Module:Russo-Ukrainian War detailed map: Difference between revisions
Rules for editing the map
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For quick reference, this module is transcluded on the following:
Icons available for use on map
Control: Ukraine Russia and allies (Donetsk People’s Republic & Luhansk People’s Republic)
Stable mixed control (same colours): Truce: Uncontrolled:
Rural presence:
Contested: Russia/Ukraine
Besieged one side:
Besieged: 2 nested circles: inner controls, outer sieges (or indicates strong enemy pressure):
Military base:
Strategic hill:
Oil/gas:
Airport/air base (plane):
Heliport/helicopter base:
Major port or naval base:
Industrial complex:
Border post: Dam:
Small icon within a larger icon: the situation in individual neighbourhood/district
Labels
Only towns & border posts can have blue visible wikilink labels. Whether a town has a blue visible wikilink label or not will depend on its size, importance and available space around it for the label to appear without obstructing other towns.
Contested icon
Definition
The purpose of the contested icon () is to show 2 groups of soldiers fighting over control of a town, and that there is a significant number of troops inside the city actively holding territory. We generally turn a town contested based on widespread clashes reports. Contested means we cannot say one specific side controls the town. There should be evidence that the enemy is inside the town, which is a necessary (but not sufficient) condition for making a town contested. Contested status is appropriate if the town in question is controlled partly by one party, and partly by another. For example, it could be that one party controls the outer neighborhoods, while the other party holds the city center.
Examples of cases where the contested icon should not be used
- Cases where there have been only small or sporadic clashes in a town, or clashes that stopped after some hours.
- A case where there were reports of ambushes on army checkpoints, but no seizure of territory inside the town.
- A case where the enemy reached city limits. Well, they still haven’t entered the city proper (which is the prerequisite for marking the city as “contested”) When the city really becomes contested, a bunch of news outlets will be reporting on it. Just because there is enemy at gates does not mean it is contested. The enemy needs to be making progress in the city.
- The evidence should be especially strong to turn a “stronghold” contested. A few clashes, especially on the periphery are not enough. There should be evidence that the enemy can do more than just hit & run attacks. In these cases, a semi-circle is often enough.
Cities
The larger the size of the town, the more evidence is needed to make it contested. This is even more so the case for cities. Large cities (such as province capitals) are almost never marked as contested. Instead we make image mini-maps for them or put small icons on them to represent neighborhoods that are contested or controlled by a specific party. In contrast, a simple clash report of a small unknown village can turn it contested.
For example, we would not mark as contested a city where a party still controls 95% of the city. Instead we mark specific enemy positions on the outskirts of the city until fighting in…
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