EventPlaceCat/doc

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Description: Template gives an "event in" category two parent categories, one for the place, one for the event over a wider area.
Blank template

{{EventPlaceCat
|Event = 
|CurPlace = 
|Place = 
}}

Usage: Use on categories that contain an Event (Born, Died, Married, Resided) in a certain place

Event - specify the event ("Born", "Died", etc).

CurPlace - specify the current place, copied from the name of the category (see example below) but with any initial "the" removed

Place - use next broader place name, adding "the" if applicable (e.g. "the Netherlands", UK, US, ...)

Example input: In the category name "Born in Kent," use:

{{EventPlaceCat
|Event = Born
|CurPlace = Kent
|Place = England
}}

Example output: Categorizes the category into the following:

*[[Category:Kent]]
*[[Category:Born in England|Kent]]

Notes: If the place is a county or equivalent (e.g.Regions of New South Wales), please instead use the series that includes {{d-uk}}) so as to add the county template etc.; In many cases it may be quicker to copy&paste the category name, convert it to a link, paste a second copy of that, then modify the two.

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+;Description
-==Blank template==
+:Template gives an "event in" category two parent categories, one for the place, one for the event over a wider area. <!-- We should be able to extend this to a couple of dozen other types of category, such as cemeteries -->
+;Blank template
 <pre>
 {{EventPlaceCat
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 </pre>
-==Usage==
+;Usage
-Use on categories that contain an '''Event'''  (Born, Died, Married, etc.) '''in''' '''''a certain place'''''
+:Use on categories that contain an '''Event'''  (Born, Died, Married, Resided) '''in''' '''''a certain place''''' <!-- We should be able to extend this to a couple of dozen other types of category, such as cemeteries -->
-*'''Event''' - specify the event (either '''"Born"''', '''"Died"''', or '''"Married"'''.
+*'''Event''' - specify the event ('''"Born"''', '''"Died"''', etc).
-*'''CurPlace''' - specify the current place, which is the name of the article (see example below)
+*'''CurPlace''' - specify the current place, copied from the name of the category (see example below) but with any initial "the" removed
-*'''Place''' - use next broader place name
+*'''Place''' - use next broader place name, adding "the" if applicable (e.g. "the Netherlands", UK, US, ...)
-==Example==
+;Example input
+:In the category name "Born in Kent," use:
-===Input===
-In the category name "Born in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States," use:
 <pre>
 {{EventPlaceCat
 |Event = Born
-|CurPlace = Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States
+|CurPlace = Kent
-|Place = Pennsylvania, United States
+|Place = England
 }}
 </pre>
+;Example output
-===Output===
-Categorizes the category into the following:
+:Categorizes the category into the following:
-*[[:Category:Born in Pennsylvania, United States]]
+<pre>*[[Category:Kent]]
-*[[:Category:Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States]]
+*[[Category:Born in England|Kent]]</pre>
+;Notes
+:If the place is a county or equivalent (e.g.[[Regions of New South Wales]]), please instead use the series that includes {{T|d-uk}}) so as to add the county template etc.
+:In many cases it may be quicker to copy&paste the category name, convert it to a link, paste a second copy of that, then modify the two.
+<noinclude>[[Category:template documentation]]</noinclude>