Template talk:Infobox theatre

Microformat
Thank you for using the hCard microformat in this template. I've made some edits, as parts of it weren't coded properly. For instance, the street address, locality and city were all being placed in separate address ("adr") microformats - it's a limitation of the MediaWiki software that we can't wrap a collection of adjacent table rows in a single class. 09:21, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

Map
After realising that I was trying to be too complex by making it a parameter, I have set the map type for the coord function to type=landmark; this is because this scale is more appropriate for a structure. This brings up a 'city scale' map, rather than a continental one. Pls let me know if it causes any problems. I'll check it with a couple of London and New York examples. Kbthompson 15:55, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Mapping
In another project template, it emerged that 'map pins' were not being placed by the Google Earth process, which runs every 1-3 months. This apparently is because the extract page is only processing the wiki article page, and not expanding the template (as would otherwise happen at runtime). This means that this template's current method of processing co-ordinates is not providing the full functionality. We apparently need to change it to an explicit parameter in the template to call co-ords. To demonstrate, currently:
 * latitude = xx.xx
 * longtitude = yy.yy

needs to be changed to an inline call to co-ord, viz:
 * |coords =

The two could co-exist, but will need to be changed in each article in order to provide the full functionality of the mapping. Both systems should be able to live in harmony, as if the second method is used to coord, then latitude will not be set, and the second call will not be initiated.

Any comments? Kbthompson 10:03, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Multiple auditoria
Many theatres now include multiple auditoria. I wonder whether the template could reflect this, with auditorium-name1 =, auditorium-capacity1 = , auditorium-name2 = ... etc. I'm thinking of West Yorkshire Playhouse, for which I'd like to add the infobox but will have to bodge round somehow the two separate main performance spaces. PamD 18:10, 13 November 2007 (UTC)


 * That's an interesting thought. Give me some time to ruminate on how the infobox should be set up for such a thing.
 * Are you saying that West Yorkshire has two MAIN auditoria? I was thinking that we could have one heading "Main Auditorium" and another "Secondary Auditorium #1", etc., but if they're both "Main Auditorium", that won't work.
 * If all of the auditoria had separate renovations -- which isn't beyond the realm of possibility -- perhaps the infobox should be sectioned? &mdash;   Music  Maker  5376  18:20, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
 * [Conflict ...] If the two performance spaces are in the same building, I've just put something like 'capacity=Main house 1200 seated  Studio 1 300 seated ... etc. If separate parameters are added it makes the syntax of the template more complex. (see Royal Court Theatre for example). HTH Kbthompson 18:23, 13 November 2007 (UTC)


 * That'll work. However, if the separate auditoria have names, they should probably be emboldened.  &mdash;   Music  Maker  5376  19:07, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks, have done that, it looks fine. PamD 20:55, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

web site address visible?
Many other infoboxes display the web address visibly (eg as at University of Leeds, or  in IBM). This seems more informative than the way the web address appears in. Would it be possible either to alter the way the "website" parameter is displayed, or to offer an alternative field of "websitevisible" which would display the web address? Occasionally people want to print out info from wikipedia, and although they lose most links, both internal and external, it seems helpful to make this one, most important, link visible so the info isn't lost. Any thoughts? PamD 22:49, 13 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Well, I changed it. However, it seems that some theatres have rather long homepage addresses.  If anyone likes it better the old way, I wouldn't object to changing it back.  I have no preference, however.  03:54, 14 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks! PamD 08:43, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Finding this template
Having decided to have a look at the West Yorkshire Playhouse article earlier today (as you may have realised from the above) I started to look for an infobox. I tried WP:Infobox, from where I followed a "see also" link to List_of_infoboxes/Arts_%26_Entertainment - nothing about theatres. Another link led me to Category:Arts and culture-related infobox templates - still no theatres, or drama at all. Am I overlooking something, or is there a reason for this infobox not to be in that list and that category, or should I just be WP:BOLD and add it to both? I see it's categorised in Category:Geography infobox templates, where I didn't think to look. Any thoughts? PamD 23:05, 13 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Go nuts. &mdash;   Music  Maker  5376  03:56, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Image width
Is there a way to control the image width? I would like to make the image at Jay Pritzker Pavilion wide enough so that the caption is only two lines and the capacity line is a single line.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 14:27, 18 May 2008 (UTC)


 * I've added an  argument.  (Hopefully, I did it right.)  &mdash;   Music  Maker  5376  19:32, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Engineer
I think it is just as important as the architect, to list the structural and sound engineers that worked on the theatre in the infobox. Does anyone agree?--Alec Zender (talk) 21:38, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Undocumented parameters
There is no visible documentation on how to use the following parameters: It would be really helpful if somone could supply it. Some of them are probably fairly obvious, but the possible operands for the map parameters are not. SamuelTheGhost (talk) 16:36, 2 September 2013 (UTC)
 * image_map
 * map_caption
 * pushpin_map
 * pushpin_map_caption
 * tenant
 * operator
 * reopened

Pushpin mark
The template displays a (File:Red pog.svg) of size 7px in the infobox when a location map is used. Can we modify the template code so that this mark is overriden by using parameters such as "pushpin_mark=" and "pushpin_marksize="? In this case, an icon like (File:Drama-icon.png) could be put on. Thanks for a reply. --CeeGee 14:08, 10 December 2013 (UTC)

Theatre type
The infobox lists different types: Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-off-Broadway, National, Provincial, Local authority, Music Hall, and Opera House - does anyone know the definition on these types? Type 'Broadway' could be Broadway theatre - but then I stumbled across the Curran Theatre where it says "type=Broadway" - yet, the theatre is located in San Francisco, not Manhatten. Can anyone expand on this, please? Thanks. -- 2001:470:67:E9:5075:ADFA:BFF7:FD71 (talk) 21:01, 15 May 2014 (UTC)

Essay about The Theater
I wrote an essay here: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2014_May_2&oldid=609984807 because I couldn't find any way to get here, which is where I should have put it, but the gist of it is that "The Theater", writ large, is an immense subject, and building called theaters have very little to do with it. People have theaters in their houses, but the industry, with all its affiliated industries, is an immense and romantic institution which preoccupied all America for centuries, and will never die. Thinking small will never get you there. --Marshall ("Unfree") Price 208.54.85.239 (talk) 20:19, 24 May 2014 (UTC)
 * I blanked it because I felt it was posted to the wrong place, as talk pages of deletion discussions are rarely used for much of anything. After seeing that the TFD was closed, I left it that way out of respect for WP:NOTAFORUM.  You are free to disagree with me on that and restore it, either there or in another appropriate place. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions  02:06, 25 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: I've fixed the link in the IPs post above, which was broken. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:25, 25 May 2014 (UTC)

Wrong place?
That template is all about "a theater", not "the theater"! And it's inappropriate for home theaters and ad hoc theaters, such as parish halls, gymnasiums, dance halls, etc. Where is discussion about broader theatrical matters? I'm confused. --Marshall "Unfree" Price 172.56.26.224 (talk) 20:28, 24 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Look at the "what links here" link to see how this template is used. And,as you;re signing your posts with a name, please create an account and edit while signed in. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:28, 25 May 2014 (UTC)