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change the short description generator to include "is infobox in lead" to prevent generated short descriptions whete the infobox is not in the lead of the article -1ctinus📝🗨 12:20, 3 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done Please check affected articles to ensure that this change worked. The code does not check for redirects to this template; I recommend using manual short descriptions for those extreme edge cases. – Jonesey95 (talk) 17:02, 3 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Add parameter for builder/constructor

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There is no parameter currently to write who built the building. This may not be needed for grand and modern buildings but for simple historic buildings it was often built by a single person. Traumnovelle (talk) 22:00, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Already done See |main_contractor=. – Jonesey95 (talk) 12:38, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe had it also be optional to display as builder/constructor? I will use that for now but someone may not be contracted to build something. Traumnovelle (talk) 19:31, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Separated parameters for "antenna" and "spire" or add new parameter "pinnacle spire"

Can the height parameters between the "Antenna" and the "Spire" be separated ? according to CTBUH, where the antenna is the tip of the building while the spire is the height of the building architecture? or add new parameter "Pinnacle spire"? 2400:9800:201:A464:7516:BD12:E79B:2198 (talk) 03:00, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Disable Openstreetmaps

I can't figure out how to avoid it from displaying even if removing the coordinates. Traumnovelle (talk) 22:39, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Always link to an example page. Have you tried |mapframe=no as described in the documentation? – Jonesey95 (talk) 01:42, 13 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Antrim House, yes. Didn't publish but did preview and it didn't work. I presume it may be a Wikidata thing? Traumnovelle (talk) 03:45, 13 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

|mapframe=no works perfectly for me at that page. I replaced the mapframe map with a Wellington map. – Jonesey95 (talk) 11:24, 13 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Did it work before replacing it? Traumnovelle (talk) 18:59, 13 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I first added |mapframe=no and clicked Preview. The mapframe map went away, showing no map at all. You are welcome to continue editing that page to make it look the way you want it to look; I just thought it would help to have some sort of map. – Jonesey95 (talk) 20:31, 13 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I tried to do it on Leys Institute to save space but it still shows. Traumnovelle (talk) 00:55, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know what you were trying to do there, but I have restored the last working version. If you really don't want readers to see a helpful map so that they know where the building is, add | mapframe=no on a new line in the infobox. I suggest putting it directly under the |coordinates= line. – Jonesey95 (talk) 23:55, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ah I thought it was a parameter of the coordinates template, thanks. Traumnovelle (talk) 07:47, 1 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Change record height parameter to be more specific

The Record Height parameter should be more specific, i.e. if the tower was the tallest freestanding building then it should say that. For example, the CN Tower and Ostankino Tower pages both link to successors that do not link back to them because the aforementioned pages are freestanding buildings (see Talk:CN Tower#Tallest in the world?). BlairMyhre (talk) 16:49, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]