Template:Infobox Organization

[edit] Template documentation

This template employs intricate features of template syntax. You are encouraged to familiarise yourself with its setup and parser functions before editing the template. If your edit causes unexpected problems, please undo it quickly, as this template may appear on a large number of pages. Remember that you can conduct experiments, and should test all improvements, in either the general Template sandbox or your user space before changing anything here.

[edit] Purpose

{{Infobox Organization}} – An infobox for articles about organisations.

[edit] Usage

Copy a blank version to use. All fields must be lower case, and some are optional

{{Infobox Organization
|name         = 
|image        = 
|image_border = 
|size         = 
|caption      = 
|map          = (optional)
|msize        = (map size, optional, default 200px)
|mcaption     = (optional)
|abbreviation = 
|motto        = 
|formation    = (date of formation)
|extinction   = (date of extinction, optional)
|type         = (GO, NGO, IGO, INGO, etc)
|status       = (ad hoc, treaty, foundation, etc)
|purpose      = (focus as e.g. humanitarian, peacekeeping, etc)
|headquarters = 
|location     = 
|region_served =
|membership   = 
|language     = (official languages)
|leader_title = (position title for the leader of the org)
|leader_name  = (name of leader)
|main_organ   = (gral. assembly, board of directors, etc)
|parent_organization = (if one)
|affiliations = (if any)
|num_staff    = 
|num_volunteers =
|budget       = 
|website      = 
|remarks      =
}}

[edit] Verbiage and example

{{Infobox Organization
|name         = United Wikipedia Editors
|image        = Example.png
|image_border = 
|size         = 162px
|caption      = The logo of the union
|map          = World map.jpg
|msize        = 250px
|mcaption     = zone of influence
|abbreviation = UWE
|motto        = Edit and edit again
|formation    = 2010-02-31
|extinction   = n/a
|type         = INGO
|status = Association
|purpose      = Educational
|headquarters = Virtual Space
|location     = Around City
|region_served = Worldwide
|membership   = private persons
|language     = En and Wikipedian
|leader_title = Chairman of the Board
|leader_name  = Goodfellow Editorth
|main_organ   = Assembly
|parent organization = 
|affiliations = 
|num_staff    = 11
|num_volunteers = 100000
|budget       = 0000
|website      = [http://www.uwewikiwiwkwi.wi  UWE]
|remarks      = Non existing organization given as example
}}

[edit] Microformat

The HTML mark up produced by this template includes an hCard microformat, which makes the organisation's details parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue article across Wikipedia, or via a browser tool operated by a reader, to (for example) add the subject to an address book. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.

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