Template:Infobox Television episode/doc

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Optional parameters marked with "†".


“Midnight on the Firing Line”
Babylon 5 episode

Wikipedia's example image, on a white background
Episode no. Season 1
Episode 1
Written by J. Michael Straczynski
Directed by Richard Compton
Guest stars Paul Hampton
   (The Senator)
Production no. 103
Original airdate January 26, 1994 (1994-01-26)
Episode chronology
← Previous Next →
"Babylon 5: The Gathering" "Soul Hunter"
List of Babylon 5 episodes

Contents

[edit] Syntax

{{Infobox Television episode
| Title        =
| Series       =
| Image        = †
| Caption      =
| Season       =
| Episode      =
| Airdate      = {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}}
| Production   = †
| Writer       =
| Director     = †
| Music        =
| Photographer = †
| Guests       = †
| Episode list = †
| Prev         =
| Next         =
}}


[edit] Usage

Parameters in bold are required fields.

Parameter Explanation
Title The name of the episode.
Series The name of the TV series this episode is part of.
Image An image relevant to the show. Should be resized to a width of 300 pixels or below.
Caption A caption explaining the image.
Season The number of the season this episode is part of.
Episode The number of the episode within the season
Airdate The original airing date of the episode; use {{Start date}}
Production The production code or number of this episode.
Length The length of the episode in minutes.
Guests Guest stars of this episode. Separate multiple people with line breaks (<br/>).
Writer The writer(s) of this episode. Separate multiple people with line breaks (<br/>).
Director The director(s) of this episode. Separate multiple people with line breaks (<br/>).
Music The music of this episode. Separate multiple songs with line breaks (<br/>).
Photographer The director(s) of photography of this episode. Separate multiple people with line breaks (<br/>).
Episode list Wiki link to the "List of <showname> episodes" article.
Prev Wikilink to the previous episode article.
Next Wikilink to the next episode article.

[edit] Example

{{Infobox Television episode
| Title        = Midnight on the Firing Line
| Series       = [[Babylon 5]]
| Image        = [[Image:Midnight on the firing line 1.jpg|256px]]
| Caption      = Garibaldi and Ivanova, with Londo in the background
| Season       = 1
| Episode      = 1
| Airdate      = {{Start date|1994|01|26}}
| Production   = 103
| Writer       = [[J. Michael Straczynski]]
| Director     = [[Richard Compton]]
| Guests       = [[Paul Hampton]]<br/>   (The Senator)
| Episode list = [[List of Babylon 5 episodes]]
| Prev         = [[Babylon 5: The Gathering]]
| Next         = [[Soul Hunter (Babylon 5)|Soul Hunter]]
}}


[edit] Microformat

The HTML mark up produced by this template includes an hCalendar microformat, which makes the event details parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue article across Wikipedia, or via a browser tool operated by a person, to (for example) add the subject to a calendar or diary application. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.

Dates will only appear if you use {{Start date}} or {{End date}} (use the former for single dates).

hCalendar uses HTML classes including:

  • "dtend"
  • "dtstart"
  • "location"
  • "summary"
  • "vevent"