Template:Displacement/doc

Purpose

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