Template talk:Infobox trail
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Rail Trail Enhancements? (And using infobox for bike trails)
[edit]While looking for a rail trail infobox I found this hiking trail infobox and with a little enhancement this infobox could be also be used for rail trails as well. Virtually all rail trails can serve as hiking trails anyway.
Addition optional rail fields could include: Grade (in percent), Surface (grass, stone dust, ballast, etc), Former right of way (railroad, canals, historical trails, etc. DCwom (talk) 17:55, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
- Any updates on this? This seems to be the only option still. It's inappropriate to use a "hiking trail" infobox for rail trails. Rail trails are multiuse trails. They are typically wide, flat, and smooth. More suited for bicycle traffic than hiking. I propose either a general "trail" infobox, or a separate inbobox for rail trails. —Fluous (talk) 20:25, 13 December 2014 (UTC)
- I used the Hiking trail infobox for Farlow Gap trail, which is primarily for mountain biking. Seems to be no problem with this. The parameters are general enough to use with other trail types such as rail trails, bike trails, etc. The only work-around is that one of the sections is called "Hiking details" so the entries have to be written in a way to note that the trail is not primarily for hiking.—LithiumFlash (talk) 04:18, 25 June 2017 (UTC)
option to show both map image and route diagram
[edit]I noticed the map option was shadowing the route option, so I added the route_and_map option to undo that. I don't know if that's the most intuitive name for this function, or indeed if this should simply be the default, so noting it here for possible further consideration. --Joy (talk) 21:39, 8 February 2026 (UTC)
Deprecation of parameters
[edit]As part of a larger effort to eliminate conflicting parameters, I will be refactoring multiple aspects of this template and deprecating a number of parameter aliases. This is also part of an effort to make things consistent across Infoboxes. As part of this cleanup, I am also going to fix parameter names that fail to conform to MOS:INFOBOXNAME. Note that this follows a long list of similar clean ups that I have done on countless other Infoboxes. The parameters I plan to replace are the following:
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Please chime in below with any questions, comments or concerns about this cleanup. Zackmann (Talk to me/What I been doing) 04:12, 4 September 2026 (UTC)