Template:Unstructured infobox

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The {{Unstructured infobox}} template creates infoboxes that do not obey to any recurrent structure, but have their own unique ones, or whose recurrence is confined within the scope of a single page. It was born for documenting the different functions of the {{#invoke:params}} module, where specific infoboxes were required and these would not find other applications outside that context, but the template is usable by any page with similar needs.

Usage

Wirral Waters

The Tower Wharf redevelopment, adjacent to Egerton Dock in May 2015
Project
Developer	Peel Holdings
Website	WirralWaters.co.uk
Physical features
Divisions	East Float, Vittoria Dock, Bidston Dock
Location
Wirral Waters
Coordinates: 53.3846°N 3.0109°W / 53.3846; -3.0109
Country	England
County	Merseyside
Town	Birkenhead

The way this template works is simple. Each unnamed parameter constitutes a new row, in which the colon constitutes the delimiter between the header cell and the content cell.

For instance, writing

{{Unstructured infobox
	| Country: England
	| County: [[Merseyside]]
	| Town: [[Birkenhead]]
}}

will generate

Country England County Merseyside Town Birkenhead

Two named parameters allow to declare a title (|title=) and a caption (|caption=). And so writing

{{Unstructured infobox | title = Wirral Waters | caption = Details
	| Country: England
	| County: [[Merseyside]]
	| Town: [[Birkenhead]]
}}

will generate

Details Wirral Waters Country England County Merseyside Town Birkenhead

Parameters that begin with a semicolon constitute subsection titles, while parameters that begin with a colon are rows that span across the two columns. And so writing

{{Unstructured infobox | title = Wirral Waters | caption = Details
	| Country: England
	| County: [[Merseyside]]
	| Town: [[Birkenhead]]
	| ; Location
	| : {{Location map|United Kingdom|relief=yes|float=no|caption=|alt=|label=Wirral Waters|lat_deg=53.3846|lon_deg=-3.0109}}
	| : Coordinates: {{coord|53.3846|-3.0109|display=inline|region:GB_scale:20000}}

will generate

Details Wirral Waters Country England County Merseyside Town Birkenhead Location Wirral Waters Coordinates: 53.3846°N 3.0109°W / 53.3846; -3.0109

Finally, parameters that do not contain a colon are assumed to signify a positive boolean answer (✔), while parameters that have a colon not followed by any text are assumed to signify a negative boolean answer (✘). And so writing

{{Unstructured infobox | title = Wirral Waters | caption = Details
	| Country: England
	| County: [[Merseyside]]
	| Town: [[Birkenhead]]
	| Announced
	| Completed:
}}

will generate

Details Wirral Waters Country England County Merseyside Town Birkenhead Announced ✔ Completed ✘

The text to display in these cases can be set by passing the |implicit= and |empty= parameters (e.g. |implicit=Yes and |empty=No).

To preserve one or more initial colons from being replaced, the : HTML entity must be used. After one colon has been replaced all other colons in the argument will be preserved.

Similarly, to insert one or more equals signs into a parameter content, either {{=}} or = must be used.

The example displayed at the beginning of this section was created by writing:

{{Unstructured infobox | caption = Wirral Waters
	| : [[Image:Building under construction, Egerton Dock, Birkenhead.jpg|frameless]]
	| : The Tower Wharf redevelopment, adjacent to [[Egerton Dock]] in May 2015
	| ; Project
	| Developer: Peel Holdings
	| Website: [http://www.wirralwaters.co.uk WirralWaters.co.uk]
	| ; Physical features
	| Divisions: [[Great Float|East Float]], [[Vittoria Dock]], [[Bidston Dock]]
	| ; Location
	| : {{Location map|United Kingdom|relief=yes|float=no|caption=|alt=|label=Wirral Waters|lat_deg=53.3846|lon_deg=-3.0109}}
	| : Coordinates: {{coord|53.3846|-3.0109|display=inline|region:GB_scale:20000}}
	| Country: England
	| County: [[Merseyside]]
	| Town: [[Birkenhead]]
}}

TemplateData

This template creates infoboxes that do not obey to any recurrent structure, but have an own unique one, or whose recurrence is confined within the scope of a single page.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers block formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
First row	1	At least one row to display	String	required
Title	title	The infobox title	String	optional
Caption	caption	The infobox caption	String	optional
Implicit values	implicit	The text to display when the colon is missing	String	optional
Empty values	empty	The text to display when no text was placed after the colon	String	optional

Subtemplates

• {{Unstructured infobox/arg}}

See also

• Category:Infobox templates
• {{Infobox}}

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