Template talk:Infobox Australian Airport

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{{Infobox Australian Airport|
airport_name = Melbourne Airport |
image_airport = Melbourne Airport 2.jpg |
airport_name = Melboure Airport |
airport_type = Commercial |
airport_operator = [[Australia Pacific Airports Corporation]] |
airport_owner = [[Government of Australia|Australian Government]] |
airport_opened = [[1 July]], [[1970]] |
airport_located = [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|]], [[Australia]] |
lat_deg=37| lat_min=40| lat_sec=24| lon_deg=144| lon_min=50| lon_sec=36|
airport_IATA = MEL |
airport_ICAO = YMML |
runway_direction = 16/34 |
runway_length_feet = 11,998 |
runway_length_metres = 3,657 |
runway_surface_type = Paved |
runway_direction_2 = 09/27 |
runway_length_feet_2 = 7,500 |
runway_length_metres_2 = 2,286 |
runway_surface_type_2 = Paved |
year = 2004 |
passenger_count = 19,160,000 |
takeoff_count = 165,260 |
airport_website = [http://www.melair.com.au Melbourne Airport website]|
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Template:Infobox Australian Airport

[edit] Discussion

nice work. re: having more than 2 runways: unfortunately no such things as default parameters. you might want to have a "free field" for such special cases. try and cover all the common cases and then use the free field for the exceptions. also i would use underscores in the parameter names, i.e. airport_operator rather than "airport operator" so that it is clear what is the parameter name versus what is the parameter value. clarkk 00:16, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)

ok, so i fixed the co-ordinate stuff. the trick is you need to pass each of the lat/long co-ords separately, because if you pass the entire string which includes vertical bars "|", the template will confuse them with the parameter termination symbol, unless it happens to be in a piped link. clarkk 00:35, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)