Template talk:Infobox subdivision type

"Category" parameter

What should this represent? It says "Broad group it falls into". I checked most first-level subdvisions of countries (Administrative regions of Greece, Emirates of the United Arab Emirates, Regions of France), and this shows either "Unitary" or "federal", and similar. At that level of the "pyramid", shouldn't that be whatever the name of the subdivision is? Or "unitary"/"federal" is correct? Howard the Duck (talk) 18:10, 1 June 2021 (UTC)

Shouldn't 'number_date' render as "since"

Shouldn't 'number_date' render as "since" rather than "as of"? The latter suggests that we lack current info. Nurg (talk) 03:16, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

Status

I'd like to suggest that the "Possible status" label is changed to "Optional status", as that is a better description for what the documentation says this parameter is for. This provides better contrast with "Possible type", as I think that types (if they exist) aren't optional. I think the intention of this template is that every subdivision should have one of the listed types (unless there are none), but a subdivision may or may not have one or more of the listed statuses. Is my understanding correct?  Dr Greg  talk  10:54, 10 August 2024 (UTC)

Thinking further about this, I also propose to simplify "Possible types" to "Types", providing even greater contrast.  Dr Greg  talk  12:20, 10 August 2024 (UTC)

native_name parameter missing

This template should have a native name parameter for subdivisions outside English-speaking countries. alt_name is not suited well for this because it produces the extra text "also known as". For now some pages use a hacky line break in the name field e.g. at States of Austria: name = States of Austria<br />{{native name|de|Österreichs Bundesländer}} Joe vom Titan (talk) 21:20, 26 April 2026 (UTC)

States of Austria Österreichs Bundesländer (German)
Burgenland Carinthia Lower Austria Upper Austria Salzburg Styria Tyrol Tyrol Vorarlberg Vienna
Category	Federated state
Location	Republic of Austria
Government	Provincial parliament
Subdivisions	Districts and statutory cities

The infobox for federal subjects of Russia is a good example of how to best format a native name:

Federal subjects Субъекты федерации (Russian)
Republics   Krais (territories)   Oblasts (regions)   Federal cities   Autonomous oblast (autonomous region)   Autonomous okrugs (autonomous areas with a substantial ethnic minority) Diagonal stripes indicate territory internationally recognized as parts of Ukraine.
Category	Federal semi-presidential constitutional republic
Location	Russian Federation
Created	31 March 1992 (de facto) 12 December 1993 (de jure)
Number	83
Populations	41,431 (Nenets Autonomous Okrug) – 13,010,112 (Moscow)
Areas	864 km2 (334 sq mi) (Sevastopol) – 3,103,200 km2 (1,198,200 sq mi) (Sakha Republic)
Government	Regional governments, federal government
Subdivisions	Districts

This is done with the line break hack too and by turning off bold. Instead the template should take care of the formatting. This could be achieved with native_name and native_name_language parameters.

Joe vom Titan (talk) 21:34, 26 April 2026 (UTC)