Template:Infobox military conflict/doc

Usage

Military conflict infobox

Battle of Lützen
Part of the Thirty Years' War
The Battle of Lützen by Carl Wahlbom shows the death of King Gustavus Adolphus on November 16, 1632.
Date November 6 (O.S.) or November 16 (N.S.), 1632 (1632-11-16Z) Location Near Template:Placename, southwest of Leipzig, Germany 51°15′N 12°08′E Result Swedish victory
Belligerents
Sweden, Protestant German states	Holy Roman Empire, Catholic German states
Commanders and leaders
Gustavus Adolphus †, Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar	Albrecht von Wallenstein, Gottfried zu Pappenheim †
Strength
12,800 infantry, 6,200 cavalry, 60 guns	10,000 infantry, 7,000 cavalry, 24 guns
Casualties and losses
3,400 dead, 1,600 wounded or missing	3,000–3,500 dead or wounded

A military conflict infobox (sometimes referred to as a warbox) may be used to summarize information about a particular military conflict (a battle, campaign, war, or group of related wars) in a standard manner.

The infobox should be added using the {{Infobox Military Conflict}} template, as shown below:

{{Infobox Military Conflict
| conflict    = 
| partof      = 
| image       = 
| caption     = 
| date        = 
| place       = 
| coordinates =
| map_type    = 
| latitude    = 
| longitude   = 
| map_size    = 
| map_caption = 
| map_label   = 
| territory   = 
| result      = 
| status      = 
| combatant1  = 
| combatant2  = 
| combatant3  = 
| commander1  = 
| commander2  = 
| commander3  = 
| strength1   = 
| strength2   = 
| strength3   = 
| casualties1 = 
| casualties2 = 
| casualties3 =
| notes       = 
}}

Note: When using parameters, avoid the ambiguous abbreviation "N/A", and instead use "unknown" or "none". All subjective or qualitative judgements and numerical quantities or statistics must be cited to a reliable source (see WP:MILMOS#CITE).

• conflict – the name of the conflict being described (e.g. "Battle of Lützen" or "World War I").
• partof – optional – the larger conflict containing the event described in the article. For battles or campaigns, this should be the war during which the event takes place; for particularly large wars, this may include a theatre (e.g. "the Eastern Front of World War II"). For wars, the parameter may be used to link to a larger group of wars (e.g. the Italian War of 1521–26 to the Italian Wars). It may be necessary to insert "the" before the name of the war for proper grammar.
• image – optional – an image for the warbox. The image must be given in the form [[Image:Example.jpg|300px]]; in particular, the thumb attribute must not be selected.
• caption – optional – the text to be placed below the image.
• date – optional – the date of the conflict described. Convention is to give the actual date for battles and the years for wars, but this does not always apply.
• place – the location of the conflict. For conflicts covering a wide area, a general description (e.g. "France", or "Europe", or "Worldwide") may be used.
• no-location-property – optional – "yes" if the "location" microformat property should not be set on the field above.
• coordinates – optional – the location of the structure, given as a coordinate pair by using {{coord}} with display=inline,title.
• map_type – optional – the base map to be used for the location map, e.g. "Scotland"; see {{location map}} for more details.
• latitude – optional – latitude for placing the marker on the location map, e.g. "56.81".
• longitude – optional – longitude for placing the marker on the location map, e.g. "-2.68".
• map_size – optional – width of the location map in pixels (px), e.g. "150"; defaults to: "220".
• map_caption – optional – caption displayed below the location map; defaults to "Location within {{{map_type}}}", e.g. "Location within Scotland".
• map_label – optional – the label placed next to the marker on the location map.
• territory – optional – any changes in territorial control as a result of the conflict; this should not be used for overly lengthy descriptions of the peace settlement.
• result – optional – this parameter may use one of several standard terms: "X victory", "Decisive X victory" or "Inconclusive". The choice of term should reflect what the sources say. In cases where the standard terms do not accurately describe the outcome, the preferred method is to enter a link to the section of the article where the result is discussed in detail (such as "See the 'Aftermath' section").
• status – optional – for ongoing conflicts, the current status of the conflict. This should not be used if a final result (above) is provided.
• combatant1/combatant2/combatant3 – optional – the parties participating in the conflict. This is most commonly the countries whose forces took part in the conflict; however, larger groups (such as alliances or international organizations) or smaller ones (such as particular units, formations, or groups) may be indicated if doing so improves reader understanding. When there is a large number of participants, it may be better to list only the three or four major groups on each side of the conflict, and to describe the rest in the body of the article. The combatant3 field may be used if a conflict has three distinct "sides", and should be left blank on other articles. Combatants should be listed in order of importance to the conflict, be it in terms of military contribution, political clout, or a recognized chain of command. If differing metrics can support alternative lists, then ordering is left to the editors of the particular article.
  • combatant1a/combatant2a/combatant3a – optional – in cases where the parties significantly changed over the course of the conflict, these subsidiary fields may be used to provide additional rows for the combatantN fields (above).
  • combatant1b/combatant2b/combatant3b – optional – additional row, as above.
  • combatant1c/combatant2c/combatant3c – optional – additional row, as above.
  • combatant1d/combatant2d/combatant3d – optional – additional row, as above.
• commander1/commander2/commander3 – optional – the commanders of the military forces involved. For battles, this should include army commanders (and other officers as necessary). For wars, only prominent or notable leaders should be listed, with an upper limit of about seven per combatant column recommended. If the conflict is ongoing and has involved changes of command, list the current commanders only. Ranks and position titles should be omitted. The {{KIA}} and {{POW}} templates may be included immediately after the names of commanders who were killed in action or surrendered and were taken prisoner, respectively. The commander3 field can only be used if the combatant3 field is set.
• strength1/strength2/strength3 – optional – the numerical strength of the units involved. It is generally not useful to provide unit names without giving an indication of numbers. The strength3 field can only be used if the combatant3 field is set.
• casualties1/casualties2 – optional – casualties suffered, including dead, wounded, missing, captured, and civilian deaths. Terms such as "dead" (or "killed"), "wounded", or "captured" should be used in place of abbreviations such as "KIA" or "POW".
• casualties3 – optional – if combatant3 is set, this is a third casualty field identical to the two above; if it is not set, this is an alternate combined field for use where only the total casualties of a conflict are known, or where civilian casualties cannot be directly attributed to either side.
• notes – optional – optional field for further notes; this should only be used in exceptional circumstances.

Campaignboxes

One common type of navigational template in articles concerning conflicts, wars and related topics is the campaignbox template, intended to provide context and convenient navigation among articles on the battles in a campaign, front, theater or war (or, more rarely, among several campaigns or wars).

If the article includes an infobox, the campaignbox/es are usually placed immediately after it (i.e. just below it). If available, as with infoboxes such as {{Infobox military conflict}}, use the infobox's |campaignbox= parameter:

{{Infobox military conflict
...
}}
{{Campaignbox XXXX}}

or

{{Infobox military conflict
...
| campaignbox = {{campaignbox XXXX}}
}}

Articles may include multiple campaignboxes; typically, these are stacked under the infobox. The most common scenario occurs when two levels of campaignboxes are present – for example, an article about a battle can include both a campaignbox listing the battle itself and an "enclosing" campaignbox listing the campaign, theater or war during which the battle took place. Similarly, an article about a war can include both a campaignbox listing the war (among a series of wars) and a campaignbox for the war itself, listing the battles that took place during it.

Creating campaignboxes

Existing campaignboxes may be viewed through the Campaignbox template category to which campaignboxes are added automatically. If a new campaignbox becomes necessary, it should be named Template:Campaignbox XXXX (where XXXX is the (shortened) name of the campaign) and should use {{Campaignbox}} thus:

{{Campaignbox
| name = 
| title = 
| battles = 
| notes = 
}}

Parameters

name

The name by which Wikipedia refers to the template, i.e. "Template:Campaignbox XXXX". This can be produced by using {{subst:PAGENAME}}.

title

The name of the campaign or war, which, if an article about the campaign or war exists, should link to it. Dates should not be indicated unless needed for clarity. Note that long links may cause alignment problems; see the troubleshooting guide for more information.

battles

A chronological list of battles and operations in the campaign, linked as [[Battle of YYYY|YYYY]]. A convenient and accessible way to separate the items in the list is to add | listclass = hlist and then use the standard * (asterisk)-based listing format.

notes

(optional) Any explanatory notes needed to clarify the list. This option should be used sparingly.

(raw_name)

(optional; deprecated) This parameter overrides the use of the title in determining the template name and exists for the sake of backward compatibility. When creating a new campaignbox, both title and name should be specified as above and this parameter omitted.

The following optional parameters are passed on to the templates {{Military navigation}} or {{Navbox}} used to create campaignboxes and so can affect their styling. See these two templates' documentation pages for further details.

state

To set whether the campaignbox appears fully visible or collapsed (to titlebar only) when it is first presented by a page.

bodyclass

CSS styling to affect the whole template.

listclass

CSS styling to affect the list of battles, operations, etc. (e.g. to affect |battles=).

The use of special formatting (such as bolding or changes in font size) in the list of battles – particularly to mark battles as "important" – is generally discouraged; while there are a few cases where such approaches may be both helpful to the reader and sufficiently well-sourced that they do not constitute original research, they are usually both unnecessary and potentially confusing. Similarly, dividing the list of battles into multiple blocks by inserting heading-like separations should be exceptional; if such a division is felt to be needed, a better solution may be to split the one campaignbox into two or more. This infobox may be used to describe a particular planned or executed military operation or attack. For operations that resulted in combat, it can be used as an auxiliary template to the {{infobox military conflict}}, if necessary; for other types of operations, including those that were planned but never executed, it may be used alone. In the case of conflicts that consisted of multiple independent operations, multiple copies of the box may be used on a single article.

Usage

{{{title}}}
Part of {{{conflict}}}
[[File:{{{image}}}|{{{image_size}}}|alt={{{alt}}}|upright={{{image_upright}}}]] {{{caption}}}
Operational scope	{{{scope}}}
Location	{{{location}}} 0°N 0°E / 0; 0
Planned	{{{planned}}}
Planned by	{{{planned_by}}}
Commanded by	{{{commanded_by}}}
Target	{{{target}}}
Date	{{{date}}} {{{time}}} {{{time-begin}}} – {{{time-end}}} ({{{timezone}}})
Executed by	{{{executed_by}}}
Outcome	{{{outcome}}}
Casualties	{{{casualties}}}
{{{map_label}}} {{{map_caption}}}

{{Infobox military operation
 |name          = 
 |partof        = 
 |subtitle      = 
 |image         = 
 |image_upright = 
 |alt           = 
 |caption       = 
 |scope         = 
 |type          = 
 |location      = 
 |location2     = <!-- 2 through 10 for more locations -->
 |coordinates   = 
 |coordinates2  = <!-- 2 through 10 for more locations -->
 |map_type      = 
 |map_size      = 
 |map_caption   = 
 |map_label     = 
 |map_label2    = <!-- 2 through 10 for more locations -->
 |planned       = 
 |planned_by    = 
 |commanded_by  = 
 |objective     = 
 |target        = 
 |date          = <!-- {{start date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}} --> 
 |time          = 
 |time-begin    = 
 |time-end      = 
 |timezone      = 
 |executed_by   = 
 |outcome       = 
 |casualties    = 
 |fatalities    = 
 |injuries      = 
}}

Example

Case Blue
Operational scope	Strategic offensive
Planned by	Wehrmacht
Objective	Capture of Caucasus oil fields
Date	Began 28 June 1942 (1942-06-28)
Executed by	Army Group South

{{Infobox military operation
 |name        = Case Blue
 |scope       = Strategic offensive
 |planned_by  = ''[[Wehrmacht]]''
 |objective   = Capture of [[Caucasus]] oil fields
 |executed    = Began {{start date|1942|06|28|df=y}}
 |executed_by = [[Army Group South]]
}}

Parameters

Note: When using parameters, avoid the ambiguous abbreviation "N/A", and instead use "unknown" or "none". All subjective or qualitative judgements and numerical quantities or statistics must be cited to a reliable source (see WP:MILMOS#CITE).

• name – the name of the operational plan; names in multiple languages may be provided.
• subtitle – alternative name of the conflict being described.
• partof – optional – the larger conflict containing the event described in the article.
• image – optional – an image for the warbox. Given in the form File:Example.jpg
• image_upright – optional – image upright scaling factor.
• alt – optional – Alternative text for image that is accessible to screen readers to help the visually impaired
• caption – optional – the text to be placed below the image.
• location – optional – the location of the operation.
• coordinates – optional – the coordinates for the location above, given as {{coord}} with |display=inline,title. Used to display the geographic location of the conflict and the location on a map added with the map_type parameter. If coordinates for several locations are given, consider if hany shall have the title display.
• map_type – optional – the base map to be used for the location map, e.g. "Scotland"; see {{location map}} for more details.
• map_size – optional – width of the location map in pixels (px), e.g. "150"; defaults to: "220".
• map_caption – optional – caption displayed below the location map; defaults to "Location within {{{map_type}}}", e.g. "Location within Scotland".
• map_label – optional – the label placed next to the marker on the location map.
• scope – optional – the scope of the operation, such as "Strategic", "Operational", or "Tactical".
• type – optional – as an alternative to the scope field above, the type of operation, such as "Suicide attack" or "Ambush".
• planned – optional – the date(s) on which the plan was developed.
• planned_by – optional – the person or group responsible for developing the plan.
• commanded_by – optional – the person commanding the operation.
• objective – optional – the objective(s) of the operation.
• target – optional – as an alternative to the objective field above, the target(s) of the operation.
• date – optional – the date(s), if any, on which the operation was executed. use {{Start date}} (and {{End date}} if required)
• time – optional – the time, if any, at which the operation was executed.
• time-begin and time-end – optional – as an alternative to the time field above, the start and end times, respectively.
• timezone – optional – the timezone of the location of the operation; UTC+X, UTC-X, or UTC (i.e. offset from UTC) is preferred.
• executed_by – optional – the people, groups, units, or formations responsible for executing the operation.
• outcome – optional – the outcome of the operation from the perspective of the planners with a very brief summary of defence if appropriate.
• casualties – optional – any casualties occurring during the execution of the operation.
• fatalities – optional – as an alternative to the casualties field above, the number of fatalities occurring during the execution of the operation.
• injuries – optional – as an alternative to the casualties field above, the number of injuries occurring during the execution of the operation.

Microformat

The HTML mark-up produced by this template includes an hCalendar microformat that makes event details readily parsable by computer programs. This aids tasks such as the cataloguing of articles and maintenance of databases. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please visit the Microformat WikiProject.

Classes used

The HTML classes of this microformat include:

• attendee
• contact
• description
• dtend
• dtstart
• location
• organiser
• summary
• url
• vevent

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

TemplateData

TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools

See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Infobox military conflict in articles based on its TemplateData. TemplateData for Infobox military conflict This infobox may be used to describe a particular planned or executed military operation or attack. Template parameters This template has custom formatting. Parameter Description Type Status Name name The name of the military operation String suggested

See also

• {{Infobox civil conflict}}
• {{Infobox civilian attack}}
• {{Infobox military conflict}}

Microformat

The HTML markup produced by this template includes an hCalendar microformat, which makes the event details 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 a calendar or diary application. Within the hCalendar is a Geo microformat, which additionally makes the coordinates (latitude & longitude) parsable, 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.

Dates will only be included if you use {{Start date}} or {{End date}} (use the former for single dates, but do not use any of these if the date is before 1583 CE). {{End date}} requires that a time be specified, but display of this time may be suppressed by adding |nodate=yes to the end.

To include a URL, use {{URL}}.

hCalendar uses HTML classes including:

• attendee
• dtend
• dtstart
• location
• summary
• url
• vevent

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

• geo
• latitude
• longitude

Please do not rename or remove these classes nor collapse nested elements which use them.
Also, when giving coordinates, please don't be overly precise.