Template talk:Bilateral
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can this please be fixed up (template produces a redlink to "Image:United States Australia Locator.png"), I don't know how to do it myself. Thanks, Alec -(answering machine) 05:21, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
- I uploaded that one the other day, it's not a problem with the template, simply nobody had created the appropriate map for that article. Red links are not an error, many people seem to think they meant the link is broken, but it's not that at all. What it means is the page does not exist for the moment but someone thinks it should. Jackaranga 09:05, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] Suggestion: photos?
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| United States | Australia |
 President George W. Bush |
 Prime Minister Kevin Rudd |
Many articles that use this template contain the current heads of the two governments. So why not include it in the box? By taking these images out of the text, it should free up some space. What do you think? - 52 Pickup (deal) 10:01, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
- Not a big fan of the images since state leaders change, also it makes the template to big for my taste. /Lokal_Profil 18:34, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
- I happen to agree. Besides these issues, diplomacy is technically conducted between heads of state. So for British-Canadian relations would be have two pictures of Queen Elizabeth, her Canadian portrait and her British one? For Canadian-American relations to we put the Queen next to Mr. Bush, which is technically correct but confusing to some readers, or Mr. Harper? --Kevlar (talk • contribs) 20:17, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Request for Maps
Since I don't know how to draw them, is there anywhere to request them? Kevlar67 (talk) 05:50, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
- Sure, just drop me a line on my talk page or even better on my Commons talk page. /Lokal_Profil 18:33, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Suggestion: Embassies and Ambassadors
I think that links to embassies and ambassadors will appear on each page eventually, anyway so why not make it automatic? The problem is that "Embassy" in not the universal title. Someone smaller than me would have to figure out what to do about countries that send "missions", "offices", or "high commissions" (e.g. Tiawan, all Commonwealth countries), rather than embassies. Also why are my flags off centre?
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| France | Canada |
| Embassy of France in Canada Embassy of Canada in France |
Ambassador of France to Canada Ambassador of Canada to France |
--Kevlar (talk • contribs) 20:45, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Bilateral relations maps
Since I've been asked before I figured I should drop a line here about how to make the Bilateral relations maps
All you need is a texteditor which can handle large textfiles (without adding junk code) e.g. Word Pad and the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2-code of the countries. If you then save Image:Germany Japan Locator.svg to your computer (need to save the actual file not the png thumbnail) and open it in your text editor you should see a two lines (84 lines down) which say
.jp { fill: #e3801c; } /* Japan */
.de { fill: #3c9d3c; } /* Germany */
you then replace then replace "jp" by the isocode of the country you want in orange, and "de" by the iso of the country you want in green. Save the file under the new name and upload using a similar information layout to that on the Image:Germany Japan Locator.svg image page.
Some countries such as the UK and France are slightly tricker since they involve dependent territories (such as Reunion and Isle of Man) with their own ISO codes. For most countries it should be quite straight forward though. If you have any questions just drop a line on my talk page her or on Commons. /Lokal_Profil 15:45, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
