Template:Infobox magazine

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Usage

{{{title}}}

[[File:{{{logo}}}|{{{logo_size}}}]]
[[File:{{{image_file}}}|page={{{image_page}}}|{{{image_size}}}|alt={{{image_alt}}}]] {{{image_caption}}}
{{{editor_title}}}	{{{editor}}}
{{{editor_title2}}}	{{{editor2}}}
{{{editor_title3}}}	{{{editor3}}}
{{{editor_title4}}}	{{{editor4}}}
{{{editor_title5}}}	{{{editor5}}}
{{{editor_title6}}}	{{{editor6}}}
Former editors	{{{previous_editor}}}
Staff writers	{{{staff_writer}}}
Photographer	{{{photographer}}}
Categories	{{{category}}}
Frequency	{{{frequency}}}
Format	{{{format}}}
Circulation	{{{circulation}}}
Publisher	{{{publisher}}}
Paid circulation	{{{paid_circulation}}}
Unpaid circulation	{{{unpaid_circulation}}}
Total circulation ({{{circulation_year}}})	{{{total_circulation}}}
Founder	{{{founder}}}
Founded	{{{founded}}}
First issue	{{{firstdate}}}
Final issue Number	{{{finaldate}}} {{{finalnumber}}}
Company	{{{company}}}
Country	{{{country}}}
Based in	{{{based}}}
Language	{{{language}}}
Website	{{{website}}}
ISSN	{{{issn}}} (print) {{{eissn}}} (web)
OCLC	{{{oclc}}}

To use this template please add the following code to the top of the article.

Note: If you have no information for a certain parameter please just blank it rather than removing it so that other editors can see that it needs adding at a later stage

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" style="overflow:auto">

Infobox magazine

</syntaxhighlight>

If the magazine is defunct, include the finaldate and finalnumber parameters. If the magazine is still publishing, then these parameters should be omitted entirely:

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext"> | finaldate = | finalnumber = </syntaxhighlight>

If a breakdown into paid, unpaid and total circulation figures is desired, use the following lines instead of the circulation parameter:

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext"> | paid_circulation = | unpaid_circulation = | circulation_year = | total_circulation = </syntaxhighlight>

The company parameter should list the publishing company. The publisher parameter should be the named person who publishes the magazine.

The previous_editor parameter should include earlier, notable, editors. In particular, the founding editor (if different from current editor), to a reasonable maximum number.

If image_file is a .djvu and a particular page is desired, then use the image_page parameter:

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext"> | image_page = </syntaxhighlight>

If other editing positions are required (e.g. Senior Editor or Associate Editor), use the additional editor fields show below. <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext"> | editor2 = | editor_title2 = | editor3 = | editor_title3 = | editor4 = | editor_title4 = | editor5 = | editor_title5 = | editor6 = | editor_title6 = </syntaxhighlight>

Parameter explanations and examples

A list of each field, what it is for and an example entry. Required parameters are asterisked (*).

Parameter	Explanation	Example
title*	The name of the magazine.	The Wikipedian
logo	A logo relevant to the magazine.	Logo.png
logo_size	The size of the logo.	200px (Will default to 180px if no size is stated)
image_file	An image relevant to the magazine. (Usually the cover).	Image.png
image_size	The size of the image.	200px (Will default to 180px if no size is stated)
image_alt	A description of the image's visual appearance, suitable for someone who cannot see the image. See WP:ALT.	Mostly-assembled globe of puzzle pieces, each with a letter in a different script. The caption says "WikipediA: The Free Encyclopedia".
image_page	The desired page (for .djvu files).	7
image_caption	A description of the image.	The Wikipedian Issue 169, cover dated 31 November 1909
native_name	The name of the magazine in its native language and script
editor	The name of the editor of the magazine. (Must be used in conjunction with editor_title field)	[[John Smith]]
editor_title	The editor's job title. Editor, Editor-in-Chief etc.	Editor
editor2	The name of second editor.
editor_title2	The second editor's job title.
editor3	The name of third editor.
editor_title3	The third editor's job title.
previous_editor	Notable preceding Editors. (See Long Lists section below)	[[Jim Smith]]
staff_writer	Staff Writer(s). (Please break multiple lines with <br />) (See Long Lists section below)	[[Alan Smithee]]<br />[[Jane Smithee]]
photographer	Photographer(s). (Please break multiple lines with <br />) (See Long Lists section below)	[[Annie Smithee]]<br />[[Judy Smithee]]
category*	The subject group of the magazine, e.g., Sport, Nature, History. Use as many as necessary.	[[Science]], [[Sport]], [[History]]
frequency*	Monthly, weekly, daily, etc.	Monthly
format*	paper size	A4
circulation	Circulation figures. (If circulation breakdown required/available, leave this field blank and see fields lower down this table).	50,000
publisher	The person that publishes the magazine. (Do not put companies in this field. Use the company field below.)	[[John Smith]]
founder	The person that founded the magazine. (Do not put companies in this field. Use the company field below.)	[[John Smith]]
founded	The date the magazine company was founded.	{{start date|1998|3|13|df=y}}
firstdate*	The date of publication of the first issue of the magazine.	{{start date|1998|3|13|df=y}}
finaldate	The date of the final issue of the magazine. (Only use if the magazine has ceased publication)	31 April 1999
finalnumber	The edition number of the final issue. (Only use if the magazine has ceased publication)	Vol 77 No 88
company	The company that publishes the magazine.	[[The magazine publishing company]]
country*	Country of origin. e.g. United Kingdom	United Kingdom
based	The town/city that the magazine is based in.	[[Wiki Town]], [[Wikiville]]
language	The language the magazine is printed in.	English or, for language names unlikely to be familiar to readers, [[Xyzish language|Xyzish]]
website	The official website of the magazine.	{{URL|example.com}}
issn	The International Standard Serial Number of the magazine. If the magazine has both a print and electronic version with separate ISSNs, use issn and eissn.
oclc	the OCLC number of the magazine (automatically linked to http://WorldCat.org)
Circulation breakdown parameters
paid_circulation	The circulation of "paid for" copies of the magazine.
unpaid_circulation	The circulation of free copies of the magazine.
circulation_year	The year for which the total_circulation figure is provided
total_circulation	The total circulation of the magazine.

Long lists

Where long lists of names are required and may cause excessive lengthening of the Infobox, please use the {{hidden}} template. An example usage is shown below.

| staff_writer = {{hidden|ta1=left|Staff writers| Tim Edwards<br />Graham Smith<br />Tony Ellis<br />Craig Pearson<br />Tom Francis<br />Richard Cobbett<br />Jim Rossignol<br />John Walker<br />Alec Meer<br />Matt Avery<br />Chris Buxton<br />Michael Gapper<br />[[Kieron Gillen]]<br />Mike Channell<br />Tim Stone<br />Adam Oxford<br />Quintin Smith<br />[[Duncan Harris]]<br />Drew Northcott<br />David Lyttleton }}

Circulation data

Periodical circulation data is collected by independent auditing organizations. Basic circulation totals are often available free of charge via the web:

Alliance for Audited Media

Total Circ

BPA Worldwide

Media Stats

Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK)

Print, Digital and Event Figures

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Infobox magazine in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Infobox magazine

<templatedata> { "description": "Infobox for magazines.", "params": { "italic title": { "label": "DO NOT ADD ANYTHING HERE", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "This is automatically filled by the template. Do not touch this." }, "title": { "label": "Title", "description": "Name of the magazine.", "type": "string", "required": true }, "logo": { "label": "Logo", "type": "wiki-file-name", "required": false, "suggested": true }, "logo_size": { "label": "Logo size", "description": "The size of the logo image.", "type": "number", "required": false }, "image_size": { "label": "Image size", "type": "number", "required": false }, "image_file": { "label": "Image", "type": "wiki-file-name", "required": false, "description": "An image relevant to the magazine. Usually the cover.", "suggested": true }, "image_alt": { "label": "Image alt text", "type": "content", "required": false, "description": "A description of the image's visual appearance, suitable for someone who cannot see the image.", "example": "Mostly-assembled globe of puzzle pieces, each with a letter in a different script. The caption says \"WikipediA: The Free Encyclopedia\"." }, "image_page": { "label": "Page of image?", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "The desired page (for .djvu files).", "example": "7" }, "image_caption": { "label": "Image caption", "type": "content", "required": false, "aliases": [ "caption" ], "example": "The Wikipedian Issue 169, cover dated 31 November 1909", "suggested": true }, "editor_title": { "label": "Editor title", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "The editor's job title.", "example": "Editor-in-Chief" }, "editor": { "label": "Editor", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "The name of the editor of the magazine. Must be used in conjunction with the \"Editor title\" field.", "example": "John Smith", "suggested": true }, "editor_title2": { "label": "Editor 2's title", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "The second editor's job title." }, "editor2": { "label": "Editor 2", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "The name of the second editor." }, "editor_title3": { "label": "Editor 3's title", "type": "string", "required": false }, "editor3": { "label": "Editor 3", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "I think you see where this is going." }, "editor_title4": { "label": "Editor 4's title", "type": "string", "required": false }, "editor4": { "label": "Editor 4", "type": "string", "required": false }, "editor_title5": { "label": "Editor 5's title", "type": "string", "required": false }, "editor5": { "label": "Editor 5", "type": "string", "required": false }, "editor_title6": { "label": "Editor 6's title", "type": "string", "required": false }, "editor6": { "label": "Editor 6", "type": "string", "required": false }, "previous_editor": { "label": "Former editor(s)", "type": "content", "required": false, "description": "Notable preceding editor(s)." }, "staff_writer": { "label": "Staff writer(s)", "type": "content", "required": false }, "photographer": { "label": "Photographer(s)", "type": "content", "required": false }, "category": { "label": "Categories", "type": "content", "required": true, "description": "The subject group of the magazine, e.g., Sport, Nature, History. Use as many as necessary.", "example": "Science, Sport, History" }, "frequency": { "label": "Frequency", "type": "string", "required": true, "description": "Frequency of the magazine. Monthly, weekly, daily, etc." }, "format": { "label": "Format", "type": "string", "description": "Paper size.", "example": "A4" }, "circulation": { "label": "Circulation", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "Circulation figures. If circulation breakdown available, leave this field blank and see fields lower down.", "example": "50,000" }, "publisher": { "label": "Publisher", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "The person that publishes the magazine. Do not put companies in this field." }, "paid_circulation": { "label": "Paid circulation", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "The circulation of \"paid for\" copies of the magazine." }, "unpaid_circulation": { "label": "Unpaid circulation", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "The circulation of free copies of the magazine." }, "circulation_year": { "label": "Circulation year", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "The year for which the \"Total circulation\" figure is provided." }, "total_circulation": { "label": "Total circulation", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "The total circulation of the magazine." }, "founder": { "label": "Founder", "type": "string", "required": false, "aliases": [ "creator" ], "description": "The person that founded the magazine. Do not put companies in this field." }, "founded": { "label": "Founded", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "The date the magazine company was founded.", "example": "13 March 1998 (1998-03-13)", "suggested": true }, "firstdate": { "label": "First issue", "type": "string", "required": true, "description": "The date of publication of the first issue of the magazine.", "example": "13 March 1998 (1998-03-13)" }, "finalnumber": { "label": "Final issue number", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "The edition number of the final issue.", "example": "Vol 77 No 88" }, "finaldate": { "label": "Final issue", "type": "string", "required": false, "aliases": [ "lastdate" ], "description": "The date of the final issue of the magazine.", "example": "31 April 1999" }, "company": { "label": "Company", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "The company that publishes the magazine.", "suggested": true }, "country": { "label": "Country", "type": "string", "required": true, "description": "Country of origin.", "example": "United Kingdom" }, "based": { "label": "Based in", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "The town/city that the magazine is based in.", "example": "Los Angeles, California, United States", "suggested": true }, "language": { "label": "Language", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "The language the magazine is printed in.", "example": "English", "suggested": true }, "website": { "label": "Website", "type": "url", "required": false, "description": "The official website of the magazine." }, "issn": { "label": "ISSN", "type": "string", "required": false, "aliases": [ "ISSN" ], "description": "The International Standard Serial Number of the magazine. If the magazine has both a print and electronic version with separate ISSNs, use parameters \"ISSN\" and \"eISSN\"." }, "eissn": { "label": "eISSN", "type": "string", "required": false, "aliases": [ "eISSN" ] }, "oclc": { "label": "OCLC", "type": "string", "required": false, "aliases": [ "OCLC" ], "description": "The OCLC number of the magazine (automatically linked to http://WorldCat.org)." } }, "paramOrder": [ "italic title", "title", "logo", "logo_size", "image_file", "image_size", "image_alt", "image_page", "image_caption", "editor", "editor_title", "editor2", "editor_title2", "editor3", "editor_title3", "editor4", "editor_title4", "editor5", "editor_title5", "editor6", "editor_title6", "previous_editor", "staff_writer", "photographer", "category", "frequency", "format", "circulation", "publisher", "founder", "founded", "firstdate", "finaldate", "finalnumber", "company", "country", "based", "language", "website", "issn", "eissn", "oclc", "paid_circulation", "unpaid_circulation", "circulation_year", "total_circulation" ], "format": "block" } </templatedata>

Microformat

The HTML mark-up produced by this template includes an hProduct microformat that makes a product's details readily parsable by computer programs. This aids tasks such as the cataloguing of articles and maintenance of databases. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please visit the Microformat WikiProject.

If the product has a URL, use {{URL}} to include it.

Classes used

The HTML classes of this microformat include:

• brand
• category
• description
• fn
• hproduct
• identifier
• listing
• photo
• price
• review
• type
• url
• value

Please do not rename or remove these classes
nor collapse nested elements which use them.

Tracking category

• Category:Pages using infobox magazine with unsupported parameters (0)

See also

• {{Infobox journal}}
• {{Infobox newspaper}}

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Infobox magazine/doc. (edit | history)
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