Template:RelativeLocation
In {{Creator}} templates or in the headers of gallery pages you often need to describe the locations of someone’s birth or death as relative locations like “Vinci near Florence, Tuscany”, especially when the person was born (or died) in a small village etc. that is unknown to most people. With this template you can specify such relative locations in an easy way and they get translated to the user’s preferred language automatically. For example, to get “Vinci near Florence, Tuscany” in the user’s preferred language, just enter {{RelativeLocation|Vinci|near|{{Florence}}|{{Tuscany}}}}.
Usage
{{RelativeLocation |1= |2= |3= |4= }}
Template parameters
| Parameter | Description | Default | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Name of the first location, e.g. of a village or countryseat (example: “Vinci”). | empty | required | |
2 | English name of the relation of the first to the second location (example: “near”). See list below for supported options. | , | optional | |
3 | Name of the second location, e.g. of the next town (example: “{{Florence}}”). | empty | required | |
4 | Name of the region, state or country both locations are located in, just if you want to add this information (example: “{{Tuscany}}”). | empty | optional | |
pl | Polish form of second location ({{{3}}}). Often needed since locations would require different grammatical form. Other languages might need to introduce their own versions. | empty | optional | |
lang | ISO 639-2 language code for output in the specified language | {{int:Lang}} | optional | |
Additional information
The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: all namespaces
The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: all users
Relies on:
{{LangSwitch}}
See also
A similar template for dates is {{Other date}}. To specify location names that get autotranslated to the user’s preferred language, use the template {{City}} or the special templates in the Category:Multilingual tags: Locations.
Localization
To add your language to the list of languages supported by this template, please edit the template and add a row to the "{{LangSwitch|}}" construct. It takes the form "|xx= Your translation " (xx being the code of your language)
List of Supported Options for Parameter #2
A hint for translators: it may be difficult to translate some of the following expressions to some languages, especially because the syntax of some languages requires more information about the location names (e.g., about gender) than such a template can give. In such a case just use a generic translation like “near” or “in” or even “,” — this still allows the user to understand that there is some local relation between the two locations and therefore is still a helpful hint.
| Parameter #2 | Example Code | Example Output |
|---|---|---|
near
|
{{RelativeLocation|Vinci|near|{{Florence}}|{{Tuscany}}}}
|
Vinci near Florence, Tuscany |
next to
|
{{RelativeLocation|San Giorgio Maggiore|next to|{{Venice}}|{{Italy}}}}
|
San Giorgio Maggiore next to Venice, Italy |
in
|
{{RelativeLocation|Castello|in|{{Venice}}|{{Italy}}}}
|
castle in Venice, Italy |
part of
|
{{RelativeLocation|Isolotto|part of|{{Florence}}|{{Tuscany}}}}
|
Isolotto, part of Florence, Tuscany |
suburb of
|
{{RelativeLocation|Fiesole|suburb of|{{Florence}}|{{Tuscany}}}}
|
Fiesole, suburb of Florence, Tuscany |
district of
|
{{RelativeLocation|Castello|district of|{{Venice}}|{{Italy}}}}
|
castle, district of Venice, Italy |
environs of
|
{{RelativeLocation||environs of|{{Siena}}}} (#1 empty)
|
area of Siena |
and environs
|
{{RelativeLocation|{{Siena}}|and environs||{{Tuscany}}}} (#3 empty)
|
Siena and its surroundings, Tuscany |
in district
|
{{RelativeLocation|AA|in district|BB|DD}}
|
AA in the district of BB, DD |
in rural district
|
{{RelativeLocation|Beilstein|in rural district|Heilbronn|{{Germany}}}}
|
Beilstein in the rural district of Heilbronn, Germany |
in province
|
{{RelativeLocation|Monte San Savino|in province|{{Arezzo}}|{{Tuscany}}}}
|
Monte San Savino in the province of Arezzo, Tuscany |
in region
|
{{RelativeLocation|Vinci|in region|{{Tuscany}}|{{Italy}}}}
|
Vinci in the region of Tuscany, Italy |
in state
|
{{RelativeLocation|Boston|in state|Massachusetts}} (for Washington, D.C., use Template:DC)
|
Boston, Massachusetts |
on lake
|
{{RelativeLocation|[[Castiglione del Lago]]|on lake|[[Lago Trasimeno|Trasimeno]]|{{Italy}}}}
|
Castiglione del Lago on Lake Trasimeno, Italy |
on river
|
{{RelativeLocation|San Giovanni Valdarno|on river|Arno|{{Tuscany}}}}
|
San Giovanni Valdarno on river Arno, Tuscany |
today
|
{{RelativeLocation|Glogau|today|[[Głogów]]}}
|
Głogów, today Głogów |
,
|
{{RelativeLocation|{{Venice}}|,|{{Italy}}}}
|
Venice, Italy |
or
|
{{RelativeLocation|{{Leiden}}|or|{{Haarlem}}}}
|
Leiden or Haarlem |
and
|
{{RelativeLocation|Pont Alexandre III|and|Grand Palais|Paris}}
|
Category:Pont Alexandre-III and Grand Palais, Paris |
pl
|
{{RelativeLocation|Vinci|near|Florence|Tuscany|pl=Florencji|lang=pl}}
|
Vinci koło Florencji, Toskania |