Template talk:Day in rail transport

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[edit] Usage

This template is intended to be used as the first line of the "MONTH DAY in rail transport" series of articles linked from Cat:Anniversaries in rail transport. It uses several parameters as follows:

Field	Meaning	Default value
pmonth	The month name from the previous day's date	value of the month parameter
pday	The day number from the previous day's date	none
month	The month name from the current day's date	none
day	The day number from the current day's date	none
nmonth	The month name from the next day's date	value of the month parameter
nday	The day number from the next day's date	none
sortkey	The category sort key for the current page	value of the day parameter

For example, on January 1 in rail transport, the template is used as follows:

{{Day in rail transport |
   pmonth  = December |
   pday    = 31 |
   month   = January |
   day     = 1 |
   nmonth  = January |
   nday    = 2 |
   sortkey = 01 |
 }}

On October 31 in rail transport, the template is used as follows:

{{Day in rail transport |
   pmonth  = October |
   pday    = 30 |
   month   = October |
   day     = 31 |
   nmonth  = November |
   nday    = 1 |
   sortkey = 31 |
 }}

On February 28 in rail transport through March 1 in rail transport, the template is "subst'ed" in and then edited to include a link to February 29 in rail transport in parentheses within the navigation box.

Using the defaults for pmonth, nmonth and sortkey, these two uses could be shortened to the following:

{{Day in rail transport |
   pmonth  = December |
   pday    = 31 |
   month   = January |
   day     = 1 |
   nday    = 2 |
   sortkey = 01 |
 }}

and

{{Day in rail transport |
   pday    = 30 |
   month   = October |
   day     = 31 |
   nmonth  = November |
   nday    = 1 |
 }}

respectively.