Portal Talk:Coal Issues

Fixing Maps - August/September 2012
The August 2012 upgrade of MediaWiki from version 1.15.x to 1.19.x caused several problems for maps produced with Display_Map and Display_Point 1. The syntax for the Display_Map and Display_Point command changed. There is no longer a pipe character after the initial colon character. 2. For Display_Point commands, there is no longer a semicolon at the end of the final location 3. The Display_Point command has a bug which interferes with footnotes. No Display_Point command can appear between any footnotes and the  or commands.

The old clickable US state maps no longer work. There are now the following templates:



The following (in rough order of priority) is a list of projects that need to be done to correct or move maps:

To Do

 * In the "(Country) and coal" pages, reposition any maps that use Display_Point. (Fewer than 10 pages -- most do not have the problem, but need to click through the list to make sure) (AC)

Completed

 * In the Existing coal plants pages, fix display_map commands. (AC - completed through K)(TN - completed Z)
 * All the Coal terminals pages need to be checked. If they use the Display_Point command, the maps may need to be repositioned (Up to 200 pages) (JF - completed)
 * Fix maps for:
 * Australia coal plants (BB)
 * Austria and coal (BB)
 * Belgium and coal (BB)
 * Botswana and coal (BB)
 * Brazil and coal (BB)
 * Bulgaria and coal (BB)
 * Burma and coal (BB)
 * Cambodia and coal (BB)
 * Canada and coal (BB)
 * Chile and coal (BB)
 * China and Coal (BB)
 * Colombia and coal (BB)
 * Czech Republic and coal (BB)
 * Europe and coal (BB)
 * France and coal (BB)
 * Germany and coal (BB)
 * Greece and coal (BB)
 * Guatemala and coal (BB)
 * India and coal (BB)
 * Indonesia and coal (BB)
 * Israel and coal (BB)
 * Italy and coal (BB)
 * Japan and coal (BB)
 * Kazakhstan and coal (BB)
 * Kenya and coal (BB)
 * Korea and coal (BB)
 * Kosovo and coal (BB)
 * Malaysia and coal (BB)
 * Mexico and coal (BB)
 * Mongolia and coal (BB)
 * Morocco and coal (BB)
 * Mozambique and coal (BB)
 * New Zealand and coal (BB)
 * Nigeria and coal (BB)
 * Norway and coal (BB)
 * Oman and coal (BB)
 * Pakistan and coal (BB)
 * Philippines and coal (BB)
 * Poland and coal (BB)
 * Romania and coal (BB)
 * Russia and coal (BB)
 * Serbia and coal (BB)
 * Slovakia and coal (BB)
 * Slovenia and coal (BB)
 * South Africa and coal (BB)
 * Korea and coal (BB)
 * Sri Lanka and coal (BB)
 * Tanzania and coal (BB)
 * Thailand and coal (BB)
 * Turkey and coal (BB)
 * Ukraine and coal (BB)
 * U.S. coal politics (BB)
 * United Kingdom and coal (BB)
 * Venezuela and coal (BB)
 * Vietnam and coal (BB)
 * Zimbabwe and coal (BB)


 * In the "(State) and coal" pages, reposition any maps that use Display_Point to a "Maps" section at the bottom. Also, replace the old USA map with the new one. (50 pages) (TN - completed)
 * In the "(State) and fracking" pages, replace the old USA map with the new one. (TN - COMPLETED)
 * Existing coal waste pages (327 pages) all appear to be in working order - no need to fix
 * In the Existing coal mines pages, fix display_map commands. (CS - COMPLETED)
 * In the Existing coal mines pages, replace current US map with (CS - COMPLETED)

Notes from 2008
Please add the issue of coal fires to this discussion. There are many natural and man-made coal fires burning out of control around the globe. These are a major source of CO2s. In China alone, the fires are estimated to produce as much CO2 as all the vehicles in North America. In the US, a Pennsylvanian town has been abandoned due to the fires burning under it. Awareness needs to be raised and finding a way to extinguish them should be a global priority. (CS: There is a Coal fires page.)

This site has considerable information: http://www.gi.alaska.edu/~prakash/coalfires/india.html

A bit more on coal fires: http://burycoal.com/blog/2010/02/10/coal-fires/

Here is a possible map that could provide a global interface: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:BlankMap-World.png

According to Wikipedia, this make can be used "for making country locator maps."

Here is a version with country borders drawn: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:BlankMap-World-Borders.png

Here is a more comprehensive treatment of Wikipedia blank maps: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Blank_maps#SVG_format_World_Maps

Here is the WikiProjects Maps page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Maps

Here is a page for "clickable maps": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_geographic_imagemaps

Here is a world map that lets you click to regions (US, Canada, Africa, etc.): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:World_image_map#United_States

Notes from 2010
BuryCoal

One group blog that may be of interest to people is BuryCoal.com. It is aiming to make the case for leaving coal underground, along with unconventional oil and gas. I would post a link myself but, as the editor of the site, I don't want to inappropriately promote it.

It is a group blog, and we are always looking for contributions. --Ilnyckyj 17:41, 16 March 2010 (UTC)