Usage edit

{{{name}}}
Former [[{{{type}}} ward]]
{{{council}}}.
[[File:{{{map1}}}|{{{map_size}}}|alt=Outline map]]
Boundary of {{{name}}} in {{{map_entity}}} from {{{map_year}}}.
[[File:{{{map2}}}.svg|{{{map_size}}}|alt=Outline map]]
Location of {{{map_entity}}} within {{{region}}}.
[[File:{{{map3}}}.svg|{{{map_size}}}|alt=Outline map]]
Location of {{{map_entity}}} within {{{region}}}.
Local government in {{{region}}}{{{county}}}
Population{{{population}}}
Electorate{{{electorate}}}
Major settlements{{{towns}}}
{{{year}}}–{{{abolished}}}
Number of councillors{{{elects_howmany}}}
Replaced by{{{next}}}
Created from{{{previous}}}
{{{year2}}}–{{{abolished2}}}
Number of councillors{{{elects_howmany2}}}
Type of ward[[{{{type2}}} ward]]
Replaced by{{{next2}}}
Created from{{{previous2}}}
{{{year3}}}–{{{abolished3}}}
Number of councillors{{{elects_howmany3}}}
Type of ward[[{{{type3}}} ward]]
Replaced by{{{next3}}}
Created from{{{previous3}}}
{{{year4}}}–{{{abolished4}}}
Number of councillors{{{elects_howmany4}}}
Type of ward[[{{{type4}}} ward]]
Replaced by{{{next4}}}
Created from{{{previous4}}}
Contributed to new ward(s) of:{{{next5}}}
National government in {{{region}}}{{{national}}}
European Parliament constituency[[{{{european}}} (European Parliament constituency)|{{{european}}}]]

See also Template:Infobox England and Wales ward/testcases

Blank example for current constituencies:

{{Infobox England and Wales ward
 |name        = 
 |council     = 
 |map1        = 
 |map2        = 
 |map_entity  = 
 |map_year    = 
 |year        = 
 |abolished   = 
 |previous    = 
 |next        = 
 |electorate  = 
 |councillor1 = 
 |councillor2 = 
 |councillor3 = 
 |councillor4 = 
 |councillor5 = 
 |party1      = 
 |party2      = 
 |party3      = 
 |party4      = 
 |party5      = 
 |region      = England
 |county      = Greater London
 |european    = London
}}

Blank example for abolished constituencies:

{{Infobox England and Wales ward
 |name        = 
 |council     = 
 |map1        = 
 |map2        = 
 |map_entity  = 
 |map_year    = 
 |year        = 
 |abolished   = 
 |previous    = 
 |next5       = <!-- This next5 field is for where the seat has during its lifetime spawned a new seat within its territory and is described accordingly. -->
 |next        = 
 |region      = England
 |county      = 
}}

All parameters

{{Infobox England and Wales ward
 |name        = 
 |council     = 

 |image       = 
 |caption     = 
 |image2      = 
 |caption2    = 
 
 |map1        = 
 |map2        = 
 |map_entity  = 
 |map_year    = 
 |map_size    = 
 
 |year        = 
 |abolished   = 
 |type        = 
 |previous    = 
 |next5       =
 |next        = 
 |elects_howmany = 

 |year2       = 
 |abolished2  = 
 |type2       = 
 |previous2   = 
 |next2       = 
 |elects_howmany2 = 

 |year3       = 
 |abolished3  = 
 |type3       = 
 |previous3   = 
 |next3       = 
 |elects_howmany3 = 

 |population  = 
 |electorate  = 
 |councillor1 = 
 |councillor2 = 
 |councillor3 = 
 |party1      = 
 |party2      = 
 |party3      = 

 |region      = 
 |county      = 
 |towns       = 

 |westminster = 
 |european    = 
}}

Explanation edit

parameter name description example
Information about ward
name name of ward South Croydon
council set to name of london borough which contains the ward Croydon
year year of first election where this boundary was used 2018
previous link(s) to wards abolished by this one (to aid navigation) Croham, Selsdon and Ballards
Image
image image, e.g.: map of region (or use "map1") [[File:....|200px|alt=Map of ward]]
caption caption for image Boundary of South Croydon in the 2018 election, shown within Croydon
image2 image, e.g.: a second map (or use "map2") [[File:....|200px|alt=Map]]
caption2 caption of second image Location of Croydon within Greater London
image3 image, e.g.: a third map [[File:....|200px|alt=Another map]]
caption3 caption of second image Location of Greater London within England
... or use the default map images
map1 Part of map image (like that for "UK ward infobox"). Use instead of image and image2 to fill in captions automatically BlackleyBroughton2007
map2 Part of second map image (like that for "UK ward infobox") EnglandGreaterLondon
map_entity Region shown in map1 Greater London
map_year Year of boundary shown in maps 2010
map_size Size of map 120px
If ward is currently active
electorate the electorate of ward 47,000 (in 2010)
population the population of ward. You may want to use electorate instread: population is hard to find. 47,000 (in 2010)
councillor1 name of 1st current Councillor (defaults to "None") Maria Gatland
councillor2 name of 2nd current Councillor Michael Neal
councillor3 name of 3rd current Councillor Jason Perry
party1 party of 1st Councillor Conservative Party (UK)
party2 party of 2nd Councillor Conservative Party (UK)
party3 party of 3rd Councillor Conservative Party (UK)
If ward is not longer active
abolished year ward was abolished. Leave blank if ward is currently being used.
next link to wards created when this was abolished (to aid navigation)
next5 link to any directly related ('offspring') wards (if applicable) created at any other time during its lifetime (to aid navigation)
elects_howmany How many MPs are elected (for old multiple-member wards). two
Information about previous ward, which has been abolished in the past
year2 if ward previously created and abolished, the year of creation 1910
abolished2 if ward previously created and abolished, the year of abolition 1940
type2 if previous ward was of a different type to the current ward, set this to either "County", "Borough" or "Burgh"
previous2 if ward previously created and abolished, what wards were abolished to create it
next2 if ward previously created and abolished, what wards were created when it was abolished [[Rayleigh (UK Parliament ward)|Rayleigh]]
elects_howmany2 How many MPs are elected (for old multiple-member wards). two
Overlaps with these areas (if ward is active)
region Constituent country: England, Scotland, Northern Ireland or Wales England
county County, District or Subdivision (depending on how region is set) Essex
towns major population centers associated with ward, if any [[Rayleigh]]
westminster ward in the UK Parliament (for when parliament is not "uk")
european European parliament seat East of England

Microformat edit

The HTML mark up produced by this template includes an hCard microformat, which makes the place-name and location parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue article across Wikipedia, or via a browser tool operated by a person, to (for example) add the subject to an address book. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.

If the place or venue has an "established", "founded", "opened" or similar date that is specific to the day, use {{start date}} unless the date is before 1583 CE. If it has a URL, use {{URL}}.

hCard uses HTML classes including:

  • adr
  • category
  • country-name
  • extended-address
  • fn
  • label
  • locality
  • nickname
  • note
  • org
  • street-address
  • url
  • vcard

Please do not rename or remove these classes nor collapse nested elements which use them.