Template:Infobox Triathlete/doc

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This is a documentation subpage for Template:Infobox Triathlete (see that page for the template itself).
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

Contents

[edit] Usage

{{Infobox Triathlete
 | athletename = 
 | image = 
 | country = 
 | nickname = 
 | date-birth = 
 | place-birth =
 | date-death =
 | place-death =        
 | height = 
 | weight = 
 | turnedpro = 
 | club = 
 | team = 
 | retired = 
 | pb =         
 | coach = 
 | coaching = 
 | other-interests = 
 | footnotes = 
}}

Only athletename is mandatory; all other parameters are optional.

[edit] Purpose

The infobox is intended for all current, retired and dead professional triathletes and triathlon coaches.

[edit] Style guide

[edit] Density of information

Try to always consider that an infobox exists to support an article and provide a quick synopsis of important facts. This becomes vital when considering that the amount of space available within an infobox is significantly less than that available outside of it. Adding all seventy three nicknames and entire palmares that a rider might have is highly informative, but will defeat the purpose of the infobox.

[edit] Wikilinking

As per the manual of style entry on linking, years on their own, or accompanied by month only, should not be linked as they do not provide much benefit to the user. However, full dates should be linked to enable date preferences to work. Use of {{birth date and age}} and {{death date and age}} will do this automatically.

[edit] Units of measurement

As per the manual of style the rider's height should be in the units most common within the country they compete. For European based riders this is metric, and imperial in the U.S. Units should be abbreviated in the infobox and spelt out in the article text. Use standard abbreviations when using symbols such as metre is m, centimetre is cm, inch is in (not " or ?), foot is ft (not ' or '). Put a non-breaking space ( ) between the value and the unit symbol, for example "1.98 m" not "1.98m". Do not append an s for plurals of unit abbreviations. For example, kg, in, yd, lb not kgs, ins, yds, lbs.

Some examples of correct usage:

  • 2.00 m
  • 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
  • 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)