Wikipedia:Maps in infoboxes

Problem statement

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There is a lack of consistency over the use of maps in infoboxes. In particular, the names of parameters are not standardised, and some infoboxes use more parameters than others. This is confusing for editors, and needlessly increases the complexity of template maintenance.

Proposed solution

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The intention is to standardise map usage in infoboxes, so that there is one common set of parameter names, with predictable usage and resultant display. A similar solution was recently and successfully applied to the parameters for coordinates in infoboxes

The purpose of this page is to document and track work intended to standardise the use of map-related parameters in infoboxes. Please discuss on the talk page.

Proposed process

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  1. Survey parameter names used for maps in infoboxes   In progress
  2. Determine which parameters are in use and why   In progress
  3. Develop consensus for which parameters are needed, and the best names for them
  4. Make a list of existing parameters and which standard parameters should replace each one (may be specific to each infobox)
  5. Resolve handling of edge cases or exceptions
  6. Convert each infobox to use the standard parameters (in addition to the existing deprecated parameters)
  7. Update template documentation
  8. Track deprecated parameters using maintenance categories
  9. Convert transclusions of converted infoboxes (primarily a bot job; some transclusions will have to be cleaned manually)
  10. Remove deprecated parameters from each infobox once the parameters are no longer used
  11. Add tracking of unsupported parameters to all infoboxes in order to catch edge cases

Issues

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  • Is there an existing model which will work for all other infoboxes?
  • Some infoboxes display more than one map
  • Should all infoboxes use Template:Location map (or "map+" or "map many"; see below for links)? What are the pros and cons to this option?
  • Pay special attention to {{Infobox settlement}} and the 50+ templates that transclude it.
  • ..?

Background

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Original discussion: Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#Standardising map parameters in infoboxes

Parameters currently in use

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Parameter names per WT:Maps in infoboxes from searching the wikitext of the templates at User:Jonesey95/sandbox3.

The following shows all parameter names which match:

image*
label*
loc_*
*location*
*map*
pushpin*
*relief*
topo*
adjustable map
alt_map
alt_map2
alt_map3
alt_map_alt
alt_map_caption
alt_map_size
alt_mapsize
alternative_location_map
AlternativeMap
capital_location
capital_location_note
capital_location_type
caption_location
caption_map
department_map
discharge1_location
discharge2_location
discharge3_location
discharge4_location
discharge5_location
discharge_location
discharge_location_note
displaymap
district_map
dot_map_alt
dot_map_base_alt
dot_map_caption
dot_map_marker
dot_map_marker_size
dot_mapsize
force_national_map
government_location
government_location_note
government_location_type
highest_location
highest_location_note
highest_location_type
Image
image
image alt
image caption
image coat of arms
image coat of arms size
image flag
image flag size
image map
image name
image size
image-width
image2
image2-width
image2_alt
image2_caption
image2_size
image2_upright
image2size
image3
image3_alt
image3_size
image_alt
image_alt2
image_bathymetry
image_blank_emblem
image_border
image_caption
image_coa
image_coat
image_coat_of_arms
image_coat_size
image_comm
image_comm_caption
image_dimensions
image_dot_map
image_emblem
image_file
image_flag
image_flag2
image_lake
image_location
image_location_size
image_logo
image_map
image_map1
image_map2
image_map2_alt
image_map2_caption
image_map2_size
image_map3
image_map_alt
image_map_caption
image_map_size
image_mapsize
image_name
image_oth
image_p1
image_p10
image_p11
image_p12
image_p13
image_p14
image_p15
image_p2
image_p3
image_p4
image_p5
image_p6
image_p7
image_p8
image_p9
image_photo
image_place
image_plan
image_s1
image_s10
image_s11
image_s12
image_s13
image_s14
image_s15
image_s2
image_s3
image_s4
image_s5
image_s6
image_s7
image_s8
image_s9
image_seal
image_shield
Image_size
image_size
image_size2
image_skyline
image_skyline_size
image_symbol
image_upright
image_upright2
image_view
image_width
imagealt
imagealttext
ImageCaption
imagecaption
imagedimensions
imagemap
imagepath_coa
ImageSize
imagesize
imagesize2
ImageSkyline
imageupright
imagewidth
imagewikilink
kml_map
label
label1
label2
label3
label4
label5
label_background
label_name
label_position
label_size
label_text
loc_alt
loc_caption
loc_lang1
loc_lang10
loc_lang11
loc_lang12
loc_lang13
loc_lang2
loc_lang3
loc_lang4
loc_lang5
loc_lang6
loc_lang7
loc_lang8
loc_lang9
loc_name1
loc_name10
loc_name11
loc_name12
loc_name13
loc_name2
loc_name3
loc_name4
loc_name5
loc_name6
loc_name7
loc_name8
loc_name9
Location
location
location map
location-city
location-dir
location-dist
location-dist-mi
location1
location2
location3
location4
location5
location_alt
location_city
location_country
location_country1
location_county
location_district
location_district1
location_map
location_map_alt
location_map_caption
location_map_label
location_map_label_position
location_map_relief
location_map_size
location_map_text
location_map_width
location_municipality
location_municipality1
location_note
location_of_mill
location_region
location_region1
location_state
location_state1
location_town
location_type
locatormap_img_path
locmap_label
locmap_label_position
locmap_relief
locmapin
lowest_location
lowest_location_note
lowest_location_type
management_location
management_location_note
management_location_type
Map
map
map alt
map caption
map image
map relief
map size
map-legend
map1
map1_alt
map1_background
map1_caption
map1_locator
map1_locator_x
map1_locator_y
map1_size
map2
map2_alt
map2_background
map2_caption
map2_locator
map2_locator_x
map2_locator_y
map2_size
map2_width
map3_width
map_alt
map_alt1
map_background
map_caption
map_caption1
map_caption2
map_caption3
map_coord
map_cue
map_dot_label
map_dot_mark
map_image
map_label
map_label1
map_label1_position
map_label2
map_label2_position
map_label3
map_label3_position
map_label4
map_label4_position
map_label_position
map_location
map_locator
map_locator_x
map_locator_y
map_mark
map_mark1
map_mark2
map_mark3
map_mark4
map_mark_width
map_name
map_overlay
map_relief
map_size
map_state
map_text
map_type
map_upright
map_url
map_width
mapalt
mapalt2
MapCaption
mapcaption
mapcaption2
MapImage
MapSize
mapsize
mapsize1
mapwidth
mapx
mapy
mouth_location
mouth_location_note
mouth_location_type
nomap
other-locations
portlandmaps_x
portlandmaps_y
pushpin
pushpin map
pushpin map alt
pushpin mapsize
pushpin_image
pushpin_map
pushpin_map1
pushpin_map_alt
pushpin_map_alt1
pushpin_map_caption
pushpin_map_caption1
pushpin_map_image
pushpin_map_label
pushpin_map_label_position
pushpin_map_mark
pushpin_map_mark_width
pushpin_map_narrow
pushpin_map_relief
pushpin_map_size
pushpin_map_width
pushpin_mapsize
pushpin_mapsize1
pushpin_mark
pushpin_mark_width
pushpin_marksize
pushpin_outside
pushpin_overlay
pushpin_relief
pushpin_relief1
relief
route_map
routemap
routemap_name
routemap_state
schoollocations
sizemap
source1_location
source1_location_note
source1_location_type
source2_location
source2_location_note
source2_location_type
source3_location
source4_location
source5_location
source_confluence_location
source_confluence_location_note
source_confluence_location_type
source_location
source_location_note
source_location_type
symbol_location
symbol_location2
symbol_location3
symbol_location4
symbol_location5
symbol_location6
topo
TOPO-KARTE
topo10_maker
topo10_map
topo10_note
topo11_maker
topo11_map
topo11_note
topo12_maker
topo12_map
topo12_note
topo13_maker
topo13_map
topo13_note
topo14_maker
topo14_map
topo14_note
topo15_maker
topo15_map
topo15_note
topo1_maker
topo1_map
topo1_note
topo2_maker
topo2_map
topo2_note
topo3_maker
topo3_map
topo3_note
topo4_maker
topo4_map
topo4_note
topo5_maker
topo5_map
topo5_note
topo6_maker
topo6_map
topo6_note
topo7_maker
topo7_map
topo7_note
topo8_maker
topo8_map
topo8_note
topo9_maker
topo9_map

Infoboxes to convert

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TBD

See also

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