Usage
Copy and paste the following for use in articles. If not sure what to put in them, look at the Fields section below.
{{Infobox ward | name = | image = | image_upright = | image_alt = | caption = | council = | created = | cr = | cr-party = | namesake = | electors = | electors_year = | electors_footnotes = | area = | class = | footnotes = }}
Fields
All fields used by this template are optional. The following fields are available:
Field name | Description | Valid for blank = all |
Source/notes | Values |
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name | name of ward | plain text (e.g. North) | ||
council | council abbreviation | 'bor', 'cam', 'haw', 'kew' | ||
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.
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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) | ||
cr | current councillor in office (for proportional, list of all councillors) | plain text or wikilink | ||
cr-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
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raw year | ||
electors_footnotes | footnote for electors figure
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wikitext (can contain links) Best when used with <ref> </ref> tags | ||
area | area in square kilometres (do not use commas or punctuation) | number | ||
class | VEC class of the ward if applicable (e.g. Rural) | plain text | ||
footnotes | footnotes | wikitext (can contain links) Best when used with <ref> </ref> tags and a citation template such as {{cite web}} |