Help:Templates

cvillepedia has a few templates that are useful for formatting text and building infoboxes in this wiki. Other templates are used behind the scenes to organize the wiki and many are borrowed from Wikipedia. In this article, you will see code and examples for some of the popular templates.

Some templates have documentation.

Special text formatting

• {{highlight|text}} template does what you would expect
• {{tlp|template name}} lets you name and link a template with causing a mess
• {{fact}} indicates a citation is needed and displays
• {{age}} allows insertion of a date that will be updated dynamically

Templates that put up a message box on a page

• {{stub}}, See all stub articles
• {{deletion}}, See all articles proposed for deletion
• {{disambig}}, See all articles that are disambiguation pages
• {{protection}}
• {{merge}}, See all articles proposed for merger
• {{notice}}
• {{Election_results}} – A customizable template for election results

Infoboxes

Infoboxes are vertical boxes appearing at the top right side of the article listing facts about the subject in table form. Often includes an image.

Company Infobox

Charlottesville Tomorrow
Type	501(c)(3) Non Profit
Founded	June 16, 2005
Founder	Brian Wheeler
Headquarters	Charlottesville, VA
No. of locations	1
Key people	Brian Wheeler (Executive Director)
Industry	Information Services
Employees	2 full-time
Website	cvilletomorrow.org

Example: Charlottesville Tomorrow

Copy and paste the following code into the top of a COMPANY article and fill in the parameters with known values to generate an infobox.

{{Infobox Company
| company_name =
| logo = [[Image:]]
| type =
| foundation =
| founder =
| location_city =
| locations =
| area_served =
| industry =
| key_people =
| industry =
| num_employees =
| homepage =
}}

Neighborhood Infobox

Langford Farms
Albemarle County
County Area	Rural Area
District	Samuel Miller
Size	107 acres
No. Lots	About 45
Avg Lot Size	2.37 acres
Housing	SFD
Schools*
Elementary	Murray
Middle	Henley
High School	Western
Other Attributes
Water	Community Well
Sewer	Septic
Bus Route	No
Gated	No
Neighborhood Features
Located near the Ivy Exit for I-64
HOA	Langford Farms Homeowners Association
Contact	Dan Frakes, (434) 971-7571
*Confirm attendance boundaries for individual homes with school divisions

Example: Langford Farms

Copy and paste the following code into the top of a NEIGHBORHOOD article and fill in the parameters with known values to generate an infobox.

{{Infobox Neighborhood
| name =
| map-image =
| caption =
| location =
| county_area =
| political_district =
| acres =
| lots =
| avg_lot =
| housing_type =
| year_start =
| year_end =
| elementary =
| middle =
| high =
| water =
| sewer =
| bus =
| gated =
| feature1 =
| feature2 =
| feature3 =
| recreation1 =
| recreation2 =
| recreation3 =
| nature1 =
| nature2 =
| nature3 =
| HOA =
| HOA_Contact =
| website =
}}

Development Infobox

Rivanna Village
Albemarle County
County Area	Village of Rivanna
Location	Glenmore Way & Route 250 East
Type	NMD - Mixed Use
Lot Size	94.47 acres
Residential units	Up to 521
Non-Residential	Up to 125,000 sq.ft.
Development Firm	KG Associates
Developer Contact	Don Franco
Date Approved	June 13, 2007
Application #	ZMA200100008

Example: Rivanna Village

Copy and paste the following code into the top of a DEVELOPMENT article and fill in the parameters with known values to generate an infobox.

{{Infobox Development
| name =
| map-image =
| caption =
| location =
| county_area =
| location_road =
| development_type =
| acres =
| non_residential =
| units_residential =
| developer_company =
| developer_principal1 =
| year_rezoned =
| application =
| website =
}}

Infobox Officeholder

Use this for people who are in or have held a public office. Sally Thomas' page is an example of an article using this template.

See: {{infobox Officeholder}} for details.

Candidate Infobox

Example:

{{stub}}{{Infobox Candidate
| name =
| photo =
| caption =
| office1=
| district1 =
| party1 =
| election1 =
| term_start1 =
| term_end1 =
| preceded1 =
| succeeded1 =
| office2=
| district2 =
| term_start2 =
| term_end2 =
| preceded2 =
| succeeded2 =
| office3 =
| district3 =
| term_start3 =
| term_end3 =
| preceded3 =
| succeeded3 =
| birth_date =
| date_of_death =
| birth_place =
| place_of_death =
| spouse =
| children =
| residence =
| alma_mater =
| profession =
| religion =
| website =
| vpap =
| vpap_donations =
}}

See also

Templates on wikipedia