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:The default actually doesn't work like any of the options. If you don't specify a position, it guesses whether it would fit better on the left or the right. [[User:Jackmcbarn|Jackmcbarn]] ([[User talk:Jackmcbarn|talk]]) 03:47, 17 September 2016 (UTC)

:The more I used it, the more I wondered if that was the case. Thanks. --[[User:Bshirley|Bshirley]] ([[User talk:Bshirley|talk]]) 16:59, 17 September 2016 (UTC)

==USA instead of US==

Because the ___location map data uses the abbreviation USA, all the pages where there is a choice of maps take a parameter such as "Arkansa#USA" - this displays as radio buttons labelled

* Arkansas

* USA

* Both

MoS says to use US, not USA. We can fix this by either

* a) Moving the data and b) changing all the calls

* Fudging a special display of US when USA is received

* Both

Or some other better idea. {{Smiley}} Comments?

All&nbsp;the&nbsp;best: ''[[User:Rich Farmbrough|Rich]]&nbsp;[[User talk:Rich Farmbrough|Farmbrough]]'',<small> 19:24, 29 September 2016 (UTC).</small><br />

:{{ping|Rich Farmbrough}} Interesting. I'll try to rework how the switcherLabel parameter works to fix this. [[User:Jackmcbarn|Jackmcbarn]] ([[User talk:Jackmcbarn|talk]]) 22:18, 29 September 2016 (UTC)

::Thanks! All&nbsp;the&nbsp;best: ''[[User:Rich Farmbrough|Rich]]&nbsp;[[User talk:Rich Farmbrough|Farmbrough]]'',<small> 22:28, 29 September 2016 (UTC).</small><br />

:::{{re|Rich Farmbrough|Jackmcbarn}} [[Special:Diff/742213785|Done]], I think. On another note, is there a reason why [[Module:Location map/data/USA|some]] data pages are named "Module:Location map/data/<var>place</var>" and [[Template:Location map USA California Southern|others]] are named "Template:Location map <var>place</var>"? [[User:Jc86035|Jc86035]] ([[User talk:Jc86035|talk]]) <span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left">Use &#123;&#123;[[Template:Reply to|re]]&#124;Jc86035&#125;&#125;<br />to reply to me</span> 10:39, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

::::{{re|Jc86035}} It's historical. Once upon a time, all maps were defined via templates. Then a new, preferred, module definition was introduced, but the old templates were never converted to the new module format; the software is compatible with both versions. --<span style="border:1px solid #40A040">[[User:Dr Greg|<font style="color:#FFF8C0;background:#40A040">'''&nbsp;Dr&nbsp;Greg&nbsp;'''</font>]][[User talk:Dr Greg|<font style="color:#40A040;background:#FFF8C0">&nbsp;<small>talk</small>&nbsp;</font>]]</span> 11:58, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

:::::{{re|Dr Greg}} Couldn't we just make a bot request to copy data from all the various Template:Location map <var>place</var> pages to Module:Location map/data/<var>place</var>, instead of having two different systems which both have to be supported? [[User:Jc86035|Jc86035]] ([[User talk:Jc86035|talk]]) <span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left">Use &#123;&#123;[[Template:Reply to|re]]&#124;Jc86035&#125;&#125;<br />to reply to me</span> 12:49, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

::::::Sounds like a good idea. All&nbsp;the&nbsp;best: ''[[User:Rich Farmbrough|Rich]]&nbsp;[[User talk:Rich Farmbrough|Farmbrough]]'',<small> 13:23, 2 October 2016 (UTC).</small><br />

:::::::{{ping|Jc86035|Rich Farmbrough}} Okay, that solution is a good alternative if we like the word "the". If you want to do the bot thing, a good place to start is [[Template:Location map/doc/Converting map definition templates to modules|the instructions for how to manually convert them]]. [[User:Jackmcbarn|Jackmcbarn]] ([[User talk:Jackmcbarn|talk]]) 23:47, 2 October 2016 (UTC)