Atlas/Templates

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The introductions of the country, dependency and region entries are in the native languages and in English. The other introductions are in English.

This page gives an overview of the templates used to have a common layout for the Atlas. This series consists out of the following templates:

To create the layout

Template:Atlas0

This template creates the top and the left box in each entry and should not be used independently from the following templates in this section. syntax:

{{Atlas0}}

Template:AtlasTOC

This template is usded to add a content box and is included in the following templates in this section. syntax:

{{AtlasTOC}}

Template:Atlas-country

This template creates the layout for all country entries in the atlas.

{{Atlas-country
|short name   = 
|native       = 
|long name    = 
|map          = 
|location     = 
|status       = 
|capital      = 
|population   = 
|surface      = 
|language     = 
|religion     = 
|intro        = 
}}

You can add:

|flag         = 
|index        =     if different name for index
|the          =     as part of country name
|dependencies = 
|thumb        = 

Template:Atlas-dependency

This template creates the layout for all dependency entries in the atlas.

{{Atlas-dependency
|short name   = 
|native       = 
|long name    = 
|map          = 
|location     = 
|status       = 
|capital      = 
|population   = 
|surface      = 
|language     = 
|religion     = 
|intro        = 
}}

You can add

|flag         = 
|index        =     if different name for index
|the          =     as part of country name
|thumb        = 

Template:Atlas-region

This template is used to have a common layout for regions of countries entries in the Atlas.

{{Atlas-region
|flag         = 
|short name   = 
|native       = 
|long name    =     delete when not available
|map          = 
|location     = 
|status       = 
|capital      = 
|population   = 
|surface      = 
|language     = 
|religion     = 
|country-the  = 
|country      = 
|intro        = 
}}
{{general-maps|country=}}
{{atlas-end}}
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You can add:

|the          =     as part of region name
|country-the  =     as part of region name
|thumb        =     

Template:Atlas-oldcountry

This template is used to have a common layout for the country and territory entries in the Atlas.

{{Atlas-oldcountry
|flag      = 
|the       = 
|short name= 
|native    = - 
|long name =     delete when not available
|map       = 
|location  = 
|period    = Between 
|capital   = 
|language  = 
|religion  = 
|intro     = 
}}

Template:Atlas-continent

This template is used to have a common layout for the continent entries in the Atlas.

{{Atlas-continent
|name      = 
|map       = 
|population= 
|surface   = 
|intro     = 
}}

Template:Atlas-intro

This template is used to have a common layout for other entries.

{{Atlas-intro
| text  = description text preferably in a local official or major language of the described area
| text2 = one or more invokations of {{Extra-intro}} (see below) (optional)
}}

Template:Extra-intro

This template creates an extra row in an introduction table. This should be placed after the status or period row.

{{Extra-intro|language|text
}}

Note: for better compatibility and layout, as well as for allowing language links at top of pages to work correctly, the implicitly numbered parameter should be replaced with the following syntax:

{{Extra-intro
| lang=language-code
| text=text
}}

where the text can contain any formatting (including equal signs), and the language name parameter is replaced by the specification of the language code (the compatible codes are those supported by wikimedia projects with the {{#language:language-code}} parser function, used throughout Commons for generating internationalized image descriptions with {{Description}}).

The right-to-left text direction is handled automatically by this template when using the supported language codes (for now: ar, dv, he, fa, ur, yi).

Template:Extra-left

This template creates an extra row in an introduction table with the alignment to the right, to be used for languages with the arabic of hebrew script. This should be placed after the status or period row.

{{Extra-left|<language>|<text>
}}

Note: This template is deprecated. It is similar to the preceding Template:Extra-intro, except that it handles right-to-left languages: the previous template can now also be used with its newer syntax (with the lang and text named parameters, where lang=language-code instead of specifying the language name). The text direction is handled automatically by that template when using the supported language codes.

Template:Atlas-end

This template adds a content and notes and references section to each entry.

{{Atlas-end}}

Section titles

Template:General-maps

{{general-maps}}

Template:Region-maps

{{region-maps}}

Template:History

{{history}}

Template:History-old

{{history-old}}

Template:Old-maps

{{old-maps}}

Template:Other-maps

{{other-maps}}

or to give the section another title

{{other-maps|<alternative title>}}

Template:Satellite-maps

{{Satellite-maps}}

Linking templates

Template:Atp

This template adds a link to an atlas entry:

{{Atp|Entry Name}}

or when the link should be to another entry:

{{Atp|Entry Name|Other entry Name}}

Template:Link

This template adds a link to an entry in the English Wikipedia:

{{Link|Name entry}}

For a link in another language edition:

{{Link|Name entry|language-code}}

Map templates

Template:Lef

This template is used in each of the following templates and should not be used separately.

Template:Left

This template is used to add a map with explanation:

{{Left|Image:image-name.ext|text}}

or to give a smaller map:

{{Left|Image:image-name.ext|text|horizontalSizepx}}

Template:Left2

This template is used to add 2 maps with one explanation:

{{Left2|Image:image-name.ext|text|Image:image-name-2.ext}}

Template:Left3

This template is used to add 3 maps with one explanation:

{{Left3|Image:image-name.ext|text|Image:image-name-2.ext|Image:image-name-3.ext}}

Template:Leftlegend

This template is used to add a map with explanation, but with a legend inside (do not forget the second line):

{{Leftlegend|Image:image-name.ext}}text
|}

or the give a smaller map:

{{Leftlegend|Image:image-name.ext|horizontalSizepx}}text
|}

Template:Left-empty

This template is used to add a text without any map:

{{Left-empty|text}}

Note: Template:Left0 is a (redirected) alias for exactly the same template.

Template:Left-box

This template is used to have a common layout for a former country-box inside a country entry in the Atlas.

{{Left-box
|short name= 
|period    = 
|text      = 
|link      = 
|flag      = 
|native    = ( )
|extra     = 
}}

Template:Left-box-link

This template is used to have a common layout for a former country-box inside a country entry in the Atlas.

{{Left-box-link
|short name= 
|period    = 
|text      = 
|link      = 
|flag      = 
|moremaps  = 
|the       = the
|tag       = #
|extra     = #
}}

{{Left-box-link
|short name= Roman Empire
|period    = 
|text      = 
|flag      = SPQRomani.svg
|the       = the
}}

{{Left-box-link
|short name= (East) Roman Empire
|period    = 
|text      = 
|link      = Byzantine Empire
|flag      = Flag of the Byzantine Empire.svg 
|moremaps  = Byzantine Empire
|the       = the
}}

{{Left-box-link
|short name= French Empire
|period    = 
|text      = 
|flag      = Flag of France.svg
|moremaps  = France
|tag       = #Revolution and expansion
}}

{{Left-box-link
|short name= Frankish Empire
|period    = 
|text      = 
|the       = the
}}

{{Left-box-link
|short name= German Empire
|period    = 
|text      = 
|flag      = Flag of the German Empire.svg
|moremaps  = Germany
|tag       = #German Empire
}}

{{Left-box-link
|short name= (Great) German Empire
|period    = 
|text      = 
|link      = Nazi Germany
|flag      = Flag of Germany 1933.svg
|moremaps  = Atlas of Germany
|tag       = #Nazi Germany
}}

Template:List-flags-maps

This template is used to add a country to a list with a reference to maps in a atlas entry

{{List-flags-maps
|short name= 
|long  name= 
|flag      = 
|period    = , 
|text      =  - 
|link      = 
|moremaps  = 
|tag       = #
|extra     = 
}}

Template:List-flags

This template is used to add a country to a list without a reference to maps.

{{List-flags
|short name= 
|long name = 
|link      = 
|period    = , 
|text      =  - 
|extra     = 
}}

Other templates used

The atlas uses the following templates too:

• Template:TOChidden
• Template:Border
• Template:Legend

Notes and references

General remarks: The WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Atlas of the World is an organized and commented collection of geographical, political and historical maps available at Wikimedia Commons. The main page is therefore the portal to maps and cartography on Wikimedia. That page contains links to entries by country, continent and by topic as well as general notes and references. Every entry has an introduction section in English. If other languages are native and/or official in an entity, introductions in other languages are added in separate sections. The text of the introduction(s) is based on the content of the Wikipedia encyclopedia. For sources of the introduction see therefore the Wikipedia entries linked to. The same goes for the texts in the history sections. Historical maps are included in the continent, country and dependency entries. The status of various entities is disputed. See the content for the entities concerned. The maps of former countries that are more or less continued by a present-day country or had a territory included in only one or two countries are included in the atlas of the present-day country. For example the Ottoman Empire can be found in the Atlas of Turkey.