Module talk:Map

What boundaries are "recognized"?

First of all, this is a great idea. Secondly, what boundaries are we using in the case of disputes? Which countries are "recognized" by this template? It sounds silly, but could be a real concern in the case of India/Pakistan, Israel/Palestine, Abkhazia, Transnistria, Somalia, Ukraine/Russia, etc. It looks to me like "lines of actual control" are used in Kashmir, and that the West Bank appears but not Gaza. I think we should establish a consensus on this early to head off discussion and controversy. —Ganesha811 (talk) 12:50, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps there could be a different color or a way to notate disputed areas? Wikieditor662 (talk) 19:54, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That's a good point! But it's not unique to this template, is it? It applies to most of the maps on Wikipedia. Is there a consensus among them? It's a very good point to raise, and it highlights an advantage of the template: when the conflict ends, if the boundaries change, the template's design is updated, and the map for all articles using it is adjusted accordingly. AdrianManera (talk) 20:15, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Many Wikipedia maps are made ad hoc and there's no consistency between them. In general, we show widely recognized and used boundaries (using the Line of Control in Kashmir, not recognizing Russia's annexation of Eastern Ukraine, etc) but every map is different. The reason it's worth discussing here is because this template may become widely used or even close to standard on Wikipedia, so the issue needs to be sorted out. —Ganesha811 (talk) 20:17, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

API design

IMO it'd be better to have color1/countries1, color2/countries2, etc. For complex maps it would make it a lot easier to see what countries are what and update the colours.

It's also consistent with other templates such as {{Video game reviews}} which has rev1/rev1Score, rev2/rev2Score, etc. novov talk edits 22:41, 26 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Small countries

It would be useful to mark small countries on the map with circular dots, as the current world map SVG does for countries less than 20,000 square kilometres (7,700 sq mi) (see also c:File_talk:BlankMap-World.svg/Documentation). –LaundryPizza03 (d c̄) 06:23, 28 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]