Template:Big Brother sidebar/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Big Brother sidebar.
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This is a meta-template used to generate the sidebar templates for various Big Brother articles.

Usage

With no current season or series

{{Big Brother sidebar|type=TYPE
| title = ''Big Brother''
| image = <!-- [[File:Example.png|frameless]] -->
| caption = <!-- caption -->
| channel1 =
| channel1 years =
| presenter1 = 
| presenter1 years =
| fpresenter1 = 
| fpresenter1 years =
| edition1 = 
| edition1 years = 
| show1 = 
| show1 years = 
| fshow1 = 
| fshow1 years = 
| previous = 
}}

where TYPE is corresponds to a sub-template name of the form template:Big Brother sidebar/TYPE.

With a current season or series

{{Big Brother sidebar|type=
| title = ''Big Brother''
| image = <!-- [[File:Example.png|frameless]] -->
| caption = <!-- caption -->
| channel1 =
| channel1 years =
| presenter1 = 
| presenter1 years =
| fpresenter1 = 
| fpresenter1 years =
| edition1 = 
| edition1 years = 
| show1 = 
| show1 years = 
| fshow1 = 
| fshow1 years = 
| previous = 
| current = <!-- season article -->
| current in the house =
* Housemate 1
| current out of the house =
* Housemate 2
}}

If there is a separate article with the list of current housemates, use |current housemates link=.

Parameters

Channels

The template currently supports listing up to three current/former channels

| channel1 =
| channel1 years =
| channel2 =
| channel2 years =
| channel3 =
| channel3 years =

Presenters

The template currently supports listing up to five current presenters

| presenter1 =
| presenter1 years =
| presenter2 =
| presenter2 years =
<!-- ... -->
| presenter5 =
| presenter5 years =

To add a heading to the first section of presenters, use

| presenter1 heading =

To add a heading before the third presenter, use

| presenter3 heading =

Former presenters

The template currently supports listing up to twenty former presenters

| fpresenter1 =
| fpresenter1 years =
| fpresenter2 =
| fpresenter2 years =
<!-- ... -->
| fpresenter20 =
| fpresenter20 years =

Editions

The template currently supports listing up to five editions

| edition1 =
| edition1 years =
| edition2 =
| edition2 years =
<!-- ... -->
| edition5 =
| edition5 years =

Shows

The template currently supports listing up to six shows

| show1 =
| show1 years =
| show2 =
| show2 years =
<!-- ... -->
| show6 =
| show6 years =

Former shows

The template currently supports listing up to twenty former shows

| fshow1 =
| fshow1 years =
| fshow2 =
| fshow2 years =
<!-- ... -->
| fshow20 =
| fshow20 years =

Previous seasons or series

To include a table summary of previous seasons or series, use

| previous =

The easiest way to create a new sub-template, for a new Big Brother series, is to start by the blank code provided above, and modifying it to match your needs. You can use one of the existing sub-templates as a guide. Currently, the following sub-templates have been created

Big Brother sidebar/doc