Wikipedia:Route diagram template/Transwiki guide

Route diagram template (RDT) project involves lots of templates to be functional, in order to allow the map in other Wiki which has not yet adopted this project to display correctly, you will need to copy the required templates carefully. If you have more questions regarding transwikiing this project, go to the home discussion page, Wikipedia talk:Route diagram template, and leave the message.

Icon
You do not need to upload any icons to your local Wiki because they are shared in Wikimedia Commons. However, if your Wiki project is not directly affiliated to Wikimedia Foundation such as Wikia, you do need to upload all the license-free icons to your local Wiki web space, or enable InstantCommons if possible. You can find all the icons of this project in Commons:category:BSicon and its subcategories, or check the catalog of pictograms for list of explanation of the icons. For starter, you will at least need, , and  to compose the most basic map.

Module and template
Since 2013, Lua module has been created to replace the original method of stacking BS row templates repeatedly to form the route map which not only improves the loading speed and resource usage, but also provides unlimited horizontal icon columns and overlapping layers. The Routemap module is being developed and tested. Ongoing updates are expected but the overall format of forming the basic route map is already stable, so Wikimedia projects have not yet adopted the RDT project are recommended to directly copy the module and transcluding template and make minor adjustments or localization if needed.

The module itself will work perfectly without translating anything inside it (which are technically commented notes). The only real changes that should be made to the module is the width of the collapsible button which differ from language to language. These are at the lines  and. Change the width values so they fit just the longest length of the show/hide and expand/collapse buttons. Also the name of the category which groups diagram with error or improper usage should be translated as well.

Transition from legacy BS template to Routemap module
Here shows the example of how the old and new methods will produce the similar route map:

When translating big map from legacy format to Lua, it would be a huge time saver to use the safesubst function. This requires adding the safesubst commands in all original BS row templates like the English versions do. When it is done correctly, for example, change  in the map to , then save change, it will produce.

If for whatever reason you cannot use safesubst in your home wiki, then use the "search and replace" function of enhanced edit toolbar (which requires enabling last 2 options of toolbar in Preferences-Editing-Editor) or copy the map codes to a text editor (e.g. Notepad++) capable of text replacement to do the transition and then copy it back to the wiki editor. Note that because the icon IDs are case-sensitive, you MUST check "match case" before proceeding replacement.

But before making any replacement, you should search carefully if the map has used the overlapping function (the "highlight all" option of find in some browser will help tremendously). If all overlapping parameters are lined up right after the icons of base and lower layer in the correct order, you can instantly apply the replacement of,  , etc. by. Otherwise you should reline the overlapping parameters and values manually before replacing so you do not need to guess or check back and forth for the correct order of superimposition after the change.

The other thing you should look carefully is the additional templates used inside the BS row template such as RoutemapRoute and Rail-interchange. The initial character following the vertical bar | in the template could conflict with the icon ID. For example, if you are going to replace  by   for  and  but there is also   in the map code, you may consider changing the replacing rule to more specific   by   and   by   to avoid changing   to   at the same time.

Legacy BS templates
{|style="background: #fcc; width: 100%; border-radius: 5px; border: 1px solid #000;" class="collapsible" ! align=center style="font-size: 120%;" |The following content represents the legacy form of RDT. Editor is discouraged to use it unless there is a strong technical reason.

Template
This project was originally created by German Wikipedians, but since its adoption to English Wikipedia, the project/templates continue to expand while the German Wikipedians prefer to keep the project as simple as possible. However, because the English Wikipedia counterpart has a backward compatibility with the German code (map code in German Wikipedia technically works fine in English Wikipedia without additional modification), it is highly recommended to apply the English Wikipedia version.

Fundamental template

 * Superimpose2 & Superimpose2/base for the 5-layer icon overlapping function.
 * BS-overlap
 * BSpx
 * BS-map & BS-map/map, you may need to translate the text "legend" if your Wiki is not in English. Also you may add more parameter definition of your home language in the "#switch:" parser which is applied to decide which legend page to be linked to. The following 3 templates are often used together for 1 map. On June 5, 2011 they were replaced by BS-map for the sake of simplicity. However, these templates are already widely used even outside of English Wikipedia. If you know you will be copying most of the existing maps to your home Wiki and do not want to bother with replacing them by BS-map, you should adopt these templates as well but tell the other editors to stop using them:
 * Navbar, most Wikimedia projects already have this template adopted. If not, you may need to ask admin of your local Wiki to help because it requires editing common CSS page which is not open to normal user. If you do not want to bother with it, remove the transclusion of Navbar from BS-map and BS-header.
 * BS-alt
 * BS-alt was created under the alternative text for images guideline. However, the overwhelmingly large amount of the icons for this project proves this template too difficult to be maintained or translated. If you want to skip BS-alt by voiding the alt attribute of all icons in the BS row templates altogether, copy the BS-overlap/noalt to your BS-overlap instead.

Row template
The number in these row templates indicates how many grid the template provides to display the icon horizontally. Theoretically it can be expanded endlessly, 8 icons per row is enough in most cases. Otherwise the map will spread too far and other method of rendering the map is recommended over this project. Create more row templates on demand or the admin may delete the unused.


 * BSrow, BS, BS2, BS3, etc.
 * BSrow-sc, etc.
 * BSrow-2, BS-2, BS2-2, BS3-2, etc.

The BSrow* templates are used to define the master format for its child templates. This is especially helpful for wiki of right-to-left writing system so editor only needs to modify the BSrow* template rather than the rest of the child row templates one by one.

A trial fix for the mobile view has been applied to all 3 BSrow* master templates in April 2012. However, on 17 April 2012 the mobile view has been presumably modified by the WMF and making the fix ineffective.

Legend
The "legend" in BS-map or BS-table which links to any of these pages:
 * Railway line legend for generic railway map, the default legend.
 * Railway track legend for railway track and platform alignment diagram.
 * Bus route legend for any type of bus route map.
 * Waterways legend for waterway or canal map.
 * Trails legend for footpath map.

Although most legend pages use the  namespace, you can apply other namespace like ,   or even no namespace (for general article if it is your personal Wiki) if you see fit, just remember to revise the legend link in the BS-map and BS-table.

If you find some of the term difficult to be translated into your home language, you can ring the code of the row by  to hide it temporary until other editor helps the translation.

Optional template

 * BSrow-replace, BS3-replace, etc.: Replace the BSn-startCollapsible template with one of these templates in the map when the collapsed section expanded.
 * Stnlnk, BScvt, BSsplit & BSto: tailored text templates to display the text properly in the text cell of BS row templates.
 * RoutemapRouteIcon & RoutemapRoute for display of arrow icons Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg Arrow_Blue_Up_001.svg Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg Arrow_Blue_Down_001.svg in the text column.
 * BS-daten
 * Rdt intro for adding description in map template page, may require translation.
 * BSicon quote (bsq) for quoting the icon in the project, documentation or discussion pages.
 * Colorbox for adding a colored square before the map title for indicating the livery color of the subject. According to WP:COLOR guideline, this is better than coloring the text or background of text for the sake of accessibility.

Major difference in other Wikimedia project
This section compares the major differences of other Wikimedia projects with English Wikipedia. If you have modified the RDT project in your home Wikimedia project, please kindly add or update the status in here.

Parameters of all kinds of BSn row templates.

DE - German Wikipedia

 * To translate the map of de:Vorlage:BSe to conventional BSn row templates, add the letter e before every icon name in the row template.

EN - English Wikipedia

 * BS-map has been removed and only Lua-based maps (using Routemap) are now supported.

FR - French Wikipedia

 * BSn row templates employ a different set of icon names which we strongly discourage. Because it makes it difficult to adopt the maps from French Wikipedia to other Wiki. Also it requires a separate template (Modèle:LCF_[French icon name]) for every icon individually before using the icon in the BS row template.
 * If you want to use the original icon name in French Wikipedia, use the BSnbis row templates instead (known as "Modèles internationaux"/"international template").
 * BSnbis templates support 4-layer icon overlapping while the basic BSn row templates do not. You can overlap 2 icons over the base icon (O# and O#2) and two icons under the base icon (U# and U#2).

JA - Japanese Wikipedia

 * Parameter name of second icon layer is P# instead of O#2.

KO - Korean Wikipedia

 * ko:틀:노선도 is now adopted back to English Wikipedia as BS-map and its functionality is further expanded.

LA - Latin Vicipaedia
These legacy templates are used because LA does not have Lua. Templates were adapted from Hungarian and Danish wikis to ensure correct rendering on mobile view.

RU - Russian Wikipedia, UK - Ukrainian Wikipedia

 * The parameter name of icon wikilink in row templates is link# instead of L#.
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