[uf-discuss] Geo deployed on Wikipedia.

[Costello, Roger L.]

> Firstly, the change has unfortunately had to be reverted, as it
caused
> problems for a script which uses the raw "wiki" text of the templates
it
> replaces. The technicalities are beyond me, but I hopeful that there
> will be an early resolution. This despite widespread appeals for
comment
> before the change was made!

That's a shame.

I have a question.  Here is the HTML that was being generated (before
being reverted):

... Belfast is situated at 
    <span class="plainlinksneverexpand">
        <a href="http://...?params=54.5833333333_N_5.93888888889_W_" 
             class="external text"   
             title="http://...?params=54.5833333333_N_5.93888888889_W_"

             rel="nofollow">
             <span title="Maps, ... data for 54°34′0″ N 5°56′20″
W">
                 <span style="white-space:nowrap">54°34′0″ N</span> 
                 <span style="white-space:nowrap">5°56′20″ W</span> 
                 <span class="geo" style="display:none">
                     (<span class="latitude">54.583333</span>, 
                      <span class="longitude">5.9388888</span>)   
                 </span>
             </span>
         </a>
    </span>.  A consequence of this latitude is ...

Question: why are there parentheses around the lat/lon values:

                 <span class="geo" style="display:none">
                     (<span class="latitude">54.583333</span>, 
                      <span class="longitude">5.9388888</span>)   
                 </span>

Since this information is not being displayed (style="display:none"), I
don't see any value for the parentheses (or for the comma).

/Roger