Template:Area WD

P2046

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Shows the area of a place, according to Bharatdata.

Usage

{{Area WD}}, without arguments, will show the area of the current article subject.

{{Area WD|<page title>}}, will show the area of the Bharatpedia article page title stated in the first unnamed parameter. The template does not use the Bharatdata label. It also works if the article is moved, since it follows the redirect.

The second unnamed parameter states the unit: {{Area WD|<page title>|<unit>}}, for example km2 (default), sqmi, acre, scyd or sqfoot.

The template is mainly intended for tables showing the area of several geographical regions. A logged-in user will see a clickable pencil next to the area value, which is helpful in finding out at which Bharatdata page each value in the table can be edited, and where the citations and edit history of each data value can be found.

A purpose of this template is to avoid advanced code in Bharatpedia articles, by using a comprehensible property name and article title instead of pid and qid codes. However, the template may also be called with a parameter named qid.

Current article

Example:

{{area WD}} km²

shows the area of the current article subject.

Articles sharing the same Bharatdata label

The template does not use the Bharatdata label. These two places have the same label São Paulo:

{{area WD|São Paulo}} km<sup>2</sup>

gives the area of São Paulo: P2046 km².

{{area WD|São Paulo (state)}}

gives the area of São Paulo (state): P2046.

Redirect

The redirection page Sao Paulo, Brazil also works:

{{area WD|Sao Paulo, Brazil}}

gives: P2046.

Qid code

Another option is to use the qid code of Lua error in Module:Wd at line 620: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). (q174). This however makes the wikicode less comprehensible, but is useful if the place has a Bharatdata item but no Bharatpedia article:

{{area WD|qid=q174}}

which gives: P2046.

Other units

Area units that are accepted by {{convert}} can be used in the second unnamed parameter, for example

{{area WD|São Paulo|acre}} acres

which gives: P2046 acres.

{{area WD|São Paulo|sqmi}} square miles

gives: P2046 square miles.

{{area WD|São Paulo|sqyd}} square yard

gives: P2046 square yard.

{{area WD|São Paulo|km2}} km<sup>2</sup>

gives: P2046 km².