Template:Infobox orchestra/doc

Anytown Philharmonic
Anytown Philharmonic
Orchestra
	The orchestra in 1976
Native name	Anytownische Philharmoniker
Short name	A.Phil
Former name	Anytown Players
Founded	1821
Disbanded	1977
Location	Anytown, Germany
Concert hall	Anytown Concert Hall
Website	Official website

Vienna Philharmonic
Vienna Philharmonic
Orchestra
Native name	Wiener Philharmoniker
Short name	V.Phil
Founded	1842
Concert hall	Musikverein
Principal conductor	John Doe
Website	Official website

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

This infobox is for orchestras. It was created after a discussion in Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Classical music in March 2013.

Usage

All fields are optional and should only be used as necessary.

Separate multiple values using {{Flatlist}} or {{Plainlist}}.

Locations: For "United States" and "United Kingdom", it is preferred that they be abbreviated "U.S." and "UK", but political subdivisions should never be (never "MA" for "Massachusetts", "ON" for "Ontario", etc.). See Notes^[1] for details.

Blank

{{Infobox orchestra
| name                = 
| type                = 
| native_name         = 
| native_name_lang    = 
| short_name          = 
| image               = 
| caption             = 
| alt                 = 
| former_name         = 
| founded             = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY}} -->
| disbanded           = <!-- {{End date|YYYY}} -->
| later_name          = 
| location            = 
| concert_hall        = 
| principal_conductor = 
| music_director      = 
| website             = <!-- {{oweb|example.com}} -->
| logo                = 
}}

Short version/example

Fields that belong in most usages:

{{Infobox orchestra
| name =
| type = 
| native_name = 
| native_name_lang = <!-- ISO 639-2 code e.g. "fr" for French. If more than one, use {{lang}} instead -->
| short_name = 
| image = 
| alt = 
| caption =
| founded = <!-- date (year only) founded. Use {{Start date|YYYY}}. -->
| disbanded = <!-- date disbanded, if defunct. {{End date|YYYY}}. -->
| concert_hall  = <!-- use for main hall -->
| principal_conductor  = 
| website  = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} -->
}}

Longer version/example

Examples with more of the fields used, some of which are inapplicable in any given article.

{{Infobox orchestra
| name                = Anytown Philharmonic
| type                = [[Orchestra]]
| native_name         = Anytownische Philharmoniker
| native_name_lang    = de
| short_name          = A.Phil
| image               = Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra performing Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 4 in Charlotte, North Carolina.jpg
| caption             = The orchestra in 1976
| alt                 = Orchestra, in evening dress, performing on a pine-panelled stage
| former_name         = Anytown Players
| founded             = {{Start date|1821}}
| disbanded           = {{End date|1977}}
| later_name          = <!-- only use for special cases -->
| location            = Anytown, Germany
| concert_hall        = Anytown Concert Hall
| website             = {{oweb|example.com}}
| logo                = No-image.svg
}}

{{Infobox orchestra
| name =
| native_name =  
| native_name_lang = <!-- ISO 639-2 code e.g. "fr" for French. If more than one, use {{lang}} instead -->
| short_name = <!-- abbreviated name or initialisation if commonly used -->
| image = 
| alt = 
| caption = 
| former_name = <!-- only use for special cases -->
| founded = <!-- date (year only) founded. Use {{Start date|YYYY}}. -->
| disbanded = <!-- date disbanded, if defunct. {{End date|YYYY}}. -->
| later_name = <!-- only use for special cases -->
| location = <!-- home city, only use if not in title -->
| concert_hall = <!-- use for main hall -->
| principal_conductor = 
| website = <!-- {{oweb|example.com}} -->
| logo = 
}}

Notes

↑ As per RfC "Naming countries in infoboxes": When identifying a location, city or region in the United States or United Kingdom, the preferred approach is to use the country abbreviations allowed by MOS:ACRO, such as "Portsmouth, New Hampshire, U.S." and "Cardiff, Wales, UK", rather than spelling out the full country name. Avoid using abbreviations for states or provinces in all nations. New Hampshire rather than NH, New South Wales rather than NSW, or British Columbia rather than BC (see MOS:POSTABBR). Cities such as New York City and London may be rendered as "New York City, U.S." and "London, UK" or simply "New York City" and "London". Also, these should not be linked when the context makes it clear (see MOS:OVERLINK). If only the country name is included, it may be written out in full.

Microformat

The HTML mark up produced by this template includes an hCard microformat, which makes the organisation's details parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue article across Wikipedia, or via a browser tool operated by a reader, to (for example) add the subject to an address book. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.

Sub-templates

If the organisation has an "established", "founded", "opened" or similar date, use {{Start date}} (unless the date is before 1583 CE).
If the organisation has a URL, use {{URL}}.
If the organisation has a "coordinates" field, use {{Coord}} to include a Geo microformat, which additionally makes the coordinates (latitude & longitude) parsable, so that they can be, say, looked up on a map, or downloaded to a GPS unit.

Please do not remove instances of these sub-templates.

Classes

hCard uses HTML classes including:

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.

[location-1] As per RfC "Naming countries in infoboxes": When identifying a location, city or region in the United States or United Kingdom, the preferred approach is to use the country abbreviations allowed by MOS:ACRO, such as "Portsmouth, New Hampshire, U.S." and "Cardiff, Wales, UK", rather than spelling out the full country name. Avoid using abbreviations for states or provinces in all nations. New Hampshire rather than NH, New South Wales rather than NSW, or British Columbia rather than BC (see MOS:POSTABBR). Cities such as New York City and London may be rendered as "New York City, U.S." and "London, UK" or simply "New York City" and "London". Also, these should not be linked when the context makes it clear (see MOS:OVERLINK). If only the country name is included, it may be written out in full.

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