Template:Track gauge/doc
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This is a documentation subpage for Template:Track gauge. It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page. |
| 30px | Uses Lua: {{safesubst:#invoke:list|bulleted}} |
This template accepts a track gauge and returns that defined track gauge well formatted, plus the converted size value by another unit:
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{{Track gauge|1520 mm}}→ {{#invoke:Track gauge|main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar
|check |template= Template:Track gauge |all= |opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= |cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input |format= 0 |errNS= 0 }}
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{{Track gauge|4 ft}}→ {{#invoke:Track gauge|main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar
|check |template= Template:Track gauge |all= |opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= |cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input |format= 0 |errNS= 0 }}
Extra options are available:
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{{Track gauge|1520 mm|al=on|lk=on}}→ {{#invoke:Track gauge|main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar
|check |template= Template:Track gauge |all= |opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= |cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input |format= 0 |errNS= 0 }}
Contents
Input options
The first parameter specifies the gauge:
- Template:Code → {{#invoke:Track gauge|main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar
|check |template= Template:Track gauge |all= |opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= |cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input |format= 0 |errNS= 0 }}
- Template:Code → {{#invoke:Track gauge|main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar
|check |template= Template:Track gauge |all= |opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= |cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input |format= 0 |errNS= 0 }}
- Template:Code → {{#invoke:Track gauge|main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar
|check |template= Template:Track gauge |all= |opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= |cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input |format= 0 |errNS= 0 }}
- Template:Code → {{#invoke:Track gauge|main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar
|check |template= Template:Track gauge |all= |opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= |cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input |format= 0 |errNS= 0 }}
- Template:Code → {{#invoke:Track gauge|main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar
|check |template= Template:Track gauge |all= |opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= |cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input |format= 0 |errNS= 0 }} Rail track gauges can be entered as they are defined: in units Template:Xt or Template:Xt. Also common accepted names can be used, see below.
The input value (a length, in metric or imperial units) must be a defined track gauge. Currently 137 gauges are defined by metric units, and 136 by imperial units. Some are defined in both unit sytems, in both, such as the standard gauge.
- When an input value is not recognised by the template, the template simply returns the input as it is: {{Track gauge|25in}} → {{#invoke:Track gauge|main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar
|check
|template= Template:Track gauge
|all=
|opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink=
|cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input
|format= 0
|errNS= 0
}}
- The page with this unknown input is also listed in a maintenance category, in the background, that signals interested editors that there is a new rail gauge used in Wikipedia. More on this below.
- Some gauges in metric are defined in metres: Template:Xt is recognised. However, it is not available for all metric defined gauges. Using Template:Code is a safer bet.
List of defined track gauges
Template:Track gauge/doc/input options
Formatting input
When entering a track gauge (like {{Track gauge|1435mm}}, these are formatting options. Keep in mind that only defined gauges are recognised.
Spacing is free, and fractions can be used in imperial units. Primes (' and ") may be used for [foot, inch]. Any [foot, inch] size can be entered in all-inches (4 ft 8 1/2 in equals 56 1/2 in and 56.5 in).
| Parameter input |
Result | Note | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Code | main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar | check | template= Template:Track gauge | all= | opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= | cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input | format= 0 | errNS= 0
}} || standard gauge |
| Template:Code | main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar | check | template= Template:Track gauge | all= | opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= | cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input | format= 0 | errNS= 0
}} || standard gauge, by name |
| Template:Code | main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar | check | template= Template:Track gauge | all= | opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= | cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input | format= 0 | errNS= 0
}} || standard gauge, this way puts imperial units first |
| Template:Code | main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar | check | template= Template:Track gauge | all= | opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= | cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input | format= 0 | errNS= 0
}} || standard gauge, this way puts imperial units first |
| Template:Code | main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar | check | template= Template:Track gauge | all= | opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= | cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input | format= 0 | errNS= 0
}} || standard gauge, by all-inches |
| Template:Code | main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar | check | template= Template:Track gauge | all= | opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= | cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input | format= 0 | errNS= 0
}} || standard gauge, using primes |
| Template:Code | main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar | check | template= Template:Track gauge | all= | opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= | cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input | format= 0 | errNS= 0
}} || standard gauge, using slash for fraction |
| Template:Code | main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar | check | template= Template:Track gauge | all= | opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= | cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input | format= 0 | errNS= 0
}} || Template:Xt is recognised, but not many more in Template:Code. Better use Template:Code |
| Template:Code | main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar | check | template= Template:Track gauge | all= | opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= | cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input | format= 0 | errNS= 0
}} || HO scale model railway |
| Template:Code | main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar | check | template= Template:Track gauge | all= | opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= | cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input | format= 0 | errNS= 0
}} || Miniature railway |
| Template:Code | main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar | check | template= Template:Track gauge | all= | opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= | cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input | format= 0 | errNS= 0
}} || Brunel |
| Template:Code | main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar | check | template= Template:Track gauge | all= | opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= | cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input | format= 0 | errNS= 0
}} || Not recognised (so no converted value). This track gauge, Brunel's, is not defined in mm. |
| Template:Code | main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar | check | template= Template:Track gauge | all= | opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= | cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input | format= 0 | errNS= 0
}} || Input not recognised (so no converted value); output copies the input. |
Parameters
{{Track gauge
|
| lk=on
| first=imp, met
| disp= s, /, 1, br, [], <any literal text>
| al=on
| allk=on
| nowrap=off (default), on, all
| addcat=no
| unitlink=on
}}
| Parameter | What it does | Example (code) | Example (output) | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lk=on | Links the defining measure (first measure) "defined size" depends on input |
{{Track gauge|3ft6in|lk=on}}
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{{#invoke:Track gauge|main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar | check | template= Template:Track gauge | all= | opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= | cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input | format= 0 | errNS= 0
}} |
check | template= Template:Track gauge | all= | opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= | cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input | format= 0 | errNS= 0
}} | |
| al=on | Adds the alternate name after the gauge measurement values | {{Track gauge|sg|al=on}}
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{{#invoke:Track gauge|main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar | check | template= Template:Track gauge | all= | opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= | cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input | format= 0 | errNS= 0
}} | ||||||||
| allk=on | Adds a wikilink to the alternate name where applicable | {{Track gauge|sg|allk=on}}
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{{#invoke:Track gauge|main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar | check | template= Template:Track gauge | all= | opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= | cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input | format= 0 | errNS= 0
}} | ||||||||
| first=imp first=met |
Puts the requested measure first (metric, imperial) | {{Track gauge|1000mm|first=imp}}
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{{#invoke:Track gauge|main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar | check | template= Template:Track gauge | all= | opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= | cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input | format= 0 | errNS= 0
}} | ||||||||
| disp=any text | The text will be written between the measurements, two spaces added. Brackets are omitted. Text must be 2 characters or more. (codes for |disp= are processed as described: 1, s, /, br).
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{{Track gauge|sg|disp=also defined as being}}
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{{#invoke:Track gauge|main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar | check | template= Template:Track gauge | all= | opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= | cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input | format= 0 | errNS= 0
}} | ||||||||
| disp=s or / | Uses a slash as a separator rather than parentheses | {{Track gauge|sg|disp=s}}
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{{#invoke:Track gauge|main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar | check | template= Template:Track gauge | all= | opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= | cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input | format= 0 | errNS= 0
}} | ||||||||
| disp=[] | Uses a square brackets rather than parentheses | {{Track gauge|sg|disp=[]}}
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{{#invoke:Track gauge|main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar | check | template= Template:Track gauge | all= | opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= | cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input | format= 0 | errNS= 0
}} | ||||||||
| disp=1 | Only shows the first measure (may be used when repeated on a page or in conjunction with first= to display the output only)
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{{Track gauge|sg|disp=1}}
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{{#invoke:Track gauge|main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar | check | template= Template:Track gauge | all= | opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= | cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input | format= 0 | errNS= 0
}} | ||||||||
| disp=br | Forces a line break after the first size (and also before any gauge name) | {{Track gauge|sg|disp=br}}
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{{#invoke:Track gauge|main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar | check | template= Template:Track gauge | all= | opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= | cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input | format= 0 | errNS= 0
}} | ||||||||
| nowrap=off (default), on, all | Sets possible line break (line wrap): after between the measurements (off=defalt), not (on, all), or not at all when named gauge is present. (note: until May 2014, default behaviour was no break between the measurements. This has changed.) | {{Track gauge|sg|nowrap=on}}
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{{#invoke:Track gauge|main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar | check | template= Template:Track gauge | all= | opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= | cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input | format= 0 | errNS= 0
}} | ||||||||
| addcat=no | Will not add a maintenance category | {{Track gauge|sg|addcat=no}}
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{{#invoke:Track gauge|main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar | check | template= Template:Track gauge | all= | opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= | cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input | format= 0 | errNS= 0
}} | ||||||||
| unitlink=on | Adds wikilinks to the measurement unit labels | {{Track gauge|sg|unitlink=on}}
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{{#invoke:Track gauge|main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar | check | template= Template:Track gauge | all= | opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= | cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input | format= 0 | errNS= 0
}} | ||||||||
- Names can be universal, being defined worldwide. For example: Iberian gauge, {{#invoke:Track gauge|main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar
|check |template= Template:Track gauge |all= |opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= |cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input |format= 0 |errNS= 0 }}. Other names can be localor culturally restricted, for example the name "Cape gauge" is used in South Africa for {{#invoke:Track gauge|main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar |check |template= Template:Track gauge |all= |opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= |cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input |format= 0 |errNS= 0 }}, but not in Japan (in Japan that same track gaugfe is not named).
- Also, two sizes can lead to one gauge name.
Named gauges
Established gauge names can be entered. The word "gauge" can be omitted. Case-insensitive (A=a). See also the |al=, |allk= parameters (below), to show a gauge name in the outcome.
| Input | Result | Note | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{Track gauge|Baltimore gauge}} | main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar | check | template= Template:Track gauge | all= | opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= | cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input | format= 0 | errNS= 0
}} |
| {{Track gauge|Baltimore}} | main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar | check | template= Template:Track gauge | all= | opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= | cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input | format= 0 | errNS= 0
}} || Omitting " gauge", same effect |
| {{Track gauge|baltimore}} | main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar | check | template= Template:Track gauge | all= | opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= | cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input | format= 0 | errNS= 0
}} || Case-insensitive (A=a) |
| {{Track gauge|baltimore|al=on}} | main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar | check | template= Template:Track gauge | all= | opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= | cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input | format= 0 | errNS= 0
}} || |
| {{Track gauge|baltimore|allk=on}} | main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar | check | template= Template:Track gauge | all= | opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= | cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input | format= 0 | errNS= 0
}} || |
| {{Track gauge|baltimore|lk=on|al=on}} | main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar | check | template= Template:Track gauge | all= | opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= | cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input | format= 0 | errNS= 0
}} || |
| {{Track gauge|Baltimore streetcar gauge}} | main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar | check | template= Template:Track gauge | all= | opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= | cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input | format= 0 | errNS= 0
}} || This one has more names |
| {{Track gauge|Bosnian}} | main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar | check | template= Template:Track gauge | all= | opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= | cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input | format= 0 | errNS= 0
}} || |
| {{Track gauge|Brunel}} | main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar | check | template= Template:Track gauge | all= | opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= | cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input | format= 0 | errNS= 0
}} || |
| {{Track gauge|Cape}} | main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar | check | template= Template:Track gauge | all= | opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= | cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input | format= 0 | errNS= 0
}} || |
| {{Track gauge|Iberian}} | main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar | check | template= Template:Track gauge | all= | opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= | cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input | format= 0 | errNS= 0
}} || |
| {{Track gauge|Indian}} | main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar | check | template= Template:Track gauge | all= | opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= | cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input | format= 0 | errNS= 0
}} || |
| {{Track gauge|Victorian}} | main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar | check | template= Template:Track gauge | all= | opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= | cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input | format= 0 | errNS= 0
}} || |
| {{Track gauge|Irish}} | main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar | check | template= Template:Track gauge | all= | opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= | cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input | format= 0 | errNS= 0
}} || |
| {{Track gauge|metre}} | main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar | check | template= Template:Track gauge | all= | opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= | cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input | format= 0 | errNS= 0
}} || |
| {{Track gauge|Ohio}} | main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar | check | template= Template:Track gauge | all= | opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= | cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input | format= 0 | errNS= 0
}} || |
| {{Track gauge|Pennsylvania}} | main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar | check | template= Template:Track gauge | all= | opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= | cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input | format= 0 | errNS= 0
}} || |
| {{Track gauge|Pennsylvania trolley}} | main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar | check | template= Template:Track gauge | all= | opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= | cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input | format= 0 | errNS= 0
}} || |
| {{Track gauge|Russian}} | main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar | check | template= Template:Track gauge | all= | opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= | cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input | format= 0 | errNS= 0
}} || |
| {{Track gauge|Scotch}} | main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar | check | template= Template:Track gauge | all= | opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= | cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input | format= 0 | errNS= 0
}} || |
| {{Track gauge|standard gauge}} | main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar | check | template= Template:Track gauge | all= | opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= | cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input | format= 0 | errNS= 0
}} || Also: "sg", "metsg" (metric units first) |
| {{Track gauge|US sg}} | main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar | check | template= Template:Track gauge | all= | opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= | cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input | format= 0 | errNS= 0
}} || Also: "imp sg", "UK sg", "NA sg" (imperial units first) |
| {{Track gauge|Swedish three foot}} | main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar | check | template= Template:Track gauge | all= | opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= | cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input | format= 0 | errNS= 0
}} || |
| {{Track gauge|Swedish}} | main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar | check | template= Template:Track gauge | all= | opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= | cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input | format= 0 | errNS= 0
}} || |
| {{Track gauge|Toronto}} | main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar | check | template= Template:Track gauge | all= | opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= | cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input | format= 0 | errNS= 0
}} || |
English variant (ENGVAR)
For articles written in US-English, it is possible to set parameter |engvar=en-US. In this situation, the US-English spelling is shown (metER):
- {{#invoke:Track gauge|main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar
|check |template= Template:Track gauge |all= |opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= |cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input |format= 0 |errNS= 0 }}
Why not use {{Convert}}?
To convert a track gauge, using {{Convert}} comes to mind. For example, standard gauge:
- {{Convert|1435|mm|ftin|abbr=on}} → 1,435 mm (Template:Convert/ftin)
- However, this has some disadvantages. First of all, track gauges are defined by an institute, not just measured. The list of defined track gauges is limited, and oversee-ablle (today: some 260 sizes, by mm, are defined).
- Using {{Track gauge}} allows us to track (follow) all articles with a specific gauge (see the options-list on this page, and Category:Articles that mention a specific track gauge).
- Also, the track definition can be directly linked to the sourcing article: {{#invoke:Track gauge|main}}{{#invoke:TemplatePar
|check |template= Template:Track gauge |all= |opt= 1= lk= al= allk= disp= engvar= first= nowrap= addcat= unitlink= |cat= Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input |format= 0 |errNS= 0 }}.
- Further more, the template allows to recognise named gauges such as "Russian gauge".
Tracking category
- {{Track gauge}} detects that an undefined gauge is entered, and signal for maintenance. For example, metre gauge is only defined in metric. Entering an imperial size would categorise that article in Category:Articles using template 'Track gauge' with unrecognized input (0).
TemplateData
| TemplateData |
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This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools.
See the monthly error report for this template. TemplateData for Track gauge <templatedata> { "description": "The template formats a track gauge size into standard notation and adds the conversion into the imperial/metric (other) size", "params": { "1": { "label": "Track gauge definition", "description": "Defined track gauge, in mm or ft in. Also can accept: ' , m, gauge name", "type": "string", "required": true }, "lk": { "label": "Link top measurement units", "description": "=on: adds link to the gauge defining article", "type": "string" }, "al": { "label": "Alternative name", "description": "=on: Add gauge name (if existing)", "type": "string" }, "allk": { "label": "Alternative name, linked", "description": "=on: Add gauge name (if existing) and link to its wiki page", "type": "string" }, "disp": { "label": "Display converted gauge", "description": "Separator for the converted value: 1=none (first value only); =s, /: slash separator; =Any text (2 or more characters): Any literal text written between the two values.", "type": "string", "default": "(...) brackets" }, "first": { "label": "Which unit to mention first", "description": "=met: metric first; =imp: imperial first (default: input unit)", "type": "string", "default": "By input" }, "nowrap": { "label": "Allow line wrapping of text", "description": "wrap=off, on, all: allows lin breaking between the two measurements. Default: on. 'all' disallows linebreaking wiothing an alternative name", "type": "string", "default": "off" }, "addcat": { "label": "Categorize page", "description": "=no: do not categorize", "type": "string", "default": "yes" } } } </templatedata> |
See also
Template:Navbox track gauge categories
- Sources
External links
- Sources
- Light Rail Transit Association (LRTA)
- Morrisson, Allen (2013). "Electric transport in latin america". http://www.tramz.com/tg.html. Latin America is very well covered
- "A world of trams and urban transit". Light Rail Transit Association (LRTA)). http://www.lrta.org/world/worldind.html. UK based, covering most countries
- Scaled rail models
- "S-3.1 Trackwork, Proto & Fine Scales". NMRA. 2004. http://www.nmra.org/standards/sandrp/S-3_1ProtoTrackwork.html.
- "S-3.2 Trackwork Standard Scales (metric)". NMRA. 2010. http://www.nmra.org/standards/sandrp/pdf/S-3.2%202010.02.24.pdf.
