Template:Infobox marching band/doc

{{Infobox marching band}} can be used for adding at-a-glance comparative information to articles about marching bands, both college and high school.

Usage

Full syntax

{{{name}}}
[[File:{{{image}}}|{{{image_size}}}|alt={{{alt}}}|upright=1]] {{{caption}}}
Nickname	{{{nickname}}}
School	{{{school}}}
Location	{{{location}}}
Conference	{{{conference}}}
Founded	{{{founded}}}
Director	{{{director}}}
Interim staff	{{{interim}}}
Associate Director	{{{associate director}}}
Assistant Director	{{{assistant director}}}
Members	{{{members}}}
Rehearsal space	{{{rehearsal}}}
Practise field	{{{practise field}}}
Fight song	"{{{fight song}}}"
Motto	{{{motto}}}
Uniform
[[File:{{{uniform}}}|frameless|upright=1.25|center]]
Website	{{{website}}}

{{Infobox marching band
| name               = 
| image              = <!-- or | logo = -->
| image_size         = <!-- or | logo_size = -->
| alt                = <!-- or | logo_alt = -->
| caption            = 
| nickname           = 
| school             = 
| location           = 
| conference         = 
| founded            = <!-- {{Start date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| director           = 
| interim            =
| associate director = <!-- or | associate directors = -->
| assistant director = <!-- or | assistant directors = -->
| members            = 
| rehearsal          = 
| practise field     = <!-- or | practice field = -->
| fight song         = 
| motto              = 
| uniform            = 
| website            = <!-- {{URL|example.edu}} or {{URL|1=example.edu}} if the url contains an equals sign -->
}}

Parameters

Parameter	Description
name	Name of the marching band. If left blank, the pagename will display.
image	Image or logo file name with no wikimarkup, e.g. Logo.png, size in pixels, e.g. 150px, alt text for visually impaired readers who cannot see it; see WP:ALT, and caption text which is displayed below the image; see WP:CAPTION.
image_size
alt
logo
logo_size
logo_alt
caption
nickname	The marching band's nickname.
school	The school for which the marching band primarily performs for and represents.
location	Location, could include address; separate lines with <br />. State/province abbreviations should never be used (never "MA" for "Massachusetts", "ON" for "Ontario", etc.). See Notes for location details.
conference	Name of athletic conference of the school.
founded	Date of founding. Add c. before any approximate dates. Use {{Start date and age}} where possible.
director	Director of the marching band. Do not use MOS:HONORIFIC, e.g. 'Dr.'.
interim	Interim staff.
associate director	Associate or assistant director(s) of the marching band.
associate directors
assistant director
assistant directors
members	Number of members.
rehearsal	Rehearsal location or practice field used by the marching band.
practise field
practice field
fight song	Fight song(s) of the marching band. Quotation marks are automatically added.
motto	The marching band's motto.
uniform	Image file name of uniform. File name should be free of wikimarkup, e.g. Uniform.png.
website	URL of the marching band's website. Use {{URL}}: {{URL|example.edu}}. Note that if the URL contains an equals sign, then it must be written as {{URL|1=example.edu}}.

Example

Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band
LSJUMB scattering at Big Game 2010 at California (Each section of the LSJUMB wears a different costume at the Big Game.)
School	Stanford University
Location	Stanford, California
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Founded	1963 (1963)
Director	Russell Gavin
Members	20-400 (depending on the day)
Fight song	"Come Join the Band" and "All Right Now"
Uniform
Website	lsjumb.stanford.edu

{{Infobox marching band
| name               = Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band
| image              = Lsjumb scattering.jpg
| image_size         = 270px
| alt                = Stanford Band scattering, 2010
| caption            = LSJUMB scattering at [[Big Game (American football)|Big Game]] 2010 at [[University of California, Berkeley|California]] (Each section of the LSJUMB wears a different costume at the Big Game.)
| school             = [[Stanford University]]
| location           = [[Stanford, California]]
| conference         = [[Pac-12 Conference]]
| founded            = {{Start date and age|1963}}
| director           = Russell Gavin
| members            = 20-400 (depending on the day)
| fight song         = ''[[Come Join the Band]]''" and "''[[All Right Now]]''
| uniform            = Ohio State Marching Band Uniform.png
| website            = {{URL|http://lsjumb.stanford.edu/}}
}}

Microformat

The HTML mark-up produced by this template includes an hCard microformat that makes an organization'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.

Subtemplates

• Use {{Start date and age}} for the date on which an organisation was "established", "founded", "opened" or otherwise started, unless that date is before 1583 CE.
• Use {{URL}} for an organisation's URL.

Please do not remove instances of these subtemplates.

Classes used

The HTML classes of this microformat include:

• adr
• agent
• category
• country-name
• extended-address
• fn
• geo
• label
• latitude
• locality
• longitude
• nickname
• note
• org
• region
• street-address
• url
• vcard

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

Tracking category

• Category:Pages using infobox marching band with unknown parameters (0)

See also

• {{Infobox musical artist}}