Wikishire:Infoboxes

Infoboxes are a form of Template, which insert a box of basic information in the top right of the article, but more than that, they determines the Categories in which the article is placed.

The most frequent Infoboxes used by Wikishire are:

• {{Infobox county}}
• {{Infobox overseas}}
• {{Infobox town}}
• {{Infobox hill}}
• {{Infobox island}}

Also we have though:

• {{Infobox airport}}
• {{Infobox bridge}}
• {{Infobox castle}}
• {{Infobox cave}}
• {{Infobox church}}
• {{Infobox diocese}}
• {{Infobox flag}}
• {{Infobox heritage rail}}
• {{Infobox house}}
• {{Infobox island parish}}
• {{Infobox LT}} (for Landmark Trust properties)
• {{Infobox monastery}}
• {{Infobox NT}} (for National Trust properties)
• {{Infobox parish}}
• {{Infobox riding}}
• {{Infobox townland}}
• {{Infobox university}}
• {{Infobox waterfall}}

Fill the infobox with fields ("parameters") for the information to be included, but you do not need to complete all potential parameters, as long as "|county=" is completed. (For most infoboxes, including {{Infobox hill}} and {{Infobox waterfall}} it may take "|county 1=", "|county 2=", up to four counties.)

These infobox templates should have a "/doc" page attached to each to explain their use and the parameters they require (though at the time of writing not every /doc page has been done.

Examples

Infobox town

The Sedbergh article has:

{{Infobox town
|name=Sedbergh
|county=Yorkshire
|riding=West
|picture=Sedbergh.jpg
|picture caption=Sedbergh
|os grid ref=SD6592
|latitude=54.322
|longitude=-2.526
|population=2,705
|census year=2001
|post town=Sedbergh
|postcode=LA10 
|dialling code=015396
|LG district=South Lakeland
|constituency=Westmorland and Lonsdale
}}

Infobox hill

The Sgùrr Dearg article has:

{{infobox hill
|name=Sgùrr Dearg
|county=Inverness-shire
|island=Skye
|range=Cuillin
|picture=In_pinn.jpg
|picture caption=Sgùrr Dearg and the Inaccessible Pinnacle
|os grid ref=NG444215
|munro number=164
|height=3,235 feet
}}

Editing

If you feel moved to edit a template, beware that it will change every page on which the template appears. Most are delicately programmed so a careless edit will cause chaos across Wikishire.