Template talk:Infobox rail line

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This template was nominated for deletion. Please review the prior discussions if you are considering re-nomination:

Nothing to merge, just replace "infobox route map" with "infobox rail line" or "infobox rail", 2020 December 26, see discussion.
Merge, 2 May 2015, see discussion.
Do not merge, 27 July 2013, see discussion.

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System examples

A bit confused why National Rail is given as an example for a "system" here? Isn't it just a generic ticketing name for most services on the GB rail system? Was confused what it meant by "system", and that as the example didn't help, would Merseyrail, Réseau Express Régional or Bay Area Rapid Transit be better examples than National Rail? Dank Jae 22:04, 19 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, this is not the best example here. Most articles of UK railway lines have "National Rail" named as the system. I think that is why I added the example back then. Feel free to change it. --PhiH (talk) 15:48, 20 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Dark mode problems

Template:Greenbush Line is displaying OK for me in dark mode, but in the context of Greenbush Line, there is some nearly impossible-to-read text that is nearly white-on-white. The CSS color handling in this template has gotten rather complicated and it's used on a lot of pages, so I'm wondering if there's an expert who would know better than me how to fix it? If it's helpful, there are recommendations at mw:Recommendations for night mode compatibility on Wikimedia wikis. It might be as simple as just not setting a background color. -- Beland (talk) 05:29, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I managed to find the problem and fix it with an edit to Template:Routemap/styles.css. -- Beland (talk) 18:30, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Grf, that caused other problems. Reverted and following up on Template talk:Routemap#Dark mode problems. -- Beland (talk) 18:51, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Add a cost section

I dont know how to code it but someone please add cost in the template under the owner section and auto turn whatever amount into dollars. Thanks :] Faisalisonline2 (talk) 07:44, 6 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Generate short description

There are approximately 800 pages that don't have short descriptions but use the rail line infobox. Short descriptions could be generated from the infobox (documentation). One option is "Rail line in {{locale}}". Brigandeur (talk) 19:46, 12 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I looked at {{Infobox political party}} as an example and it tests the value of {{Has short description}} to prevent overriding a local value. That seems reasonable. There's no guarantee that locale is set, though it should be, so "Rail line in {{locale}}", with "Rail line" as a fallback, would work. Mackensen (talk) 20:16, 12 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

According to the above documentation, specifying |2=noreplace in the Infobox's short description allows a short description specified in the article to take precedence. Brigandeur (talk) 20:34, 12 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request 16 June 2025

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Description of suggested change: Generate short description from this Infobox. I added the following checks:

There is no short description already in the article.
The article is in the main namespace.
The Infobox is in the lead.

I used the snazzy Type in location module which cleans up the locale parameter before using it, and falls back to "Rail line" if locale is empty or missing.

Testing is not straightforward, so before adding the namespace check, I copied a couple of pages to my user namespace and used the sandbox version there.

Diff: See my changes in Template:Infobox_rail_line/sandbox

Brigandeur (talk) 00:58, 16 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]