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The use of Native name is offensive to many cultures, can it be remove and replace with first nations name Gnangarra 11:02, 28 January 2023 (UTC)Reply
indigenous_name, for generality. According to Indigenous peoples#North America, "Indigenous peoples in Canada comprise the First Nations, Inuit and Métis", so first_nations would exclude Inuit and Métis. Mitch Ames (talk) 12:11, 28 January 2023 (UTC)Reply
native_name in the main part of the box, with the field name displayed as "Native name", whereas other_name displays the name at the top, under the name, with no field name (example diff)native_name (and not other_name) which is displayed at the top with no other text (egBrisbane (Meanjin), Rottnest Island (Wadjemup)).native_name is displayed differently in rivers vs Australian places? Does {{Infobox Australian place}} move it to the top only to avoid the need to display the deprecated/archaic/offensive text "Native name"?native_name break anything, in particular other templates?|name_other= can be used which will display other name(s) unlabelled below |name=. Messing with |name_native= would certainly cause problems in articles like Rhine, Danube, and similar. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 01:45, 29 January 2023 (UTC)Reply
02:12, 29 January 2023 (UTC)Reply
the title saying Natvie name, should at least be transient and capable of being changed to reflect the language code ie de say it German, nys say its nyungar, the actual word native doesnt need to be there.— I don't think that would work if there is more than one such name (egRhine). Perhaps simply displaying "Indigenous" instead of "Native" (keeping the template parameter name for back-compatibility, but also allowing
indigenous_name) would be a simpler solution. This has the advantage of keeping the same heading text in all infoboxes, which helps the reader looking for that specific thing. It also means that someone not familiar with the word (for example) "Nyungar" doesn't have to click the link to find out what a "Nyungar name" is. Mitch Ames (talk) 23:28, 5 February 2023 (UTC)Reply 04:09, 6 February 2023 (UTC)Reply
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Autochthonous languageredirects to Indigenous language, which supports my original suggestion of "Indigenous name". Mitch Ames (talk) 08:15, 6 February 2023 (UTC)Reply
08:19, 6 February 2023 (UTC)Reply | This edit requesttoTemplate:Infobox river/discharge has been answered. Set the |answered=or|ans= parameter to no to reactivate your request. |
Please swap rows 3 and 4, so that the sequence is min / av / max. This will then match the width and depth outputs. — GhostInTheMachine talk to me 09:39, 11 August 2023 (UTC)Reply
Done – Jonesey95 (talk) 12:50, 11 August 2023 (UTC)Reply
Reverted, please be ready to discuss with @GhostInTheMachine — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 21:17, 12 September 2023 (UTC)Reply
The archived discussion is lengthy – which bit should I be looking at? — GhostInTheMachine talk to me 17:06, 14 September 2023 (UTC)ReplyIt would be ideal if this infobox had a parameter for topographic maps as there is for {{Infobox mountain}}. Volcanoguy 04:18, 1 October 2023 (UTC)Reply
The template uses and the Check for unknown parameters
call checks for 152 parameters. The template data listed 135 of these and I have imported the 17 extras. However, there are no template data descriptions at all and the Parameter names and descriptions
section described just 59 60 62 parameters. I am reluctant to add missing parameters without a suitable description, but will attempt to add ones I do understand. Please review my descriptions and add more — GhostInTheMachine talk to me 11:08, 5 November 2023 (UTC)Reply
Parameter names and descriptions
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Y source2..5 etc ⇒ 88/152 — GhostInTheMachine talk to me 11:42, 5 November 2023 (UTC)Reply Y discharge2_* .. 5_* ⇒ 104/152 — GhostInTheMachine talk to me 13:15, 5 November 2023 (UTC)Replydischarge1_(min / avg / max)_(imperial / metric) etc be removed / killed / expunged / deprecated? I found just four uses of any of these and changed them all to use {{convert}} instead — GhostInTheMachine talk to me 12:47, 5 November 2023 (UTC)Reply
|discharge1_avg_imperial= |discharge1_avg_metric= |discharge1_max_imperial= |discharge1_min_imperial=|mouth_elevation_imperial= and |mouth_elevation_metric= — GhostInTheMachine talk to me 22:43, 7 November 2023 (UTC)Reply
Y — GhostInTheMachine talk to me 19:27, 8 November 2023 (UTC)Replydischarge1 .. discharge5 live (and so should be documented) / obsolete (and so should be discouraged) / deprecated (and so should be deleted)? — GhostInTheMachine talk to me 19:10, 5 November 2023 (UTC)Reply
|discharge1= is a supported parameter in the template that affects the output of the infobox. If that is your question, the answer is yes, but only in a very few articles. It appears that the other four are unused. A helpful tip: to click on the monthly parameter usage report in the TemplateData section. Find the parameter in question, follow the "page links" link, and see how it is being used in articles. Doing these steps will take you to Escanaba River and other articles.|discharge1_avg=. – Jonesey95 (talk) 16:13, 6 November 2023 (UTC)Reply
|discharge1= to now use something else — 4 to |discharge1_avg= and 3 to |mouth=. Please can we remove |discharge1= .. |discharge5= from the template? — GhostInTheMachine talk to me 22:46, 7 November 2023 (UTC)Reply
Done. – Jonesey95 (talk) 01:46, 8 November 2023 (UTC)ReplyAre these available on this template, like on Template:Infobox settlementorTemplate:Infobox public transit? Trying to figure out if it is possible to include multiple maps in the infobox. See Wikipedia:Village_pump_(policy)#Preference_of_using_OpenStreetMaps. Shannon [ Talk ] 16:06, 29 March 2024 (UTC)Reply