Template:Infobox Islands/doc

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This template is intended to be used as an Infobox for an island or an archipelago of islands.

[change] Usage

{{Infobox Islands
|name =
|image name =
|image caption =
|locator map = 
|native name = 
|native name link =
|location =
|coordinates=
|archipelago = 
|total islands = 
|major islands = 
|area =
|highest mount =
|elevation =
|country =
|country admin divisions title =
|country admin divisions =
|country largest city =
|country largest city population = 
|country 1 =
|country 1 admin divisions title =
|country 1 admin divisions =
|country 1 largest city =
|country 1 largest city population = 
|country 2 =
|country 2 admin divisions title =
|country 2 admin divisions =
|country 2 largest city =
|country 2 largest city population = 
|population =
|population as of =
|density =
|ethnic groups =
}}

See Template talk:Infobox Islands for examples.

[change] Parameters

[change] Must be there

• name = the official name (without 'island' word)
• location = the islands group name which confine the island
• country = where the island is located. If the island is shared, then use "country 1" and "country 2" and list them alphabetically.

[change] Can be missing

• image name = locator/satellite/other map image (without 'Image:' term)
• image caption
• locator map = a locator map image (without 'Image:' term) if the image name is different.
• native name = only when name is different with local name
• native name link = gives the language page of the native name, e.g. Indonesian for Indonesian island
• coordinates = geographic coordinates using {{coord}} with display=inline,title
• archipelago = the name of the group of islands the island belongs to
• total islands = total number of islands in archipelago
• major islands = major islands in archipelago
• area = the total area of the island
• highest mount
• elevation = elevation of the highest mount
• country admin divisions title = title for the administrative divisions
• country admin divisions = the administrative divisions that govern the island
• country largest city
• country largest city population
• country 1 = (see country)
• country 1 admin divisions title = (country admin divisions title)
• country 1 admin divisions = (country admin divisions)
• country 1 largest city = (country largest city)
• country 1 largest city population = (country largest city population)
• country 2 = (see country)
• country 2 admin divisions title = (country admin divisions title)
• country 2 admin divisions = (country admin divisions)
• country 2 largest city = (country largest city)
• country 2 largest city population = (country largest city population)
• population = the number of population
• population as of = the year when the population census took place
• density = in people/area
• ethnic groups = list only indigenous ethnic groups if available, do not list ethnic groups as newcomers although they constitute large part of the population.

[change] Microformat

The HTML mark up created by this template includes an hCard microformat. This makes the place-name and location understandable by computers. The hCard includes information that also makes the coordinates (latitude & longitude) understandable, so that they can be, say, looked up on a map, or downloaded to a GPS unit. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.

hCard uses HTML classes including:

Geo is produced by calling {{coord}}, and uses HTML classes:

Please do not rename or remove these classes.

When giving coordinates, please do not be overly precise.