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Census ReqUpdate.php

James Cobban edited this page Jun 14, 2020 · 2 revisions

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This script is used to organize requests for a specific page of a specific census which is to be edited for a country and enumeration year. For federal states the page provides links to individual states or provinces within the nation.

Parameters (passed by method=get):

Name Description
Census 2 character country code plus 4 digit year. Default 'CA1881'.
lang user interface locale identifier (BCP 47). Default 'en'

The template file is selected in such a way as to support country-specific layouts. The general format is "CensusReqUpdate$cc$lang.html" where $cc is the ISO country code in upper-case and $lang is the BCP 47 locale identifier. If there is no country-specific template then the country code is replaced by "__". Examples include:

Template Name Interpretation
CensusReqUpdateCAen.html Censuses of Canada in English
CensusReqUpdate__en.html Censuses of another country in English
CensusReqUpdateCAfr.html Censuses of Canada in French
CensusReqUpdate__fr.html Censuses of another country in French

1851 Census of Canada Request Update

1880 Census of USA Request Update

Next: CensusForm.js

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