Preface
[edit]KDB is the standard prefix for all vessels of the Royal Brunei Navy (RBN, Malay: Tentera Laut Diraja Brunei, TLDB), in the Sultanate of Brunei Darussalam. The KDB is abbreviated from the Malay-language Kapal Diraja Brunei, which translates to English as 'Royal Brunei Ship'. So KDB Berkat means in long-hand: Royal Brunei Ship Berkat. KDB is analogous to the British 'HMS', which means His Majesty's Ship (or Her Majesty's Ship, when the reigning monarch is a queen).
Usage
[edit]This template is a typing shortcut for wiki-linking to ship articles of the Royal Brunei Navy (RBN / TLDB) named in the format 'KDB Berkat (18)'. Since ship names are italicised in article text, and editors often don't want to include its pennant number (or sometimes want to omit its prefix), linking to them in the usual manner means typing everything twice, such as [[KDB Berkat (18)|KDB ''Berkat'']]. This template halves that to {{KDB|Berkat|18|6}}.
Basic usage
[edit]- {{KDB|Ship name}}
- {{KDB|Ship name|ID}}: the optional ID can be the hull number, pennant number or launch year as specified in the article title: [[KDB Ship name (ID)]]
- {{KDB|Ship name|ID|6}}: the last code (e.g., '6') sets the formatting of the blue wikilink label
- Examples
| template usage | equivalent wiki-code | final result |
|---|---|---|
{{KDB|Berkat|18}} |
[[KDB Berkat (18)|KDB ''Berkat'' (18)]] |
KDB Berkat (18) |
{{KDB|Raisonnable|1768}} |
[[KDB Raisonnable (1768)|KDB ''Raisonnable'' (1768)]] |
KDB Raisonnable (1768) |
{{KDB|Berkat}} |
[[KDB Berkat|KDB ''Berkat'']] |
KDB Berkat |
Last example could be used to link to ship index (disambiguation) page.
Format options parameter
[edit]A third, unnamed parameter |3= allows setting which pieces of text are displayed in the rendered wikilink. It sets the label in the link: [[targetpage|label]].
For example, the ship's article is entered as {{KDB|Berkat|18}}, by default showing as KDB Berkat (18).
But in your article, the pennant number (disambiguator) may not be needed to display. In that case, add |4=2, and the result is:
{{KDB|Berkat|18|2}}→ Berkat.[[KDB Berkat (R06)|''Berkat'']]
The options are:
| value | displayed | template example | equivalent wiki-code | rendered display |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| none | prefix, name, ID | {{KDB|Berkat|18}}
|
[[KDB Berkat (18)|KDB ''Berkat'' (18)]] | KDB Berkat (18) |
| 1 | ID | {{KDB|Berkat|18|1}}
|
[[KDB Berkat (18)|18]] | 18 |
| 2 | name | {{KDB|Berkat|18|2}}
|
[[KDB Berkat (18)|''Berkat'']] | Berkat |
| 3 | name, ID | {{KDB|Berkat|18|3}}
|
[[KDB Berkat (18)|''Berkat'' (18)]] | Berkat (18) |
| 4 | invalid | {{KDB|Berkat|18|4}}
|
— | Error: {{KDB}} invalid control parameter: 4 (help) |
| 5 | prefix, ID | {{KDB|Berkat|18|5}}
|
[[KDB Berkat (18)|KDB ''18'']] | KDB 18 |
| 6 | prefix, name | {{KDB|Berkat|18|6}}
|
[[KDB Berkat (18)|KDB ''Berkat'']] | KDB Berkat |
TemplataData
[edit]TemplateData for KDB
This is a typing shortcut for linking to Royal Brunei Navy ship articles named in the format 'KDB Berkat (18)' (that is, the initial letters KDB, the ship's name, and its pennant number). Since ship names are italicised in article text and editors often don't want to include the pennant number, linking to them in the usual manner means typing everything twice, such as [[KDB Berkat (18)|KDB ''Berkat'']]. This template halves that to {{KDB|Berkat|18|6}}. Note that this template cannot be used for ships which are not part of the Royal Brunei Navy.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ship name | 1 | This parameter gives the name of this ship.
| String | required |
| ID | 2 | This parameter gives the ship's hull number, pennant number, year of construction, or any other identifying information that will allow the ship to be distinguished from other ships of the same name.
| String | optional |
| 3 | 3 | This is an optional parameter which sets out in bits the way the editor would like to display the name of the ship within an article. If it is set to 1, the ship will be displayed only by its ID number (that is, but the entry given in parameter 2) without the prefix KDB and without the ship's name; if given as 2, it will give just the ship's name, in italics, without the KGB prefix nor the ID number; if given as 3, it will give the ship's name and its ID number, but not the KDB prefix; 4 is not a valid entry; if given as 5, it will give the KDB prefix and the ID number, but will drop the ship's name; if given as 6, it will give the prefix KDB and the ship's name but will drop the ID number. If left blank, the ship will be displayed as KDB plus the ship's name plus its ID number.
| Number | optional |
