Template talk:Infobox former subdivision/Archive 1

Empty syntax
Syntax currently removed during upgrade of template to match that of the Former Country infobox...

modified version
I've started work on importing some of the features from the Former Country infobox. My current version is here and a sample of its use is here. The more I look at it, I think the political subdivision part doesn't look right: maybe we need to either remove it or just change it to the number of divisions. I'm not sure. - 52 Pickup 11:19, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

More than one successor?
I would like to use this template. But how does it handle a situation where the territory is split between two countries? For instance I am interested in using it on Louisiana (New France) which was split to Britain and Spain in 1763. Thanks Americasroof 03:57, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Five successors.
I've tried to update the infobox for Province of Schleswig-Holstein which had five successors; one German and four Danish entities. I don't know why, but the right-hand links aren't working. Valentinian T / C 19:28, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

ifexist limit
This template is going to be broken by the pending limit on calls to #ifexist. Please rewrite it to make far fewer calls to #ifexist. Dragons flight 23:03, 2 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Now cut from 111 to 75 calls, which places the template itself under the 100 limit. It needs an overhaul just as Template:Infobox Former Country. -- Domino theory 10:58, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Events
Could the events be changed to allow up to 10 events instead of only 5? Charles Edward 18:52, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

Dates
Can the dates be delinked? --John (talk) 02:06, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I had a hack at it. --John (talk) 07:32, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Take out the categories!
Please look at this. The forced establishment/disestablishment categories from template prevent the use of clarifying notes and other remarks. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 18:22, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Population
I cannot find a way to remove the "est." from the population figures without removing them from the template. I am using this template on the article Indiana Territory, and the figures I am entering are not estimates, but actual census figures. Would anyone be opposed to removing the ".est" from the template, and let users enter it manually into the field if it is applicable, or is someone knowledgeable enough to create a variable to disable it? Charles Edward (Talk) 15:16, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

White-space
I think this template is leaking white-space, judging by the top of this article. Please fix it. — CharlotteWebb 20:25, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

Border
I just reverted an edit modifying the borders on the images. I agree in principle that one should be able to turn this off, but the implementation was strange. For example, shouldn't this be on a per flag basis, rather than a "one for all", and the implementation would have me type "border=border", which is also odd. I would support turning off the borders entirely, or making each flag border optional using something like. Comments? Plastikspork ―Œ (talk) 03:11, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
 * See ongoing discussion at Template talk:Infobox former country. Thanks! Plastikspork ―Œ (talk)  03:50, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Okay, I have added 'border_p#' and 'border_s#' per discussion. Let me know if there is a problem. Thanks! Plastikspork ―Œ (talk) 03:01, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

Merger
Could this be combined with Infobox Settlement? Calliopejen1 (talk) 13:15, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

Request
Template Infobox Country applies to countries, territories and political entities. In your description of the application of this infobox you use the word "state". Is that specific or is this box also suitable for territories that are a subdivision? (This relates to Serbia during WWII which was a bit of the former Kingdom of Yugoslavia, under German military occupation, with a puppet administration but no independence or independent status). Thanks. Fainites barley scribs 16:01, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

Expansion ?
Is there a way that this template is expanded to provide info about language, ethnicity and religion? I saw that some people tried to include such info into this infobox in some articles where it is used, but template have no option for that info. Would someone enable these 3 options within this infobox? PANONIAN 13:29, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

Third Leader
Is it possible to add a third leader to the infobox?  DCI  2026 19:10, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

Links to start date and end date
There seems to be something in this template that set up links to the start date and end date fields specified as values in articles using this template. These are unnecesary date links, but I cannot find the code in this template that is doing this linking. Any ideas? Hmains (talk) 19:47, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

Wrapping list items
I've just incorporated Mr. Stradivarius's 2012-11-08 edit to Template:Infobox former country, which means that items in the people lists, legislature lists and event lists should no longer be quite so ugly if they wrap.

Whilst I did go via the sandbox and test cases, any highly-transcluded template might have issues that don't get noticed in such circumstances. If I've broken anything horribly, please just revert to before my edits and leave a note on my Talk: page and I'll take another look in the morning.

Thanks! — OwenBlacker (Talk) 03:45, 30 December 2012 (UTC)