Template:RMAS
Usage[edit]
This is a typing short cut for linking to Royal Navy ship articles named in the format "RMAS Tallyho (A101)". Since Ship names are italicized in article text, linking to them in the usual manner means typing everything twice, such as [[RMAS Tallyho (A101)|RMAS ''Tallyho'' (A101)]]. This template halves that to {{RMAS|Tallyho|A101}}.
Formal usage[edit]
{{RMAS|Ship Name}}
{{RMAS|Ship Name|ID}}, where ID can be the hull number, launch year, or pennant number, as specified in the article title.
Examples[edit]
| Template usage | Equivalent wikicode | Final result |
|---|---|---|
| {{RMAS|Typhoon|A95}} | [[RMAS Typhoon (A95)|RMAS ''Typhoon'' (A95)]] | HMS Illustrious (R06) |
| {{RMAS|Typhoon}} | [[RMAS Typhoon|RMAS ''Typhoon'']] | RMAS Typhoon |
Last example could be used to link to ship index (disambiguation) page
Optional display control parameter[edit]
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 "RMAS", 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 (replace 'HMS' with 'RMAS' in each case)
| Value | Parameter(s) displayed |
Example | Equivalent wikicode | Final result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3rd | {{HMS|Illustrious|R06|1}} | [[HMS Illustrious (R06)|R06]] | R06 | |
| 2 | 2nd | {{HMS|Illustrious|R06|2}} | [[HMS Illustrious (R06)|''Illustrious'']] | Illustrious | |
| 3 | 2nd, 3rd | {{HMS|Illustrious|R06|3}} | [[HMS Illustrious (R06)|''Illustrious'' R06]] | Illustrious (R06) | |
| 4 | invalid result | {{HMS|Illustrious|R06|4}} | — | Error: {{HMS}} invalid control parameter: 4 (help) | |
| 5 | 1st, 3rd | {{HMS|Illustrious|R06|5}} | [[HMS Illustrious (R06)|HMS R06]] | HMS R06 | |
| 6 | 1st, 2nd | {{HMS|Illustrious|R06|6}} | [[HMS Illustrious (R06)|HMS ''Illustrious'']] | HMS Illustrious | |
| 2nd (no 3rd) |
{{HMS|Victory|3=2}} | Alternate usage: {{HMS|Victory||2}} | [[HMS Victory|''Victory'']] | Victory | |
N.B.: Be careful with the third parameter if not using the second parameter. In the Victory example above, the "|3=2" means set the third parameter to a value of two, while the alternate syntax shows using a pair of pipes, "||2", to position the value two in the third parameter position.
Template data[edit]
TemplateData for RMAS
This template provides a wikilink to a ship's page, with label options
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prefix | 1 | Fleet identifier
| String | optional |
| Name | 2 | Ship's name
| String | optional |
| ID | 3 | Hull number, launch year, or pennanr number
| String | optional |
| Format | 4 | Formats label (parts showing)
| Number | optional |
| unlink prefix | up | yes=puts Fleet ID outside of Wikilink
| Boolean | optional |
