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The documentation says that this is for the number of doors, but that is stated separately in the body style. In practice, the parameter seems to be used for unconventional door mounts, see Bricklin SV-1DMC DeloreanMercedes-Benz 300 SL. 67.180.143.89 (talk) 23:03, 3 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I think the parameter should remain just number of doors rather than type of doors. It is rare that door types such as scissors, gullwing, pocket, suicide doors, etc. are used. That information would be better in the body of the article rather than the infobox. Bahooka (talk) 23:10, 3 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah that's my fault. A few years ago I started doing that, but looking back i'm not very happy with the result and have been thinking of just undoing all those edits. If anyone sees a reason for those to stay feel free to reply, but otherwise i'm just gonna go ahead and remove them all. In reality there isn't much use for the doors parameter at all and it should just remain out of use. TKOIII (talk) 17:43, 22 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The doors parameter information is still the same, i.e., number of doors rather than type of door. Number of doors is redundant because it is already included under body style, and I think many editors are using the parameter for door type (for example, McLaren Artura. At this point I don't have a preference of removing the doors parameter or changing the parameter to read type of door rather than number, but something needs to change so we're consistent and not redundant. Bahooka (talk) 15:09, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Last year, I proposed to add a new 'model_code' field. The proposal was met with a couple of support an without any objection. The details are in the archived discussion. Can anyone with edit access proceed with the addition? Thanks. Andra Febrian (talk) 09:55, 23 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Code added to Template:Infobox automobile/sandbox. Perhaps you could add a demonstration to Template:Infobox automobile/testcases so other editors can review? It would be good to get this sort of data onto Wikidata eventually - let me know if you'd like help with that. Is there a wikilink we can add to "Model code" which would explain the concept? — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 09:29, 24 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Made up code added to Test 1 — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 09:31, 24 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
AFAIK there's no article about a car model codes - there are only lists of model codes from certain manufacturers. Template:Infobox mobile phone has a 'codename' field (similar concept), without a link.
The testcase is okay to me. And since I'm new to this, should I gather other editors to review the change, or could it be implemented immediately? Thanks for your help. Andra Febrian (talk) 13:37, 24 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Could you add a short section to Car model that we can link to? Unless anyone objects we can implement this I think — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 13:50, 24 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I missed the original discussion, but I don't see an issue with this. That said, there should be some clarity in the template documentation as to how this is to be used (i.e. only for a code used for the specific vehicle in the article, and not the platform designation or anything else that encompasses other models). --Sable232 (talk) 15:43, 24 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Done Deployed. Please add documentation per Sable232 — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 15:58, 24 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Done Deployed. Please add documentation per Sable232 — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 15:58, 24 November 2023 (UTC)