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Also the section headings are lost and therefore the ability to enable/disable display of that section

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For example with List of schools in Darling Downs, it was possible to know which schools were open/closed, primary/secondary and filter accordingly. Now those distinctions and that capability has disappeared.

Also, the map starts loading in Germany and with a spinning wheel. Can this be suppressed please.

Given that the GeoGroup template is used on very many articles, perhaps there is needs to be some discussion before changes are made. While they may suit some articles, they may not suit others and a conversation in advance to obtain consensus on what should be default and what optional etc. Thanks Kerry (talk) 02:37, 18 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Documentation is here on the German wiki. Google translate seems to give a clear translation, but I don't read German so I cannot be sure. -- Verbarson  talkedits 09:43, 18 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Please add a topic with your pain points here, you can write in English for sure. DB111 (talk) 09:40, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I have created a topic there listing all the points raised in this and the previous topic. -- Verbarson  talkedits 11:34, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Category recursion

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I just discovered this template on a List page and am hoping to incorporate it into other List articles for Wikipedia:WikiProject Hospitals. I read about the "level" parameter and tried to add it but it doesn't seem to be working for me. Specifically, I've added it to List of hospitals in Massachusetts, using article=Category:Hospitals in Massachusetts and setting level=0, which if I'm reading correctly is supposed to allow it to also pull from all levels of subcategories. Unfortunately, the map then only shows the lone hospital categorized at the top level, Nantucket Cottage Hospital, and is not pulling from sub-categories. I've also tried setting it to 1 and 3, with the exact same results. Can someone explain what I'm doing wrong? Thank you in advance! Mangocove (talk) 18:06, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The underlying interface to OSM has recently been extensively re-written, leading to the previous two topics. The author 'resides' on the German wikipedia, and has responded well to information about problems experienced here. All discussion with me was in English. I suggest you contact them on this linked talk page, and describe your concerns and expectations.
Ultimately, {{GeoGroup}} merely creates a URL, the important code is at osm4wiki.toolforge.org, and if it can no longer do what our parameters expect, we may have to remove those parameters. -- Verbarson  talkedits 18:54, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The subcategory feature has been disabled for years in this tool (for unclear performance reasons), but please ask Plenz to enable it again. In the meantime you could additionally include WikiMap to the template (example: https://wikimap.toolforge.org/?lang=en&page=Category:Hospitals_in_Massachusetts&subcats=true), but this tool lacks Section support. DB111 (talk) 10:02, 31 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support "position" parameter from {{side box}}

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I have been using this template on mountain range pages but often the side box ends up below the mountain infobox on the right side and not directly in the relevant section. Could this template add support for the "/position=left" parameter from {{Side box}} so I could have the box displayed directly below the table of mountains? RedWolf (talk) 20:05, 19 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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I'm getting a "403 Forbidden" error at, for example, https://kmlexport.toolforge.org/?article=Grange_Court

-- Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 17:20, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Andy, I also faced this issue. And I realized it is because I was trying to open the link in a new browser tab. Could you please try to open link in the current tab? I added section Template:GeoGroup#Troubleshoot in the documentation and also request to add a troubleshoot link in the template. Xiliuheshui · chat 06:56, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
If I click on the link in Grange Court it opens in a new tab by default.
I also get the error if I click on the direct link in my original post above, which also opens in a new tab by default. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:59, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
There is a gadget Open external links in a new tab or window (Preferences -> Gadgets), maybe you turned it on. Please turn off and try again. Xiliuheshui · chat 18:51, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template-protected edit request on 13 July 2025

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I was stuck because of the gadgets Open external links in a new tab or window, I think change Line 16 from 

* [https://tools.wmflabs.org/kmlexport?article={{#if:{{{article|}}}|{{urlencode:{{{articlee|{{{article}}}}}}}}|{{FULLPAGENAMEE}}}}{{#if:{{{section|}}}|&section={{urlencode:{{{section|}}}}}}}{{#if:{{{level|}}}|&l={{urlencode:{{{level|}}}}}}} KML]

to 

* [https://tools.wmflabs.org/kmlexport?article={{#if:{{{article|}}}|{{urlencode:{{{articlee|{{{article}}}}}}}}|{{FULLPAGENAMEE}}}}{{#if:{{{section|}}}|&section={{urlencode:{{{section|}}}}}}}{{#if:{{{level|}}}|&l={{urlencode:{{{level|}}}}}}} KML]<span style="font-size: 0.8em; float: right;">([[Template:GeoGroup#Troubleshoot|Troubleshoot]])</span>

would help other users who also face the issue. Demo: User:瑞丽江的河水/sandbox/1.

Xiliuheshui · chat 06:51, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]