Template:Asbox/doc

This is the Asbox ([A]rticle [s]tub [box]) metatemplate. It is the standard template used for creating new or updating existing article stub box templates. It supports virtually all stub template styles.

image
Filename only and no prefix, e.g. "Image.png" (without quotemarks). Image will be sized at 40x30px.

subject
Placed before the word "article" in the template (e.g. "biographical", producing "This biographical article is (...)").

qualifier
Placed after the word "article" (e.g. "about a musician", producing "(...) article about a musician is (...)").

category
Name only of category to which pages where this template used are added (e.g. "History stubs").

name
Full name of the stub template itself (used for internal reference).

This simple usage should suffice for most stub templates. Additional parameters are described below for advanced use.

or
If the image is called with an icon template,  is set to the full syntax of the template; that's the name of the template, plus any arguments (separated with | ), including the   and   around it. Icon can also be used to provide the full image markup (include the opening and closing square brackets), if special image settings such as "border" are to be used. If the image is called explicitly  is the name of the image :-   will likely be required as well, the default value for   is 40x30.

may be used to override the default alt text which is set to "Stub icon".

The size of the image in pixels (no need to append px). Only required if  is used and this image requires a size different from the default maximum of 40x30 pixels. (Note that in the interests of standardising the formats of stub messages, images of size 40x30 are much preferred.)

and
This  article   is a stub ...

Examples:
 * This geography article about a place in Rohan is a stub ...
 * This elementary physics article is a stub ...
 * This article about Rudolph the Red-nosed reindeer is a stub ...

Using
Based on Viken-geo-stub: undefined

Using and
Using  allows more flexibility in some circumstances than   and , since it can be used with templates. Based on Wales-footy-bio-stub: undefined

WhatLinksHere
The page [ here] should have a complete list of all templates using this template. This list can be compared with existing list of stub templates to identify new stub templates created out of process. The last entries will also be the most recently created items.

Navbar
This template contains... ...which allows the specification (with CSS) of the three stub-template links provided (see discussion). A side effect is that a non-existing talk page of the stub template may appear on Special:WantedPages.

TemplateData
{	"description": "Standard template used for creating new or updating existing article stub box templates.", "params": { "category": { "label": "Stub category", "type": "wiki-page-name", "description": "The category into which this stub template puts pages.", "required": true },		"subject": { "label": "Subject", "description": "The subject of the stub template's category.", "suggested": true },		"qualifier": { "label": "Qualifier", "description": "The sub-subject of the stub template's category." },		"image": { "label": "Icon image", "type": "wiki-file-name", "description": "Image to use as an icon in the template.", "suggested": true },		"imagealt": { "label": "Icon at text", "description": "Alt text for the icon, especially for screen readers.", "default": "Stub icon", "suggested": true },		"pix": { "label": "Icon size", "description": "Size at which to display the icon." },		"icon": { "label": "Icon", "description": "Icon to show in the template.", "suggested": true },		"article": { "label": "Page name", "description": "Different term instead of 'article' to use in the template." },		"note": { "label": "Note", "description": "A small note about the stub shown underneath the main text." },		"name": { "label": "Template name", "description": "The name of the template.", "type": "string", "autovalue": "" },		"category1": { "label": "Secondary stub category", "type": "wiki-page-name", "description": "A secondary category into which this stub template puts pages." },		"category#": { "label": "Tertiary stub category", "type": "wiki-page-name", "description": "A tertiary category into which this stub template puts pages." },		"tempsort": { "label": "Stub category sort prefix", "description": "If set to a value other than 'no', a prefix for sorting pages in the category." },		"tempsort#": { "label": "Tertiary stub category sort prefix", "description": "If set to a value other than 'no', a prefix for sorting pages in the tertiary category." }	} }