Template talk:Infobox UK legislation/Archive 1

Status
How do I add "Not yet in force" to the status field? I am not familiar with the code used on that section, so I am unsure about how to amend it. Thanks. Road Wizard 17:12, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Through experimenting in my sandbox, I have now managed to work out how to add the code. However, before I add the option to the real template, should we discuss which options are necessary? The current options are:
 * Current
 * Amended
 * Repealed
 * I would also suggest the following two possibilities:
 * Not yet in force - for those Acts that are completely inactive and awaiting commencement orders.
 * Not fully in force - I am a little unsure of this one, but is there a way we can note that not all sections have commenced as yet? This could be either here or in another part of the template.
 * Are there any comments on these? Thanks. Road Wizard 00:13, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Comments on the template
This is a much needed template. Some suggestions I would make are: I will not attempt any of this as I have the aesthetic sense of a gnat.Cutler 08:54, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
 * For repealed legislation, needs to state date of repeal and repealing legislation. We could also do with colour coding to show prospective, in force and repealed acts.
 * Needs a link for editing the template.
 * I would split out the info about the instant act and the "contents" info on all UK acts. I would put the latter in a separate template at the bottom of the page in a collapsible form. I think that's more standard wiki-style.

There should also be a link to the Statute Law Database page. Further, all new bills are now tracked in some detail at the parliament website (e.g. here) so there could be a link to the history of passage through parliament.Cutler 08:58, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Please see Template talk:British legislation lists, Acts for my suggestion for a Navbox separate from the infobox.Cutler 20:30, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

New proposal
I have created a new template at Template:Infobox UK Legislation/temp. This is how it looks though I have not ironed out all probs nor added an "edit" control.

Also:

Discuss.Cutler 13:23, 20 October 2007 (UTC)


 * This is a very useful template and one that has been sorely needed for some time. Its a much better idea to have the UK legislation template at the foot of the page. If possible without infringing copyright it would be nice to have a small Royal Coat of Arms or the portcullis of Parliament at the top. The template could probably also be adapted to cover statutory instruments, all that would be needed would be an entry allowing for the insertion of the enabling act for the instrument in question. I intend using this template soon on my articles here and here. Ravenseft 08:44, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Two versions?
We appear to have 2 separate versions of the same template; Infobox UK legislation and Infobox UK Legislation (notice the capitalisation of "legislation"). The usage note appears on the L talk page, but the template links to the l talk page. Is there some reason for having two templates? Road Wizard (talk) 13:41, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
 * As this template has been updated more recently I have redirected the other template here and fixed the navbar links to point to the right pages. Road Wizard (talk) 14:18, 24 May 2008 (UTC)