Thread:Lumbye/@comment-15636815-20140214203038/@comment-15636815-20140215000441

Well, what I wrote earlier is true; Template:Contractor and its documentation do not match. However, that's not the reason why it doesn't work in Infobox shop.

The current code for Infobox Shop is designed to ignore any input for parameter 'contractor'. No matter how much detail you provide, the template simply will not display it. Instead, it adds Category:OldShopTemplate to the calling page and moves on.

Before I go poking around with an established infobox, I need to find out why it ignores Contractor. Presumably, the community decided that Infobox Shop shouldn't show that information anymore. I need a history lesson to understand why. After that, we can decide whether we want to leave things as they are or re-open the discussion.