फलकम्:Infobox school/doc

Purpose

{{Infobox school}} can be used for adding at-a-glance comparative information to articles about schools, other than universities or colleges. (See: {{Infobox university}} and related infobox templates for higher-education facilities.) Examples of use for this template would include primary and secondary schools.

Usage

See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject Schools/Article guidelines#Selecting the correct Infobox

To add an empty infobox with all options, you can copy and paste the blank template below.

{{Infobox school
|name                   = 
|native_name            = 
|latin_name             = 
|logo                   = 
|seal_image             = 
|image                  = 
|image size             = 
|imagewikilink          = 
|alt                    = 
|caption                = 
|motto                  = 
|motto_translation      = 
|location               = 
|streetaddress          = 
|region                 = 
|city                   = 
|county                 = 
|state                  = 
|province               = 
|postcode               = 
|postalcode             = 
|zipcode                = 
|country                = 
|country1               = 
|coordinates            = 
|schooltype             = 
|fundingtype            = 
|type                   = 
|religious_affiliation  = 
|religion               = 
|denomination           = 
|patron                 = 
|established            = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}} -->
|approx                 = 
|founded                = 
|opened                 = 
|founder                = 
|status                 = 
|closed                 = 
|c_approx               = 
|locale                 = 
|sister_school          = 
|schoolboard            = 
|district               = 
|us_nces_district_id    = 
|LEA                    = 
|authority              = 
|category               = 
|category_label         = 
|oversight              = 
|oversight_label        = 
|authorizer             = 
|superintendent         = 
|trustee                = 
|specialist             = 
|session                = 
|schoolnumber           = 
|school code            = 
|MOE                    = 
|ofsted                 = 
|ceeb                   = 
|us_nces_school_id      = 
|president              = 
|chair                  = 
|chairman               = 
|chairperson            = 
|dean                   = 
|administrator          = 
|rector                 = 
|director               = 
|principal              = 
|viceprincipal          = 
|asst principal         = 
|assistant_principals   = 
|campus director        = 
|headmistress           = 
|headmaster             = 
|head of school         = 
|head_teacher           = 
|executive_headteacher  = 
|acting_headteacher     = 
|head                   = 
|head_label             = 
|chaplain               = 
|custodian              = 
|staff                  = 
|faculty                = 
|teaching_staff         = 
|employees              = 
|key_people             = 
|grades                 = 
|years                  = 
|gender                 = 
|lower_age              = 
|upper_age              = 
|age range              = 
|enrolment              = 
|enrollment             = 
|enrollment_as_of       = 
|students               = 
|sixth_form_students    = 
|pupils                 = 
|grade_preK             = 
|gradeK                 = 
|grade1                 = 
|grade2                 = 
|grade3                 = 
|grade4                 = 
|grade5                 = 
|grade6                 = 
|grade7                 = 
|grade8                 = 
|grade9                 = 
|grade10                = 
|grade11                = 
|grade12                = 
|grade13                = 
|other                  = 
|other_grade_enrollment = 
|other_grade_label      = 
|International_Students = 
|classes                = 
|avg_class_size         = 
|ratio                  = 
|system                 = 
|classes offered        = 
|medium                 = 
|language               = 
|schedtyp               = 
|schedule               = 
|Hours_in_Day           = 
|classrooms             = 
|campuses               = 
|campus                 = 
|campus size            = 
|area                   = 
|campus type            = 
|campus_Bound           = 
|houses                 = 
|colours                = 
|colors                 = 
|slogan                 = 
|song                   = 
|fightsong              = 
|athletics              = 
|conference             = 
|sports                 = 
|mascot                 = 
|mascot image           = 
|nickname               = 
|team_name              = 
|rival                  = 
|vision                 = 
|accreditation          = 
|ranking                = 
|national_ranking       = 
|testname               = 
|testaverage            = 
|SAT                    = 
|year                   = 
|ACT                    = 
|year                   = 
|bar pass rate          = 
|roll                   = 
|decile                 = 
|publication            = 
|newspaper              = 
|yearbook               = 
|products               = 
|endowment              = 
|budget                 = 
|fees                   = 
|tuition                = 
|revenue                = 
|communities            = 
|feeders                = 
|main feeder school for = 
|graduates              = 
|year                   = 
|affiliations           = 
|alumni                 = 
|nobel_laureates        = 
|information            = 
|homepage               = 
|url                    = <!-- {{URL|school.url}} or {{URL|1=school.url}} if the url contains an equals sign -->
|website                = 
|footnotes              = 
|picture                = 
|image_caption          = 
|picture2               = 
|image_caption2         = 
}}

Modifying the principal and vice-principal labels

|principal_label        = 
|viceprincipal_label    = 

Additional principals and vice-principals

|principal1             = 
|principal2             = 
|principal3             = 
|principal4             = 

|viceprincipal1         = 
|viceprincipal2         = 
|viceprincipal3         = 
|viceprincipal4         = 

Additional free text fields

|free_label             = 
|free_text              = 
|free_label1            = 
|free_text1             = 
|free_label2            = 
|free_text2             = 
|free_label3            = 
|free_text3             = 
|free_label4            = 
|free_text4             = 
|free_label5            = 
|free_text5             = 

Fields

Explanation

Parameter	Explanation
name	Name of the school. If left blank, the pagename will display.
native_name	Name of the school in its native language, if different from its English name
latin_name	Latin name of the school, if any
logo	Logo image
seal_image	Seal image
image	Image file name with no wikimarkup, e.g. MySchool.jpg.
alt	Alt text for image, for visually impaired readers who cannot see it; see WP:ALT.
image size	Image width in pixels, e.g. 200px
caption	Caption for image
motto	School motto. Displays under image if provided. If shown in foreign language then use appropriate language template (such as {{Lang-la}} template for Latin text)
motto_translation	English translation of the school motto, if needed
streetaddress	Street address in which the school is found. Causes the section heading to appear as "Address" instead of "Location"
location	Location, could include address; separate lines with <br />
region	Region in which the school is found.
city	City, town or village in which the school is found.
state	State of in which the school is found.
province	Province in which the school is found.
county	County or Local Government Area in which the school is found.
postcode	The school's postcode. postalcode provides identical results.
zipcode	The school's zip code; alternative term for postcode
country	Country of the school (Do not use flag icons and wikilink – see WP:OVERLINK and WP:WPSCH for guidance.)
coordinates	Geographic coordinates. Use {{coord}} with type:edu and display=inline,title; for example: {{coord|dd|mm|ss|N/S|dd|mm|ss|E/W|type:edu|display=inline,title}}
schooltype	Type of school. If entered with funding type or type, will display as funding type, schooltype or type schooltype
fundingtype	Funding type of the school. If an article on "fundingtype school" exists, will automatically be linked to it.
type	Type of the school; overridden by fundingtype
religious_affiliation	School's religious affiliation
religion	If a faith school, the religion of the school
denomination	If a faith school, the denomination of the school
patron	Patron saint of the school
established	date of establishment/founding. Define a non-blank value for approx to determine an approximate date. Use {{Start date}} where possible.
opened
founded
status	Status of the school, if open or not; attributes can be also included about the school status from NCES (for US schools only).
closed	date the school closed
founder	Founder of the school. Specify a non-blank value for founder_pl if there are multiple founders.
sister_school	The Sister School, if any. The main article should clarify the sister's relationship (same management, mutual agreement, other bonds, etc.), give the history of the arrangement and, of course, references.
schoolboard	Board the school comes under
district	The school district of the school
us_nces_district_id	For US schools only, the District ID from the NCES CCD website nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/. Also note that {{NCES District ID}} may be useful here.
LEA	The school's Local Education Authority. This can also be found on the DfES website. (UK schools only)
authority	Authority the school comes under
oversight	Oversight the school comes under
superintendent	Superintendent of the school
trustee	Area trustee of the school
schoolnumber	Official number address of school
school code	School code, if applicable
MOE	The Ministry of Education Institution number (for New Zealand schools)
ofsted	The ofsted number of the school. Available from the ofsted website. (UK schools only)
ceeb	For US high schools and post secondary schools, the school's CEEB code. The code look-up tool is located at sat.collegeboard.org/register/sat-code-search.
us_nces_school_id	For US schools only, the School ID from the NCES websites. For public (government funded) schools, use the NCES CCD website nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/ and consider using the {{NCES School ID}} template. For private schools, use the NCES PSS website nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/ and consider using the {{NCES Private School ID}} template.
head	The name of the current school head. For use when the available parameters below aren't applicable to the school.
head_label	Used with head to determine how the head of the school is referred to.
head1	The name of the current school head. For use when the available parameters below aren't applicable to the school.
head1_label	Used with head1 to determine how the head of the school is referred to.
Pastor	Various fields to describe the head and/or important officials of the school. Use only the parameters applicable to the school.
Headmaster
Music Director
President
headteacher
executive_headteacher
acting_headteacher
chairperson
principal
principal1 ... principal4
viceprincipal
viceprincipal1 ... viceprincipal4
asst principal
assistant_principals
dean
administrator
rector
chaplain
director
custodian	Chief custodian of the school
staff	Number of staff
faculty	Number of faculty of the school
teaching_staff	Number of the school's teaching staff, other alternative terms are employees and key_people.
grades	Grade levels. Use grades_label to define a different label rather than Grades. Can also use years.
gender	Gender of the students at the school. Use gender_label to specify a different label rather than Gender.
lower_age	The lowest age at which a pupil can enter the school. Displayed together with upper_age.
upper_age	The age at which students normally leave. Leave this undefined if there is no upper age limit, and the age field will be displayed as "{{{lower_age}}}+".
age range	Age range of students
enrollment	Number of the school's students. Use appropriate term.
enrolment
students
sixth_form_students
pupils
enrollment_as_of	The date, year or academic year the enrollment figure refers to
grade_preK	pre-kindergarten enrollment
gradeK	kindergarten enrollment
grade1 ... grade13	enrollment for each grade
other	Other grade enrollment. Use this alone to get an entry simply labeled "Other" for enrollment figures of other grades.
other_grade_label	Other grade label. Use with other_grade_enrollment to get a custom labeled entry for enrollment figures of other grades.
classes	Number of classes in the school
avg_class_size	The average class size at the school
ratio	The student:teacher ratio at the school
system	The education system the school follows
classes offered	Classes offered at the school
medium	Language that the school teaches in. Displays under the title "Medium of Language".
language	Language that the school teaches in
Hours_in_Day	Hours in the school day
classrooms	Number of classrooms in the school
campus	The name or names of the school campus
campus size	The size of the school campus
campus type	urban, suburb, etc.
houses	The names of any school houses the school might have. If the school has too many houses to fit into the infobox, give the number of houses with a link to the relevant section within the article (e.g. Uppingham School).
colors	Official school colours (use appropriate spelling; if using one parameter, delete other parameter, if present). There is no need to Wikilink the colours. Use of {{Colorbox}} or {{Color box}} will provide adequate illustration to the reader. (e.g. Cuba-Rushford High School)
colours
slogan	The school's slogan
song	Name of the school's song
fightsong	Name of the school's fightsong
athletics	What type of athletics are held at the school; or Yes or No
conference	Athletic conference
sports	Main sport(s) at the school; or Yes or No
mascot	School mascot
nickname	The school's athletic nickname
team_name	Names of any teams
rival	Any rival schools
ranking	The school's USNWR ranking in league tables (applicable to schools in the United States)
National_ranking	The school's national ranking
testname	Name of the test in testaverage
testaverage	Average test score
SAT	Most recent average SAT scores
ACT	Most recent average ACT scores
year	Year of aforementioned SAT/ACT scores
decile	The Socio-economic decile of the school, applicable to New Zealand schools
publication	Any publications that the school produces
newspaper	Name of the school newspaper (template automatically italicizes it)
yearbook	Name of the school yearbook (template automatically italicizes it)
budget	School budget
fees	School fees
tuition	Tuition of the school. Alternate term for fees (?)
revenue	School revenue
communities	Communities served
feeders	Feeder schools
main feeder school for	Feeder school for
affiliations	Any of the school's affiliations
alumni	Any notable alumni of the school
nobel_laureates	Any notable Nobel laureates from the school
free_label	use for special requirements
free_text	data for free_label
free_label1	Use for more special requirements. Note that the Label must be defined (and non-blank) in order for the corresponding Text to be shown.
free_text1
free_label2
free_text2
free_label3
free_text3
free_label4
free_text4
free_label5
free_text5
homepage/url/website	URL of the school website. Use {{URL}}: {{URL|school.url}}. Note that if the url contains an equals sign, then it must be written as {{URL|1=school.url}}.
footnotes	any footnotes
picture	Picture of the school, displays at bottom
image_caption	Caption for picture
picture2	Second picture, displays at bottom
image_caption2	Second image caption

Map and coordinates

It's usually not necessary to use the coordinates= parameter.

• The latitude and longitude of the building may be specified:
  • in decimal degrees, using latitude= and longitude= OR
  • in degrees/minutes/seconds, using latd=, latm=, lats=, latNS=, longd=, longm=, longs=, and longEW=.
• To display coordinates at the top of the page, set coordinates_display= to any non-blank value. Otherwise coordinates will appear in the infobox only.
• The ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 or ISO 3166-2 region code is specified using the iso_region= parameter.

One advantage of omitting the coordinates= parameter is that you can display a {{Location map}} without duplicating coordinates.

{{Infobox school
...
| coordinates         = <!-- Template {{Coord}} if map is not used; empty if map is displayed. -->
| coordinates_display = <!-- non-blank to display coordinates at the top of the page. -->
| iso_region          = <!-- [[ISO 3166-1 alpha-2]] or [[ISO 3166-2]] region code -->
| pushpin_map         = <!-- Name of the Location map -->
| pushpin_label       = <!-- override the default label (default is name or native_name) -->
| pushpin_label_position = <!-- override the default label position -->
| pushpin_map_alt     = <!-- Alternative map file name (changes background map, border coordinates are determined based on the map name); this is only recommended for use in templates. -->
| map_caption         = <!-- ''map caption''; for no caption enter "map_caption="; if the parameter is omitted then the caption will be "Marker text (location map name)" -->
...
}}

Parameters to specify coordinates in degrees, minutes, and seconds of arc:

{{Infobox school
...
| latd   = <!-- ''latitude'' degrees -->
| latm   = <!-- ''latitude'' minutes -->
| lats   = <!-- ''latitude'' seconds -->
| latNS  = <!-- latitude: S=south, N=north (default) -->
| longd  = <!-- ''longitude'' degrees -->
| longm  = <!-- ''longitude'' minutes -->
| longs  = <!-- ''longitude'' seconds -->
| longEW = <!-- longitude: W=west, E=east (default) -->
...
}}

Parameters to specify coordinates in decimal degrees:

{{Infobox school
...
| latitude  = <!-- ''latitude'' (decimal format; enter negative numbers for southern latitude) -->
| longitude = <!-- ''longitude'' (decimal format; enter negative numbers for western longitude) --> 
...
}}

Note: coordinates in decimal degrees are sensitive to extra whitespace in the parameters:

• Incorrect: | longitude = - 123.45
• Correct: | longitude = -123.45

Examples

U.S. school example

Amador Valley High School
Amador Valley High School Emblem School of Champions
Location
1155 Santa Rita Road Pleasanton, CA 94566 फलकम्:Countryname
Coordinates	37.6689°उत्तरदिक् 121.8743°पश्चिमदिक् / ३७.६६८९; -१२१.८७४३
Information
Type	Comprehensive Public High School
Established	March 14, 1922
Opened	1923
School district	Pleasanton Unified School District
Superintendent	John Casey
CEEB Code	052495
Principal	Bill Coupe
Vice Principals	Rhea Brandon, Ben Fobert, Rick Sira
Faculty	109.4 (on full-time equivalent (FTE) basis)
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	2,517 (as of 2008–09)
Campus size	39.27 एकड़ (15.89 ha)
Campus type	Suburban
Color(s)	Purple and gold
Mascot	The Don
Newspaper	The Amadon
Feeder schools	Harvest Park Middle School, Pleasanton Middle School, Hart Middle School
Website	pleasanton.k12.ca.us/amador

{{Infobox school
| name = Amador Valley High School
| image = Example.svg
| imagesize = 190px
| alt = Box containing words "just another example"
| caption = Amador Valley High School Emblem
| motto = ''School of Champions''
| established = {{Start date|1922|03|14}}
| opened = 1923
| type = [[Comprehensive high school|Comprehensive Public High School]]
| type_label = School Type
| district = [[Pleasanton Unified School District]]
| grades = 9–12
| superintendent = John Casey
| principal = Bill Coupe
| viceprincipal = Rhea Brandon, Ben Fobert, Rick Sira
| viceprincipal_label = Vice Principals
| enrollment = 2,517 (as of 2008–09)
| faculty = 109.4 (on [[full-time equivalent]] (FTE) basis)
| ceeb = 052495
| campus type = Suburban
| campus size = {{convert|39.27|acre|ha}}
| mascot = The [[Don (honorific)|Don]]
| newspaper = The Amadon
| colors = {{colorbox|purple}}{{colorbox|gold}} Purple and gold
| location = 1155 Santa Rita Road <br />[[Pleasanton, California|Pleasanton]], [[California|CA]] 94566
| country = USA
| coordinates = {{coord|37.6689| -121.8743|type:edu_region:US-CA|display=inline,title}}
| website = {{URL|pleasanton.k12.ca.us/amador}}
| feeders = [[Harvest Park Middle School]], [[Pleasanton Middle School]], [[Hart Middle School]]
}}

Australian usage

Not all of the fields in this template are applicable to Australian schools and terminology varies from state to state within the country. The following is a suggested list of all fields applicable to Australian schools and their usage. Fields not applicable to a particular school may be removed.

{{Infobox school
|name                   = <!-- Name of the school. If left blank, the page name will display. -->
|logo                   = <!-- Logo image. wikilinked -->
|image                  = <!-- Image file name with no wikimarkup, e.g. MySchool.jpg. -->
|image size             = <!-- Image width in pixels, e.g. 200px -->
|alt                    = <!-- Alt text for image, for visually impaired readers who cannot see it, as per MOS:ALT -->
|caption                = <!-- Optional image caption -->
|motto                  = <!-- School motto. Displays under image if provided. If not in English, use {{lang}} -->
|motto_translation      = <!-- English translation of the school motto, if needed -->
|location               = <!-- Location, could include address; separate lines with <br /> -->
|streetaddress          = <!-- Street address in which the school is found. Causes the section heading to appear as 
"Address" instead of "Location" -->
|region                 = <!-- Region in which the school is found -->
|city                   = <!-- City, town or suburb/locality in which the school is found. -->
|state                  = <!-- State in which the school is found. -->
|postcode               = <!-- 	The school's postcode. -->
|country                = Australia
|coordinates            = <!-- Geographic coordinates. Use {{coord}} with type:edu_region:AU-state and display=inline,title,
for example, {{coord|32|44|27|S|100|31|57|E|type:edu_region:AU-NSW|display=inline,title}} -->
|type                   = <!-- Type of school. May be wikilinked e.g. [[Education in Australia|State-run high school]] -->
|denomination           = <!-- If a faith school, the denomination of the school -->
|patron                 = <!-- Patron saint of the school -->
|established            = <!-- date of establishment/founding. Use {{Start date}} where possible. Define a non-blank value for approx if the exact date/year 
is not known. -->
|approx                 = <!-- Define a non-blank value for approx if the exact date/year of establishment is not known. -->
|founded                = <!-- Date the school was founded. -->
|opened                 = <!-- Date the school was opened. -->
|founder                = <!-- Name of the school's founder. -->
|founder_pl             = <!-- Alternative to "founder" if more than one person founded the school. Separate entries 
with {{URL}}. -->
|status                 = <!-- Status of the school, if open or not -->
|closed                 = <!-- Date the school was closed. -->
|c_approx               = <!-- Define a non-blank value for c_approx if the exact date/year of establishment is not 
known. -->
|principal              = <!-- Name of the current principal of the school. -->
|principal_label        = <!-- Used if the title is not "Principal". Existence of this field without 
content will result 
in no title being displayed for this field. -->
|viceprincipal          = <!-- Name of the current vice principal of the school. -->
|viceprincipal_label    = Vice principal<!-- Used if the title is not "Vice principal". Existence of this field 
without content will result in no title being displayed for this field. -->
|asst principal         = <!--- Name of the current assistant principal of the school. -->
|assistant_principals   = <!-- If there is more than one assistant principal they should be listed here, separated with 
<br />. If the "viceprincipal_label" field is present, the title of this field will change from "Assistant principals" 
to the contents of that field. -->
|headmistress           = <!-- Name of the current headmistress of the school. -->
|headmaster             = <!-- Name of the current headmaster of the school. -->
|chaplain               = <!-- Name of the current school chaplain. -->
|staff                  = <!-- Number of staff employed at the school. -->
|teaching_staff         = <!-- Number of teaching staff employed at the school. -->
|grades                 = <!-- Grades  offered by the school. Alternative to "years" -->
|employees              = <!-- Number of people employed at the school. Alternative to "staff". -->
|years                  = <!-- Years offered by the school. Alternative to "grades" -->
|gender                 = <!-- Gender of the students at the school if a single sex school. -->
|enrolment              = <!-- Number of students enrolled at the school. -->
|enrolment_as_of        = <!-- The date, year or academic year the enrolment figure refers to -->
|classrooms             = <!-- Number of classrooms in the school -->
|campus                 = <!-- The name or names of the school campus -->
|campus type            = <!-- urban, suburban, etc. -->
|houses                 = <!-- The names of any school houses the school might have. -->
|colours                = <!-- Official school colours. {{color box}} may be used under the names of the colours. -->
|slogan                 = <!-- The school's slogan -->
|song                   = <!-- Name of the school's song -->
|communities            = <!-- Communities served -->
|homepage               = <!-- URL of the school website. Use {{URL}}: {{URL|school.url}} -->
|footnotes              = <!-- any footnotes -->
|picture                = <!-- Picture of the school, displays at bottom. Use wikimarkup. e.g. [[File:Picture name.jpg|200px]] -->
|image_caption          = <!-- Caption for picture -->
|picture2               = <!-- Second picture, displays at bottom. Use wikimarkup. e.g. [[File:Picture name.jpg|200px]] -->
|image_caption2         = <!-- Second image caption -->
}}

Australian school example

North Sydney Boys High School
लातिनी: Vincit qui se vincit "He conquers who conquers himself"
Location
Crows Nest, New South Wales, फलकम्:Countryname
Coordinates	३३°४९′४६″ दक्षिणदिक् १५१°१२′२७″ पूर्वदिक्
Information
School type	Public, Selective, Single-sex Secondary School
Established	1912 (1912)
Principal	Robyn Hughes
Deputy Principals	Jo O'Brien and Daniel Ovens
Grades	7-12
Enrolment	~928
Campus type	Suburban
Colour(s)	Bismark, Coral & Gold
Website	www.nsbhs.nsw.edu.au

{{Infobox school
| name                = North Sydney Boys High School
| image               = Example.svg
| imagesize           = 190px
| alt                 = North Sydney Boys' High School Crest
| motto               = {{lang-la|Vincit qui se vincit}}
| motto_translation   = "He conquers who conquers himself"
| city                = [[Crows Nest, New South Wales|Crows Nest]]
| state               = [[New South Wales]]
| country             = Australia
| coordinates         = {{coord|33|49|46|S|151|12|27|E|display=inline,title}}
| schooltype          = [[Public school (government funded)|Public]], [[Selective school|Selective]], [[Single-sex school|Single-sex]] [[Secondary School]]
| established         = {{Start date|1912}}<ref name="NSBHS">{{cite web|url = http://www.nsbhs.nsw.edu.au/|title =North Sydney Boys High School|work = A Selective School of Excellence|publisher = North Sydney Boys High School|accessdate = 2009-12-17|}}</ref> 
| principal           = Robyn Hughes
| viceprincipal_label = Deputy Principals
| viceprincipal       = Jo O'Brien and<br>Daniel Ovens
| teaching staff      = ~56
| grades              = 7-12
| enrolment           = ~928<ref name=SchoolLocator>{{cite web |url=http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/schoolfind/locator/?section=showRecord&code=8132 |title=North Sydney Boys High School |accessdate=2010-12-10 |work=School Locator |publisher=NSW Public Schools}}</ref>
| campus type         = [[Suburban area|Suburban]]
| colours     = Bismark, Coral & Gold<br>{{color box|#800000}} {{color box|#FF7F50}} {{color box|#FFD700}}
| website    = {{URL|http://www.nsbhs.nsw.edu.au}}
}}

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 an "established", "founded", "opened" or similar date, use {{start date}} 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.