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How to Use the Payphone Template

This page explains the {{Payphone}} template. Most payphone pages are bot-seeded — you'll only need this page if you're hand-editing or hand-creating a page.

Page title convention

Page titles use the Telstra cabinet ID, in the form Payphone:03524808X2. The bot also creates a redirect from Payphone:#1234 (the loadtalk numeric ID) so links from the game site keep working.

Bot-populated parameters

These come from the game API. Don't edit them — they'll be overwritten on the next resync run.

Parameter	Description
`phone`	Phone number you'd dial.
`cab`	Telstra cabinet ID — also the page title.
`id`	Internal loadtalk numeric ID. Used to embed the live status widget.
`address`, `state`, `postcode`	Postal address fields.
`lat`, `lng`	Coordinates.
`status`	`active` or `inoperable`.
`tty_messaging_enabled`	In-game flag — whether the Baudot message board is enabled at this phone.
`wifi_hotspot`, `card_payment`, `incoming_calls`, `tty_hardware`, `adsl`, `fibre`, `lte`	Telstra-reported capabilities. Each is `yes`, `no`, or `unknown`.

Editor parameters

Add these to a bot-seeded page to enrich it.

Parameter	Description	Required?
`description`	A short description of the payphone — context, history, anything worth recording.	No
`locationnotes`	Where the payphone is — landmarks, street corners, anything that helps a player find it.	No
`gallery`	One or more `[[File:…]]` tags. Upload via Special:Upload first.	No

Tips

The live "Status" section pulls owner / capture state from the game on every page view, with a 5-minute cache.
To add references, use standard MediaWiki <ref> tags and add <references /> at the bottom of the page.

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 ! Parameter !! Description !! Required?
 |-
-| <code>locationnotes</code> || Description of where the payphone is — landmarks, street corners, anything that helps a player find it. || No
+| <code>description</code> || A short description of the payphone — context, history, anything worth recording. || No
+|-
+| <code>locationnotes</code> || Where the payphone is — landmarks, street corners, anything that helps a player find it. || No
 |-
 | <code>gallery</code> || One or more <code><nowiki>[[File:…]]</nowiki></code> tags. Upload via [[Special:Upload]] first. || No
-|-
-| <code>notes</code> || Stories, history, anything else worth recording. || No
 |}

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