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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.

Page structure

A bot-seeded payphone page looks like this:

{{Payphone
| phone                 = 0436020131
| cab                   = 02624108X2
| id                    = 4
... (more bot-supplied params)
}}

== Description ==
<!-- Short description, history, anything worth recording. -->

== Location ==
<!-- Where is it? Nearby landmarks, street corners, accessibility. -->

== Gallery ==
<!-- Upload photos via Special:Upload then embed [[File:Foo.jpg|thumb]] -->

The template renders the static infobox (right rail) and a live Status section pulled from the game on every page view. The Description, Location, and Gallery sections are plain wikitext on the page itself — click any section's edit link to edit that section directly.

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`.

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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 == 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.
+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.
+== Page structure ==
+A bot-seeded payphone page looks like this:
+<pre>
+{{Payphone
+| phone                 = 0436020131
+| cab                   = 02624108X2
+| id                    = 4
+... (more bot-supplied params)
+}}
+== Description ==
+&lt;!-- Short description, history, anything worth recording. --&gt;
+== Location ==
+&lt;!-- Where is it? Nearby landmarks, street corners, accessibility. --&gt;
+== Gallery ==
+&lt;!-- Upload photos via Special:Upload then embed [[File:Foo.jpg|thumb]] --&gt;
+</pre>
+The template renders the static [[Template:Infobox/Payphone|infobox]] (right rail) and a live ''Status'' section pulled from the game on every page view. The '''Description''', '''Location''', and '''Gallery''' sections are plain wikitext on the page itself — click any section's edit link to edit that section directly.
 == Bot-populated parameters ==
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 |-
 | <code>wifi_hotspot</code>, <code>card_payment</code>, <code>incoming_calls</code>, <code>tty_hardware</code>, <code>adsl</code>, <code>fibre</code>, <code>lte</code> || Telstra-reported capabilities. Each is <code>yes</code>, <code>no</code>, or <code>unknown</code>.
-|}
-== Editor parameters ==
-Add these to a bot-seeded page to enrich it.
-{| class="wikitable"
-|-
-! Parameter !! Description !! Required?
-|-
-| <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
 |}

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