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I doubt this is nessescary. The situation in Syria is very different with truces and battles that have lasted almost 6 years. Mosul will hardly last more than a couple weeks or a month. [[User:Mozad655|Mozad655]] ([[User talk:Mozad655|talk]]) 12:40, 5 November 2016 (UTC)

:Well, we did it during the [[Libyan Civil War (2011)|first Libyan Civil War]] for certain battles (Misratah, Tripoli, [[:File:2011_Battle_of_Sirte.svg|Sirte]], Bani Walid, maybe more), though most of them have been deleted because there is little value in a frontline map which is all one color {{smiley}}. [[User:Ansh666|ansh]][[User talk:Ansh666|<span style="font-size:80%">''666''</span>]] 20:54, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

== Can someone correct the links of various places in the module ==

Someone has added a hashtag "#" in front of link names of various settlements. In other cases, they have just named the links to "#no". The links are for directing a user to the article by that name. When the hashtag is added before any name, it just directs the user back to the template. And if you add "no" without the hashtag it will instead direct you to the article of [[no]], with the hashtag it will just direct you back to the template. In my search, I think I have identified 48 such cases with this problem. According to Wikipedia "#" is used for sections of an article. Using them shows the whole link of the template when clicking on/touching a settlement along with the "#" and the name of the settlement next to the "#" instead of just that settlement's name. And opening it will direct you back to the template. I request the users to please correct it as they are creating a problem. Thank you. [[Special:Contributions/117.241.117.193|117.241.117.193]] ([[User talk:117.241.117.193|talk]]) 10:55, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

{{u|Ermanarich}} {{u|Beshogur}} {{u|Ahmedo Semsurî}} {{u|Schluppo}} Can you fix this problem. I have detailed it in above post. [[Special:Contributions/117.214.244.186|117.214.244.186]] ([[User talk:117.214.244.186|talk]]) 05:27, 5 November 2016 (UTC)

:Thank you for your remarks. [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Module:Iraqi_insurgency_detailed_map&diff=748231443&oldid=748223879 I have made the corrections]. I have removed the links that ''start'' with a # because they are fake links. The problem is worse than you think. Many of the ''remaining'' links do ''not'' lead to a valid article about the town in question. For example, link = "Albu Judai" is not a valid link because there is not article with the name "Albu Judai". So someone would have to go thru all the links and verify if they really lead to a valid Wikipedia article. If they don't then they need to be removed by deleting: link = "town name" part of the code. Below i give a brief tutorial on the link parameter in the code.

{{___location map+ |Syria |float=right |width=340 |caption=. |places=

{{___location map~ |Syria |lat=33.017 |long=36.128 |mark=Location dot lime.svg |marksize=10 |label=[[Inkhil#civilwar|Inkhil]] |link=Inkhil#civilwar |label_size=100 |position=bottom}}

{{___location map~ |Syria |lat=33.9 |long=37.15 |mark=Arrow northeast.svg |marksize=65 |label=[[#no|"link=" parameter allows clicking on dot to take you to town article]] |link=#no |label_size=0 |position=top}}

{{___location map~ |Syria |lat=33.7 |long=36.8 |mark=Location dot lightgrey.svg |marksize=1 |label=[[Inkhil#civilwar|...,&nbsp;link&nbsp;=&nbsp;"Inkhil#civilwar",...]] |link=Inkhil#civilwar |label_size=100 |position=right}}

{{___location map~ |Syria |lat=35.4 |long=40.1 |mark=Serbian Wikipedia, article "Википедија".png |marksize=200 |label=[[Inkhil#civilwar|Article on Inkhil, civil war section]] |link=Inkhil#civilwar |label_size=0 |position=right}}

}}

:Every element on the map should be verifiable. Information on towns (description of control & sources) can be found by ''clicking'' on the town dot on the map. Notice the caption of the map which says: "Hold cursor over ___location to display name; click to go to sources &/or status description (if available, the cursor will show as [[File:Pointing hand cursor vector.svg|25px]]; if not, it will show as [[File:Cursor.svg|14px]])."

:Notice the “link=” parameter in the map code. This is supposed to link to the part in the Wikipedia article that contains the source and talks about the events in the town. So for example, if you click on the dot of the town "Inkhil" on the map, it will take you to the part of the Wikipedia article on the town "Inkhil" that has the description of war events (& sources): link = "[[Inkhil#civilwar]]" Here the first part ''before'' the # is the name of the article (Inkhil). the second part ''after'' the # is the name of the section (civilwar).

:For this to work, there needs to be a section by this same name in the article or you need to put a wikilink anchor: [[WP:ANCHOR|<nowiki>{{anchor|section}}</nowiki>]] that will act as a section header (in this case <nowiki>{{anchor|civilwar}}</nowiki>). By the way, sources &/or status description can also be found in "battle/offensive/etc..." articles and not just in towns' articles... A quick look at the map's code will tell you where each town dot will link. [[User:Tradedia|<font style="color:#ffffff;background:black;">Tradedia</font>]]^{[[User talk:Tradedia|talk]]} 05:03, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

== Hammam al-Alil ==

Can someone please change Hammam al-Alil from black to red. http://www.heute.de/irakische-regierungstruppen-ruecken-in-mossul-vor-45838510.html

: Done. [[User:Schluppo|Schluppo]] ([[User talk:Schluppo|talk]]) 21:31, 7 November 2016 (UTC)