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Usage
This is a typing short cut for linking to Royal Bahamas Defence Force ship articles named in the format "HMBS Nassau (P-61)". Since Ship names are italicized in article text, linking to them in the usual manner means typing everything twice, such as [[HMBS Nassau (P-61)|HMBS ''Nassau'' (P-61)]]. This template halves that to {{HMBS|Nassau|P-61}}.
Formal usage
- {{HMBS|Ship Name}}
- {{HMBS|Ship Name|ID}}, where ID can be the hull number, launch year, or pennant number, as specified in the article title.
Examples
| Template usage | Equivalent wikicode | Final result |
|---|---|---|
| {{HMBS|Nassau|P-61}} | [[HMBS Nassau (P-61)|HMBS ''Nassau'' (P-61)]] | HMBS Nassau (P-61) |
Last example could be used to link to ship index (disambiguation) page
Optional display control parameter
There is an optional third parameter that controls which pieces of text are displayed in the article. Its value is treated as a binary number and will display the corresponding "bits". So setting the 4's bit will display "HMBS", setting the 2's bit will display the ship name, and setting the 1's bit will display the ID. If binary math isn't your thing, refer to these examples:
| Value | Parameter(s) displayed |
Example | Equivalent wikicode | Final result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3rd | {{HMBS|Nassau|P-61|1}} | [[HMBS Nassau (P-61)|P-61]] | HMBS Nassau (P-61) | |
| 2 | 2nd | {{HMBS|Nassau|P-61|2}} | [[HMBS Nassau (P-61)|''Nassau'']] | HMBS Nassau (P-61) | |
| 3 | 2nd, 3rd | {{HMBS|Nassau|P-61|3}} | [[HMBS Nassau (P-61)|''Nassau'' (P-61)]] | HMBS Nassau (P-61) | |
| 4 | invalid result | {{HMBS|Nassau|P-61|4}} | [[HMBS Nassau (P-61)|Invalid Optional Parameter]] | HMBS Nassau (P-61) | |
| 5 | 1st, 3rd | {{HMBS|Nassau|P-61|5}} | [[HMBS Nassau (P-61)|HMBS (P-61)]] | HMBS Nassau (P-61) | |
| 6 | 1st, 2nd | {{HMBS|Nassau|P-61|6}} | [[HMBS Nassau (P-61)|HMBS ''Nassau'']] | HMBS Nassau (P-61) | |
Using an optional display control parameter value of 6 yields the same results as using {{warship}} to create the same link and text, but saving, coincidentally, 6 characters while editing.
- {{HMBS|Nassau|P-61|6}} yields the same results as {{warship|HMBS|Nassau|P-61}}
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This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:HMBS in articles based on its TemplateData.
TemplateData for HMBS <templatedata> { "params": { "1": { "label": "Name", "description": "Ship's name", "example": "Bismarck, Belgrano", "type": "string" }, "2": { "label": "ID", "description": "Hull number, launch year, or pennant number", "example": "H75, 1975", "type": "string" }, "3": { "label": "Format", "description": "Formats the label (which name parts will show)", "example": "1, 2, 3, 5, 6", "type": "number", "default": "blank" }, "up": { "label": "unlink prefix", "description": "up=yes puts prefix before (outside of) the wikilink", "example": "up=yes", "default": "no", "type": "boolean" } }, "description": "This template provides a wikilink to a ship's page, with label options", "paramOrder": [ "1", "2", "3", "up" ] } </templatedata> |
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