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Usage
editThis template is intended to be used as the first line of the "MONTH DAY in rail transport" series of articles linked from ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Anniversaries in rail transport. It uses several parameters as follows:
Field | Meaning | Default value |
---|---|---|
pmonth | The month name from the previous day's date | value of the month parameter |
pday | The day number from the previous day's date | none |
month | The month name from the current day's date | none |
day | The day number from the current day's date | none |
nmonth | The month name from the next day's date | value of the month parameter |
nday | The day number from the next day's date | none |
sortkey | The category sort key for the current page | value of the day parameter |
For example, on January 1 in rail transport, the template is used as follows:
{{Day in rail transport | pmonth = December | pday = 31 | month = January | day = 1 | nmonth = January | nday = 2 | sortkey = 01 | }}
On October 31 in rail transport, the template is used as follows:
{{Day in rail transport | pmonth = October | pday = 30 | month = October | day = 31 | nmonth = November | nday = 1 | sortkey = 31 | }}
On February 28 in rail transport through March 1 in rail transport, the template is "subst'ed" in and then edited to include a link to February 29 in rail transport in parentheses within the navigation box.
Using the defaults for pmonth, nmonth and sortkey, these two uses could be shortened to the following:
{{Day in rail transport | pmonth = December | pday = 31 | month = January | day = 1 | nday = 2 | sortkey = 01 | }}
and
{{Day in rail transport | pday = 30 | month = October | day = 31 | nmonth = November | nday = 1 | }}
respectively.