Template:Infobox record label/doc

Usage

{{Infobox record label}} adds an infobox to the article page of a record label. The template's code should go at the top of the page, before the article lead section, but below disambiguation notices (see also WP:WAI).

Pre-filled sample

For simple use, you can directly cut-n-paste the sample code below (filling in the relevant fields, deleting the irrelevant fields, and leaving out with their self-documentation comments the fields you don't know or that can be used later):

{{Infobox record label <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music -->
| name = <!-- "label name" displayed in box title, defaults to page title -->
| image_name =  <!-- logo, such as "LABEL-LOGO.jpg" -->
| image_size = <!-- size -->
| image_bg = <!-- (background color for logo, should remain empty/white unless required) -->
| parent = <!-- parent company, such as "[[Warner Music Group]]" -->
| founded = <!-- year of foundation, such as "1950", unlinked -->
| founder = <!-- name of founders, separate with commas or BR -->
| status = <!-- leave blank unless "Inactive" or "Defunct" -->
| distributor = <!-- distributors, separate with commas or BR -->
| genre = <!-- such as "[[World music|World]]" or "Various", separate with commas or BR -->
| country = <!-- origin, such as "[[United States|U.S.]]" or "{{Flag|Turkey}}" -->
| location = <!-- headquarters city and state -->
| url = <!-- such as "[http://www.atlanticrecords.com/ Atlantic Records.com]" -->
}}

Empty sample

If you already know exactly what goes into each field, this version too can be cut-n-pasted directly into your article and filled on the spot, without having to delete the helper comments as you fill it:

{{Infobox record label <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music -->
| name = 
| image_name = 
| image_size =
| image_bg = 
| parent = 
| founded = 
| founder = 
| status = 
| distributor = 
| genre = 
| country = 
| location = 
| url = 
}}

Fields

All fields are currently optional (in that not filling them won't cause a display error), but it is recommanded to try and fill as much as possible within sourced informations, especially founded and country. An empty {{Infobox record label}} will generate only the blue heading with the name of the article.

name

(Defaults to article name.) Label name displayed in infobox title.

image

Label logo, such as LABEL-LOGO.jpg.

image_size

preferably between 100 pixels and 200 pixels wide, depending on its portrait or landscape orientation—default is 180px.

image_bg

(Defaults to "white".) Can be used to specify background color to display the image against. All CSS color specifiers may be used. However, it is generally recommended to leave it unspecified, so it will remain white as default.

parent

Parent company, such as [[Warner Music Group]].

founded

Foundation year, just 4 digits, such as "1950", using {{Start date}}

founder

Name of founders, separate with commas or <br /> .

status

Leave blank unless Inactive or Defunct.

distributor

Distributors, separate with commas or <br /> .

genre

Such as [[World music|World]] or Various, separate with commas or <br /> .

country

Origin, such as [[United States|U.S.]] or {{Flag|Turkey}}.

location

Headquarters city and state.

url

Specifies official site of record label. The link can be wiki-formatted to make the actual URL appear concise or qualified, for example:
[http://www.atlanticrecords.com/ Atlantic Records.com] (concise)
[http://www.kalan.com/english/scripts/ Kalan.com (English)] (qualified)

Additional field not provided by default:

bgcolor

(Deprecated, defaults to "LightBlue".) Background color for box title, not to be used unless justified need.

Example

Elektra Records
Parent company	Warner Music Group
Founded	1950 (1950)
Founder	Jac Holzman Paul Rickholt
Distributor(s)	Atlantic Records (in the U.S.) WEA (outside the U.S.)
Genre	Various
Country of origin	U.S.
Location	New York, New York
Official website	atlanticrecords.com

{{Infobox record label <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music -->
| name = Elektra Records
| image_name = Wikipedia-logo-en.png
| image_size = 100px
| parent = [[Warner Music Group]]
| founded = {{Start date|1950}}
| founder = [[Jac Holzman]]<br /> [[Paul Rickholt]]
| distributor = [[Atlantic Records]] (in the [[United States|U.S.]])<br
/> [[Warner Music Group|WEA]] (outside the [[United States|U.S.]])
| genre = Various
| country = [[United States|U.S.]]
| location = [[New York, New York]]
| url = [http://www.atlanticrecords.com/ atlanticrecords.com]
}}

The above template code example produces the infobox displayed at right.

• The actual logo is not displayed on this documentation page because of fair-use limitations (it can be used only to illustrate the article about it). A Wikipedia logo is used here to demonstrate logo use and placement.

• Notice in the distributor field how you can go to a new line for a sub-item by hiding the newline in the middle of the <br /> . Doing so is not required (the founder field doesn't use it), and neither version affects the output, but it can make the wikicode more readable and editable with long sub-items.

• Two fields have been deleted: image_bg (because the default white color is to be used here), and status (because the company is neither inactive nor defunct, and currently unlikely to require the field in the near future).

Categories

The template does not create any automatic categorization of the article. You have to add your article to the relevant categories. Suggested categories (and their subcategories) to investigate include:

• One from Category:Record labels by country
• One from Category:Record labels by parent
• One from Category:Record labels by year of establishment
• One or more from Category:Record labels by genre

Plus one or more possible special case such as:

• Category:Audiophile record labels
• Category:Defunct record labels
  • or if known Category:Record labels by year of disestablishment
• Category:Record label distributors
• Category:Reissue record labels

And possibly more from:

• Category:Record labels

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.

See also

• Template:Infobox record label(edit talk links history)
• Template:Infobox Album(edit talk links history)
• Template:Infobox Musical artist(edit talk links history)
  • for individual artists, bands or collectives
• WikiProject Music
  • WikiProject Musicians