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This template can be applied to almost any article with a title in the form [[X of South American country]]. Warofdreams talk 01:36, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
I added a second optional parameter, which if provided overrides the top level page. (I also fixed the positioning of the map graphic.) Example: Since there is not and probably never will be a "Flag of South America" page, on "Flag of" pages the template can be called:
. -- ScottMainwaring 18:08, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
Per here, would anyone object to this template being renamed {{ South America topic}}, thereby leaving the of/in specified by its parameter (e.g. {{ South America topic|Communications in}}, {{ South America topic|Economy of}}, etc)...? Regards, David Kernow ( talk) 02:53, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
Is there any reason why Aruba is included, when it makes it clear in the article South America that it is not normally regarded as part of the continent and the article Aruba is categorised in Category:Central America rather than Category:South America? I've certainly never heard of it being considered as part of South America before, which is why I question its inclusion here - it would make far more sense to group it with the other Caribbean nations and territories. The same with Trinidad and Tobago - that nation is only extremely rarely considered part of South America. if these are to remain here, then for consistency's sake the Netherlands Antilles should also be included, though personally I'd far prefer it if none of them were part of this template. Grutness... wha? 00:46, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
Why is Panama included in this template? Last time i checked Panama wasnt in South America, even if it historically belonged to South America, it is no longer part, so it must go. mijotoba 19:21, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
Just wondering if it is possible to find this template in other languages. Thanks! - airezulian —Preceding unsigned comment added by Airezulian ( talk • contribs) 17:43, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
South America, Central America, and the Caribbean are closely connected historically and culturally, so readers should be able to navigate between these related articles. Both South America topic and North America topic are relatively short (and this way we could eliminate the footer about ambiguous countries), so merging them would be easy - see {{ Americas topic}} for a rough idea of what a merged template would look like. I think this would be a very useful and practical way of linking related articles. Calliopejen1 ( talk) 20:05, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
The title comes out as Name of South America and not Names or Names of the territories/places or something like that, making it rather misleading. When I try to change it to South America topic|Names of , it doesn't work... (everything becomes redlinked as the "Names of" also applies to each place mentioned, eg "Names of Brazil", etc ). Can someone who knows how to change the title only please help do so? Kpufferfish ( talk) 12:49, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
A centralised proposal regarding the use of superscript notes in navigation boxes is under discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Countries. The disussion will affect this template. Nightw 12:05, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
Perhaps Curaçao and Aruba should be moved up along Bonaire in the parentheses following 'Netherlands', for they are neither 'dependencies' nor 'territories' but constituent *countries* of the Kingdom of Netherlands. Then the title 'Dependencies and territories' should better be replaced by 'Overseas territories' which the Falklands and South Georgia are. Apcbg ( talk) 21:06, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
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120.28.127.179 ( talk) 03:58, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
This template doesn't work on Telephone numbers in the Falkland Islands because of the "the" in that page's title. Since it's automated, it's hard to know how to edit around this: adding the "the" breaks too many other instances, I believe. Suggestions? ◦ Trey Maturin 17:27, 1 November 2017 (UTC)
On pages that use this template – for example, see the bottom of List of airports in French Guiana – the entry for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is displaying as red and cannot be clicked to access that article. However, that article is indeed a valid article and should be accessible. I presume there's a problem with this template but do not know enough about templates to fix it. Can somebody please investigate and fix this? — Molly-in-md ( talk) 14:19, 11 January 2021 (UTC)
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1. Delete the link in Venezuela, since there is no "Architecture" part in the page "Culture of Venezuela" 2. Change this link: /info/en/?search=Culture_of_the_Falkland_Islands to this: /info/en/?search=Culture_of_the_Falkland_Islands#Architecture
Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.137.18.135 ( talk) 10:39, 3 June 2022 (UTC)
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Paraguay and Bolivia should be removed from the whaling template as these are landlocked countries. Bolivia did had a short coastline once, but it was highly underdeveloped and no whaling is known to have been carried out there. Sietecolores ( talk) 09:35, 11 December 2022 (UTC)
{{South America topic|Whaling in}}
in those articles mostly had red links and was unnecessary. I have removed them since it was redundant to the existing {{
Whaling}}.
ಮಲ್ನಾಡಾಚ್ ಕೊಂಕ್ಣೊ (
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TheWiki93 ( talk) 14:26, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
Hello, I need to edit this page because Panama isn't there on the South America template box. Panama is a transcontinental country bordering both continents. TheWiki93 ( talk) 14:26, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
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template. I have never heard of this idea. The article on
Panama makes this claim without a reference to a reliable source. I just consulted my National Geographic World Atlas (hardcover book,
ISBN
978-1-4263-0088-2), pages 62, 63, 73, 78, and 79. They clearly show Panama as being in North America, with the dividing line between the continents at the Panama–Colombia border. –
Jonesey95 (
talk) 16:02, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
Template:South America topic is permanently
protected from editing because it is a
heavily used or highly visible template. Substantial changes should first be proposed and discussed here on this page. If the proposal is uncontroversial or has been discussed and is supported by
consensus, editors may use {{
edit template-protected}} to notify an administrator or template editor to make the requested edit. Usually, any contributor may edit the template's
documentation to add usage notes or
categories.
Any contributor may edit the template's sandbox. This template does not have a testcases subpage. You can create the testcases subpage here. |
This is the
talk page for discussing improvements to the
South America topic template. |
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South America Template‑class | |||||||
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ATTENTION This continent-topic template is transcluded on multiple navigational templates. If there is a technical problem with a specific transclusion (e.g., {{Topic of South America}}), it cannot be corrected here. See the template's documentation for help with fixing a specific transclusion. |
To-do list for Template:South America topic:
|
This template can be applied to almost any article with a title in the form [[X of South American country]]. Warofdreams talk 01:36, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
I added a second optional parameter, which if provided overrides the top level page. (I also fixed the positioning of the map graphic.) Example: Since there is not and probably never will be a "Flag of South America" page, on "Flag of" pages the template can be called:
. -- ScottMainwaring 18:08, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
Per here, would anyone object to this template being renamed {{ South America topic}}, thereby leaving the of/in specified by its parameter (e.g. {{ South America topic|Communications in}}, {{ South America topic|Economy of}}, etc)...? Regards, David Kernow ( talk) 02:53, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
Is there any reason why Aruba is included, when it makes it clear in the article South America that it is not normally regarded as part of the continent and the article Aruba is categorised in Category:Central America rather than Category:South America? I've certainly never heard of it being considered as part of South America before, which is why I question its inclusion here - it would make far more sense to group it with the other Caribbean nations and territories. The same with Trinidad and Tobago - that nation is only extremely rarely considered part of South America. if these are to remain here, then for consistency's sake the Netherlands Antilles should also be included, though personally I'd far prefer it if none of them were part of this template. Grutness... wha? 00:46, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
Why is Panama included in this template? Last time i checked Panama wasnt in South America, even if it historically belonged to South America, it is no longer part, so it must go. mijotoba 19:21, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
Just wondering if it is possible to find this template in other languages. Thanks! - airezulian —Preceding unsigned comment added by Airezulian ( talk • contribs) 17:43, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
South America, Central America, and the Caribbean are closely connected historically and culturally, so readers should be able to navigate between these related articles. Both South America topic and North America topic are relatively short (and this way we could eliminate the footer about ambiguous countries), so merging them would be easy - see {{ Americas topic}} for a rough idea of what a merged template would look like. I think this would be a very useful and practical way of linking related articles. Calliopejen1 ( talk) 20:05, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
The title comes out as Name of South America and not Names or Names of the territories/places or something like that, making it rather misleading. When I try to change it to South America topic|Names of , it doesn't work... (everything becomes redlinked as the "Names of" also applies to each place mentioned, eg "Names of Brazil", etc ). Can someone who knows how to change the title only please help do so? Kpufferfish ( talk) 12:49, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
A centralised proposal regarding the use of superscript notes in navigation boxes is under discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Countries. The disussion will affect this template. Nightw 12:05, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
Perhaps Curaçao and Aruba should be moved up along Bonaire in the parentheses following 'Netherlands', for they are neither 'dependencies' nor 'territories' but constituent *countries* of the Kingdom of Netherlands. Then the title 'Dependencies and territories' should better be replaced by 'Overseas territories' which the Falklands and South Georgia are. Apcbg ( talk) 21:06, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
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120.28.127.179 ( talk) 03:58, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
This template doesn't work on Telephone numbers in the Falkland Islands because of the "the" in that page's title. Since it's automated, it's hard to know how to edit around this: adding the "the" breaks too many other instances, I believe. Suggestions? ◦ Trey Maturin 17:27, 1 November 2017 (UTC)
On pages that use this template – for example, see the bottom of List of airports in French Guiana – the entry for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is displaying as red and cannot be clicked to access that article. However, that article is indeed a valid article and should be accessible. I presume there's a problem with this template but do not know enough about templates to fix it. Can somebody please investigate and fix this? — Molly-in-md ( talk) 14:19, 11 January 2021 (UTC)
This
edit request has been answered. Set the |answered= or |ans= parameter to no to reactivate your request. |
1. Delete the link in Venezuela, since there is no "Architecture" part in the page "Culture of Venezuela" 2. Change this link: /info/en/?search=Culture_of_the_Falkland_Islands to this: /info/en/?search=Culture_of_the_Falkland_Islands#Architecture
Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.137.18.135 ( talk) 10:39, 3 June 2022 (UTC)
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Paraguay and Bolivia should be removed from the whaling template as these are landlocked countries. Bolivia did had a short coastline once, but it was highly underdeveloped and no whaling is known to have been carried out there. Sietecolores ( talk) 09:35, 11 December 2022 (UTC)
{{South America topic|Whaling in}}
in those articles mostly had red links and was unnecessary. I have removed them since it was redundant to the existing {{
Whaling}}.
ಮಲ್ನಾಡಾಚ್ ಕೊಂಕ್ಣೊ (
talk) 13:50, 11 December 2022 (UTC)This
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TheWiki93 ( talk) 14:26, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
Hello, I need to edit this page because Panama isn't there on the South America template box. Panama is a transcontinental country bordering both continents. TheWiki93 ( talk) 14:26, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
{{
Edit template-protected}}
template. I have never heard of this idea. The article on
Panama makes this claim without a reference to a reliable source. I just consulted my National Geographic World Atlas (hardcover book,
ISBN
978-1-4263-0088-2), pages 62, 63, 73, 78, and 79. They clearly show Panama as being in North America, with the dividing line between the continents at the Panama–Colombia border. –
Jonesey95 (
talk) 16:02, 10 April 2024 (UTC)