Template talk:Infobox Dutch municipality 5

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Contents 1 Explanation 2 Frisian-Dutch and Dutch-Frisian municipalities 3 See also 4 Discussion

[edit] Explanation

{{Infobox Dutch municipality 5 |
  name=Amsterdam | province=[[North Holland]] | 
  map=LocatieAmsterdam.png |
  dn=52.37 | de=4.89 |
  area=219.07 | land=166.08 | water=52.99 |
  population=736,045 | population_year=(2005) | density=4,431 |
  mayor=[[Job Cohen|M.J. Cohen]] | mayor_party=[[Labour Party (Netherlands)|PvdA]] | 
  website=http://www.amsterdam.nl/}}

gives the box on the right.

Coordinates: 52.37° N 4.89° E

Amsterdam
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Holland
Coordinates	52.37° N 4.89° E
Area	219.07 km²
- Land	166.08 km²
- Water	52.99 km²
Population	736,045 (2005)
- Density	4,431/km²
Mayor	M.J. Cohen (PvdA)
Website	http://www.amsterdam.nl/

Coordinates are dn and de in decimal degrees North and East, respectively.

Optional are:

• dn together with de
• mayor together with mayor_party
• website

This is due to

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in MediaWiki:Common.css. See also Wikipedia:Avoid using meta-templates#Alternatives.

Thus:

{{Infobox Dutch municipality 5 |
  name=Amsterdam | province=[[North Holland]] | 
  map=LocatieAmsterdam.png |
  area=219.07 | land=166.08 | water=52.99 |
  population=736,045 | population_year=(2005) | density=4,431 }}

gives the box on the right.

Amsterdam
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Holland
Area	219.07 km²
- Land	166.08 km²
- Water	52.99 km²
Population	736,045 (2005)
- Density	4,431/km²

[edit] Frisian-Dutch and Dutch-Frisian municipalities

I just added support for Frisian-Dutch and Dutch-Frisian municipalities, so no separate Municipalities for those are needed anymore. (Could this be the Dutch municipality infobox to end all Dutch municipality infoboxes?) For municipalities with an official name in Dutch, and also a name in Frisian, you can use

{{Infobox Dutch municipality 5 |
  name=Leeuwarden | fname=Ljouwert | province=[[Fryslân]] | 
  map=LocatieLeeuwarden.png |
  area=84.10 | land=79.74 | water=4.36 |
  population=91,693 | population_year=(2005) | density=1,150 }}

which produces the third box on the right. Likewise, with municipalities that have an official name in Frisian (e.g. Gaasterlân-Sleat), and also a name in Dutch, you should write the Frisian name under the field 'name', and use the extra field 'dname' to provide the Dutch name. Joost 11:11, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Frisian name: Ljouwert

Leeuwarden
Country	Netherlands
Province	Fryslân
Area	84.10 km²
- Land	79.74 km²
- Water	4.36 km²
Population	91,693 (2005)
- Density	1,150/km²

[edit] See also

• Template:Infobox Dutch municipality/coords and maps (talk, backlinks, edit)
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Dutch municipalities

For looking up coordinates one can use e.g.:

• http://www.fallingrain.com/world/NL/ - provides for all towns and many villages in the Netherlands the coordinates: the lists show values rounded to minutes, but in decimal form. The separate page about a town/village also shows degrees/minutes. Note that population figures are for a distance of up to 7 km from the center, hence often much more than for the village.

[edit] Discussion

It would be better if the Coordinates and maps section of Template:Infobox Dutch municipality 4 (talk, backlinks, edit) would be preserved.--Patrick 01:52, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

I added the coords/maps part.--Patrick 03:08, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

I made it optional, for the case that somebody wants to use this template without bothering about coordinates. Please provide them at least when replacing an older version that provides them.--Patrick 10:50, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

Good work, Patrick, the changes to my earlier template are real improvements. Joost

Thanks.--Patrick 11:07, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

I just found out that there is a problem with the links in the coordinates and maps section. It seems the links to MapQuest e.a. in the Maps and Coordinates section expect the coordinates to be given in decimal fractions of degrees, whereas the current template uses degrees. E.g. on Andijk, 52.45° N 5.10° E is interpreted by the maps as meaning 52.45 N, 5.10 E, which is somewhere on Marken. It seems there is an easy solution at least for MapQuest, but for some of the other systems, we still need some thought. Nevermind, I just saw the intention actually is to give the coordinates in decimals. Joost 01:18, 21 January 2006 (UTC)