Template:Post boxes by county

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This documentation is transcluded from Template:Post boxes by county/doc.

Template for heading and categorizing templates about post boxes by sub-types and location. Mostly for the UK, but handles the Republic of Ireland too.

| <reign> <type> in <county> || <reign> in <county> | <colour> <type> in <county> || <type> in <county> || in <county> || in <country>

|- ! <reign> <colour> <type> in <county> | * || || || || || ||

|- ! <colour> <type> in <county> | || || || || || ||

|- ! <reign> <type> in <county> | ||*|| || || || ||

|- ! <colour> in <county> | || || || || || ||

|- ! <colour> in <country> | || || || ||*|| * ||

|- ! <type> in <county> | || || || || || ||

|- ! <type> in <country> | || || ||*||*|| * ||

|} -->

Parameters

• reign / 1

Queen Victoria, King Edward VII, King George V, King Edward VIII, King George VI, Queen Elizabeth II

Note: If this is not used, then capitalise the first letter of the first parameter that is used.

• colour / 2

red, gold, green, black, blue

• type / 3

Type A/B

pillar

wall-mounted

pole-mounted

• county / 4

optional

If not supplied, country-level navigation is used

• country / 5

optional defaults to England, but Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland & the Republic of Ireland are supported as options

If not supplied, the county takes precedence

Examples

Category:Queen Victoria red wall-mounted post boxes in England

Category:King George V red wall-mounted post boxes in Gloucestershire

Category:Queen Victoria type A/B red pillar boxes in England

Category:Queen Victoria red wall-mounted post boxes in Wales

Category:Queen Victoria red wall-mounted post boxes in Pembrokeshire

Category:Queen Victoria red wall-mounted post boxes in Scotland

To do

• Category:Queen Elizabeth II type A/B red pillar boxes in Northern Ireland is in Category:Queen Elizabeth II post boxes in Northern Ireland

but Category:King George V type A/B red pillar boxes in Belfast isn't in Category:King George V post boxes in Northern Ireland

• Category:Red post boxes in Belfast out of Category:Street furniture in Belfast
• link to 'Norfolk, England' when needed
• Gold nav should be linked upwards more
• County navigation for Scotland & Northern Ireland
• Adjective reverse description should only apply on red
• Link to 'reign by county' parent cats
• Maybe fallback uplink to generalised 'post box' cats, Category:Queen Elizabeth II type K red pillar boxes in West Yorkshire
• Don't cat RoI into UK
• Irish recognition for county nav bars when using RoI.

Sub templates

• {{Post boxes by county/geographical area}}
• {{Post boxes by county/descriptor}}
• {{Post boxes by county/into cat if exists}}
• {{Post boxes by county/coalesce}}
• {{Post boxes by county/Irish county with prefix}}

Tests

• Gloucestershire: Gloucestershire
• Gloucestershire: Gloucestershire
• Powys, Wales: Powys
• Wales: Wales
• Wales: Wales
• : England
  • Queen Victoria red wall-mounted post boxes

• Queen Victoria type A/B red pillar boxes
• King George V pillar boxes