Template talk:Institution

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{{GeoPolygon}}

That's something I had long hoped we would get one day. I just was not aware that we had had it for 4 years... It could make sense to add it to {{institution}} (see Category:Cemetery Père-Lachaise). I am just lazy about adding it (could wait for an institution transatewikification, so that it is quicker to edit :).--Zolo (talk) 09:51, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

I like it but I would like to figure out how to best add it. We could add "outline" link in Coordinates, however that would make it harder to add link to OSM outlines like OSM. We could just add: behind coordinates if we have outline information. --Jarekt (talk) 14:41, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

Also we should check if the process still works by adding a new {{GeoPolygon}} template. Some Geocodding templates work with combinations with bots that look for pages with such template, then they harvest and process the data and than display already processed data. When the bot goes down new pages are not processed. --Jarekt (talk) 17:22, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

Actually yes we need some thought beforehand. If we had too many links, it will look real clutterd. I wonder if we really need to have the coordinates displayed. I dont think many people care about it directly. They are mostly a tool to access the map. So maybe we could do without it, eg:

foo
Native name	{{{Native name}}}
Location	{{{Location}}}
Coordinates
Established	{{{Established}}}
Website	{{{Website}}}

--Zolo (talk) 17:31, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

May be we can suppress coordinates when outlines are provided, but keep them otherwise. Most templates will only have coordinates and I think they look better with coordinates then single icon --Jarekt (talk) 20:03, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

What I had in mind that to always provide the Google and OSM link that would link to the polygon when available and to the single-point coordinate otherwise. This would allow to bypass the rather messy Geohack page, but it would also give some kind of slightly unfair advantage to theses two websites.--Zolo (talk) 20:11, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

I kind of like the coordinates, it makes things less secret and allows people to easily cut&paste or even type them into other programs or gadgets. I added 2 icons to Template:Institution/coordinates for quick access to the maps. Than we can overwrite those defaults with polygons if they are provided. However before we do all this work lets make sure there is no strong opposition to adding those 2 icons to the template. --Jarekt (talk) 04:52, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

 Done Clicking on the Google or OSM icons below will link to outlines instead of coordinates. --Jarekt (talk) 21:58, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Père Lachaise Cemetery
	Native name	Cimetière du Père-Lachaise
	Location	8 Boulevard de Ménilmontant 75020 Paris France
	Coordinates	48° 51′ 43.00″ N, 2° 23′ 39.00″ E
	Authority control	GND: 4075890-4

Thanks, I think it looks good with this small Google icon.--Zolo (talk) 22:24, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Linkback not working

The linkback doesn't seem to be working for me (FF9, Win 7). Clicking on it just opens/closes the box. The link works for {{Creator}}--Strainu (talk) 12:45, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

It does work for me (FF9, Win XP). You click, box opens/closes than you wait and nothing happens and than you end up on the creator page. In the old days you had to click on the arrow to open/close the box, but something changed in the software and now you can click anywhere. Very confusing. How is the linkback working for others? --Jarekt (talk) 12:53, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

I have just upgraded from FF8 to FF10 but no link works in neither of them (creator templates work though...)--Zolo (talk) 10:04, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Yeah, that's the weird part. The 2 templates seem to have the same code. I must be missing something simple :)--Strainu (talk) 11:36, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Actually some it works in English, but not in other languages because the "linkback" parameter is missing (compar {{institution/en}} and {{institution/ro}}. Having this template translatewikied to avoid that kind of problem.--Zolo (talk) 18:42, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

I added | linkback = {{{linkback|}}} to all 5 language subtemplates missing it. This should fix it. As for move to translatewiki, I agree. Strangely although it is a vital part of Commons there is no documentation for it, here or on translatewiki. It seems like the only way to do it is to ask user:Multichill, who knows the process. I will ask him. --Jarekt (talk) 19:46, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Ok thanksZolo (talk) 20:57, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing this Jarekt!--Strainu (talk) 22:58, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

I have posted a [http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commons:Village_pump&diff=prev&oldid=66827261 message on the Village Pump about translatewiki. --Zolo (talk) 08:37, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Authority control

I added support for adding {{Authority control}} template, similar to the way {{Creator}} template does it, after I noticed people trying to use it. Apparently many museums are listed in VIAF and other catalogs. --Jarekt (talk) 04:12, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

The coordinates link is not working at to moment in file namespace. See Commons_talk:Geocoding#Coordinate_duplication for more info. --Jarekt (talk) 01:09, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Better RTL compatibility

{{editprotected}} Hi, please use

File:Gnome-go-{{#ifeq:{{dir|{{int:Lang}}}}|rtl|next|previous}}.svg

instead of File:Gnome-go-previous.svg in Template:Institution/layout. It will switch the icon when visitor wiki is RTL. Thanks in advance! :) −ebraminio^talk 15:53, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

 Done --Jarekt (talk) 19:30, 23 July 2012 (UTC)