User:SOTO/Forum Archive/The Panopticon/@comment-5532276-20121230175132/@comment-24894325-20170529000445

Upon further consideration, the following rules are laid out for the use of the {{map}} template. The long and short of these rules is that the template should be used either in place of a non-existent Wikipedia link or in place of a lacking in-universe description of the location.

Main rules

1. The use of the template for locations from the real world is neither completely prohibited nor universally required.
2. If used, the template must be relegated to the "Behind the scenes" section, which should be created if need be.
3. The use of the template is encouraged when no Wikipedia page for the location exists. Example: Meadow Row.
4. In the presence of the {{wikipediainfo}}, the {{map}} template should not be used solely to provide the real-world location, i.e., without any relationship to the narrative. This would be a violation of T:NO RW.

Fine print

1. The use of the template is permissible if it illustrates some narratively significant information that relies on the familiarity with the real-world location, but the location is not sufficiently specified in the narrative. In this case, the scale parameter of the template should be chosen so as to best illustrate the narrative information.
2. Given a choice between a verbal in-universe explanation (perhaps, from a different story) and a real-world map provided by the template, the in-universe information should be given preference despite it being non-visual. For instance, there is sufficient in-universe evidence to place South Croydon in England and Aberdeen in Scotland, which makes a map illustrating their relationship redundant.
3. The wording of the heading used for the template is to be changed to "Location information". The explanatory text is to be similarly adapted.