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class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>General design considerations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-General_design_considerations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Geographical_infoboxes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Geographical_infoboxes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5</span> <span>Geographical infoboxes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Geographical_infoboxes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Dynamic_templates" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Dynamic_templates"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6</span> <span>Dynamic templates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Dynamic_templates-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Requirement" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Requirement"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.7</span> <span>Requirement</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Requirement-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Implementations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Implementations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Implementations</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Implementations-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Implementations subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Implementations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Conditional_templates" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Conditional_templates"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Conditional templates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Conditional_templates-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Name-resolved_meta-templates" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Name-resolved_meta-templates"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Name-resolved meta-templates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Name-resolved_meta-templates-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Multi-part_infoboxes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Multi-part_infoboxes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Multi-part infoboxes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Multi-part_infoboxes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Interaction_between_multiple_templates" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Interaction_between_multiple_templates"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Interaction between multiple templates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Interaction_between_multiple_templates-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Using_infoboxes_in_articles" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Using_infoboxes_in_articles"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Using infoboxes in articles</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Using_infoboxes_in_articles-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Using infoboxes in articles subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Using_infoboxes_in_articles-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-References_in_infoboxes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References_in_infoboxes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>References in infoboxes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References_in_infoboxes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ethnicity_in_infoboxes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ethnicity_in_infoboxes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Ethnicity in infoboxes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ethnicity_in_infoboxes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Religion_in_infoboxes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Religion_in_infoboxes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>Religion in infoboxes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Religion_in_infoboxes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Nationality_and_citizenship_in_infoboxes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nationality_and_citizenship_in_infoboxes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4</span> <span>Nationality and citizenship in infoboxes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nationality_and_citizenship_in_infoboxes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Education_in_infoboxes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Education_in_infoboxes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.5</span> <span>Education in infoboxes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Education_in_infoboxes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Infoboxes_and_user_style" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Infoboxes_and_user_style"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Infoboxes and user style</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Infoboxes_and_user_style-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-See_also-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle See also subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-List_of_templates" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#List_of_templates"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>List of templates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-List_of_templates-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_infobox_information" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_infobox_information"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>Other infobox information</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_infobox_information-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_types_of_templates" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_types_of_templates"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3</span> <span>Other types of templates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_types_of_templates-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div 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الأسلوب/صناديق المعلومات" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D2%A0%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8B%D0%BF%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80" title="Википедия:Ҡалыптар/Карточкалар – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Википедия:Ҡалыптар/Карточкалар" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%8B%D1%8F:%D0%A8%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%8B/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BA%D1%96" title="Вікіпедыя:Шаблоны/Карткі – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Вікіпедыя:Шаблоны/Карткі" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viquip%C3%A8dia:Infotaules" title="Viquipèdia:Infotaules – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Viquipèdia:Infotaules" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ary mw-list-item"><a href="https://ary.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7:%D8%B5%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%82_%D8%AF_%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA" title="ويكيپيديا:صنادق د لمعلومات – Moroccan Arabic" lang="ary" hreflang="ary" data-title="ويكيپيديا:صنادق د لمعلومات" data-language-autonym="الدارجة" data-language-local-name="Moroccan Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>الدارجة</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://dsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedija:Infoka%C5%A1%C4%87ik" title="Wikipedija:Infokašćik – Lower Sorbian" lang="dsb" hreflang="dsb" data-title="Wikipedija:Infokašćik" data-language-autonym="Dolnoserbski" data-language-local-name="Lower Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dolnoserbski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B9%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B1:%CE%95%CE%B3%CF%87%CE%B5%CE%B9%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%BF_%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%81%CF%86%CE%AE%CF%82/%CE%A0%CE%BB%CE%B1%CE%AF%CF%83%CE%B9%CE%B1_%CF%80%CE%BB%CE%B7%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%86%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%B9%CF%8E%CE%BD" title="Βικιπαίδεια:Εγχειρίδιο μορφής/Πλαίσια πληροφοριών – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Βικιπαίδεια:Εγχειρίδιο μορφής/Πλαίσια πληροφοριών" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipedio:Informkestoj" title="Vikipedio:Informkestoj – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Vikipedio:Informkestoj" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%BE%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7:%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87/%D8%AC%D8%B9%D8%A8%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AA" title="ویکیپدیا:شیوهنامه/جعبههای اطلاعات – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ویکیپدیا:شیوهنامه/جعبههای اطلاعات" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicip%C3%A9id:Bosca%C3%AD_sonra%C3%AD" title="Vicipéid:Boscaí sonraí – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Vicipéid:Boscaí sonraí" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%B5%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%95%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%AA%E0%AB%80%E0%AA%A1%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%AF%E0%AA%BE:%E0%AA%AE%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%B9%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%A4%E0%AB%80%E0%AA%9A%E0%AB%8B%E0%AA%95%E0%AA%A0%E0%AB%81%E0%AA%82" title="વિકિપીડિયા:માહિતીચોકઠું – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="વિકિપીડિયા:માહિતીચોકઠું" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%84%ED%82%A4%EB%B0%B1%EA%B3%BC:%ED%8E%B8%EC%A7%91_%EC%A7%80%EC%B9%A8/%EC%A0%95%EB%B3%B4%EC%83%81%EC%9E%90" title="위키백과:편집 지침/정보상자 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="위키백과:편집 지침/정보상자" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8E%D5%AB%D6%84%D5%AB%D5%BA%D5%A5%D5%A4%D5%AB%D5%A1:%D5%8F%D5%A5%D5%B2%D5%A5%D5%AF%D5%A1%D6%84%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%BF%D5%A5%D6%80" title="Վիքիպեդիա:Տեղեկաքարտեր – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Վիքիպեդիա:Տեղեկաքարտեր" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a 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Examples include the <a href="/wiki/ISO_639" title="ISO 639">ISO 639</a> and similar codes in <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Infobox_language" title="Template:Infobox language">Infobox language</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> and most of the parameters in <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Chembox" title="Template:Chembox">Chembox</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>. </p><p>Using an infobox also makes its data available to third party re-users (such as <a href="/wiki/DBpedia" title="DBpedia">DBpedia</a>) in a <a href="/wiki/Granularity" title="Granularity">granular</a> and <a href="/wiki/Machine_readable_format" class="mw-redirect" title="Machine readable format">machine readable format</a>, often using <a href="/wiki/Microformat" title="Microformat">microformats</a>. Infoboxes can also present data imported from <a href="/wiki/Wikidata" title="Wikidata">Wikidata</a> (e.g., <a href="/wiki/Category:Infobox_templates_using_Wikidata" title="Category:Infobox templates using Wikidata">Category:Infobox templates using Wikidata</a>), although imported data <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikidata/2018_Infobox_RfC#Discussion" title="Wikipedia:Wikidata/2018 Infobox RfC">must comply with English Wikipedia policies</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Design_principles" data-mw-thread-id="h-Design_principles"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Design_principles"></span>Design principles<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Design_principles"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Infoboxes&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Design principles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><!--__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"headingLevel":2,"name":"h-","type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Design_principles","replies":["h-Style,_color_and_formatting-Design_principles","h-Images-Design_principles","h-Consistency_between_infoboxes-Design_principles","h-General_design_considerations-Design_principles","h-Geographical_infoboxes-Design_principles","h-Dynamic_templates-Design_principles","h-Requirement-Design_principles"]}}--></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1246091330"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1232484023">.mw-parser-output .help-box{background:#f5faff;line-height:1.6em}.mw-parser-output .help-box .sidebar-title{background:#cee0f2;font-size:130%;padding-left:0.4em;padding-right:0.4em;margin-bottom:6px}.mw-parser-output .help-box .sidebar-heading{background:#cee0f2;padding:0.1em 0.7em 0.15em}.mw-parser-output .help-box .sidebar-content,.mw-parser-output .help-box .sidebar-content-with-subgroup{padding-top:0.15em}@media all and (min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .help-box{width:auto;max-width:22em}}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .help-box{background:#0d1a27}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .help-box .sidebar-title,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .help-box .sidebar-heading{background:#082849}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .help-box{background-color:#0d1a27}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .help-box .sidebar-title,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .help-box .sidebar-heading{background:#082849}}</style><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1246091330"><table class="sidebar nomobile nowraplinks help-box noprint plainlist collapsible"><tbody><tr><th class="sidebar-title" style="font-size:100%;padding:0.5em;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Infoboxes" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Infoboxes">WikiProject Infoboxes</a></span></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <span style="position:relative; bottom:0.25em;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_infoboxes" title="Wikipedia:List of infoboxes">List of infoboxes</a></span></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="font-size:105%;"> Style and help</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Manual of Style/Infoboxes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Infobox" title="Help:Infobox">Help:Infobox</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="font-size:105%;"> Cleanup</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content-with-subgroup"> <table class="sidebar-subgroup"><tbody><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> Talk page</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Cleanup_infobox" title="Template:Cleanup infobox">Cleanup infobox</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:New_infobox" title="Template:New infobox">New infobox</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Infobox_requested" title="Template:Infobox requested">Infobox requested</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> Article</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Missing-taxobox" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Missing-taxobox">Missing-taxobox</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></li></ul></td> </tr></tbody></table></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="font-size:105%;"> Building</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Infobox" title="Template:Infobox">Infobox</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_infoboxes/Proposed" title="Wikipedia:List of infoboxes/Proposed">List of infoboxes/Proposed</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="font-size:105%;"> To do</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_articles_with_an_infobox_request" title="Category:Wikipedia articles with an infobox request">Add infobox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Pages_needing_an_infobox_conversion" title="Category:Pages needing an infobox conversion">Change template used</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_infobox_cleanup" title="Category:Wikipedia infobox cleanup">Cleanup contents</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Templates_suitable_for_conversion_to_use_Template:Infobox" title="Category:Templates suitable for conversion to use Template:Infobox">Convert to use {{Infobox}}</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:WikiProject_Infoboxes_sidebar" title="Template:WikiProject Infoboxes sidebar"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:WikiProject_Infoboxes_sidebar" title="Template talk:WikiProject Infoboxes sidebar"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:WikiProject_Infoboxes_sidebar" title="Special:EditPage/Template:WikiProject Infoboxes sidebar"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Style,_color_and_formatting" data-mw-thread-id="h-Style,_color_and_formatting-Design_principles"><span id="Style.2C_color_and_formatting"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Style,_color_and_formatting-Design_principles"></span>Style, color and formatting<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Style,_color_and_formatting-Design_principles"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Infoboxes&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Style, color and formatting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="MOS:INFOBOXSTYLE"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MOS:INFOBOXSTYLE&redirect=no">MOS:INFOBOXSTYLE</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>General consistency should be aimed for across articles using the same infobox. A good guideline is not to add extraneous style formatting over that in a default infobox without good reason. Infoboxes may tend towards greater abbreviation than that generally used in article bodies. The general guidelines <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NBSP" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NBSP">WP:NBSP</a> (use of non-breaking spaces), <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:MOSNUM" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:MOSNUM">WP:MOSNUM</a> (numbers and dates), and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COLOR" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COLOR">WP:COLOR</a> (use of color) are likely to be particularly relevant. As with <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Navigation_templates" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Navigation templates">navigation templates</a>, the purpose of infoboxes is to facilitate convenient access to specific information; they should not prioritize a decorative appearance. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Images" data-mw-thread-id="h-Images-Design_principles"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Images-Design_principles"></span>Images<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Images-Design_principles"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Infoboxes&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Images"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="MOS:IBI"></span><span id="MOS:INFOBOXIMAGE"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MOS:IBI&redirect=no">MOS:IBI</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MOS:INFOBOXIMAGE&redirect=no">MOS:INFOBOXIMAGE</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Image_use_policy#Displayed_image_size" title="Wikipedia:Image use policy">Wikipedia:Image use policy § Displayed image size</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Images#Images_for_the_lead" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Images">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Images § Images for the lead</a></div> <p>When adding an image to an infobox, thumbnails should NOT be used. Infobox templates should implement the <a href="/wiki/Module:InfoboxImage" title="Module:InfoboxImage">InfoboxImage</a> module to help with formatting of images so simply supplying the file name will work. For example, to use <a href="/wiki/File:Image_PlaceHolder.png" title="File:Image PlaceHolder.png">File:Image PlaceHolder.png</a>, you can simply use <code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|image=Image PlaceHolder.png</code>. Captions should be specified with the <code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|caption=</code> option. Every infobox is different and the documentation for the infobox in question should be consulted for the proper parameters to match the image and caption. If <a href="/wiki/Module:InfoboxImage" title="Module:InfoboxImage">InfoboxImage</a> is not yet fully implemented in the infobox you are using, the same <code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|alt=</code>, <code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|upright=</code>, <code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|title=</code>, etc., options may be called using <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Extended_image_syntax" title="Wikipedia:Extended image syntax">Extended image syntax</a>, calling <code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|frameless</code>, not <code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|thumb</code>. (You may wish to add a request to the infobox's talk page that the missing parameters be added.) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Consistency_between_infoboxes" data-mw-thread-id="h-Consistency_between_infoboxes-Design_principles"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Consistency_between_infoboxes-Design_principles"></span>Consistency between infoboxes<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Consistency_between_infoboxes-Design_principles"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Infoboxes&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Consistency between infoboxes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="MOS:INFOBOXNAME"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MOS:INFOBOXNAME&redirect=no">MOS:INFOBOXNAME</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>For consistency the following guidelines apply: </p> <ul><li>Before creating a new infobox template, check first to see whether a suitable infobox already exists.</li> <li>Name the template <b>[[Template:Infobox some subject]]</b> (<i>some subject</i> should be in the singular and capitalized as per normal usage—<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1033199720">.mw-parser-output div.crossreference{padding-left:0}</style><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><span role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable crossreference">see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_titles" title="Wikipedia:Article titles">Wikipedia:Article titles</a></span>, e.g., "Infobox settlement" or "Infobox NFL player").</li> <li>Use <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Infobox" title="Template:Infobox">infobox</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> template to create a new infobox.</li> <li>The template should have a large, bold title line. Either a table caption or a header can be used for this. It should be named the common name of the article's subject but may contain the full (official) name; this does not need to match the article's Wikipedia title, but falling back to use that (with <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:PAGENAMEBASE" title="Template:PAGENAMEBASE">PAGENAMEBASE</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>) is usually fine. It should not contain a link.</li> <li><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Parameters" class="extiw" title="meta:Help:Parameters">Parameters</a> in infoboxes should: <ul><li>be named, not numbered, to provide for future use.</li> <li>use lower-case unless they are proper nouns.</li> <li>be consistent between infoboxes. For example, <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Infobox_person" title="Template:Infobox person">Infobox person</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> uses <code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|birth_date=</code>, as do many other biographical infoboxes, so it would be confusing for a new biographical infobox to use, say <code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|date of birth=</code>, rather than reusing the existing parameter name.</li> <li>Use <a href="/wiki/Snake_case" title="Snake case">snake case</a> (e.g. <code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|birth_date=</code>). Not <a href="/wiki/Camel_case" title="Camel case">camel case</a> (e.g. <code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|birthDate=</code>) or <a href="/wiki/Letter_case#Title_Case" title="Letter case">title case</a> (e.g. <code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|BirthDate=</code>)</li> <li>represent spaces using an <a href="/wiki/Underscore" title="Underscore">underscore</a>, e.g. <code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|birth_place=</code> not <code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|birth-place=</code> or <code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|birth place=</code>.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:Diff/736659693#RfC:_Deprecate_named_coordinates-related_infobox_parameters" title="Special:Diff/736659693"> Infoboxes using geographical coordinates</a> should use <code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|coordinates=</code> as the parameter name, with the <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Coord" title="Template:Coord">coord</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> template in the parameter's value.</li> <li>If a parameter is not applicable, or no information is available, it should be left blank, and the template coded to selectively hide information or provide default values for parameters that are not defined.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Causes_of_inconsistency" data-mw-thread-id="h-Causes_of_inconsistency-Consistency_between_infoboxes"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Causes_of_inconsistency-Consistency_between_infoboxes"></span>Causes of inconsistency<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Causes_of_inconsistency-Consistency_between_infoboxes"></span></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Infoboxes&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Causes of inconsistency"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A number of factors can cause inconsistency in available summary information for a particular type of article: </p> <dl><dt>Design inconsistency</dt> <dd>Infoboxes, particularly infobox forks for the same category of articles, should maintain a consistent appearance with related infoboxes, particularly in relation to layout, colour and structure. For example, <a href="/wiki/Principle_of_least_astonishment" title="Principle of least astonishment">readers expect</a> a degree of similarity when viewing the article for <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a> vs <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>.</dd> <dt>Historical incompleteness</dt> <dd>Certain desired information may simply have been lost over time. For example, an infobox describing a modern bank may provide certain financial information that would be unavailable for a medieval one.</dd> <dt>Hierarchical inconsistency</dt> <dd>Infoboxes that indicate hierarchical relationships may have subtly different requirements depending on where in the hierarchy the subject of the article is located. For example, an infobox for corporations will be different between an article describing a parent company and indicating its subsidiaries and an article describing a subsidiary and indicating its parent.</dd> <dt>Feature inconsistency</dt> <dd>Items within a single set may have optional features that would commonly be listed in an infobox. For example, an infobox for an article about a university may include a motto; but not all universities have them.</dd> <dt>Lack of information</dt> <dd>Some items in infoboxes may not be readily available or not available at all, such as the producers of an album or film. In these cases it is better to provide available information while concealing fields for which information may not be available.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="General_design_considerations" data-mw-thread-id="h-General_design_considerations-Design_principles"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-General_design_considerations-Design_principles"></span>General design considerations<span data-mw-comment-end="h-General_design_considerations-Design_principles"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Infoboxes&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: General design considerations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The availability of optional fields does not mean that all fields should be made optional, nor that large numbers of rarely used fields should be added without regard for the layout and ease-of-use of the infobox template. In some cases, the markup for the field still needs to be downloaded even if it is not displayed. Creating overly long templates with a number of irrelevant fields is not recommended. </p><p>As you design an infobox template, consider the following questions: </p> <dl><dt>Is the field of value?</dt> <dd>How important is the field to the articles that will use the infobox? Is it summary information, or more extended detail that may be better placed within the body of an article?</dd> <dt>Will the field be relevant to many of the articles that will use the infobox?</dt> <dd>If the field is relevant to very few articles, it should probably not be included at all. Conversely, very common fields may be included – and made optional – even if they are not applicable to a few of the articles in question.</dd> <dt>How likely is the field to be empty?</dt> <dd>Any field that might reasonably be empty should probably be optional. However, a field that is usually empty may not be particularly useful or relevant.</dd> <dt>Can the field name be reused from elsewhere?</dt> <dd>For instance, if adding a field for the date on which the subject died, to a biographical infobox template, use <code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|death_date=</code> from <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Infobox_person" title="Template:Infobox person">Infobox person</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>, and not a similar name like <code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|date_of_death=</code> or <code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|died=</code>.</dd> <dt>Is it for people, places or organisations?</dt> <dd>If so, include an <a href="/wiki/HCard" title="HCard">hCard</a> microformat – see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Microformats" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Microformats">the microformat project</a></dd> <dt>Is it for a dated event?</dt> <dd>(Such as a record release, or sport fixture) If so, include an <a href="/wiki/HCalendar" title="HCalendar">hCalendar</a> microformat – see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Microformats" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Microformats">the microformat project</a></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Geographical_infoboxes" data-mw-thread-id="h-Geographical_infoboxes-Design_principles"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Geographical_infoboxes-Design_principles"></span>Geographical infoboxes<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Geographical_infoboxes-Design_principles"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Infoboxes&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Geographical infoboxes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="MOS:INFOBOXGEO"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MOS:INFOBOXGEO&redirect=no">MOS:INFOBOXGEO</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Infoboxes for geographical items (e.g. cities and countries) should generally be headed with the article title, although the formal version of a name (e.g. <i>Republic of Montenegro</i> at <a href="/wiki/Montenegro" title="Montenegro">Montenegro</a>) can be substituted. Where the article title is disambiguated, the plain name can head the infobox, as long as the topic is clear (e.g. <i>São Paulo</i> at <a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Paulo_(state)" title="São Paulo (state)">São Paulo (state)</a>). Alternative or native names can appear beneath this if beneficial. Extensive historic names are often better in a second infobox, as at <a href="/wiki/Augsburg" title="Augsburg">Augsburg</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dynamic_templates" data-mw-thread-id="h-Dynamic_templates-Design_principles"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Dynamic_templates-Design_principles"></span>Dynamic templates<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Dynamic_templates-Design_principles"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Infoboxes&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Dynamic templates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In theory, the fields in an infobox should be consistent across every article using it; in practice, however, this is rarely the case, for a number of reasons. Infobox templates should be designed to dynamically adapt themselves to the absence or presence of particular fields. </p><p>Like static infoboxes, they are designed to present summary information about an article's subject, such that similar subjects have a uniform look and in a common format. However, the template technique allows updates of style and of common text from a central place, the template page. </p><p>While there are several alternatives to dynamic infoboxes, such as using multiple (forked) templates or leaving fields blank, they should be avoided, for a number of reasons: </p> <dl><dt>Readers greatly outnumber editors</dt> <dd>The most important group to consider are the casual readers of Wikipedia, who will never do any significant editing. Infobox templates that contain many blank fields, question marks, or "Unknown"s present an unprofessional appearance.</dd> <dt>Article editors greatly outnumber template editors</dt> <dd>The average editor will merely use templates without making changes to them. To make things easier for them, we should aim to minimize the number of different templates they must be familiar with; creating multiple forks of templates is therefore undesirable.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Requirement" data-mw-thread-id="h-Requirement-Design_principles"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Requirement-Design_principles"></span>Requirement<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Requirement-Design_principles"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Infoboxes&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Requirement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Assess the requirement of a new infobox before designing one. A few points should be considered while initiating a new infobox: </p> <ol><li>Sufficient and appropriate distinct parameters</li> <li>Can't be addressed by the existing infoboxes</li> <li>Can't be addressed by creating a wrapper of existing infoboxes</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Implementations" data-mw-thread-id="h-Implementations"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Implementations"></span>Implementations<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Implementations"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Infoboxes&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Implementations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><!--__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"headingLevel":2,"name":"h-","type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Implementations","replies":["h-Conditional_templates-Implementations","h-Name-resolved_meta-templates-Implementations","h-Multi-part_infoboxes-Implementations"]}}--></div> <p>Basing a new infobox template on <a href="/wiki/Template:Infobox" title="Template:Infobox">Template:Infobox</a> allows the designer to concentrate on which fields to include. Functionality such as default styling and suppression of rows in an article that has no value for a particular field are taken care of automatically. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Conditional_templates" data-mw-thread-id="h-Conditional_templates-Implementations"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Conditional_templates-Implementations"></span>Conditional templates<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Conditional_templates-Implementations"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Infoboxes&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Conditional templates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:ParserFunctions" class="extiw" title="mw:Help:Extension:ParserFunctions">mw:Help:Extension:ParserFunctions</a></div> <p>Parser functions can be used to selectively show or hide particular content (such as table rows) within an infobox based on the value of one or more template parameters. </p><p>For example, a parameter may be designed to display only if another parameter exists. A simplistic test to display a caption only when an image is present could be: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-wikitext mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span>| caption = <span class="p">{{</span><span class="nf">#if</span><span class="p">:{{{</span><span class="nv">image</span><span class="p">|}}}|{{{</span><span class="nv">caption</span><span class="p">|}}}</span> <span class="p">}}</span> </pre></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Name-resolved_meta-templates" data-mw-thread-id="h-Name-resolved_meta-templates-Implementations"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Name-resolved_meta-templates-Implementations"></span>Name-resolved meta-templates<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Name-resolved_meta-templates-Implementations"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Infoboxes&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Name-resolved meta-templates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Several sub-templates (and independent templates) have a common name prefix. They are included in an infobox based on the value of a particular parameter, which acts as the name suffix. For example, we create <code>{{Infobox Ship/Military}}</code> and <code>{{Infobox Ship/Civilian}}</code> and use <code>{{Infobox Ship/{{{type}}}}}</code>. Using <code>|type=Military</code> in an article causes <code>{{Infobox Ship/Military}}</code> to be used. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Multi-part_infoboxes" data-mw-thread-id="h-Multi-part_infoboxes-Implementations"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Multi-part_infoboxes-Implementations"></span>Multi-part infoboxes<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Multi-part_infoboxes-Implementations"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Infoboxes&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Multi-part infoboxes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rather than having each field correspond to a parameter on one template, the infobox consists of an individual sub-template for each field; see, for example, <a href="/wiki/Template:Taxobox" title="Template:Taxobox">Template:Taxobox</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Interaction_between_multiple_templates" data-mw-thread-id="h-Interaction_between_multiple_templates"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Interaction_between_multiple_templates"></span>Interaction between multiple templates<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Interaction_between_multiple_templates"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Infoboxes&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Interaction between multiple templates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><!--__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"headingLevel":2,"name":"h-","type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Interaction_between_multiple_templates","replies":[]}}--></div> <p>Templates can be designed in a modular way, such that various combinations are possible. A combination may even appear on the page as a single infobox. </p><p>For example, if the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Saints" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Saints">WikiProject Saints</a> group wanted to design a template based on their static infobox, they could use <a href="/wiki/Template:Infobox_Biography" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Infobox Biography">Template:Infobox Biography</a>, and design a project-specific template with only additional information, and the pages would render both "stacked" together. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Using_infoboxes_in_articles" data-mw-thread-id="h-Using_infoboxes_in_articles"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Using_infoboxes_in_articles"></span>Using infoboxes in articles<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Using_infoboxes_in_articles"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Infoboxes&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Using infoboxes in articles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><!--__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"headingLevel":2,"name":"h-","type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Using_infoboxes_in_articles","replies":["h-References_in_infoboxes-Using_infoboxes_in_articles","h-Ethnicity_in_infoboxes-Using_infoboxes_in_articles","h-Religion_in_infoboxes-Using_infoboxes_in_articles","h-Nationality_and_citizenship_in_infoboxes-Using_infoboxes_in_articles","h-Education_in_infoboxes-Using_infoboxes_in_articles"]}}--></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="MOS:INFOBOXUSE"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MOS:INFOBOXUSE&redirect=no">MOS:INFOBOXUSE</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>The use of infoboxes is neither required nor prohibited for any article. Whether to include an infobox, which infobox to include, and which parts of the infobox to use, is determined through <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">discussion and consensus</a> among the editors at each individual article. </p><p>The meaning given to each infobox part should be the same across instances of that <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_infoboxes" title="Wikipedia:List of infoboxes">type of infobox</a>. For example, for a particular infobox type, if one of its fields is called "weight", it would be inappropriate to sometimes use this field to denote "weight at birth" and other times "weight at maturity". </p><p>Each infobox type should have documentation giving instruction on how each part/field may be used. </p><p>Like <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Navigation_templates" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Navigation templates">navigation templates</a>, infoboxes should generally not contain flag icons. For more information about flag icons, and exceptions to the general guideline, see <a href="/wiki/MOS:FLAG" class="mw-redirect" title="MOS:FLAG">MOS:FLAG</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References_in_infoboxes" data-mw-thread-id="h-References_in_infoboxes-Using_infoboxes_in_articles"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-References_in_infoboxes-Using_infoboxes_in_articles"></span>References in infoboxes<span data-mw-comment-end="h-References_in_infoboxes-Using_infoboxes_in_articles"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Infoboxes&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: References in infoboxes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="MOS:INFOBOXREF"></span><span id="MOS:INFOBOXCITE"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MOS:INFOBOXREF&redirect=no">MOS:INFOBOXREF</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MOS:INFOBOXCITE&redirect=no">MOS:INFOBOXCITE</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>References are acceptable in some cases, but generally not needed in infoboxes if the content is repeated (and cited) elsewhere or if the information is obvious. If the material needs a reference (see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:MINREF" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:MINREF">WP:MINREF</a> for guidelines) and the information does not also appear in the body of the article, the reference should be included in the infobox. But editors should first consider including the fact in the body of the article. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ethnicity_in_infoboxes" data-mw-thread-id="h-Ethnicity_in_infoboxes-Using_infoboxes_in_articles"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Ethnicity_in_infoboxes-Using_infoboxes_in_articles"></span>Ethnicity in infoboxes<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Ethnicity_in_infoboxes-Using_infoboxes_in_articles"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Infoboxes&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Ethnicity in infoboxes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="MOS:INFOBOXETH"></span><span id="MOS:INFOBOXETHNICITY"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MOS:INFOBOXETH&redirect=no">MOS:INFOBOXETH</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MOS:INFOBOXETHNICITY&redirect=no">MOS:INFOBOXETHNICITY</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>The Wikipedia community has decided at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(policy)/Archive_127#RfC:_Ethnicity_in_infoboxes" title="Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 127">this RfC</a> not to allow the use of an <code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|ethnicity=</code> parameter in biography infoboxes. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion_in_infoboxes" data-mw-thread-id="h-Religion_in_infoboxes-Using_infoboxes_in_articles"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Religion_in_infoboxes-Using_infoboxes_in_articles"></span>Religion in infoboxes<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Religion_in_infoboxes-Using_infoboxes_in_articles"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Infoboxes&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Religion in infoboxes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="MOS:INFOBOXREL"></span><span id="MOS:INFOBOXRELIGION"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MOS:INFOBOXREL&redirect=no">MOS:INFOBOXREL</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MOS:INFOBOXRELIGION&redirect=no">MOS:INFOBOXRELIGION</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>The Wikipedia community has decided at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(policy)/Archive_126#RfC:_Religion_in_biographical_infoboxes" title="Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 126">this RfC</a> not to allow the use of a <code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|religion=</code> parameter in general biography infoboxes. Such a parameter should only appear in infoboxes that pertain to classes of persons for whom religion is integral to their notability, e.g. <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Infobox_clergy" title="Template:Infobox clergy">Infobox clergy</a>}}</code>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nationality_and_citizenship_in_infoboxes" data-mw-thread-id="h-Nationality_and_citizenship_in_infoboxes-Using_infoboxes_in_articles"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Nationality_and_citizenship_in_infoboxes-Using_infoboxes_in_articles"></span>Nationality and citizenship in infoboxes<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Nationality_and_citizenship_in_infoboxes-Using_infoboxes_in_articles"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Infoboxes&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Nationality and citizenship in infoboxes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="MOS:INFONAT"></span><span id="MOS:INFOBOXNTLY"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MOS:INFONAT&redirect=no">MOS:INFONAT</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MOS:INFOBOXNTLY&redirect=no">MOS:INFOBOXNTLY</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>In biographies, a <code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|nationality=</code> field should not be used. This was previously available for <a href="/wiki/Nationality" title="Nationality">legal nationality</a>, but was often confused with <a href="/wiki/National_identity" title="National identity">national identity</a> or <a href="/wiki/Ethnicity" title="Ethnicity">ethnicity</a>. </p><p>A <code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|citizenship=</code> field can be used, with the following guidelines: </p> <ul><li>Omit when this can be inferred from the birth country (almost all cases) <ul><li>This includes countries both with and without <i><a href="/wiki/Jus_soli" title="Jus soli">jus soli</a></i> birthright citizenship. For example, we allow readers to assume that people born in Norway are citizens of Norway, and document known exceptions.</li> <li>This includes when citizenship changes due to sovereignty changes (e.g. when a colony attains independence) but is a group change that only depends on citizenship at birth.</li> <li>Make sure the birth country is visible (not just a link target) in the "birth_place" field, and that it is not anachronistic based on the birth date. For example: "<a href="/wiki/Kingston,_Jamaica" title="Kingston, Jamaica">Kingston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Jamaica" title="Colony of Jamaica">Colony of Jamaica</a>, British Empire" (the colonizing country typically sets citizenship rules). Per <a href="/wiki/MOS:USA" class="mw-redirect" title="MOS:USA">MOS:USA</a>, instead of "American", use "United States" or "U.S." or "US", not "USA".</li></ul></li> <li>Do not use for ethnicity or national identity.</li> <li>Citizenship or nationality can be noted if dual, naturalized, or an exception to the typical case.</li> <li>Be aware of <a href="/wiki/Citizenship" title="Citizenship">citizenship</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nationality_law" title="Nationality law">nationality laws</a> to avoid incorrect assumptions.</li> <li>Include an inline citation and use a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:RS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:RS">reliable source</a>, especially for biographies of living people.</li> <li>Use a country name (e.g. "Cuba") or legal category linked to an explanatory article (e.g. "<a href="/wiki/British_citizen" class="mw-redirect" title="British citizen">British citizen</a>"), not a demonym (e.g. "Cuban").</li> <li>If citizenship rights vary by territory, specify the territory, e.g. "<a href="/wiki/British_Overseas_Territories_citizen" title="British Overseas Territories citizen">British Overseas Territories citizen</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bermuda" title="Bermuda">Bermuda</a>)".</li> <li>Denote non-citizen national status by explicitly naming the legal status, e.g. "citizenship=<a href="/wiki/British_subject" title="British subject">British subject</a> (<a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay" title="Massachusetts Bay">Massachusetts Bay</a>)" or "citizenship=<a href="/wiki/United_States_national" class="mw-redirect" title="United States national">United States national</a> (<a href="/wiki/American_Samoa" title="American Samoa">American Samoa</a>)"</li> <li>Do not omit previous values, and add very brief context to explain how or when a given status was acquired. For example: <ul><li>"United States (by birthplace), Switzerland (from parents)"</li> <li>"Germany (birth-1945), United States (since 1945)"</li></ul></li> <li>In complicated cases, omit from the infobox and explain in the article body.</li></ul> <p>If needed to indicate legal nationality, use "national of" rather than "nationality", to avoid confusion with ethnicity. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Education_in_infoboxes" data-mw-thread-id="h-Education_in_infoboxes-Using_infoboxes_in_articles"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Education_in_infoboxes-Using_infoboxes_in_articles"></span>Education in infoboxes<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Education_in_infoboxes-Using_infoboxes_in_articles"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Infoboxes&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Education in infoboxes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="MOS:INFOEDU"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MOS:INFOEDU&redirect=no">MOS:INFOEDU</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>The <code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|alma mater=</code> parameter is a more concise alternative to (not addition to) the <code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|education=</code> parameter, and will often consist of the linked name of the last-attended institution of higher education (not secondary schools). It is usually not relevant to include either parameter for non-graduates, but article talk page consensus may conclude otherwise, as for <a href="/wiki/Bill_Gates" title="Bill Gates">Bill Gates</a>, who dropped out of Harvard to start Microsoft. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Infoboxes_and_user_style" data-mw-thread-id="h-Infoboxes_and_user_style"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Infoboxes_and_user_style"></span>Infoboxes and user style<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Infoboxes_and_user_style"></span></h2><!--__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"headingLevel":2,"name":"h-","type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Infoboxes_and_user_style","replies":[],"uneditableSection":true}}--></div> <p>Users can have <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_style" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:User style">user CSS</a> that hides any infoboxes in their own browsers. </p><p>To hide all infoboxes, add the following to <a href="/wiki/Special:MyPage/common.css" title="Special:MyPage/common.css">Special:MyPage/common.css</a> (for all <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Skin" title="Wikipedia:Skin">skins</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Special:MyPage/skin.css" title="Special:MyPage/skin.css">Special:MyPage/skin.css</a> for just the current skin), on a line by itself: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-css mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="nt">div</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nc">mw-parser-output</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nc">infobox</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">display</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">none</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span> </pre></div> <p>Alternatively, you can add the following code to <a href="/wiki/Special:MyPage/common.js" title="Special:MyPage/common.js">your common.js</a> or into a browser user script that is executed by an extension like <a href="/wiki/Greasemonkey" title="Greasemonkey">Greasemonkey</a>: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-js mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="nx">$</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'.infobox'</span><span class="p">).</span><span class="nx">hide</span><span class="p">();</span> </pre></div> <p>Be aware that although all information in an infobox ideally should also be found in the main body of an article, there isn't perfect compliance with this guideline. For example, the full taxonomic hierarchy in <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Taxobox" title="Template:Taxobox">Taxobox</a>}}</code>, and the OMIM and other medical database codes of <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Infobox_disease" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Infobox disease">Infobox disease</a>}}</code> are often not found in the main article content. The infobox is also often the location of the most significant, even only, image in an article. There is a userscript which removes infoboxes but moves the images contained to separate thumbnails: <a href="/wiki/User:Maddy_from_Celeste/disinfobox.js" title="User:Maddy from Celeste/disinfobox.js">User:Maddy from Celeste/disinfobox.js</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="See_also" data-mw-thread-id="h-See_also"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-See_also"></span>See also<span data-mw-comment-end="h-See_also"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Infoboxes&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><!--__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"headingLevel":2,"name":"h-","type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-See_also","replies":["h-List_of_templates-See_also","h-Other_infobox_information-See_also","h-Other_types_of_templates-See_also"]}}--></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="List_of_templates" data-mw-thread-id="h-List_of_templates-See_also"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-List_of_templates-See_also"></span>List of templates<span data-mw-comment-end="h-List_of_templates-See_also"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Infoboxes&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: List of templates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_infoboxes" title="Wikipedia:List of infoboxes">Wikipedia:List of infoboxes</a> – main listing</li> <li><span class="selfreference"><a href="/wiki/Special:PrefixIndex/Template:Infobox" title="Special:PrefixIndex/Template:Infobox">All pages with titles beginning with <i>Template:Infobox</i></a></span>, a freshly generated list of templates starting with "Infobox ..."</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_infobox_information" data-mw-thread-id="h-Other_infobox_information-See_also"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Other_infobox_information-See_also"></span>Other infobox information<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Other_infobox_information-See_also"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Infoboxes&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Other infobox information"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Help:Infobox" title="Help:Infobox">Help:Infobox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_index/Cleanup#Infobox_needed" title="Wikipedia:Template index/Cleanup">Wikipedia:Template index/Cleanup § Infobox needed</a></li> <li><span class="selfreference"><a href="/wiki/Special:PrefixIndex/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Infobox" title="Special:PrefixIndex/Wikipedia:WikiProject Infobox">All pages with titles beginning with <i>Wikipedia:WikiProject Infobox</i></a></span>, a freshly generated list of relevant <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject">WikiProjects</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Infoboxes" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Infoboxes">Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Infoboxes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Disinfoboxes" title="Wikipedia:Disinfoboxes">Wikipedia:Disinfoboxes</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Essays" title="Wikipedia:Essays">essay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Disinfoboxes:_a_refutation" title="Wikipedia:Disinfoboxes: a refutation">Wikipedia:Disinfoboxes: a refutation</a>, an essay</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Law_of_infobox_inclusion" title="Wikipedia:Law of infobox inclusion">Wikipedia:Law of infobox inclusion</a>, an essay</li> <li><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Infobox_Tutorial" class="extiw" title="wikidata:Wikidata:Infobox Tutorial">Wikidata:Wikidata:Infobox Tutorial</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_types_of_templates" data-mw-thread-id="h-Other_types_of_templates-See_also"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Other_types_of_templates-See_also"></span>Other types of templates<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Other_types_of_templates-See_also"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Infoboxes&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Other types of templates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Navigation_templates" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Navigation templates">Wikipedia:Navigation templates</a> – article footers designed to provide links to several related articles</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:MediaWiki_interface_messages" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:MediaWiki interface 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href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Simplified_Manual_of_Style" title="Wikipedia:Simplified Manual of Style">Overview</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Contents" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Contents">Contents</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Styletips" title="Wikipedia:Styletips">Tips</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_Manual_of_Style_(content)" title="Category:Wikipedia Manual of Style (content)">Content</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Accessibility" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility">Accessibility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Biography" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Biography">Biography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Disambiguation_pages" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Disambiguation pages">Disambiguation pages</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Organizing_disambiguation_pages_by_subject_area" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Organizing disambiguation pages by subject area">Organizing by subject area</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Gender_identity" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Gender identity">Gender identity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Hidden_text" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Hidden text">Hidden text</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Infoboxes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Linking" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking">Linking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Self-references_to_avoid" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Self-references to avoid">Self-references</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch">Words to watch</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_Manual_of_Style_(formatting)" title="Category:Wikipedia Manual of Style (formatting)">Formatting</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Abbreviations" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Abbreviations">Abbreviations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Capital_letters" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Capital letters">Capitalization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers">Dates and numbers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Pronunciation" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation">Pronunciation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Spelling" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Spelling">Spelling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Text_formatting" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Text formatting">Text formatting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Titles_of_works" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Titles of works">Titles of works</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_Manual_of_Style_(images)" title="Category:Wikipedia Manual of Style (images)">Images</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Captions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Captions">Captions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Image_use_policy#Adding_images_to_articles" title="Wikipedia:Image use policy">Image placement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Icons" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Icons">Icons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Images" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Images">Images</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_Manual_of_Style_(layout)" title="Category:Wikipedia Manual of Style (layout)">Layout</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Layout" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout">Layout</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lead_section" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section">Lead section</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Tables" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Tables">Tables</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Trivia_sections" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Trivia sections">Trivia sections</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_Manual_of_Style_(lists)" title="Category:Wikipedia Manual of Style (lists)">Lists</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lists" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists">Lists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lists_of_works" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists of works">Lists of works</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Road_junction_lists" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Road junction lists">Road junctions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Stand-alone_lists" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Stand-alone lists">Stand-alone lists</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%">By topic area</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_Manual_of_Style_(legal)" title="Category:Wikipedia Manual of Style (legal)">Legal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Legal" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Legal">Legal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Trademarks" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Trademarks">Trademarks</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_Manual_of_Style_(arts)" title="Category:Wikipedia Manual of Style (arts)">Arts</a></th><td 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