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David Ruben Talk 13:50, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Infobox Hospital
The type parameter should be set to "Community, District General, Teaching, Specialist". Also "General" & "District" also accepted synonyms for "District General" (I coded so I got the choice of BrE preference to AmE). However "District General Hospital" or "Teaching Hospital" are not recognised by the template and fails to get autolinked. Hence see this edit effect :-)

As one of the main coders for Infobox hospital, I'ld be interested in any views you have on the explanation on how the templaet works and its documentation. David Ruben Talk 13:50, 24 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Sure thing, thanks and I'll keep that in mind. The hospital box is a good one, it just needs to be used more! I'll get round to revising my other edits in time. Matt641 (talk) 13:57, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

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