Template:Displacement
Revision as of 12:45, 17 August 2009 by Wikipedia>Haus (rm short ton option per WT:SHIPS)
Template documentationPurpose
To show displacement tonnage, whether expressed in terms of:
- metric tons/tonnes
- long tons
- unknown flavor of tons
in a consistent manner. The "first=yes" flag can be used to add the words "of displacement" suitable to introduce the concept the first time it is used in an article.
Usage
{{Displacement|number|unit|first=yes}}
Specify first=yes to create a verbose description suitable for the first occurrence on a page.
Examples
| Input | Displays as |
| {{Displacement|36,000|metric|first=yes}} | 36,000 metric tons of displacement |
| {{Displacement|36,000|long|first=yes}} | 36,000 long tons of displacement |
| {{Displacement|36,000|short|first=yes}} | 36,000 of displacement |
| {{Displacement|36,000|tonne|first=yes}} | 36,000 tonnes of displacement |
| {{Displacement|36,000|unknown|first=yes}} | 36,000 tons of displacement |
| {{Displacement|36,000|metric}} | 36,000 metric tons |
| {{Displacement|36,000|long}} | 36,000 long tons |
| {{Displacement|36,000|tonne}} | 36,000 tonnes |
| {{Displacement|36,000|unknown}} | 36,000 tons |
| {{Displacement|36,000|metric|first=loaded}} | 36,000 metric tons of loaded displacement |
| {{Displacement|36,000|long|first=standard}} | 36,000 long tons of standard displacement |
| {{Displacement|36,000|tonne|first=normal}} | 36,000 tonnes of normal displacement |