Template:Infobox Holiday

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{{{holiday_name}}}
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{{Infobox Holiday}} Adds an infobox with brief data defining a particular holliday

Contents

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{{Infobox Holiday
|holiday_name  = required 
|type          = required
|longtype      = 
|image         =  
|caption       = 
|official_name = 
|nickname      = 
|observedby    = 
|begins        = 
|ends          = 
|date          = 
|date2007      = 
|celebrations  = 
|observances   = 
|relatedto     = 
}}

[edit] Parameters

[edit] Required

holiday_name
This is the most common holiday name, which appears at the top of the infobox. It should almost always be the name of the article.
type
The type of the holiday, for example national, judaism, islamic etc..
begins
required for multi-day holidays - This is the starting date for a multi-day holiday.
ends
required for multi-day holidays - This is the ending date for a multi-day holiday.
date
required for single-day holidays - This is the date of a single-day holiday.
date2007
highly recommended for holidays that don't stay on the same Gregorian date - This is the Gregorian date on which the holiday will occur in 2007. At the end of 2007, this will be replaced with date2008, which will later be replaced with date2009. Therefore, it's a good idea to specify the Gregorian date for a few future years.

[edit] Optional

observedby
highly recommended - These are the people who celebrate/observe the holiday (e.g. Muslims and Islam, United States of America, people worldwide)
longtype
This is a lengthier description of the type, for example if there are two types that could be defined, for example "Cultural, Historical, Islamic"
image
This should be an image that represents the holiday.
caption
This is a caption that describes the image.
official_name
This should contain the official name of the holiday if it is not the holiday_name; this can also be the name of the holiday in its original language
nickname
This should hold any nicknames, alternatives, and translations for the holiday_name or official_name
date2006, date2008
recommended for holidays that don't stay on the same Gregorian date - The template will display the previous and next year's dates along with that of the current year, if they are provided. Again, it's a good idea to provide dates for a few years further into the future as well.
celebrations
This contains the celebrations that occur on the holiday.
observances
This contains essentially the same thing as the celebrations attribute. However, the word observances is used. This may be more appropriate than celebrations when referring to prayer or more solemn observances. Most likely, you will not need both celebrations and observances.
relatedto
This contains holidays that relate to the current holiday.

[edit] Non-Standard

Using these value it cause the calendar to be placed into Category:Non-standard holiday infoboxes

color1
This is the background color for the holiday name cell.
color2
required, if a caption is set - This is the background color for the image caption.
color3
This is the background color for the cells that hold the information titles.

The type parameter have this relation:

Type (param "type") Color
islam LightGreen
judaism LightSkyBlue
buddhism PaleGoldenRod
christianity Lavender
asian festival RosyBrown
secular DarkGray
(inter)national MediumOrchid
historical/cultural LightSalmon
pagan DarkKhaki
commercial HotPink
hindu Orange
default LightSteelBlue

[edit] Example

Code Result
{{Infobox Holiday}}
{{{holiday_name}}}
{{Infobox Holiday|param}}
{{{holiday_name}}}