Template:Ship Infobox

From Star Trek Online Geekipedia

The Ship Infobox as presented here is a template with placeholders for the most basic ship data. It was adapted from our own character infobox.

This is not a class description, but rather the details of an individual ship, and therefore may not have all the rich detail you would expect. For that, look at our ship class infobox. Basically, but for some minor customisation and the odd varient, each ship in a class will have the same technical details and we decided to leave those out of this template. This may change in the future as the site, the game, and the template evolves.

How to use the Ship Infobox

The long and involved process works thusly. If you just want the Box, go directly to the Cheat Sheet.

Trigger the use of the Ship Infobox on your page if you plan to include it. At the top of your edit window, enter:

{{Ship Infobox

Below that, you'll want to fill out all the parameters that you can or care to fill out. For this, you'll need the name of the parameter that corresponds to the field you'll want to fill; in most cases, the parameter names are the same as the name of the field, but they differ in some. A complete list can be found below. The format for filling in a parameter is as follows:

| parameter = value
eg.
| name = USS Enterprise

This will replace the {{{name}}} placeholder in the original Ship Infobox with 'USS Enterprise'. Each parameter should be put in a new line for ease of parsing and debugging in case something goes wrong.

For easiest readability, you'll want to offer single terms that summarize some or all of your ship's applicable information. The main body of the page allows sufficient room to expand on things, the Ship Infobox is mostly meant for an at-a-glance summary of the most important vessel data.

Close the Template. This is done by appending the following at the end of your list:

|}}

And with this, you're set.

List of Parameters

Unless otherwise noted, parameters will simply not appear in the box if the value is left blank (eg. | image = ). This versatility will allow us to add new parameters to the box in the future without removing the existing ones, and letting you pick and choose which ones to fill out.

• image - Vessel image. Should not be wider than 300 pixels. If it's too wide (or too small) it will be automatically reduced (or expanded) to the appropriate size (but clicking on the image will display the actual image rather than the adjusted version). If you have no image, leave this blank. It is suggested you upload your image files rather than try to link to them.
• caption - Text that goes right beneath the image, if you think the image requires further commentary. If not, leave this parameter blank and there will be no space between picture and the rest of the information.
• name - Your ship's offical name, without registry numbers. This will appear in big bold letters.
• class - The class of your vessel.
• category - Which of the three main ship categories the ship belongs to, e.g. Escort, Science or Cruiser.
• registry - The official registry number, such as NCC-1701.
• faction - The Star Trek group you are aligned with. Initial reports say the game will release with only two: United Federation Of Planets and the Klingon Empire.
• fleet - If this vessel is part of a player group (Called fleets in Star Trek Online), enter the name of it here.
• baseofoperations - Your ship's current stomping ground, if any.
• co - Commanding Officer, probably you. We may add room for the rest of the command staff later.
• status - The current operational status of the ship. Generally this will be active or some other short descriptive text. If the vessel is no longer active, include the year it left operational service.
• commissioned - The year your vessel first entered operational service.
• footnotes - Room for any notes you want available at a glance that aren't covered by the above categories.

The Ship Infobox Cheat Sheet

Just copy/paste the below list into your ship's Edit box and fill in any categories that you might care to fill in. Leave all other lines blank, but do not delete them (parameters with no value will not be displayed in the final infobox, but deleted parameters still appear - very annoying, we're working on it).

{{Ship Infobox
| image                = 
| caption              = 
| name                 = 
| class                = 
| category             = 
| registry             = 
| faction              = 
| fleet                = 
| baseofoperations     = 
| co                   = 
| status               = 
| commissioned         = 
| footnotes            = 
|}}

USS Enterprise
Registry:	NCC-1701-D
Class:	Galaxy
Category:	Cruiser
Faction:	United Federation Of Planets
Fleet Affiliation:	Starfleet
Commissioned:	2363
Current Status:	Lost during action at Veridian III, 2371

As an example, the Ship Infobox on this page for USS Enterprise uses the following:

{{Ship Infobox
| image                = Galaxy class.jpg
| caption              = 
| name                 = USS Enterprise
| class                = [[Galaxy]]
| category             = Cruiser
| registry             = NCC-1701-D
| faction              = [[United Federation Of Planets]]
| fleet                = [[Starfleet]]
| baseofoperations     = 
| co                   = 
| status               = Lost during action at Veridian III, 2371
| commissioned         = 2363
| footnotes            = 
|}}