Template:Constellations/doc

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This is a documentation subpage for Template:Constellations (see that page for the template itself).
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[edit] Usage

Use {{Constellations|type|mod-state=collapse-state|hist-state=collapse-state}}, with the following parameters:

type
historic
Modern constellations collapsed, historic constellations uncollapsed.
historic-only
Historic constellations autocollapsed.
modern
Modern constellations uncollapsed, historic constellations collapsed.
modern-only
Modern constellations autocollapsed.
default (nothing)
Modern & historic constellations autocollapsed.
collapse-state
collapsed
always collapsed
autocollapse
collapsed if there are two or more collapsing tables on the page
  (empty string)
never collapsed

[edit] Editing

If for some (rare) reason, any list of constellations need to be updated, the following list of subtemplates will be a guide on where to edit:

list to change template to edit
current constellation names: Template:Constellations/modern/modern-list
Ptolemeic constellation names: Template:Constellations/historic/ptolemaic/ptolemaic-list
In modern time added constellation names: Template:Constellations/historic/modern/modern-list
obsolete constellation names: Template:Constellations/historic/obsolete/obsolete-list
renamed constellations list: Template:Constellations/historic/obsolete/renamed-list

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[edit] See also