Template talk:Infobox flag-ocean

For template users

This template is for flags on Cobalt and Viridian. To use, first copy and paste the following into your flag's page.

{{Infobox flag-ocean|
flagname= |
monarch= |
monarchcrew= |
membercrews= |
organized= |
organization= |
numberofislands= |
islandname1= |
islandname2= |
islandname3= |
oceanname= |
allies= |
wars= |
lastupdate= |
}}

Next, fill in each parameter with your flag's information, placing it between the equals sign and vertical bar/pipe ("|"). If your flag doesn't have an organized political system, put "no" for "organized" and leave "organization" blank. If your flag has an organized political system, put "yes" under "organized" and briefly describe its organization under "organization". If your flag owns an island, type the number of islands it owns for the "numberofislands" parameter and fill in the island's full name under "islandname1" (and islandname2, islandname3 if necessary). If your flag doesn't own an island, type "zero" under "numberofislands". Under "lastupdate", please use ISO standard formatting.

After the double bracket— }} —that closes the template, you can write anything you like about your flag. Don't worry about fancy formatting or linkage; there are plenty of people willing and quick to edit.

Most importantly, we want each flag to have a brief history about it. If your flag has taken part in an exciting blockade, or has suffered losses in a vicious war, write about it.

Thanks! —Yaten

For template editors

Okay, I'm cluelessly stumped on how to handle multiple-island owning flags. Any ideas?--Yaten 21 July 2005 22:21 (PDT)

Shouldn't that be "{{Infobox flag-ocean|" instead of "{{Infobox flag|"?--Nickster | Talk 24 July 2005 10:53 (PDT)

Yes. --Guppymomma 24 July 2005 10:59 (PDT)

I've been making the monarchs linkable. Should we just have the template do it for us? --Barrister 24 July 2005 18:03 (PDT)

I considered that, but that becomes a pain if there's a flag with no monarch. – Yaten ^talk 24 July 2005 20:48 (PDT)

Fair enough. It also avoid problems with monarchs that have to be disambig'd. --Barrister 24 July 2005 21:09 (PDT)

Two templates?

I must admit that I'm a bit confused as to why there are two different Infobox_flag templates. They look to be nearly identical to me, aside from a couple differences that look perhaps to be bugs (colspan=4 on _flag, a dash before a style marker on _flag-ocean). I didn't look long - am I simply missing something? --AtteSmythe 28 July 2005 10:31 (PDT)

Ice and Midnight islands aren't (Midnight) (Ice). --Guppymomma 28 July 2005 10:35 (PDT)

Ah, I'd forgotten that they changed back. Another reason to vie for consistency! I suppose that's because there's nothing with which do differentiate them, and people are unlikely to search for Azure, aye? --AtteSmythe 28 July 2005 10:38 (PDT)

That and ease of use with lots of articles being written about Midnight. We have yet to get an influx of Alpha users wanting to inscribe their remembered bits in the wikistone. --Guppymomma 28 July 2005 10:50 (PDT)