME}}
from the deprecated coordinates format category sort key; it's not necessary for sorting.
Jc86035 (
talk) Use {{
re|Jc86035}}
to reply to me 05:24, 20 November 2016 (UTC)
[[Category:Pages using deprecated coordinates format|building{{PAGENAME}}]]
[[Category:Pages using deprecated coordinates format|building]]
@ Jonesey95: The list of articles with script errors is normally empty, but it is currently adding articles like Sampson House that have not been edited recently. The error message is:
The articles showing that message are:
Would someone please investigate. Perhaps all that is required is to remove repeated coordinates from the infobox? Johnuniq ( talk) 09:14, 20 November 2016 (UTC)
Since posting the above, another four have turned up:
Johnuniq ( talk) 09:21, 20 November 2016 (UTC)
|coordinates=
, and some of the pages have two different sets of coordinates.
Jc86035 (
talk) Use {{
re|Jc86035}}|coordinates=
parameter. –
Jonesey95 (
talk) 22:06, 20 November 2016 (UTC)
There are some more problem pages, in the category, but I don’t know how to fix them; or at least in the first one Hare and Billet. there’s no obvious problem and replacing the separate fields with {{ coord}} seems not to work.-- JohnBlackburne words deeds 22:45, 20 November 2016 (UTC)
{{#if:{{{latitude|}}}{{{longitude|}}}… … …{{{lon_dir|}}}||{{{coordinates|}}}}}
.
Jc86035 (
talk) Use {{
re|Jc86035}}This
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Please merge the sandbox into the main template; this fixes the error that
Jonesey95 introduced and stops script errors from appearing
Jc86035 (
talk) Use {{
re|Jc86035}}
to reply to me 04:57, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
Jc86035 (
talk) Use {{
re|Jc86035}}
to reply to me 04:57, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
Please merge the sandbox fully. thanks,
Jc86035 (
talk) Use {{
re|Jc86035}}
to reply to me 07:57, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
The parameter |iso_region=
is missing from the template. Is it okay to remove it from the documentation?--
Auric
talk 14:02, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
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Could I request the "mark" parameter to become customizable, allowing for other marks, especially ones in other colors? The location map template has this ability. Most importantly I dislike red's low contrast against tan, and since I first looked at it as a pimple on light-colored skin, I can't seem to unsee that. ɱ (talk) · vbm · coi) 20:27, 23 December 2016 (UTC)
{{{map_dot_mark}}}
parameter has been added.
Primefac (
talk) 01:10, 24 December 2016 (UTC)
Why is |completion date=
not displayed, e.g. in
Meštrović Pavilion?
GregorB (
talk) 12:05, 21 January 2017 (UTC)
One of CTBUH criteria is Height: Occupied, not top_floor. This should be changed so the parameter displays occupied. Triplecaña ( talk) 11:01, 5 February 2017 (UTC)
Bringing a proposal about the use of geobox vs infobox for buildings to the attention of any page stalker here. -- HyperGaruda ( talk) 17:35, 7 May 2017 (UTC)
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Maybe add a staircase_count similar to elevator_count. Especially relevant for emergency/fire exits. Skullers ( talk) 16:19, 17 June 2017 (UTC)
{{
edit template-protected}}
template. --
Ahecht (
TALKSporkBot says that 'completion_date' and 'opened_date' are duplicate parameters and removed 'completion_date'. Should completion_date be removed from the basic template? Leschnei ( talk) 12:08, 26 June 2017 (UTC)
|completion_date=
after you
added a duplicate |completion_date=
to the article. if you would moved the information to the existing parameter above, instead of adding a second one, the bot would have not needed to make any corrections to the article. and no opening is not always the same as completion.
Frietjes (
talk) 15:42, 23 July 2017 (UTC)
Shouldn't the architectural_style show up under the Design and construction heading in the infobox? It appears under General information, which doesn't make sense. Cnbrb ( talk) 00:19, 10 March 2018 (UTC)
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Please add {{
subst:tfm|Infobox monument|type=sidebar}}
, per a nomination by
Capankajsmilyo
{{3x|p}}ery (
talk) 00:04, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
A discussion at Talk:Lighthouse of Alexandria#Record height has identified an issue with the "highest..." parameters of this template. Specifically, editors are using them for the highest examples of particular types of buildings. For example, the List of tallest buildings and structures#History of tallest tower and List of tallest towers#Timeline of tallest towers articles list a series of towers which were sequentially the tallest towers in the world, but not the tallest buildings. Many of the articles for specific buildings in these lists are using the "highest..." parameters, identifying them as "Tallest in the world" despite their not being the tallest buildings in the world at the time, merely the tallest towers. Is there a way of using the "highest..." parameters for this infobox to specify the type of building involved? - Polly Tunnel ( talk) 15:46, 4 July 2018 (UTC)
See Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)#Help_-_Sneaky_Vandalism! and Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Help_-_Sneaky_Vandalism!. Please review and determine if this is appropriate content to trust for automatic importing to present to our readers. — xaosflux Talk 19:40, 11 August 2018 (UTC)
<mapframe>
maps is beyond the scope of this talk page – anyone wanting to change the status-quo should start an RfC/discussion at the Village Pump (or another centralised venue). -
Evad37 [
talk 02:51, 12 August 2018 (UTC)According to the current structure of the template, if anyone filled the "Coordinates" parameter with a country name, then the template would convert the country name into a region code and then feed it into Template:Coordinate as a parameter. However, such handling ignored locations where their representative region is not a country in itself. In order to avoid displaying incorrect map service for users who click onto Template:coordinate links or misunderstanding for bots that read information from Wikipedia infobox, please help add the following logic into the template:
C933103 ( talk) 16:40, 28 August 2018 (UTC)
Does anyone know how to modify the infobox so that Extension:Kartographer can be used for the maps? Thanks, Daylen ( talk) 18:18, 17 July 2018 (UTC) Please ping me when you leave a reply!
Thanks for your help! Daylen ( talk) 01:48, 18 July 2018 (UTC)
|mapframe=no
– though it could also easily be made opt-in instead of opt-out if would be preferred. -
Evad37 [
talk 07:57, 20 July 2018 (UTC)|pushpin_map=
, |map_type=
, or |image_map=
is set. -
Evad37 [
talk 09:12, 21 July 2018 (UTC)|mapframe-zoom=
to adjust the zoom level (default is 10), |mapframe-width=
and |mapframe-height=
for the map size (defaults are 270 and 200), |mapframe-marker=
for the
marker icon (default is no marker icon), and either |mapframe-marker-color=
or |mapframe-marker-colour=
for the marker colour (
hex triplet, default is #5E74F3
) -
Evad37 [
talk 03:01, 22 July 2018 (UTC)
Thanks, Daylen ( talk) 05:11, 31 July 2018 (UTC)
|mapframe=no
to suppress the mapframe map.So should mapframe maps always be displayed unless |mapframe=no
is set (regardless of whether there is a pushpin map)? -
Evad37 [
talk 11:10, 3 August 2018 (UTC)
introducing a default map adds a map when there was none previously– Yes, that is the point of having it on by default. The reason for articles not already having mapframe maps would be that it is a new feature only enabled on English Wikipedia earlier this year, rather than an editorial decision "let's not have a map". Is there any reason why articles which have coordinates shouldn't have a dynamic mapframe map the reader can interact with, in the majority of cases? (given that it is possible to override that default for specific instances)
I also think the default zoon is too high– What value would you suggest for the default zoom? Currently it is 10.
Can a parameter for mapframe coordinates be added so the map centre can be set independently of the building?– Done, you can now use
|mapframe-lat=
and |mapframe-long=
to set the map latitude and longitude -
Evad37 [
talk 02:29, 7 August 2018 (UTC)
|mapframe=no
to all existing transclusions of the infobox (via AWB or bot), along with an edit summary explaining that a mapframe map may be displayed by setting |mapframe=yes
. That way editor interaction is required to display a mapframe map in an existing infobox, but new articles/infoboxes can have mapframe maps on by default. Since mapframe maps would be added by editor discretion, we could at the same time remove the code making mapframes maps secondary to pushpin maps. Also pinging @
Daylen and
Ɱ. -
Evad37 [
talk 02:15, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
The ideal situation would be
Is there any way to accomplish all three of these? And if not, which would be the least important? Pinging @ Epicgenius, Daylen, Jts1882, and Ɱ: - Evad37 [ talk 03:05, 13 August 2018 (UTC)
@ Evad37: I don't understand why this most recent change was made, which makes the mapframe appear even if the infobox already has a map. The result is that infoboxes on lots of pages like Transamerica Pyramid are suddenly bloated with two maps. I guess the idea is to encourage editors to remove pushpin maps, because... mapframe maps are considered inherently superior? Has there been a broader discussion somewhere about that? I have concerns about whether pushpin maps should be widely replaced with mapframe in its current state, such as the amount of visual noise and the aesthetic quality of the maps. Toohool ( talk) 23:16, 31 August 2018 (UTC)
I see it's been updated with the OSM maps. I don't think they're very useful at all, the point of the pin map was to be able to visualize county location and wider location with a side window at a glance without having to touch anything. Kind of defeats the object when you have the globe to click and external link. The pin was one of the main reasons I was OK with infoboxes in architecture articles.♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:05, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
The deletion notice transcluded onto pages says this template is
Template:Geobox and THIS template is being consider for deletion, which is not true, can someone remove {{Template for discussion/dated|action=|page=Geobox|link=Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2018 November 11#Template:Geobox|type=sidebar|help=off|bigbox={{#invoke:Noinclude|noinclude|text=yes}}}}
from the template or replace it with a merge notice? –
BrandonXLF
(t@lk) 03:13, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
Please see m:Community Wishlist Survey 2019/Maps/Maps Improvements: Vector Structure, Disputed Borders, Cleaner Style, which seems to be about improving the mapframe system used by this template. The wishlist uses approval voting (vote to support any/all wishes that you like), so "oppose votes" are pointless, but useful information, examples, or explanations of problems would be very much appreciated.
This is one of multiple "wishes" for improvements to how maps are handled on Wikipedia. (Most of the others can be found at m:Community Wishlist Survey 2019/Maps, although m:Community Wishlist Survey 2019/Multimedia and Commons/Easy, low-maintenance possibility to include color coded maps seems to be in a separate group.) WhatamIdoing ( talk) 02:24, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
I'm proposing changing the name of
Category:Building using deprecated parameters. The category isn't really a deprecation issue. Deprecation is "replace {{{x}}}
with {{{y}}}
". This category is more of a "this case is not valid". Not saying the category isn't useful! I just think it could be better named and moved out of the deprecation category. Without objection, I'm going to rename the category
Category:Pages using infobox building with invalid parameters. --
Zackmann (
Talk to me/
What I been doing) 17:42, 30 November 2018 (UTC)
Since the Template:Infobox Historic building was merged with this one, there is no way indicate the Status for existing/ancient buildings. The current status values are biased towards new buildings as can be seen in the description of the field. Can a Status value of "Ruin" be added to the template please? Kmcnamee ( talk) 17:44, 8 January 2019 (UTC)
|status=Ruin
. --
Zackmann (
Talk to me/
What I been doing) 18:17, 8 January 2019 (UTC)
What exactly triggers an interactive map to bei displayed in the infobox? See e.g. Schmidt-Lademann_House versus The Flintstone House. I can't figure out why the map is displayed in the one infobox and not in the other and can't find a hint in the description of this template. Thanks -- Schmila ( talk) 11:19, 13 April 2019 (UTC)
| mapframe-zoom = 8 | mapframe-long = -0.1 | mapframe-lat =51.5 | mapframe-marker=soccer
Thanks Jts1882, the hint regarding the wikidata item was what I needed. Would be helpfull if this were mentioned in the descriprtion. Perhaps I will look into that. -- Schmila ( talk) 13:15, 13 April 2019 (UTC)
Hi. I'm not sure this is a good idea. The whole purpose of an infobox map is to show rough location in a regional area at a glance without having to click it. Particularly when browsing on an iPad it is difficult to use it and it looks unsightly. I would rather a return to the old pin maps. You can click the globe for OSM and google map views.♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:20, 10 July 2019 (UTC)
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In {{#ifeq:{{{embed|}}}|yes|'''Building details'''}}
, please remove the redundant / excess boldface markup ('''
), so as to avoid "double boldface" rendering.--
Hildeoc (
talk) 18:22, 7 October 2019 (UTC)
Hildeoc (
talk) 18:22, 7 October 2019 (UTC)
{{#ifeq:{{{embed|}}}|yes|<span style="font-weight:bold">Building details</span>}}
instead? it's my understanding that the Internet Exploder double bold bug is only triggered if there are bold tags, but not by bold css?
Frietjes (
talk) 17:09, 8 October 2019 (UTC)
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Please change template call {{ ifempty}} to {{ if empty}} to avoid the redirect. The call to that template is transcluded in over 20,000 articles through being called in this template, so that unnecessary redirect has to be followed every time one of those articles is viewed. Colonies Chris ( talk) 16:20, 10 October 2019 (UTC)
{{
edit template-protected}}
template. For further discussion see
User talk:Colonies Chris. --
Trialpears (
talk) 16:28, 10 October 2019 (UTC)Hi, I think there should be an option to change the other_dimensions label. It would be useful for being more concise and was mentioned as an option in the infobox pyramid merger TfD. If noone objects I will implement it shortly. ‑‑ Trialpears ( talk) 10:16, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
|topped_out=
seems to be valid but is not displayed.
Goldin Finance 117 is an example.
Frietjes?
MB 19:59, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
|topped_out=
is supposed to be a "yes" or "no" thing that will toggle the "status" if the |status=
isn't set otherwise. to show the topped-out date, you are supposed to use |topped_out_date=
or |topped-out_date=
. but, not surprisingly, this isn't obvious and there are many articles using these parameters incorrectly. it's the same story for |cancelled=
/ |canceled=
, but with no cancelled_date
. I wouldn't mind changing |topped_out=
to function the same as |topped_out_date=
. you can find some of the correct and incorrect uses with
this search but I will add a tracking category as well.
Frietjes (
talk) 20:47, 18 June 2020 (UTC)|topped_out_date=
and put the most sig status (on hold) in |status=
.In this version of Museum of Textiles and Industry of Busto Arsizio, the OSM map is wrong. The coordinates are correct in WD, but when this map is generated it seems to be using lat/long 0/0 instead of the actual coords.
Clearly not a generic problem with {{
Infobox building}}
, but I don't know if it is specific to only this article or not.
I fixed the article with a work-around - using {{
Infobox museum}}
which is more appropriate anyway. This also shows the coords are correct in WD.
Frietjes?
MB 22:05, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
{{
Infobox museum}}
is newer, so I imported that here. could be that it wasn't getting the coordinates when pulling them through the template wrapper, but using the module directly allows it to access those coordinates directly.
Frietjes (
talk) 23:48, 14 July 2020 (UTC)Maisons Jaoul | |
---|---|
General information | |
Location | Paris, France |
Address | 83 Rue de Longchamp Neuilly-sur-Seine |
Completed | 1954-56 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Le Corbusier |
Looking at the article Maisons Jaoul, I see a nice map of central Paris and I can zoom in to see these two individual buildings outlined. Then looking at the infobox, I see very little indeed: just a street address, no geodata, no post code (ZIP code), very little indeed. But when I try to imitate that sparseness in another infobox (because I would rather have this dynamic mapping rather than the current static map), I get no map at all. Aiming to make the question convenient, I reproduced the infobox here and ... no map. What is the secret? -- John Maynard Friedman ( talk) 15:19, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
|mapframe=no
set. There are various |mapframe-XXX=
parameters that can change the position, zoom and other aspects of the map. They aren't well documented, though. They are basically the parameters described at {{
Infobox_mapframe}} but they are prefixed by mapframe-
so the |NAME=
in {{
Infobox_mapframe}} becomes |mapframe-NAME=
in {{
Infobox_building}}.I notice that infoboxes for park, library, museum all have fields for public transport access, I think it's a helpful way to describe what part of town a building might be in. Could it be added to this infobox? -- Paul Carpenter ( talk) 18:31, 2 September 2020 (UTC)
Transit access parameter
I notice that {{
Infobox museum}} has a |publictransit=
parameter, which allows specifying transit access to a building. This template currently has a |parking=
parameter but is missing that one. Could we add it? {{u|
Sdkb}}
talk 06:56, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
Information on the building's parking facilities (e.g. number of spaces or lots). We can add a clarification that it's not supposed to be used for nearby parking unassociated with the building itself. {{u| Sdkb}} talk 20:06, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
It would be nice if this perimeter worked in several infoboxes even if it was a commonly used in some of them. B137 ( talk) 20:20, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
So it looks like there's consensus for this. How does the code from {{ Museum}} look?
| label27 = Public transit access | data27 = {{{publictransit|}}}
{{u| Sdkb}} talk 01:37, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
What is the point of having a separate "owner" and "landlord" parameter? Jklamo ( talk) 19:30, 20 November 2020 (UTC)
1. The template has three parameters with uppercase, while lowercase name is available. We can remove the uc variant.
|Status=
→ |status=
|Logo_caption=
→ |logo_caption=
|number_of_Bars=
→ |number_of_bars=
No usage found; uc names will categorise the article (by parameter check).
2. There is a separate check for |1=
being used. This can be removed, as
Module:Check for unknown parameters already does this.
- DePiep ( talk) 15:50, 28 November 2020 (UTC)
3. Parameter names with alt spelling, not needed (underscore = standard in this template):
|map dot label=
→ |map_dot_label=
|topped-out_date=
→ |topped_out_date=
No usage left (after me editing them out today). - DePiep ( talk) 16:23, 28 November 2020 (UTC)
4. These parameters are checked by Module:Check for unknown parameters, but are not present in code. To be removed; can be re-added after deemed useful & working & tested etc.
|qid=
| mapframe | mapframe-caption | mapframe-custom | mapframe-id | mapframe-coord | mapframe-wikidata | mapframe-point | mapframe-shape | mapframe-frame-width | mapframe-frame-height | mapframe-shape-fill | mapframe-shape-fill-opacity | mapframe-stroke-color | mapframe-stroke-colour | mapframe-stroke-width | mapframe-marker | mapframe-marker-color | mapframe-marker-colour | mapframe-geomask | mapframe-geomask-stroke-color | mapframe-geomask-stroke-colour | mapframe-geomask-stroke-width | mapframe-geomask-fill | mapframe-geomask-fill-opacity | mapframe-length_km | mapframe-length_mi | mapframe-area_km2 | mapframe-area_mi2 | mapframe-frame-coordinates | mapframe-frame-coord | mapframe-switcher
(31x) |mapframe-zoom =
is used and so kept.5. Use {{Main other}} for tracking categories. - DePiep ( talk) 18:36, 28 November 2020 (UTC)
6. Add |mapframe-line=
to Module:Check for unknown parameters: makes mapframe set of parameters complete (once, no aliases). Per
mapframe documentation. -
DePiep (
talk) 13:57, 29 November 2020 (UTC)
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Template:Infobox building has been answered. Set the |answered= or |ans= parameter to no to reactivate your request. |
|mapframe-marker=
to show a different marker on the mapframe map, which the sandbox proposes to eliminate from the parameter check. Please copy the working live template code to the sandbox, and then eliminate or change only things whose functionality you understand. Make some testcases if you need to experiment. –
Jonesey95 (
talk) 00:19, 29 November 2020 (UTC)|mapframe-line=
to parametercheck, after checking the set with
mapframe documentation. No changes in articles expected.Would anyone be interested in starting a discussion page on the documentation for this infobox? When I first looked at the documentation, I had a hard time figuring out what some of the params mean. E.g. it took some digging to figure out that "architectural" means (I think) "Height to architectural top" as defined by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. There are some other params that I still don't understand, like the difference between "relief" and "altitude", and how to use the "references" param. I'd like to add some examples of how these params are used properly (e.g. embedded). But I don't know how hard or easy it is to gather examples and statistics. I do know something about how this information is presented in architectural journals, but before I change anything in the documentation I'd like to discuss it with others who know more about infoboxes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Margin1522 ( talk • contribs) 20:10, 27 August 2014
I observe that the template indicates the following tallest building as "Surpassed by", but that doesn't apply in the (several) instances where the tallest part of a building is destroyed so the subsequent "tallest" building hasn't surpassed it at all. Is there any way the template could be modified with an alternate parameter to indicate "followed by" rather than "surpassed by" in those instances where this applies? Newimpartial ( talk) 22:09, 9 March 2021 (UTC)
Doc says mapframe-width is an alt to mapframe-frame-width, but it fails the valid para check. Frietjes, could you sync up the parameter checking? (unless the better solution is to un-document it.) Thanks. MB 17:20, 21 June 2021 (UTC)
The field is named alternate_name, but it's displayed as alternative name when populated in the infobox. Maybe we can make the necessary change? - Seasider53 ( talk) 13:46, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
Does anyone object to adding a "Built" parameter to this infobox, to allow for a date range, like "| built = 1966–1971", rather than having "| start_date = 1966" and "| stop_date = 1971", which creates an extra line and plenty of whitespace in the infobox. The two parameters only benefit when you list a full date rather than just the year. ɱ (talk) 04:48, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
A map is appearing, unbidden, in the template at St. John's Market. Can someone advise, please? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 16:09, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
|mapframe = no
"
ɱ
(talk) 17:37, 7 February 2022 (UTC)This
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For data10, it should be built | completed | finished | complete = Completed (tense) 219.78.190.165 ( talk) 17:23, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
Was
this change to a fixed size discussed anywhere? It appears to go against
Help:Pictures#Thumbnail sizes. I recommend switching back to frameless
so that readers' thumbnail size preferences are respected. –
Jonesey95 (
talk) 21:02, 17 April 2022 (UTC)
frameless
. The sandbox uses my
preferred thumbnail size (in my case, 300px) and looks much better on my screen than the tiny image provided by the live template. The whole point of the thumbnail preference is to allow images to be sized appropriately for an editor's screen size. Using fixed pixel widths eliminates that possibility, making the infobox look right for you but not for others. –
Jonesey95 (
talk) 15:26, 18 April 2022 (UTC)
Okay so I'm officially stumped.
Burr-Brown Corporation needs two Infobox buildings with maps pointing to different locations. But both maps point to the same location.
First error I had to fix was to understand the |display=
of {{
coord}} must be set to |inline
, not |title
or |inline,title
. Digging into the talk archives of that template gave me that info.
I managed to find out that the article defaults to some WikiData item (hate this utterly misguided reliance on something other than plaintext!!!) so I got rid of that. Still both maps point to the same location.
I commented out the coordinates specified; and in conjunction to actively setting the WikiData item to "unknown" I finally managed to break the dependency.
Next issue - now the infoboxes does not appear to support what the documentation promises, that of supporting the coordinates parameter to override the Wikidata. It does nothing. Okay, so I use the alternate (suggested by the documentation, which for some reason is {{ Maplink/doc}}): mapframe-coordinates
Then I get:
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox factory with unknown parameter "mapframe-coordinates". Grrr...
I cannot for the life of me understand when or if there's been a change that went undocumented - everything is coded in Lua.
I'm sure from a programmer's point of view Lua and Wikidata items are great, except it makes the life of a Wikipedian much much much harder than it needs to be.
Anyway - How do I specify a manual override coordinates so one article can have many auto mapframes, each with its own separate set of coordinates supplied by the article, divorced from any other source (no wikidata).
Somewhat exasperatedly yours, CapnZapp ( talk) 19:31, 26 April 2022 (UTC)
Thank you! I feel certain the issue is safe in your hands! CapnZapp ( talk) 08:00, 27 April 2022 (UTC)
| coordinates =
in the infobox in order for a map to display.
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(talk) 22:35, 29 April 2022 (UTC)I think that the default image size should be removed. While MOS:IMGSIZE carves out an exception for infoboxes, I still believe the change should be made to respect user preferences. I've updated the sandbox, and you can see the changes in the testcases. Logged-out users will see slightly smaller images, but the map frame will stay the same size for everyone (I don't know how to get it to use user preferences). Does anyone have qualms with this? SWinxy ( talk) 00:40, 3 August 2022 (UTC)
Many of the uses of this infobox create a short description that reads a bit oddly because Module:Type in location is invoked with its type argument as the direct building_type argument without adding the word building afterwards. This can results in short descriptions like "Office in Halifax, Nova Scotia" where "Office building in Halifax, Nova Scotia" would be more appropriate. Having said that, it's possible there are times where this would not work well. I was wondering what others thoughts were. TartarTorte 21:35, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
|building_type=
work well with this automation. You can see some of the values used at
this page (scroll to building_type and then click "Click to show"). It appears that only about six articles use "Office"/"office"/"
Office" as their value, so those articles could be fixed manually, either in the infobox or in a short description template within the article. –
Jonesey95 (
talk) 21:52, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
{{
Infobox religious building}} seems to have a |funded by=
parameter. Would that not be useful in this infobox too, for cases where the cost of a building or a restoration is borne by a patron or sponsor or indeed any body different from the owner or user?
Justlettersandnumbers (
talk) 20:37, 5 December 2022 (UTC)
Can we add things like:
Danstarr69 ( talk) 19:37, 2 January 2023 (UTC)