Template talk:Day in rail transport

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Usage[edit]

This template is intended to be used as the first line of the "MONTH DAY in rail transport" series of articles linked from Category:Anniversaries in rail transport. It uses several parameters as follows:

Field	Meaning	Default value
`pmonth`	The month name from the previous day's date	value of the `month` parameter
`pday`	The day number from the previous day's date	none
`month`	The month name from the current day's date	none
`day`	The day number from the current day's date	none
`nmonth`	The month name from the next day's date	value of the `month` parameter
`nday`	The day number from the next day's date	none
`sortkey`	The category sort key for the current page	value of the `day` parameter

For example, on January 1 in rail transport, the template is used as follows:

{{Day in rail transport |
   pmonth  = December |
   pday    = 31 |
   month   = January |
   day     = 1 |
   nmonth  = January |
   nday    = 2 |
   sortkey = 01 |
 }}

On October 31 in rail transport, the template is used as follows:

{{Day in rail transport |
   pmonth  = October |
   pday    = 30 |
   month   = October |
   day     = 31 |
   nmonth  = November |
   nday    = 1 |
   sortkey = 31 |
 }}

On February 28 in rail transport through March 1 in rail transport, the template is "subst'ed" in and then edited to include a link to February 29 in rail transport in parentheses within the navigation box.

Using the defaults for pmonth, nmonth and sortkey, these two uses could be shortened to the following:

{{Day in rail transport |
   pmonth  = December |
   pday    = 31 |
   month   = January |
   day     = 1 |
   nday    = 2 |
   sortkey = 01 |
 }}

and

{{Day in rail transport |
   pday    = 30 |
   month   = October |
   day     = 31 |
   nmonth  = November |
   nday    = 1 |
 }}

respectively.