Template:Infobox Australian electorate
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Usage
Copy and paste one of the following for use in articles. If not sure what to put in them, look at the Fields section below.
For federal divisions
{{Infobox Australian electorate
| federal = yes
| name =
| image =
| image_upright =
| image_alt =
| caption =
| created =
| mp =
| mp-party =
| namesake =
| electors =
| electors_year =
| electors_footnotes =
| area =
| class =
| stategov =
| territorygov =
| coordinates = <!-- {{coord|LAT|S|LON|E|display=inline,title}} -->
| near-n =
| near-ne =
| near-e =
| near-se =
| near-s =
| near-sw =
| near-w =
| near-nw =
| footnotes =
}}
For state lower house districts
{{Infobox Australian electorate
| name =
| state =
| image =
| image_upright =
| image_alt =
| caption =
| created =
| mp =
| mp-party =
| namesake =
| electors =
| electors_year =
| electors_footnotes =
| area =
| class =
| fedgov =
| coordinates = <!-- {{coord|LAT|S|LON|E|display=inline,title}} -->
| near-n =
| near-ne =
| near-e =
| near-se =
| near-s =
| near-sw =
| near-w =
| near-nw =
| footnotes =
}}
For state upper house divisions or provinces
{{Infobox Australian electorate
| upper = yes
| name =
| state =
| image =
| image_upright =
| image_alt =
| caption =
| created =
| mp =
| mp-party =
| namesake =
| electors =
| electors_year =
| electors_footnotes =
| area =
| class =
| fedgov =
| stategov =
| coordinates = <!-- {{coord|LAT|S|LON|E|display=inline,title}} -->
| near-n =
| near-ne =
| near-e =
| near-se =
| near-s =
| near-sw =
| near-w =
| near-nw =
| footnotes =
}}
Fields
All fields used by this template are optional. Leaving "federal" or "upper" blank assumes "no" on each. The following fields are available:
| Field name | Description | Valid for blank = all |
Source/notes | Values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| federal | is it federal? | 'yes' | ||
| upper | is it a state upper house district? (ignored if incorrectly used) | 'yes' | ||
| name | name of electorate | plain text (e.g. Werriwa) | ||
| state | state abbreviation | 'nsw', 'vic', 'qld', 'sa', 'wa', 'tas', 'act', 'nt' | ||
| image | image or map relevant to electorate | filename | ||
| image_upright | width of generic image of the locality | This is an optional field. If not specified, the image width will default to |upright=1.23, which is approximately 270px if the default thumbnail size has not been changed at Special:Preferences) The size should not be set to a value that would result in an image width greater than 300px. See help below for guidance on determining the value to be used.
|
number | |
| image_alt | Alt text for the image | wikitext (can contain links) | ||
| caption | caption for the locality image | wikitext (can contain links) | ||
| created | date or year electorate was created | year or wiki date | ||
| abolished | date or year electorate was abolished | year or wiki date | ||
| lifespan | lifespan of electorate for cases where the seat has been recreated | year or wiki date (e.g. 1890–1950, 1962–present) | ||
| mp | current MP in office (for proportional, list of all MPs) | plain text or wikilink | ||
| mp-party | current party in office | plain text or wikilink | ||
| namesake | who or what electorate is named after | plain text or wikilink | ||
| electors | how many people are enrolled to vote in the area | number, unformatted | ||
| electors_year | year to which the figure in electors applies
|
raw year | ||
| electors_footnotes | footnote for electors figure
|
wikitext (can contain links) Best when used with <ref> </ref> tags | ||
| area | area in square kilometres (do not use commas or punctuation) | number | ||
| class | AEC class of the electorate (e.g. Rural) | plain text | ||
| fedgov | federal electorates within a state/territory electorate | plain text | ||
| stategov | state electorates within a federal electorate (can also be used for Upper House electorates) | plain text | ||
| territorygov | territory electorates within a federal electorate | plain text | ||
| coordinates | coordinates of the electorate; use "display=inline,title"; region is set automatically based on |state=.
|
For coordinates, use {{coord}} with display=inline,title. Please do not be overly precise. | Example: {{Coord|32|45|41.3|S|151|44|38.6|E|display=inline,title}} | |
| near-n/ne/e/se/s/sw/w/nw | neighbouring electorates | small electorates | Only electorates that share borders with the subject electorate should be included in these fields. Do NOT use on large electorates. | plain text, link |
| footnotes | footnotes | wikitext (can contain links) Best when used with <ref> </ref> tags and a citation template such as {{cite web}} | ||
| module | embedding other templates | See Wikipedia:WikiProject Infoboxes/embed | Example: {{Other infobox/ other template}} | |
| module2 | embedding other templates | See Wikipedia:WikiProject Infoboxes/embed | Example: {{Other infobox/ other template}} | |
| module2 | embedding other templates | See Wikipedia:WikiProject Infoboxes/embed | Example: {{Other infobox/ other template}} |
Notes
Calculating "image_upright"
The image_upright parameter, and image2_upright and logo_upright where applicable, is/are provided so as to facilitate the use of scalable images in this infobox, in accordance with the instructions at WP:IMAGESIZE, which advises against the use of "px" (for example: thumb|300px), as this forces a fixed image width.
Scalable images respect the user's base preference, which may have been selected for that user's particular devices. Module:InfoboxImage, which is used in this infobox, accommodates the use of scaling. However, setting the appropriate scale is slightly more complex than setting a raw "px" value. This guide provides a quick conversion table to make the process of setting a scale easier. It is based on a default thumbnail setting of 220px.
170px→upright=0.75180px→upright=0.8190px→upright=0.85200px→upright=0.9210px→upright=0.95220px→upright=1230px→upright=1.05240px→upright=1.1250px→upright=1.15260px→upright=1.2270px→upright=1.23280px→upright=1.25290px→upright=1.3300px→upright=1.35
Footnotes field
Any references should be placed within the "footnotes" field and not within the field reserved solely for a numeric value. Otherwise, an error may result.
Unformatted numbers and expression errors
Certain fields require numeric values to be entered in an unformatted/raw fashion—i.e. 1000.0 NOT 1,000.0. If an expression error is present, simply remove any commas or spaces from the number.
Tracking categories
- Category:Pages using infobox Australian electorate with unknown parameters (0) – Articles that include deprecated or otherwise invalid fields are automatically added.
- Category:Pages using infobox Australian electorate with near parameters (436) – Articles using "near" fields (
near-n,near-ne,near-e,near-se,near-s,near-sw,near-wandnear-nw) are automatically added. These fields should not be used on large electorates and may become inaccurate after electoral redistributions are completed, so their use needs to be tracked.
Subpages
Microformat
The HTML markup produced by this template includes an hCard microformat, which makes the place-name and location parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue articles across Wikipedia, or via a browser tool operated by a person, to (for example) add the subject to an address book. Within the hCard is 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. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.
Sub-templates
If the place or venue has "established", "founded", "opened" or similar dates, use {{start date}} for the earliest of those dates unless the date is before 1583 CE.
If it has a URL, use {{URL}}.
Please do not remove instances of these sub-templates.
Classes
hCard uses HTML classes including:
- adr
- agent
- category
- county-name
- extended-address
- fn
- label
- locality
- nickname
- note
- org
- region
- street-address
- uid
- url
- vcard
Geo is produced by calling {{coord}}, and uses HTML classes:
- geo
- latitude
- longitude
Please do not rename or remove these classes nor collapse nested elements which use them.
Precision
When giving coordinates, please use an appropriate level of precision. Do not use {{coord}}'s |name= parameter.
For Australian lower house electorates and for State upper and lower house electorates
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | name | Name of electorate | Line | suggested |
| Federal? | federal | If a federal electorate, put 'yes', otherwise blank | Line | suggested |
| State | state | If a state electorate (upper or lower), put one of 'nsw', 'vic', 'qld', 'sa', 'wa', 'tas', 'act', 'nt' | Line | suggested |
| State upper house? | upper | If a state upper-house electorate, put 'yes', otherwise blank | Line | suggested |
| Image | image | File name for the image (omit the 'File:' prefix) | Line | suggested |
| Image size | image_size | no description | Unknown | optional |
| Imagesize | imagesize | no description | Unknown | optional |
| Image upright | image_upright | no description | Unknown | optional |
| Image alt | image_alt | no description | Unknown | optional |
| Alt | alt | no description | Unknown | optional |
| Caption | caption | Description of the image | String | suggested |
| Created | created | no description | Unknown | optional |
| Abolished | abolished | no description | Unknown | optional |
| Lifespan | lifespan | years (e.g. 1890–1950, 1962–present) | String | suggested |
| MP name(s) | mp | Name of current member of parliament (for proportional, list of all MPs) | String | suggested |
| MP party | mp-party | Party of current member of parliament (for proportional, list all parties) | String | suggested |
| Namesake | namesake | Who or what is the electorate named after? | Line | suggested |
| Electors | electors | no description | Unknown | optional |
| Electors year | electors_year | no description | Unknown | optional |
| Electors footnotes | electors_footnotes | no description | Unknown | optional |
| Area | area | no description | Unknown | optional |
| Area footnotes | area_footnotes | no description | Unknown | optional |
| Class | class | no description | Unknown | optional |
| Coordinates | coordinates | no description | Unknown | suggested |
| Footnotes | footnotes | no description | Unknown | optional |