模板:Designation
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Usage
This template is mainly used in conjunction with {{Infobox historic site}}, which is of interest to WikiProject Historic sites. This template tells the infobox how to display designations by passing along either a color or some text, which are dependent on the designation. The template is set up, however, so that anyone can use it as a stand-alone template to create tables, lists, and other articles throughout Wikipedia. The following is an explanation of how to use this template as a stand-alone template:
- Template syntax
{{Designation|<designation>|<identifier>}}
- <designation> – tells the template which designation to use. (i.e. "NRHP", "World Heritage Site", "NYCL", etc.) This parameter is case-insensitive, so "world heritage site" will yield the same thing as "WoRlD HeRiTaGe SiTe". All supported designations are listed below.
- <identifier> – can be either of the following values:
- colour (or color) – will return a hex code for the official color of <designation>
- text – will return a link to the article talking about <designation>
- divbox - will generate a bordered div block element version, consisting of the link to the article talking about <designation> (this is useful in various templates that use the {{Infobox}}}
- Examples
{{Designation/colour|World Heritage Site}}yields " #FFE978"{{Designation/text|Grade I}}yields "登錄建築－I級"{{Designation/divbox|National Historic Site of Canada}}yields:
未完成翻譯的部分或本模板不包含的參數，均以「無效指定」顯示。
支持的指定
全球指定
| Designation | Bordered version | Scope | Count | Valid <designation> values (Callnames) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 聯合國教科文組織世界遺產 | Global | 874 | World Heritage Site; WHS | |
| IUCN Ia類（嚴格自然保護區） | Global | ??? | IUCN Category Ia; IUCN Ia; Category Ia; Nature Reserve | |
| IUCN Ib類（荒野保護區） | Global | ??? | IUCN Category Ib; IUCN Ib; Category Ib; Wilderness Area | |
| IUCN II類（國家公園） | Global | ??? | IUCN Category II; IUCN II; Category II; National Park | |
| IUCN III類（天然紀念物） | Global | ??? | IUCN Category III; IUCN III; Category III; Natural Monument | |
| IUCN IV類（棲息地/物種管理區） |
IUCN IV類（棲息地/物種管理區）
|
Global | ??? | IUCN Category IV; IUCN IV; Category IV; Habitat Management; Species Management |
| IUCN V類（受保護的陸地/海洋景觀） |
IUCN V類（受保護的陸地/海洋景觀）
|
Global | ??? | IUCN Category V; IUCN V; Category V; Protected Landscape; Protected Seascape |
| IUCN VI類（受管理的資源保護區） |
IUCN VI類（受管理的資源保護區）
|
Global | ??? | IUCN Category VI; IUCN VI; Category VI; Managed Resource Protected Area |
| 濕地公約 | Global | ??? | Ramsar; Ramsar Wetland; Ramsar Wetland of International Importance | |
| 無效指定 |
無效指定
|
Global | 263 | Civil Engineering Landmark; Historic Civil Engineering Landmark; HCEL |
| 無效指定 |
無效指定
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Global | 259 | Mechanical Engineering Landmark; Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark; HMEL |
中華人民共和國
本模板為中華人民共和國提供了本地化方案，修改或翻譯時請注意。
| Designation | Bordered version | Scope | Count | Valid <designation> values (Callnames) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 全國重點文物保護單位 中華人民共和國國務院公布 |
中國 | ??? | 全國重點文物保護單位 | |
| 省級文物保護單位 |
省級文物保護單位
|
中國 | ??? | 省級重點文物保護單位 |
| 市級文物保護單位 |
市級文物保護單位
|
中國 | ??? | 市級重點文物保護單位 |
| 縣級文物保護單位 |
縣級文物保護單位
|
中國 | ??? | 縣級重點文物保護單位 |
| 上海市人民政府公布 上海市優秀歷史建築 |
中國 | ??? | 上海市優秀歷史建築 | |
| 天津市人民政府公布 天津市歷史風貌建築 |
中國 | ??? | 天津市歷史風貌建築 | |
| 哈爾濱市人民政府公布 哈爾濱市保護建築 |
哈爾濱市人民政府公布
哈爾濱市保護建築 |
中國 | ??? | 哈爾濱市保護建築 |
| 國家級風景名勝區 | 中國 | ??? | 國家級風景名勝區 | |
| 國家級自然保護區 | 中國 | ??? | 國家級自然保護區 | |
| 國家級典型地震遺址 | 中國 | ??? | 國家級典型地震遺址 | |
| 國家地質公園 | 中國 | ??? | 國家地質公園 |
National/regional designations
| Designation | Bordered version | Scope | Count | Valid <designation> values (Callnames) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 阿爾巴尼亞文化古蹟 | Albania | 201 | Cultural Monument of Albania; Albanian Cultural Monument; Albania; Monument Kulture | |
| 阿根廷國家歷史古蹟 | Argentina | ~400 | National Historic Monument of Argentina; Argentina Historic Monument; Argentina; NHMA | |
| 無效指定 |
無效指定
|
Australia | ???? | Australian national heritage list; Australia; ANHL |
| 無效指定 |
無效指定
|
Australia | ???? | Commonwealth heritage list; Australian Commonwealth heritage list; Commonwealth; CWLTHL |
| 無效指定 |
無效指定
|
Australia | ???? | Register national estate; register of the national estate; Australian register of the national estate; RNE |
| 巴西國家歷史遺產 | Brazil | 1,047 | National Historic Heritage of Brazil; Brazilian Historic Heritage; IPHAN; Brazil; NHHB | |
| 加拿大國家歷史遺產 | Canada | 958 | National Historic Site of Canada; Canadian National Historic Site; Canada; National Historic Site; NHSC; NHS | |
| 無效指定 |
無效指定
|
Canada | 163 | Heritage Railway Station of Canada; Canadian Heritage Railway Station; HRSC |
| 克羅埃西亞受保護自然價值 | Croatia | 461 | Protected Natural Value of Croatia; Croatian Protected Natural Value; Protected area of Croatia; Croatian Protected area; Croatia Natural; Spomenik prirode | |
| 克羅埃西亞文化物 | Croatia | ??? | Cultural Good of Croatia; Croatian Cultural Good; Croatia Cultural; Spomenik kulture | |
| 國家歷史公園和花園名錄 | England | ??? | National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens; Register of Historic Parks and Gardens; Historic Parks and Gardens; England Historic Park; England Historic Garden; English Historic Park; English Historic Garden | |
| 法國歷史遺蹟 | France | >43,000 | Monument historique; France; French | |
| 愛爾蘭自然古蹟 | Ireland | ~1,000 | Irish National Monument; National Monument of Ireland; Ireland Monument in State Care; Irish Monument in State Care; Ireland; Irish | |
| 日本國寶 | Japan | 1079 | National Treasure of Japan; Japanese National Treasure; Japan | |
| 荷蘭國家古蹟 | Netherlands | 55,000+ | Rijksmonument; Dutch National Monument; Netherlands National Monument; National Monument of the Netherlands; Netherlands; Dutch | |
| 紐西蘭遺產－I類 | New Zealand | ??? | Heritage New Zealand Category I; New Zealand Category I; NZ Category I | |
| 紐西蘭遺產－II類 | New Zealand | ??? | Heritage New Zealand Category II; New Zealand Category II; NZ Category II | |
| 葡萄牙國家古蹟 | Portugal | 791 | National Monument of Portugal; Portuguese National Monument; Monumento Nacional do Portugal; Portugal; IPPAR | |
| 羅馬尼亞歷史古蹟 | Romania | 29,540 | National Register of Historic Monuments in Romania; Monument istoric; Romania; Romanian | |
| 塞爾維亞文化遺產 | Serbia | 2,391 | Cultural Heritage of Serbia; Serbia; Serbian | |
| 蘇格蘭公園及景觀設計名錄 | Scotland | ~386 | Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland; Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland; Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes | |
| 新加坡國家古蹟 | Singapore | ??? | National Monument of Singapore; Singapore National Monument; Singapore | |
| 西班牙文化財產 | Spain | ~13,000 | Spanish Property of Cultural Interest; Bien de Interés Cultural; BIC; Spain; Spanish | |
| 瑞士國家和區域重要文化財產名錄 | Switzerland | ??? | Swiss Cultural Property of National Significance; Swiss; Switzerland; Swiss Cultural Property | |
| 無效指定 |
無效指定
|
Thailand | ??? | Ministry of Culture; Fine Arts Department |
| 尚比亞國家古蹟 | Zambia | >3000 | National Monument of Zambia; Zambian National Monument; Zambia |
State/provincial/local designations
| Designation | Bordered version | Scope | Count | Valid <designation> values (Callnames) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 無效指定 |
無效指定
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Australia - New South Wales | ???? | New South Wales state heritage register; NSW state heritage register; New South Wales heritage register; NSW heritage register; NSW; NSW shr |
| 無效指定 |
無效指定
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Australia - Queensland | 1692 | Queensland Heritage Register; QHR |
| 無效指定 |
無效指定
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Australia - South Australia | ???? |
South Australian heritage register; SA heritage register; South Australia; SAHR |
| 無效指定 |
無效指定
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Australia - Tasmania | ???? |
Tasmanian heritage register; Tasmania; TASHR |
| 維多利亞遺產名錄 | Australia - Victoria | ???? |
Victorian heritage register; Victoria (Australia); VICHR | |
| 無效指定 |
無效指定
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Australia - Western Australia | ???? | Western Australia state register of heritage places; WA state register of heritage places; WASRHP; Western Australia |
| 無效指定 |
無效指定
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Canada - Alberta | ??? | Alberta Historic Resources Act; Alberta; AHRA |
| 無效指定 |
無效指定
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Canada - New Brunswick | ??? | New Brunswick Heritage Conservation Act; New Brunswick; NBHCA |
| 無效指定 |
無效指定
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Canada - Nova Scotia | ??? | Nova Scotia Heritage Property Act; Nova Scotia; NSHPA |
| 安大略省文物法令 | Canada - Ontario | ??? | Ontario Heritage Act; Ontario | |
| 無效指定 |
無效指定
|
Canada - Prince Edward Island | ??? | Prince Edward Island; PEI; Heritage Places Protection Act |
| 魁北克省文化遺產 | Canada - Quebec | ??? | Repertoire du Patrimoine Culturel du Quebec; Quebec; Cultural Heritage Register of Quebec | |
| 無效指定 |
無效指定
|
Canada - Saskatchewan | 800+ | Saskatchewan Heritage Property Act; Saskatchewan; SHPA |
| 香港法定古蹟 | China – Hong Kong | 92 | Declared Monument of Hong Kong; Hong Kong Declared Monument; HK Declared Monument | |
| 香港歷史建築 | China – Hong Kong | 1154 | Hong Kong Graded Building; HK Graded Building; Graded Building | |
| 香港歷史建築－I級 | China - Hong Kong | 212 | Hong Kong Grade I Historic Building; Hong Kong Grade I; HK Grade I | |
| 香港歷史建築－II級 | China - Hong Kong | 366 | Hong Kong Grade II Historic Building; Hong Kong Grade II; HK Grade II | |
| 香港歷史建築－III級 | China - Hong Kong | 576 | Hong Kong Grade III Historic Building; Hong Kong Grade III; HK Grade III | |
| 仰光城市地標 | Myanmar – Yangon | 188 | Yangon City Heritage List; Yangon City Landmark; Yangon Landmark; Yangon City; Yangon | |
| 中華民國國家自然公園 | 台灣 | ? | Taiwan National Natural Park; TWNNP | |
| 台灣自然保留區 | 台灣 | ? | Taiwan Nature Reserve; TWNR | |
| 台灣地質公園 | 台灣 | ? | Taiwan Geopark; TWGP | |
| 台灣野生動物保護區 | 台灣 | ? | Taiwan Wildlife Refuge; TWWR | |
| 台灣野生動物重要棲息環境 | 台灣 | ? | Taiwan Major Wildlife Habitat; TWMWH | |
| 台灣自然保護區 | 台灣 | ? | Taiwan Forest Reserve; TWFR |
United Kingdom
| Designation | Bordered version | Scope | Count | Valid <designation> values (Callnames) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 在冊古蹟 | United Kingdom | 19,763 | Scheduled Monument; Scheduled Ancient Monument; Ancient Monument; UK Scheduled Monument; UK Ancient Monument; Scheduled Historic Monument; UK Monument in State Care; UK Scheduled Ancient Monument; UK Scheduled Historic Monument | |
| 登錄建築 | United Kingdom | >500,000 | Listed Building; United Kingdom Listed Building; UK Listed Building | |
| 登錄建築－I級 |
登錄建築－I級
|
England & Wales | 9,445 | Grade I Listed Building; Grade I; United Kingdom Grade I; UK Grade I |
| 登錄建築－II*級 |
登錄建築－II*級
|
England & Wales | 22,164 | Grade II* Listed Building; Grade II*; United Kingdom Grade II*; UK Grade II* |
| 登錄建築－II級 |
登錄建築－II級
|
England & Wales | 345,662 | Grade II Listed Building; Grade II; United Kingdom Grade II; UK Grade II |
| 登錄建築－A級 |
登錄建築－A級
|
Northern Ireland | ??? | Grade A Listed Building; Grade A; Northern Ireland Grade A |
| 登錄建築－B+級 |
登錄建築－B+級
|
Northern Ireland | ??? | Grade B+ Listed Building; Grade B+; Northern Ireland Grade B+ |
| 登錄建築－B1級 |
登錄建築－B1級
|
Northern Ireland | ??? | Grade B1 Listed Building; Grade B1; Northern Ireland Grade B1 |
| 登錄建築－B2級 |
登錄建築－B2級
|
Northern Ireland | ??? | Grade B2 Listed Building; Grade B2; Northern Ireland Grade B2 |
| 登錄建築－A類 |
登錄建築－A類
|
Scotland | ??? | Category A Listed Building; Category A; Scotland Category A |
| 登錄建築－B類 |
登錄建築－B類
|
Scotland | ??? | Category B Listed Building; Category B; Scotland Category B |
| 登錄建築－C(S)類 |
登錄建築－C(S)類
|
Scotland | ??? | Category C Listed Building; Category C; Scotland Category C |
| 英國註冊戰場 | United Kingdom | ??? | NHLE Battlefields; UK Registered Battlefields | |
| 無效指定 |
無效指定
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United Kingdom | >100 | UK Protected Wreck; UK Maritime Military Grave; UK Historic Wreck; NHLE Wreck |
| 無效指定 |
無效指定
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England | >10,000 | England Conservation Area; English Conservation Area |
| 無效指定 |
無效指定
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United Kingdom | >20,000 | UK Locally Listed; Local Listed Site UK; Locally Listed Building |
| 無效指定 |
無效指定
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England | >650,000 | NHLE; NHLE List; NHLE Register; National Heritage List for England |
| 國家歷史公園和花園名錄 | England | 1600 | Historic garden; register of historic parks and gardens; historic parks and gardens; england registered parks and gardens |
United States
| Designation | Bordered version | Scope | Count | Valid <designation> values (Callnames) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 美國國家史跡名錄 | United States | >80,000 | National Register of Historic Places; NRHP | |
| 美國國家歷史名勝 | United States | ~2,450 | National Historic Landmark; U.S. National Historic Landmark; US National Historic Landmark; NRHP-NHL; NHL | |
| 美國歷史區 | United States | ??? | United States Historic District; U.S. Historic District; US Historic District; Historic District; NRHP-HD; HD | |
| 美國歷史區 貢獻性資產 |
United States | ??? | United States Contributing Property; U.S. Contributing Property; US Contributing Property; Contributing Property; NRHP-CP; CP | |
| 美國國家歷史名勝街區 | United States | ~200 | U.S. National Historic Landmark District; US National Historic Landmark District; National Historic Landmark District; NRHP-NHLD; NHLD | |
| 美國國家紀念區 | United States | 93 | U.S. National Monument; US National Monument; National Monument; NRHP-NMON; NMON | |
| 美國國家歷史遺址 | United States | 89 | U.S. National Historic Site; US National Historic Site; National Historic Site; NRHP-NHS; NHS | |
| 美國國家紀念館 | United States | 44 | U.S. National Memorial; US National Memorial; National Memorial; NRHP-NMEM; NMEM | |
| 美國國家歷史公園 | United States | 42 | U.S. National Historical Park; US National Historical Park; National Historical Park; NRHP-NHP; NHP | |
| 美國國家戰場 | United States | 11 | U.S. National Battlefield; US National Battlefield; National Battlefield; NRHP-NB; NB | |
| 美國國家軍事公園 | United States | 9 | U.S. National Military Park | |
| 美國國家自然地標 | United States | ??? | U.S. National Natural Landmark; US National Natural Landmark; National Natural Landmark; NNL | |
| 阿拉巴馬州地標 | United States – Alabama | 1396 | Alabama Register; Alabama Landmark; Alabama; USAL; ARLH | |
| 加利福尼亞州歷史地標 | United States – California | >1,000 | California Historical Landmark; California; CHISL | |
| 無效指定 |
無效指定
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United States - Colorado | >1700 | Colorado State Register of Historic Properties; Colorado; CSRHP; USCO |
| 無效指定 |
無效指定
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United States - Indiana | ~1900 | Indiana Register of Historic Sites and Structures; Indiana; IRHSS; USIN |
| 密西根州立歷史遺址 | United States – Michigan | 2730 | Michigan State Historic Site; Michigan; MSHS | |
| 密西西比州地標 | United States – Mississippi | 890 | Mississippi Landmark; Mississippi; USMS | |
| 內華達州歷史標誌 | United States - Nevada | 266 | Nevada Historical Marker; Nevada Marker; Nevada; USNV | |
| 無效指定 |
無效指定
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United States - New Hampshire | ~200 | New Hampshire State Register of Historic Places; New Hampshire State Register; New Hampshire; NHSR; NHSRHP; USNH |
| 無效指定 |
無效指定
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United States - New Jersey | ??? | New Jersey Register of Historic Places; New Jersey; NJRHP; USNJ |
| 無效指定 |
無效指定
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United States - New Mexico | ~2000 | N.M. State Register of Cultural Properties; New Mexico State Register; New Mexico; NMSRCP; NMSR; USNM |
| 無效指定 |
無效指定
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United States - Texas | ~6300 | Recorded Texas Historic Landmark; Texas; RTHL; USTX |
| 無效指定 |
無效指定
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United States - Texas | ??? | Texas State Antiquities Landmark; Texas; TSAL; USTX |
| 無效指定 |
無效指定
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United States - Virginia | ??? | Virginia Landmarks Register; Virginia; VLR; USVA |
| 無效指定 |
無效指定
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United States – New Mexico – Albuquerque | 20 | Albuquerque Historic Landmark; Albuquerque; ALBHL |
| 無效指定 |
無效指定
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United States – California – Berkeley | ~350 | Berkeley Landmark; Berkeley; BERKL |
| 芝加哥地標 | United States – Illinois – Chicago | ~200 | Chicago Landmark; Chicago; CHICL | |
| 無效指定 |
無效指定
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United States – Texas – Dallas | 100 | Dallas Landmark; Dallas |
| 無效指定 |
無效指定
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United States – Iowa – Davenport | ~50 | Davenport Register of Historic Properties; Davenport; DRHP |
| 無效指定 |
無效指定
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United States – California – Long Beach | 114 | Long Beach Historic Landmark; Long Beach; LBHL |
| 洛杉磯歷史文化古蹟 | United States – California – Los Angeles | 886 | Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument; Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument; Los Angeles; LAHCM | |
| 紐約市地標 | United States – New York – New York City | ~23,000 | New York City Landmark; NYC Landmark; New York City; NYC; NYCL | |
| 無效指定 |
無效指定
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United States – Nebraska – Omaha | ~100 | Omaha Landmark; Omaha |
| 牡蠣灣地標 | United States – New York – Oyster Bay | 40 | Oyster Bay Landmark; Oyster Bay, New York; Oyster Bay, NY; Oyster Bay | |
| 無效指定 |
無效指定
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United States – Pennsylvania | >2,000 | Pennsylvania Historical Marker; Pennsylvania; PA Marker |
| 無效指定 |
無效指定
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United States – Pennsylvania – Philadelphia | ??? | Philadelphia Register of Historic Places; Philadelphia; PRHP |
| 無效指定 |
無效指定
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United States – Pennsylvania – Pittsburgh | >100 | Pittsburgh Historic Designation; City of Pittsburgh; PGHL; CPHD |
| 匹茲堡地標 | United States – Pennsylvania – Pittsburgh | 66 | Pittsburgh Historic Landmark; Pittsburgh Landmark; Pittsburgh; PHLF | |
| 無效指定 |
無效指定
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United States – California – Riverside | ~110 | Riverside Landmark; Riverside; RIVL |
| 聖路易斯地標 | United States – Missouri – St. Louis | 121 | St. Louis Landmark; St Louis Landmark; St. Louis; St Louis | |
| 無效指定 |
無效指定
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United States – California – San Diego | ~870 | San Diego Historic Landmark; San Diego; SDHL |
| 舊金山指定地標 | United States – California – San Francisco | ~250 | San Francisco Designated Landmark; San Francisco Landmark; San Francisco; SFDL | |
| 無效指定 |
無效指定
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United States – California – Santa Monica | ~90 | Santa Monica Historic Landmark; Santa Monica; SMHL |
| 無效指定 |
無效指定
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United States – Washington – Seattle | ~450 | Seattle Landmark; Seattle |
Adding new designations
If you've created or contributed to a list-article or individual property articles of a designation or heritage register not listed above, you can suggest its addition to the template. To suggest a new designation for inclusion in this template, raise a question at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Historic sites.
Requirements
In order for a register to be added to this template, there are several criteria that must be met:
- The register must be an official designation consisting of a reasonable number of sites. If a designation covers only a small community and contains only a handful of sites, it's probably not necessary to add it to this template.
- There must be an article about the register on Wikipedia, and there should be at least an external link to a list of all sites on the register. Ideally, there should be a list article on Wikipedia containing links to all articles about sites on that register.
- The register's scope must be identified. What exactly can become listed on this register? Is it confined to a small area such as a city or municipality? Perhaps a state or province? Or maybe even an entire nation or many nations? A designation can be classified as "Global", meaning any site in any nation can qualify, "National/regional", meaning only sites in a particular nation or group of nations (i.e. the United Kingdom or North America) can qualify, "State/provincial", meaning only sites in a particular region of a country (i.e. a state in the United States or an emirate in the United Arab Emirates) may qualify, or "Local", meaning only sites in a specific city, neighborhood, or community may qualify.
- Text and a color scheme must be chosen for the designation. This template allows an editor freedom over the background color of the designation's bar in {{Infobox historic site}} as well as the text color. The text of the bar will link to the main article of the register in some way, and should contain sufficient information to uniquely identify the register.
- Valid callnames must be chosen for the designation. Callnames are valid values for the <designation> parameter described at the top of this page. Callnames are unique to an individual register, so if another similar designation contains callnames that may conflict with the new register, some reconciliation will be needed (i.e. if Switzerland maintains two national designations and one is already in this template using the callname "Switzerland", that callname must be taken out to remove ambiguity before the second designation is added).
Through discussion, determine a color scheme for the designation and which text will appear in the infobox bar. Also, determine callnames, identifying any ambiguities or overlap between designations. Once the text, the color, and the callname(s) have been discussed, the designation can be incorporated into this template. Below are a few guidelines on how to choose these identifiers.
Color selection
While it's desirable for the colors to be related to the designation, accessibility is our first concern. Some users of Wikipedia may be fully or partially color blind, and certain color combinations can be hard for them to see. It may be necessary to modify the colors a little to accommodate these users; for more information see Wikipedia:Color.
In general, very light colors are preferred in order to have adequate contrast between the text and the background. The following colors are all acceptable choices:
| #FFE978 | #DACAA5 | #CDE5B2 | #BFFFBF | #B2E5CD | #A5CADA | #A8BDEC | #FFC0CB |
The bordered div box versions (as used on {{Infobox historic site}}) do not have these accessibility issues, and thus use a different color palette.
Callname selection
In choosing callnames (valid <designation> values), choose names that are generally associated with the designation – not personal preferences (i.e. don't choose "My Hometown," "Family Vacation Spot," etc.). Be sure to include many different variations on word order (If you include "Canadian National Historic Site" then include "National Historic Site of Canada" as well). Callnames are case-insensitive, so there is no need for various capitalization changes.
You may use abbreviations, but use abbreviations that make sense. For Atlanta Landmarks, "AL" wouldn't be good because it may be confused with landmarks in Alabama; something like "ATL" would be better because more potential readers would associate that with Atlanta. For smaller cities it is wise to include country or state names too (such as "Oyster Bay, New York") because people are more likely to use state names than for larger, more well-known cities.
Care must also be taken to avoid overlap or ambiguity in choosing callnames. Common practice in this template's designations is to include the nation, state, or city's name as a potential callname for that designation. If a nation, state, or city maintains more than one historic register, though, things can get messy. When adding a new designation, check first to make sure that no other designations use the callnames you wish to attach to the new designation. If you were adding a new national designation for Switzerland, you would notice that the designation already in the template (Swiss Cultural Properties of National Significance) uses the callname "Switzerland". Since your new designation would also be a national designation of Switzerland, the "Switzerland" callname should be removed from the old designation, making sure to update any articles using that callname, before the new designation is added to the template.
Text selection
When selecting the text that will be shown in the infobox bar, be sure to provide enough information to uniquely identify the designation. Many registers in this template are very similar, and some may even overlap in scope (i.e. a single area may be covered by more than one register). Make sure when selecting the text that will display in the designation's bar that enough information is given to remove all ambiguity. If you were adding a register about the National monuments of Singapore, you couldn't simply choose "National Monument" for the text bar because almost every single country contains its own national monuments. Generally a good idea is to include the nation, region, or area covered by the register in the text. Instead of "State Landmark", the text should read "California Landmark" or something similar.
The list article to which the text will point can be helpful in identifying the register, though it should not be a primary identifier. A reader should be able to read the text of the bar and know immediately which register the infobox is talking about. Secondary information such as intricacies of scope, requirements of addition, and explanations of labels (Grade I, Category C, Type IV, etc.) should be explained in the list article but not the text bar. While adequate information is needed in the text bar, make sure not to be overly descriptive so as not to overwhelm the infobox. If the bar's text takes up more than two lines, you should probably think about shortening it.
Designation incorporation
After colors, text, and callnames have been chosen, the designation is ready to be added to the template. You should probably ask someone at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Historic sites to do this for you, but if you feel up to it, you can dive into template code independently. Before editing anything, you may want to check out Help:Template.
The template is split up into three major code blocks:
- Template:Designation/text - the text
- Template:Designation/colour - the background colours
- Template:Designation/colour2 - the alternative colours for the bordered versions
 | Editing Template:Designation or any of its subpages without knowing what you're doing could result in the breaking of many articles. It is highly recommended that you seek help at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Historic sites before attempting to edit this template. |
To incorporate the designation's color into the template, find the appropriate scope-level (Global, national/regional, state/provincial, or local) section of the "color" block of code. The section is alphabetized according to scope. Nation's names are in alphabetical order, followed by states or provinces, followed by cities. Find the appropriate location in alphabetic order for your new designation and insert a new line. On this line, list the callname(s) selected for the designation, separated by vertical pipes ("|"). Be sure to add the callname(s) in all caps to remove case sensitivity; if a callname is not entered in all caps, it will not work. General practice is to not allow the callnames to exceed a certain point on a line to preserve readability, so if a designation passes the column of existing equal signs, it should be moved to a new line. At the end of the last line of callnames, add an equal sign and then the HEX value of the color chosen. In order for the wikisoftware to parse the color correctly, "& #35;" (without the space it renders a "#" sign) must be added to the front of the HEX color. Once this is done, repeat the procedure for the alternate colour template.
After the colors are added, you can simply copy/paste that entire line of code including all callnames down into the "text" block of code at the bottom of the template. Be sure to maintain the alphabetical order of the section by pasting into the same location in the text block that you pasted into the color block. After pasting, delete the HEX color and replace it with the text for the infobox bar. This text, as discussed above, should contain a link to the register's main list article. To change the text color of a link, a <span> element is used (See existing designations for examples).
After the colors and text have been added to the template, you are ready to save. Before clicking save, double check to see that nothing else other than what you added was changed (you can use the "Show changes" option if necessary) and save the page with the edit summary "Added _______ designation," inserting the name of the designation you just added.
After the color/text are added to the main template, you can either ask someone at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Historic sites to update the "Supported designations" page or update it yourself. To add your designation to the page, you'll have to find the correct scope-based subpage. If you want to add a global designation, append "/Global" to the end of the article name (i.e. Template:Designation/Supported designations/Global); for national/regional designations, it's /National; for state/provincial designations, it's /State; and for local/municipal designations, it's /Local. Once you've navigated to the correct subpage, simply click the edit button and add a new table row in the correct alphabetical order based on descending order of scope (So if you were adding New York State Landmarks, and Alabama/Ohio were already there, you would add New York between the two. If there was a Hong Kong landmark, it would be even before Alabama because "China" starts with C and "United States" starts with U). The simplest method of creating a new row is to copy/paste a pre-existing row and edit that. For more information on Wikipedia Tables, see Help:Table.
Don't change anything in the first column except the designation call. Change the former designation callname to one of your designation's callnames in both the "color" and "text" locations. The next cell is the scope of the designation. Scopes are generally in Country – State/province – City/municipality, etc. form, so for the New York State example, you would not just type "New York"; you would type "United States – New York" and for Hong Kong, you would type "China – Hong Kong." The next column is the approximate count of sites having that designation. No sources are needed on this list since the count will more than likely appear on the main article for that designation, a requirement to be supported by this infobox. The final cell is a list of all callnames that can be used to call that designation. You can copy and paste the callnames from the main template, but be sure to separate them by semicolons instead of leaving the vertical pipes, and make sure not to leave them in all caps. After you have added the new row, save the page with the same edit summary used when you updated the main template.