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@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+*nth_coord* parameter to axisartist helpers for fixed axis
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Helper APIs in `.axisartist` for generating a "fixed" axis on rectilinear axes
+(`.FixedAxisArtistHelperRectilinear`) no longer take a *nth_coord* parameter.
+That parameter is entirely inferred from the (required) *loc* parameter.
+
+For curvilinear axes, the *nth_coord* parameter remains supported (it affects
+the *ticks*, not the axis position itself), but it is now keyword-only.
@@ -120,8 +120,7 @@ def _to_xy(self, values, const):
 class _FixedAxisArtistHelperBase(_AxisArtistHelperBase):
     """Helper class for a fixed (in the axes coordinate) axis."""
 
-    @_api.delete_parameter("3.9", "nth_coord")
-    def __init__(self, loc, nth_coord=None):
+    def __init__(self, loc):
         """``nth_coord = 0``: x-axis; ``nth_coord = 1``: y-axis."""
         super().__init__(_api.check_getitem(
             {"bottom": 0, "top": 0, "left": 1, "right": 1}, loc=loc))
@@ -171,12 +170,7 @@ def get_line(self, axes):
 
 class FixedAxisArtistHelperRectilinear(_FixedAxisArtistHelperBase):
 
-    @_api.delete_parameter("3.9", "nth_coord")
-    def __init__(self, axes, loc, nth_coord=None):
-        """
-        nth_coord = along which coordinate value varies
-        in 2D, nth_coord = 0 ->  x axis, nth_coord = 1 -> y axis
-        """
+    def __init__(self, axes, loc):
         super().__init__(loc)
         self.axis = [axes.xaxis, axes.yaxis][self.nth_coord]
 
@@ -311,10 +305,9 @@ def __init__(self, axes):
         super().__init__()
         self.axes = axes
 
-    @_api.delete_parameter(
-        "3.9", "nth_coord", addendum="'nth_coord' is now inferred from 'loc'.")
     def new_fixed_axis(
-            self, loc, nth_coord=None, axis_direction=None, offset=None, axes=None):
+        self, loc, *, axis_direction=None, offset=None, axes=None
+    ):
         if axes is None:
             _api.warn_external(
                 "'new_fixed_axis' explicitly requires the axes keyword.")
 
@@ -316,9 +316,9 @@ def update_grid_finder(self, aux_trans=None, **kwargs):
         self.grid_finder.update(**kwargs)
         self._old_limits = None  # Force revalidation.
 
-    @_api.make_keyword_only("3.9", "nth_coord")
     def new_fixed_axis(
-            self, loc, nth_coord=None, axis_direction=None, offset=None, axes=None):
+        self, loc, *, axis_direction=None, offset=None, axes=None, nth_coord=None
+    ):
         if axes is None:
             axes = self.axes
         if axis_direction is None: