Module talk:Political party/uses

This lists current uses of /shortname, /color, and /abbrev templates.

Infoboxes and templates

Template	shortname	color	abbrev	Via	Current code	New code	Notes
{{Infobox election}}	Yes			via {{Infobox election/shortname}}	{{#switch:{{{name|}}} |Other|other|={{{name|}}} |#default= {{#ifeq:{{{link}}}|no |{{{name}}} |{{#ifexist:Template:{{{name}}}/meta/shortname |[[{{{name}}}|{{Template: {{{name}}}/meta/shortname}}]] |{{{name}}} }} }} }}	{{#invoke:Political party|fetch|{{{name|}}}|shortname}}	Return the name given if no value
		Yes		{{Infobox election/row}}	{{#if: {{{color1|}}} | border-bottom: 6px solid #{{{color1}}} | {{#ifeq: {{{party_color}}} | no | | {{#if: {{{party1|}}} | {{#ifexist:Template:{{#invoke:delink|delink|wikilinks=target|1={{#invoke:string|replace|source={{{party1}}}|pattern=^(%[%[%s*[^%]%[]*%]%]).*$|replace=%1|plain=false}}}}/meta/color | border-bottom: 6px solid {{Template:{{#invoke:delink|delink|wikilinks=target|1={{#invoke:string|replace|source={{{party1}}}|pattern=^(%[%[%s*[^%]%[]*%]%]).*$|replace=%1|plain=false}}}}/meta/color}} }} }} }} }}"	{{#if: {{{color1|}}} | border-bottom: 6px solid #{{{color1}}} | {{#ifeq: {{{party_color}}} | no | | {{#if: {{{party1|}}} | {{#if: {{#invoke:Political party|fetch|{{#invoke:delink|delink|wikilinks=target|1={{#invoke:string|replace|source={{{party1}}}|pattern=^(%[%[%s*[^%]%[]*%]%]).*$|replace=%1|plain=false}}}}|color}} | border-bottom: 6px solid {{#invoke:Political party|fetch|{{#invoke:delink|delink|wikilinks=target|1={{#invoke:string|replace|source={{{party1}}}|pattern=^(%[%[%s*[^%]%[]*%]%]).*$|replace=%1|plain=false}}}}|color}}; }} }} }} }}"	No default value used.
{{Infobox legislative election}}	Yes			{{Infobox election/shortname}}	See above	See above
		Yes		via {{Infobox legislative election/row}}	{{#if: {{{colour|}}} | border-left: 4px solid {{{colour}}}; | {{#ifexist:Template:{{#invoke:delink|delink|wikilinks=target|1={{#invoke:string|replace|source={{{party}}}|pattern=^(%[%[%s*[^%]%[]*%]%]).*$|replace=%1|plain=false}}}}/meta/color | border-left: 4px solid {{ {{#invoke:delink|delink|wikilinks=target|1={{#invoke:string|replace|source={{{party}}}|pattern=^(%[%[%s*[^%]%[]*%]%]).*$|replace=%1|plain=false}}}}/meta/color}}; }} }}	{{#if: {{{colour|}}} | border-left: 4px solid {{{colour}}}; | {{#if {{#invoke:Political party|fetch|{{#invoke:delink|delink|wikilinks=target|1={{#invoke:string|replace|source={{{party}}}|pattern=^(%[%[%s*[^%]%[]*%]%]).*$|replace=%1|plain=false}}}}|color}} | border-left: 4px solid {{#invoke:Political party|fetch{{#invoke:delink|delink|wikilinks=target|1={{#invoke:string|replace|source={{{party}}}|pattern=^(%[%[%s*[^%]%[]*%]%]).*$|replace=%1|plain=false}}}}|color}}; }} }}	No default value used.
{{Compact election box}}	Yes				[[{{{winner_party|}}}|{{Template:{{{winner_party|}}}/meta/shortname}}]] [[{{{loser_party|}}}|{{Template:{{{loser_party|}}}/meta/shortname}}]]	[[{{{winner_party|}}}|{{#invoke:Political party|fetch|{{{winner_party|}}}|shortname}}]] [[{{{loser_party|}}}|{{#invoke:Political party|fetch|{{{loser_party|}}}|shortname}}]]
		Yes			style="background-color: {{Template:{{{winner_party|}}}/meta/color}}"	style="background-color: {{#invoke:Political party|fetch|{{{winner_party|}}}|color}}"	This produces (in both old and new) a blank background-color attribute if nothing is found.
			Yes		[[{{{swing_from|}}}|{{#ifexist: Template:{{{swing_from|}}}/meta/abbrev | {{Template:{{{swing_from|}}}/meta/abbrev}} | {{Template:{{{swing_from|}}}/meta/shortname}} }}]] to [[{{{swing_to|}}}|{{#ifexist: Template:{{{swing_to|}}}/meta/abbrev | {{Template:{{{swing_to|}}}/meta/abbrev}} | {{Template:{{{swing_to|}}}/meta/shortname}} }}]]	[[{{{swing_from|}}}|{{#invoke:Political party|fetch|{{{swing_from|}}}|abbrev}}]]	Uses fallback: abbr->shortname without full name. Current (/meta) code breaks as it has no fallback to input (full name).
{{Compact election box no change}}	Same as above
{{Election box candidate for alliance}}	Yes				[[{{{party}}}|{{Template:{{{party}}}/meta/shortname}}]] ([[{{{side}}}|{{Template:{{{side}}}/meta/shortname}}]]	[[{{{party}}}|{{#invoke:Political party|fetch|{{{party}}}|shortname}}]] ([[{{{side}}}|{{#invoke:Political party|fetch|{{{side}}}|shortname}}]]	New code provides name fallback.
		Yes			style="background-color: {{Template:{{{party}}}/meta/color}}"	style="background-color: {{#invoke:Political party|fetch|{{{party}}}|color}}"	No fallback for color.
{{Election box candidate no party link no change}}	Yes				{{Template:{{{party}}}/meta/shortname}}	{{#invoke:Political party|fetch|{{{party}}}|shortname}}	New code provides name fallback.
		Yes			style="background-color: {{Template:{{{party}}}/meta/color}};"	style="background-color: {{#invoke:Political party|fetch|{{{party}}}|color}};	No fallback for color.
{{Election box candidate with party link}}	Yes	Yes
{{Election box gain}}	Yes	Yes
{{Election box gain no swing}}	Yes	Yes
{{Election box gain with party link}}	Yes	Yes
{{Election box gain with party link no swing}}	Yes	Yes
{{Election box gain with party link no change}}	Yes	Yes
{{Election box gain with party link without swing}}	Yes	Yes
{{Election box gain with party link and percentage}}	Yes	Yes
{{Election box gain with party link and swing no change}}	Yes	Yes
{{Election box hold with party link}}	Yes	Yes
{{Election box hold with party link no change}}	Yes	Yes
{{Election box hold with party link no swing}}	Yes	Yes
{{Election box metadata}}	Yes	Yes		Not entirely sure what this is
{{Election box new seat win}}	Yes	Yes
{{Election box new boundary win}}	Yes	Yes
{{Election summary party}}	Yes	Yes
{{Election winner list with party link}}	Yes	Yes
{{Political party list}}	Yes	Yes
{{UKPP}}	Yes	Yes
{{Officeholder table}}	Yes	Yes	Yes

and lots more in Category:Election and referendum infobox templates.

Modules

Infobox/template	shortname	color	abbrev	Notes
Module:Election results		Yes

Other uses

color

• Used in wikitables such as 2021 Czech legislative election#Parties

Possible uses

Templates where it could be added

Infobox/template	Suggested addition	Notes
{{Infobox political party}}	color	Currently colorcode has to be entered manually. Could automatically look up a colorcode that matches the article title and override that with a manually entered one.