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Revision as of 02:36, 3 April 2009 editHBR (talk | contribs)103 editsm Find coordinates for: ===Find coordinates for← Previous edit Revision as of 17:22, 4 April 2009 edit undoDispenser (talk | contribs)Autopatrolled, Extended confirmed users, Pending changes reviewers33,005 edits removing underscores; extended error search range after analysis of the database tableNext edit →
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===Find coordinates for === ===Find coordinates for ===
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Use ]: verify and/or add coordinates to articles in categories likely to need coordinates. Use ]: verify and/or add coordinates to articles in categories likely to need coordinates.


See also: ] See also: ]
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Fix coordinates with formatting errors: Fix coordinates with formatting errors:
*'''{{PAGESINCATEGORY:Coord_template_needing_repair}}''' pages in ] *'''{{PAGESINCATEGORY:Coord template needing repair}}''' pages in ]
*] (updated daily) *] (updated daily)
*Check for errors with ] *Check for errors with ]
*Check coord templates among the '''{{PAGESINCATEGORY:ParserFunction errors}}''' pages in ] *Check coord templates among the '''{{PAGESINCATEGORY:ParserFunction errors}}''' pages in ]
* *
*Coordinates out of range: , ; , (''Note'': coordinates for other planets may be outside that range). *Coordinates out of range: , ; , (''Note'': coordinates for other planets may be outside that range).
* in article namespace * in article namespace
*] (updated daily - quite a few false positives, see ]) *] (updated daily - quite a few false positives, see ])
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* Add an attribute for other planets and the moon and probably also star maps. * Add an attribute for other planets and the moon and probably also star maps.
* Extend NASA World Wind support to include layers (by type) and labels. * Extend NASA World Wind support to include layers (by type) and labels.
* Rewrite the article ] linked from many coordinates. Related articles: ], ]. * Rewrite the article ] linked from many coordinates. Related articles: ], ].
* Convert existing data to templates * Convert existing data to templates
** Stray instances of: , , , etc. (Careful! Bots generally skip broken coordinates). ** Stray instances of: , , , etc. (Careful! Bots generally skip broken coordinates).
** identify special formats not yet converted, e.g. E12 23 54 N23 34 52 ** identify special formats not yet converted, e.g. E12 23 54 N23 34 52
*Clean up / reduce redundancy in U.S. city articles (rambot/smackbot generated), see ] *Clean up / reduce redundancy in U.S. city articles (rambot/smackbot generated), see ]
*Suggestions for extensions at ] *Suggestions for extensions at ]
*Discuss, summarise and specify a set of changes to geohack, such as type list revision, support for linear features, bug fixes, &c *Discuss, summarise and specify a set of changes to geohack, such as type list revision, support for linear features, bug fixes, &c

Revision as of 17:22, 4 April 2009


Find coordinates for

Use Maybe-Checker: verify and/or add coordinates to articles in categories likely to need coordinates.

See also: Misplaced Pages:Obtaining geographic coordinates

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