Template talk:Infobox UK disused station

Documentation

Could we have some documentation on the parameters to the template? Keith D 21:41, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

I've added some documentation to the article via Template:Infobox UK disused station/doc based on the documentation of Template:Infobox UK station/doc, but altered to fit this template. Could probably use some work but hope its adaquate for the time being! --Dreamer84 22:22, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. Makes it much easier than looking through the code to find the parameters. Keith D 08:36, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

"original" parameter has been lost

In a recent edit to this template, the documented {{{original}}} parameter has been replaced by an undocumented {{{company}}} parameter. Whether intentional or not, this needs to be addressed to ensure backwards compatibility with the previous version. --Dr Greg (talk) 17:20, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Done - I hope. --Stewart ^(talk) 17:23, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, and yes, that works now. --Dr Greg (talk) 17:25, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Local authority/area

I have changed the 'Local Authority' heading in the infobox back to the original 'Area' title, which is what it always had been before the recent changes. My reasons for not having LA originally is because for most of these disused stations the current local authorities did not exist at the time of closure. I realise 'Area' may be a bit vague, but I was trying to avoid a word that is relevant only to a specific period of time. Anyone have any better suggestions? --- Dreamer ⁸⁴ 16:53, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

Date display

The date display on this template is not showing correctly. Please fix asap. Mjroots (talk) 07:25, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Can you give a example of what is wrong with the display, may be a link to an article that is incorrect. Keith D (talk) 13:09, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Rail usage

It would be useful if an entry could be added to the template allowing for usage figures to be entered (where available), e.g. for Etruria which closed in 2005. Lamberhurst (talk) 22:44, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

Lua calling

Hi all; thanks for this template which I've copied to wiki-cy (Welsh language) and used here. However, it's calling a module, using Luna, but doesn't tell me which one to copy. Why has templates become much more complicated for smaller wikis? Hypothetical question! Thanks for any help. Llywelyn2000 (talk) 18:34, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

I think it's calling up a portal icon on en. We have no portal on cy (or any other language, as far as I know. Please be aware of other wikis while writing your templates! Any help would be appreciated! Many thanks. Llywelyn2000 (talk) 18:37, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

Wicipedia Cymraeg does have portals, their pages are in Porth: namespace; but this is not the problem here. Judging by the red error message at cy:Nodyn:Infobox UK disused station, the missing Lua file is cy:Modiwl:Portal/images/r - there are already several in that group, see this list. It might simply be a case of making a straight copy from en:Module:Portal/images/r. --Redrose64 (talk) 19:09, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

Many thanks. Refreshed the page this morning, and your suggestion was not there; it is now! Many thanks. I've copied the suggested Module:Portal/images/r from en to cy, with no luck. IMHO the copying over of ALL templates could be done automatically, if a language opts for that. Some templates I've done have had over a hundred subtemplates, which means wasting a whole afternoon, just for one template. Things (with Lua) are getting more complicated, and not less. There, I feel better now; nice clear chest! Coming back to this one. The same error is still there (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module `Module:Portal/images/r' not found.) even though the module has been copied. Thanks RedRose, once again! Llywelyn2000 (talk) 08:01, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

I did a WP:PURGE of cy:Gorsaf Reilffordd Rhuthun and it's now complaining about Module:Portal/images/aliases. That would of course be copied to cy:Modiwl:Portal/images/aliases. --Redrose64 (talk) 10:22, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

@Llywelyn2000: The template being called was cy:Nodyn:Portal-inline which invokes the Lua module cy:Modiwl:Portal. Just in case the internal Lua calls don't play nicely with namespace aliases (although they should), I replaced occurrences of 'Module:' with 'Moodiwl'. It seems to also need cy:Modiwl:Portal/images/aliases and cy:Modiwl:Portal/images which I've created from the corresponding en-wp modules. I checked cy:Gorsaf Reilffordd Rhuthun which seems ok now, but perhaps someone could check more pages on cy-wp? P.S. the cy:Nodyn:Infobox UK disused station still shows an error, but that's because the code doesn't catch the error when it's invoked on a page in the template namespace. That could be fixed later as it's merely cosmetic - as long as the infobox works in mainspace. Cheers --RexxS (talk) 12:52, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

Thanks to both of you!!! Bendigedig! Llywelyn2000 (talk) 13:31, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

Embedded templates in infobox

Surprised that this doesn't support embedded infobox sections – e.g. a designation section – as permitted by Template:Infobox building. This would be useful for the many stations that are Listed Buildings (for example Bakewell railway station). Dave.Dunford (talk) 13:37, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

@Dave.Dunford: The way that you did it is wrong in several respects. If you look at the documentation for {{Infobox UK disused station}} you'll see that the |embedded= parameter is not mentioned at all; if you had WP:PREVIEWed your edit before saving it, you would have seen the error message

Warning: Page using Template:Infobox UK disused station with unknown parameter "embedded" (this message is shown only in preview).

Also, if you look at the documentation for {{Designation list}}, you also misused that template as well. It is far easier to stick with documented parameters, and for Infobox UK disused station there are six that are designed specifically for the information that you are attempting to squeeze in by other means. Here is my fix. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 23:21, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

@Redrose64: Thanks for that. I overlooked the listing parameters (I searched the template page for "grade" and "listed" but not "listing"). I saw the preview error when I attempted to use an embedded template but left it in place while I sought advice here. Thanks for putting me straight. Dave.Dunford (talk) 12:49, 27 March 2019 (UTC)