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Anyone familiar with implementing ___location maps into infoboxes? I feel this infobox would be a great candidate. I tried to do it myself, but couldn't get it to show a map in previews. '''<font color="#00824A">[[User:Jolly Janner|Jolly]]</font> <font color="#2A5FFF">[[Special:Contributions/Jolly Janner|Ω]]</font> <font color="#00824A">[[User talk:Jolly Janner|Janner]]</font>''' 23:05, 16 January 2016 (UTC)

:It appears that it does support it, but I just didn't know how to use it in an article. My mistake. '''<font color="#00824A">[[User:Jolly Janner|Jolly]]</font> <font color="#2A5FFF">[[Special:Contributions/Jolly Janner|Ω]]</font> <font color="#00824A">[[User talk:Jolly Janner|Janner]]</font>''' 00:27, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

== Template-protected edit request on 25 March 2016 ==

{{edit template-protected|Module:Location map|answered=yes}}

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Dear admins,

Due to the unsighting look of 'Red pog.svg' as the locator dot in the map, I would like to suggest the following change:

<pre>

In line 395 of this module replace:

mark = 'Red pog.svg'

to

mark = 'Locator_Dot.svg'

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Please consider this request. Thank you very much for helping Wikipedia be a better place.

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[[User:LL221W|LL221W]] ([[User talk:LL221W|talk]]) 06:22, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

:As this is a style/content request more so than a technical request - will leave this open for a few days for community input. — [[User:Xaosflux|<span style="color:#FF9933; font-weight:bold; font-family:monotype;">xaosflux</span>]] ^{[[User talk:Xaosflux|<span style="color:#00FF00;">Talk</span>]]} 10:57, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

::Ping out to [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Geographical coordinates]]. — [[User:Xaosflux|<span style="color:#FF9933; font-weight:bold; font-family:monotype;">xaosflux</span>]] ^{[[User talk:Xaosflux|<span style="color:#00FF00;">Talk</span>]]} 14:35, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

*'''Comment''' - Convenience links to [[:File:Red pog.svg]] and [[:File:Locator_Dot.svg]], as well as [[Norman, Oklahoma]], an example of the former in use. &#8213;[[User:Mandruss|<span style="color:#775C57;">'''''Mandruss'''''</span>]]&nbsp;[[User talk:Mandruss|<span style="color:#AAA;">&#9742;</span>]] 15:07, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

*'''Oppose''' - The marker is intended to have a three-dimensional appearance. This is reflected in the choice of <code>pushpin_</code> prefixes in the related parameters of {{tl|infobox settlement}} and possibly other calling templates. Assuming the OP meant "unsightly", I don't see why they feel the current marker is unsightly. &#8213;[[User:Mandruss|<span style="color:#775C57;">'''''Mandruss'''''</span>]]&nbsp;[[User talk:Mandruss|<span style="color:#AAA;">&#9742;</span>]] 15:07, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

*'''Oppose''' - Disagree with LL221W's aesthetic judgement, and I believe it's too trivial a change for a template with [https://tools.wmflabs.org/templatecount/index.php?lang=en&name=Location_map&namespace=10#bottom 471952 transclusions]. [[User:Bazj|Bazj]] ([[User talk:Bazj|talk]]) 15:22, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

*I've disabled the edit request for now, since this is clearly controversial. Feel free to reopen it if you get a consensus to make the change. [[User:Jackmcbarn|Jackmcbarn]] ([[User talk:Jackmcbarn|talk]]) 16:29, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

*'''Oppose''' [[WP:IDONTLIKEIT]] not a good enough reason. --[[User:Tagishsimon|Tagishsimon]] [[User_talk:Tagishsimon|(talk)]] 18:03, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

*'''Oppose''' per [[WP:BIKESHED]] —[[user:EncMstr|EncMstr]] ([[user talk:EncMstr|talk]]) 01:25, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

*'''Comment''' - For the record, despite being Opposed, I object on principle to both of the above two Oppose arguments. The proposer's argument may lack merit but it is not IDONTLIKEIT. They gave a reason—that the current marker is unsightly—and things like this should be changeable for solely aesthetic reasons if there is consensus to change.<br />BIKESHED is also misapplied here, as it implies that a change can be too minor to even consider, thereby imposing an arbitrary upper limit on quality. This would be bikeshed if a lot of editor time was being spent on it, which is not the case. Meanwhile, we spend dozens of editor-hours arguing about commas before Jr., with nary a soul asserting bikeshed. &#8213;[[User:Mandruss|<span style="color:#775C57;">'''''Mandruss'''''</span>]]&nbsp;[[User talk:Mandruss|<span style="color:#AAA;">&#9742;</span>]] 09:46, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

*'''Comment''' - Take a look at the appearance of articles with 'Locator_Dot.svg' instead 'Red_pog.svg':

[[Nahwa]]

[[Al Ain]]

[[Abu Dhabi]]

[[Kolkata]]

[[User:LL221W|LL221W]] ([[User talk:LL221W|talk]]) 09:51, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

*'''oppose'''; although I too find the current one unattractive, of the two it works much better due to its contrast. Even if it were better there is no need to change it though; there is nothing to stop editors using [[:File:Locator Dot.svg]] or any other dot in their maps. If that were happening – if many editors were using other dots in preference to the current one in their maps – then there might be a case to change the default. But I see no indication of this, so no need to consider a change.--<small>[[User:JohnBlackburne|JohnBlackburne]]</small>^{[[User_talk:JohnBlackburne|words]]}<sub style="margin-left:-2.0ex;">[[Special:Contributions/JohnBlackburne|deeds]]</sub> 10:05, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

*'''Comment''': {{u|LL221W}}- please don't go back and edit your comments once other users have commented. It makes a coherent discussion much harder to achieve.

::I also note [[Special:Contributions/LL221W|this morning you've started]] a major effort to specify <code>mark = Locator_Dot.svg</code> in templates using this template, rendering this discussion meaningless. Could you make your contempt for the consensus any clearer? [[User:Bazj|Bazj]] ([[User talk:Bazj|talk]]) 07:37, 4 April 2016 (UTC)

:::No, I was changing my own comments.--[[User:LL221W|LL221W]] ([[User talk:LL221W|talk]]) 07:39, 4 April 2016 (UTC)