Template talk:Tcname unused

Usage

These templates are used to format tropical cyclone names, typically listed at the end of each season article. Formatting cues are used to differentiate between used, active, and unused names.

• {{tcname unused|<name>}}
• {{tcname active|<name>}}

The only unnamed parameter is the name of the cyclone. You may also leave the name out to get a simple description of the formatting cues.

Examples

Sample code	Output
{{tcname unused|Camille}}	Camille (unused)
{{tcname active|Katrina}}	Katrina (active)
{{tcname unused}}	gray
{{tcname active}}	bold+

Discussion

I created these templates because the older AHS season articles had unformatted name lists, and some of the newer ones had inconsistent formatting. I therefore went through all AHS articles and updated them to use the {{tcname unused}} template. The {{tcname active}} template is less important because generally only a small number of cyclones are active at once. — jdorje (talk) 20:13, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Accessibility

The greyed-out text in this template fails WP:COLOUR and should be darkened, or some other indicator used, for the reasons explained there. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 19:54, 2 December 2015 (UTC)

I've darkened it to #666666, which has a contrast ratio of 5.7, which passes AA level. Jolly Ω Janner 20:46, 2 December 2015 (UTC)