Template talk:Infobox song contest national year

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Image?[edit]

Is there a reason that this template doesn't allow for an image? --Zackmann08 (^{Talk to me}/_{What I been doing}) 17:17, 4 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Conductor[edit]

In light of the inaugural Eurovision Choir of the Year competition this year, it seems like a field should be added for the conductor. This naturally wouldn't be a complicated issue, merely the addition of another field "Conductor" which would not appear unless specified. It could also be used for early Eurovision entries which used conductors. Opinions? — Tuxipεdia^(talk) 12:07, 4 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Changes to the documentation[edit]

Hi Euro-Wiki-Fam! I just came across some new pages for the ABU Song Contest that were using {{Infobox Eurovision Song Contest National Year}} the editor had no clue about {{Infobox song contest national year}}. I'm recommending we overhaul the documentation to mainly focus on {{Infobox song contest national year}} with a section about {{Infobox Eurovision Song Contest National Year}} so when new editors create articles for competitions other than Eurovision they will be able to use the right template. Alucard 16_{❯❯❯ chat?} 17:16, 28 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

New navigation button for 2019 and 2021 entries[edit]

Currently all entries link to just their previous and next entries. This also includes links to the 2020 contest which obviously got cancelled. As this contest didn't actually happen, I propose adding a separate button to link from 2019 entries to 2021 entries and vice-versa, since some people might not be interested in the cancelled 2020 entry. Hopefully these images will give a general idea. Thoughts? — TheThomanski | t | c | 23:20, 4 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Template-protected edit request on 29 January 2021[edit]

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Change both {{Flag|{{{Country}}}}}'s to {{Flag|{{{Country}}}|{{{Flag|{{{f|}}}}}}}}.

This adds a new parameter which I can use to display the historically correct flag in the infoboxes on pages like Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 — TheThomanski | t | c | 11:25, 29 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

|f= is not a good name for this parameter. Please choose a name that matches the function of the parameter, following the pattern used in other infoboxes, and test it in this template's sandbox. – Jonesey95 (talk) 14:21, 29 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Jonesey95: Hi, I mainly intend to use |Flag= as a parameter. I used |f= as an alias since it is also used in Template:Esc where it has a similar function.

Just {{Flag|{{{Country}}}|{{{Flag|}}}}} is also fine. — TheThomanski | t | c | 15:35, 29 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I recommend using |Flag variant=, since |variant= is the standard parameter used in flag templates, and this template uses capitalized parameters with spaces between the words. It is best to match the pattern used within a given template. – Jonesey95 (talk) 18:23, 29 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Jonesey95: So {{Flag|{{{Country}}}|{{{Flag variant|}}}}} then? That would be great if you could do that. I have tested it on the sandbox page and it appears to be working correctly. — TheThomanski | t | c | 21:32, 29 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Done * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 19:16, 31 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Change country link[edit]

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After a discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Eurovision § Country link in "country in the contest year" articles, I have changed the infobox to link to (for example) Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest rather than just Switzerland, if such an article exists. ―Jochem van Hees (talk) 23:08, 22 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Done * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 16:40, 24 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Clean up code for next/prev link[edit]

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The /Year template contained a bunch of the repeated code {{#if: {{{Competition|}}} | {{{Country|}}} in the {{{Competition|}}} | {{{Country|}}} in the {{{Contest|}}} Eurovision Song Contest}} to get the link to the next/previous article. On the sandbox I've replaced this all with simply {{{Base page name}}} and set that from the main template. This way the base page name only has to be set once and not lots of times. I've tested the sandbox changes and copy-pasting it to the main template should be fine. ―Jochem van Hees (talk) 15:09, 31 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Done. P.I. Ellsworth - ed. ^put'r there 20:24, 31 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Fix prev/next link[edit]

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I fixed an issue in the sandbox where the prev/next year link at the bottom of the infobox was incorrect (as User:Tai123.123 pointed out here). There are multiple parameters that are supposed to make up that link but I forgot one of them earlier. ―Jochem van Hees (talk) 21:43, 17 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Done. P.I. Ellsworth - ed. ^put'r there 02:45, 18 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Usage[edit]

Just opened a discussion on the template’s usage at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Eurovision#Dates in Template:Infobox song contest national year. ~ IvanScrooge98 (talk) 10:58, 20 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]