Category:WPSHIPS: Template Ship parameter errors - Wikipedia
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Populated by {{Ship}} and individual ship-prefix templates like {{HMS}} when errors in a template's parameters are detected. These templates take the forms:
{{ship|<prefix>|<name>|<disambiguator>|<format control>}}{{HMS|<name>|<disambiguator>|<format control>}}
When errors are detected, the templates emit error messages in the forms:
where the help link links to this page.
The messages are:
- missing prefix –
{{ship}}only – this message is emitted when the|<prefix>positional parameter is present but empty AND|<format control>positional parameter is set to5or6OR when|up=yes - missing name – these templates require the ship's name in the
|<name>positional parameter - missing disambiguator – when the
|<format control>positional parameter is1,3, or5the template requires a value in |<disambiguator> - invalid control parameter: <detail> – this message emitted when the
|<format control>positional parameter holds a value that is not1,2,3,5, or6; the invalid control parameter is specified in the error message