Template talk:Location

This template replaces all of the following templates:

Template:Forgotten Realms Settlement Template:Forgotten Realms Country Template:Infobox Country Template:Infobox Forgotten Realms Countries

Which can now be deleted, now let's just pray we don't get anymore such templates ported over :) Zerak-Tul 06:15, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Template name
Since this template can be used for realms, regions, cities, villages and many other things, I would suggest that it is renamed to simply Template:Location. Fw190a8 07:58, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Ach du lieber! Zerak-Tul 13:44, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Addition
I dont know how to exactly add it but I saw this on another template and I think it would be useful to add to all the other in-universe templates. Any help here would be appreciated. Johnnyriot999 18:42, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
 * source   =
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 * I tried to give it a whirl, but my abilities with wiki code are limmited, so it was somewhat of a hack-job, that I didn't bother to save (could not get the bottom bit of the template to match with the Creature template (which I would like, for the sake of consistent design). Will have to let someone a bit more savvy like Focke to do this :P Zerak talk 19:18, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I updated the deprecated code and added the source and page options. You can see the results in Cormyr entry.--Ebakunin 06:11, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Cheers mate! :) Zerak talk 16:36, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Request for adding a 'currency' item
I'd like to add "currency =" to this template. I have created a Template:Currency table template than can be used to tabulate the exchange rates between different coinage and currencies. What do you think, sirs? Moviesign 17:17, July 2, 2011 (UTC)


 * What would the parameter be used for? Something like a Sembian fivestar is equal to one gold? If so, something that mimics the class table template would be useful. Let me know! Cronje (talk &sdot; contribs) 21:26, July 2, 2011 (UTC)


 * I went ahead and added a "currency =" parameter to the Template:Location template so you could see what my Template:Currency table looks like in situ. I'm open to suggestions for improvements.  Since the 4th edition currency table that you showed me has numbers up to 1,000,000, I'd like to be able to format the numbers with commas but I'm not sure how to parse the input strings, e.g., "1000gp" and get "1,000gp".  Looking into formatnum extension at the moment. Moviesign 21:53, July 2, 2011 (UTC)


 * It looks good, though it does throw the template layout a bit (or at least the border does). Consider maybe removing the border Cronje (talk &sdot; contribs) 22:35, July 2, 2011 (UTC)


 * What do you think of just a left border? (see Template:Location)  Having the equal signs hanging out in the middle of nothing makes it look (to me) like something is missing but a vertical line on the left makes it obvious that it's a table of things that belong together.  If you hate it, I'll remove it, but I kinda like it :)  Moviesign 00:07, July 3, 2011 (UTC)


 * I'm afraid that doesn't help at all. Ideally, I'd love to see something like a two-column table, with the first column being the area's coinage and the second being their equivalent in "standard" (platinum, gold, silver, etc.) currency. Sort of like this, using Sembia's currency (Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide, page 45) as an example:


 * Hmm, there are a couple of problems with that layout. One, you don't know how many silver make a gold, and so on.  Two, how do we handle the case where there is no particular local name for a coin?  I like my simple table layout for use in the larger Location table--it is supposed to be a summary after all.  But I'm creating a Coins and Currency in the Realms page that could be used for a more elaborate table like you want.  I was planning on having sections for each edition of FR but we could also gather information on regional coinage like the Sembian Steelpence or the Waterdhavian Toal.  No reason we can't create another template for use in the body of an article that has room for the full names and conversions.  Back to you :) Moviesign 01:09, July 3, 2011 (UTC)

Add demonym parameter?
Can we (i.e., someone else with authority and skillz) add a demonym parameter to this template? It appears on Template:State (see Waterdeep) but not Template:Location, when it would in fact be very elegant and useful for other types of locations, such as cities. --Coswig (talk) 02:04, March 23, 2014 (UTC)


 * Excellent idea. It should be fairly easy. Give me a few minutes... &mdash;Moviesign (talk) 02:45, March 23, 2014 (UTC)


 * Awesome, thanks! It's lovely :) --Coswig (talk) 22:40, March 23, 2014 (UTC)

Add references to headings?
Does anyone care if I add references to the headings in this template? The headings are "Geographical information", "Societal information", and "Political information". Each of these would get a new parameter (probably georefs, socrefs, and polrefs) and would allow the citations to be moved into the headings like many of our other templates do (Person, Deity, and Spell for example). I hate trying to put a citation on an alignment grid >-( &mdash;Moviesign (talk) 02:21, April 28, 2014 (UTC)