Template talk:Infobox Hiking trail

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[edit] Duller look

What happened to the green? Now these things look like every other infobox out there. Daniel Case 01:09, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Season is ambiguous

The season field is useful however I believe it is ambiguous i.e. you need to know the climate of an area to know when a season starts and ends. I suggest that "Months" be added as a field. It would be used to specify the months that the trail is the trail may be hiked, or is easily accessible. -- Patleahy 02:37, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

I'm going to add a "Months" field. -- Patleahy 04:31, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Location field

The way this template is used it is not obvious to a reader from the existing fields where a trail actually is. I propose adding a new field Location which would be used to specify where in the world the trail is. For some trails such as the Wonderland Trail or Kepler Track this could be specific e.g.

Location Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, United States.
Location Fiordland National Park, Southland, New Zealand

For other trails such as the Pacific Crest Trail it would have to be more general e.g.

Location California, Oregon and Washington, United States

This field should be required. -- Patleahy 20:05, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

I added the field. -- Patleahy (talk) 19:03, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Requested move

I propose this template be renamed {{Infobox Hiking trail}}. The new name more accurately describes the purpose of the template. The new name is more discoverable particularly by people who use a different term than trail. The change from plural to singular reflects the fact that this template is used to document a single trail and not a trail system. -- Patleahy (talk) 05:31, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

The template is an Infobox. It should have a name similar to the other infoboxes: e.g. Template:Infobox Hiking trail --Ozhiker 14:21, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
Good point. I changed the proposal above from {{Hiking trail}} to {{Infobox Hiking trail}}. Thanks Patleahy (talk) 16:31, 31 July 2007 (UTC).
I did the move. I'm going to wait a couple of days in case there are any last minute objections before I change all existing articles to use the new name. -- Patleahy (talk) 22:49, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] extra field request: status

In the UK, some trails are officially designated as National Trails (England and Wales) or Long Distance Routes (Scotland). It would be useful to have a field in the infobox for categories like this, which presumably exist elsewhere too (GR in France, European long-distance paths). PamD 10:17, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

I can add this. What should it be called? I was thinking of 'Designation' but perhaps there is a name which is more obvious to readers. Other examples include New Zealand Great Walks and National Historic Trails in the United States.-- Patleahy (talk) 17:01, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
{{Infobox Mountain}} has "listing" (as in Munros), which might work; I'd thought of "status"; "designation" would probably work OK. Needs to be something which makes sense to editors and readers worldwide! PamD 17:33, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
I added a new field "Designation". Both the articles on UK National Trails and U.S. National Scenic Trails use the word designation so I decided to use that. I thought listing was more a statically thing than an official recognition. See an example here. -- PatLeahy (talk) 19:22, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
Thanks. Now included in South West Coast Path. PamD 21:45, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Trailheads vs. start/end points

I'm wondering if the "Trailheads" part of the infobox should be reworded. . .it's too deceptive. What you're really talking about here are terminus locations, not trailheads. For instance, the Appalachian Trail has thousands of trailheads, not just the (so called) trailheads on Springer Mountain and Mount Katahdin. Furthering the confusion here is the idea that "trailhead" means "a place to park my car" to many hikers. (The idea of the summit of Mount Katahdin as a "trailhead" seems preposterous). Recommend changing it back to "start/end points." --Pgagnon999 (talk) 15:13, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Start/end points is more familiar in the UK, so I'd welcome that change. I wonder if there should also be a "circular centred on..." option, for trails which form a continuous loop? PamD (talk) 16:08, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Copied from the Wiki:hiking project talk. --Pgagnon999 (talk) 23:05, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] A way to manage image size

Is there a way to manage the size of the image in the infobox? Geobox has one; this could use one too. --Pgagnon999 (talk) 03:54, 19 December 2007 (UTC)