Wikipedia:WikiProject Musical Instruments/Templates/Infobox instrument/doc

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This is a documentation subpage for Wikipedia:WikiProject Musical Instruments/Templates/Infobox instrument (see that page for the wikipedia itself).
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original wikipedia page.

[edit] Code

{{Infobox instrument
| name           = {{subst:PAGENAME}}
| names          =
| image          = Replace this image butterfly.png
| image_capt     =
| color          = #FFEC8B
| classification =
| range          =
| related        =
| musicians      =
| builders       =
| articles       =
}}

[edit] Usage

This template, meant to be used on all musical instrument pages, takes the following parameters (bold parameters are required, others are optional):

  • {{{Name}}} – full name of the instrument - using WikiProject Musical Instruments/Templates/Infobox instrument/doc will set this field to the name of the article
  • {{{Names}}} – other name/names
  • {{{Image}}} – the filename of a photo of the instrument
  • {{{Image_capt}}} - a caption for the photo of the instrument
  • {{{Color}}} – a color scheme for the Infobox (default is the orange-yellow color "#FFEC8B")
  • {{{Classification}}} – the classification of the instrument (such as string, woodwind, etc.)
  • {{{Range}}} - the playing range of the instrument (an image is preferred; many are already created, see commons:Category:Instrument ranges)
  • {{{Related}}} - related musical instruments
  • {{{Musicians}}} - related musicians
  • {{{Builders}}} - related musical instrument makers
  • {{{Articles}}} - other articles which may be of interest

[edit] See also