Template talk:Yearlist

When do eras begin and end?

Since the displayed era is automatically determined by the template, a central question is when do eras begin and end? Currently the template uses the dates in the BattleTech eras article.

• STAR LEAGUE: 2598 - 2781
• SUCCESSION WARS: 2782 – 3049
• CLAN INVASION: 3050 – 3061
• CIVIL WAR: 3062 – 3066
• JIHAD: 3067 – 3081
• republic of the sphere (not formally named): 3082 - 3131
• DARK AGE: 3132 - current

These dates can be easily changed if there is a consensus for the correct date. Discussions should be made here or on the talk page of BattleTech eras. --Ebakunin 21:30, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

Ebakunin, I think you know I'm a big fan of your yearlist template. The need to upgrade the site was predicated on making it the best it could be, and I think you achieved that. I say, feel bold and start populating. There is no reason /not/ to have the yearlists, and any changes -I presume- can be made remotely by changing the template itself.

I think you provided a well-written template guide, as well.

May I recommend calling the period of time 3082-3131 the Era of the Republic, or Republic Era, until the actual name is canonized? --Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 22:58, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

Is there some way you can make an announcement to encourage editors to start adding the template? Otherwise this'll take forever.

About the Republic era – I'll ask if CGL has a formal name in mind on their forums. Thanks a lot. --Ebakunin 23:15, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

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{{PAGENAME}}

Have you considered using the {{PAGENAME}} code in your timeline tags? At the least, it would save the user from having to type in the year, and there is a way to use math to account for the adjoining years. Here is example I use on my private wiki that has the previous and next year bookending the center column that depicts the century and decade, all using the {{PAGENAME}} code:

{| class="browser" align="center" border="2" style="background:#BDBDBD; text-align: center"
|-
| class="prev" width="75"|[[{{{1|{{#expr:{{PAGENAME}}-1}}}}}]]
| class="topic" width="125"|[[{{nth|{{#expr:(({{PAGENAME}}-({{PAGENAME}} mod 100))/100)+1}}}} century]]<br />[[{{#expr: {{PAGENAME}} - ({{PAGENAME}} mod 10)}}s]]
| class="next" width="75"|[[{{{2|{{#expr:{{PAGENAME}}+1}}}}}]]
|}

--Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 16:19, 15 June 2009 (PDT)

Thanks a lot Revanche. It's a great idea, and I've rewritten the template to automate the entire process. The trial template is called template:yearbox alt. You can see it in action here: 3133.

The template itself looks awful when the {{PAGENAME}} is not an integer. This can be fixed with the {{#iferror}} parser function, but I'm unsure whether it's been installed since I can't get it to work in any manner. Would you please check and see whether this extension is available. Thanks for the help. --Ebakunin 10:06, 16 June 2009 (PDT)

Glad I could help. Seeing your efforts sparked a memory of my having done something similar (albiet more simple). However, I'm not at all an expert at coding; I poke, borrow and steal code I see doing something similar to what I want and attempt to get it to work for me. I feel stupid for pointing you to the Version page, because with your skill I assume you know about it, but if you don't, it shows what extensions are loaded. If you don't see anything that relates to that, post a request to Nic's page. When you do, I'll email him with a request to take a look at your request (as it would improve the wiki considerably). Sorry I can't be more help. --Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 14:00, 16 June 2009 (PDT)