Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Infoboxes

Discussion at Talk:Martin O'Donnell

Hello. There's a discussion regarding the infobox changes on the Martin O'Donnell article over at Talk:Martin O'Donnell#Infobox discussion that may be of interest to project members. Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 05:40, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

Infobox broken for WHA amateur draft

The Template:Infobox ice hockey biography is suddenly showing redlinks for the year a player was chosen in the WHA amateur draft – if chosen in any of the 1973 through 1976 drafts. See Bob Neely (first overall 1973), Pat Price (ice hockey) (first overall 1974), Claude Larose (ice hockey, born 1955) (first overall 1975) and Blair Chapman (first overall 1976). The template is working for players drafted by the WHA in 1977, as seen at 1977 first overall pick Scott Campbell (ice hockey, born 1957). Jmg38 (talk) 21:24, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

Those years' WHA amateur draft articles have incorrect capitalization in their article names. Those should be located at e.g. 1973 WHA amateur draft instead of 1973 WHA Amateur Draft, and the template expects the correct capitalization. VanIsaac, GHTV ^cont_WpWS 01:15, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

Discussion at Template_talk:Infobox_musical_artist on changing the origin label to reduce ambiguity

I posted a proposal at Template_talk:Infobox_musical_artist to address recurring confusion over the origin parameter of Template:Infobox_musical_artist. The label is currently Origin, which for individual artists incorrectly suggests to many readers and even some editors that the parameter value represents the birthplace of the artist. Dotyoyo (talk) 08:07, 18 May 2024 (UTC)

Small changes to {{Infobox climbing route}}

It is easy for an ordinary editor to make small changes to infoboxes (or is that not advised)? I want to add 'first female free ascent' to {{Infobox climbing route}} - is that a big job to do, or is it something that I could do myself? thanks. Aszx5000 (talk) 13:29, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

@Aszx5000: Nope, it's pretty easy. Just click on the edit tab and take a look at how the information is organized in the template. You'll notice that there are a bunch of lines where you have "label" + # followed by "data" + # that contains all the pieces of information in the infobox. Just figure out where you want your new information to go and use that number, incrementing the numbers for all the following things. Before you save changes to the template, you need to add the parameter on an article with the template. Then use the "preview page with this template" option down below instead of the normal preview button so you can see if it works properly before you save the template changes. VanIsaac, GHTV ^cont_WpWS 16:50, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

Two people covered by one article

What is the proper infobox to use for an article about a creative duo (see Campana brothers)? Cheers, Cl3phact0 (talk) 11:09, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

It really depends on what they are known for. Figure out which infobox you would use as a module if it were the individual, and just use that template bare. VanIsaac, GHTV ^cont_WpWS 04:33, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

For example, Wright brothers just uses Infobox person, whereas The Righteous Brothers uses Infobox musical artist. However, I would say that it is premature to add an infobox to Campana brothers. Instead, I think editors should focus next on filling out the article with more research and biographical details, and adding a good WP:LEAD. -- Ssilvers (talk) 05:45, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

Thank you, Ssilvers, the Wright brothers article is an excellent example. I'll use this as the starting point (when the article is ready for an infobox, of course). Do you know if it is also possible to use Infobox person/Wikidata with this method? -- Cl3phact0 (talk) 07:30, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

Just getting started

Looking for advice. There are many articles for military electronics that share common types of information in the body. I’ve got ideas regarding what parameters should be included in an infobox. Looking at other infobox template /doc pages, I’ve also tried to list the parameters using standard naming, like “name” and “image”, etc… I looked for a spot to request the infobox be created, but I think it might be quicker to do most of the work myself. The advice I need; how do I get started? If you can help, or want to leave advice on a talk page, I’ve started to document some requirements here. Thanks! — TadgStirkland⁴⁰¹ (Tadg^Talk) 03:12, 27 July 2024 (UTC)

Frankly, just find an infobox that sort of looks like what you are going for and look at its code. Find "edit" or "view source" towards the top of the page to get a peek behind the curtains. If you understand the basics from help:template of what you are seeing, it should be pretty straightforward, and you should get a good idea of how an infobox works. I'd definitely also familiarize myself with help:conditional expressions, as they do a lot of work in most infoboxes, and can really throw you off if you don't know how to read them. VanIsaac, GHTV ^cont_WpWS 07:04, 27 July 2024 (UTC)

@Vanisaac, thank you so much for your advice! — TadgStirkland⁴⁰¹ (Tadg^Talk) 21:44, 29 July 2024 (UTC)

Are you sure there isn't an infobox that covers that type? Gonnym (talk) 22:20, 29 July 2024 (UTC)

I checked pretty thoroughly before I asked here. The closest I found was Infobox Radar, but that works for all radar systems and not any aviation (avionics) systems. — TadgStirkland⁴⁰¹ (Tadg^Talk) 00:18, 30 July 2024 (UTC)