Template talk:Infobox afl player

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1 Usage
2 Parameters
3 Example
4 Player numbers
5 Height and weight
6 Image problems
7 Original Club
8 Playing Position

[edit] Usage

Copy and paste the text in the box below to add this infobox to an AFL player article.

{{Infobox afl player | firstname = 
| lastname = 
| image name = 
| birthdate = 
| birthplace = 
| originalteam = 
| deathdate = 
| deathplace = 
| debutdate = 
| debutteam = 
| debutopponent = 
| debutstadium = 
| playingteams = 
| heightweight

| coachingteams = 

| statsend = 2004
| careerhighlights = <BR>
*
}}

[edit] Parameters

[edit] firstname and lastname

Player's names should be inserted separately. This is because the player is automatically added to Australian rules footballers category in the format lastname, firstname. Example:

| firstname = James
| lastname = Hird

[edit] image name

Name of the image. This field can be left blank or omitted. Example:

| image name = jhird.jpg

[edit] birthdate, birthplace

Wikified date and place of birth. Example:

| birthdate = [[27 February]] [[1981]]
| birthplace = [[Mildura, Victoria]]

[edit] originalteam

Wikified team from which the player was recruited immediately prior to joining the V/AFL, and the league (abbreviated, in brackets). Example:

| originalteam = [[Mayne Football Club]] ([[AFLQ]])

[edit] deathdate, deathplace

Wikified date and place of death. Will be supressed if deathdate is left blank or omitted.

[edit] debutdate, debutteam, debutopponent, debutstadium

Details of this player's first game in the V/AFL, all wikified.

[edit] playingteams

Clubs played for, and in which years. Each club listed on a separate line. Example:

| playingteams = [[Fitzroy FC]] (1988-1993)

[[Brisbane Bears FC]] (1994-1996)

[[Brisbane Lions AFC]] (1997-2004)

[edit] coachingteams

Clubs coached, and in which years. Each club on a separate line. This field is suppressed if it is left blank or omitted. Example:

| coachingteams = [[Collingwood FC]] (1987-1995)

[[Brisbane Lions AFC]] (since 1999)

[edit] statsend

Requires a year. Infobox is accurate to end of the season indicated here. Example:

| statsend = 2004

[edit] careerhighlights

Major career highlights in point form. Career games played, goals kicked. Awards (Brownlow, best-and-fairest, media awards, premiership side, hall of fame, team of the century, All-Australian, International Rules representative, etc). Example:

| careerhighlights = <BR>
*[[Brownlow Medal]] 2002
*[[Merrett-Murray Medal]] 2002, 2003
*Premiership Side 2001, 2002, 2003

Note that the <BR> must be in place or some odd formatting will occur.

[edit] Example

{{Infobox afl player | firstname = Jason
 | lastname = Akermanis
 | image name = 
 | birthdate = [[February 24]], [[1977]]
 | birthplace = [[Mildura, Victoria]]
 | originalteam = [[Mayne Football Club]] ([[AFLQ]])
 | deathdate = 
 | deathplace = 
 | debutdate = Round 5, [[April 23]], [[1995]]
 | debutteam = [[Brisbane Bears]]
 | debutopponent = [[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]]
 | debutstadium = [[The Gabba]]
 | playingteams = [[Brisbane Bears]] (1995-1996)
 
 [[Brisbane Lions]] (1997-)
 | coachingteams = 
 | statsend = 2004
 | careerhighlights = <BR>
 *[[Brownlow Medal]] 2001
 *Premiership side 2001, 2002, 2003
 }}

[edit] Player numbers

Moved from Template_talk:afl-infobox: Should this template include a jumper number(s) part with all known information about what number they wore, and when. This could be ignored for players who had several numbers when numbers were given out according to alphabetical order in certain teams.

For example Nathan Buckley: Jumper Number: 5 (Collingwood), 11 (Brisbane Bears)

Matthew Lokan: Jumper Number: 39 (2003), 29 (2004-2005)

Syd Coventry: Jumper Number: Various (1 mostly as this was the captains number)

agree--Rulesfan 02:54, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Height and weight

Should we include height and weight? YearOfTheDog = I believe it should be included

I note that this has just been done, but this now means that nearly 400 articles now have {{heightweight}} in their infobox. Is there going to be a concerted effort to have these missing values entered? --The Brain of Morbius 10:32, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Never mind, I just fixed it using the new qif function. Where there is no heightweight value, that row is skipped.--The Brain of Morbius 06:50, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

{{qif}} is deprecated. I've replaced it with {{#if:}}. — Apr. 24, '06 [06:07] <freakofnur_xture|talk>

[edit] Image problems

It seems images are restricted to 200px. Is there anyway to make pages like Andrew Mackie so that images can be adjustable?

Now the images don't show up at all? Pages like Jack Worrall which had images are now gone. Help ! R o gerthat ^Talk 01:52, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Can somebody fix the images thing, please? I was trying to put an image of Fryzie on his article, and I was wondering why it wasn't appearing. I would have a go at the template, but no doubt I'd have some angry villagers at me with the flaming pitchforks if I did... Anyway, so yeah. I'm going to put the image in the article text instead, for now. --JD[^{don't talk}|_email] 09:39, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Good news guys, I got the image thing working. It's probably not done in the best way, but it works. --JD[^{don't talk}|_email] 12:45, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

It actually needs some work, something to stop the image syntax from appearing when there isn't an image on the article. I can't do that though. --JD[^{don't talk}|_email] 13:09, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

I reverted all the work I did, as it wasn't great. I'll ask somebody to look at it later. --JD[^{don't talk}|_email] 13:16, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

The #if for the image didn't have quite the right syntax (missing the "|" separating the condition from the "then" clause). It's fixed now. -- Rick Block (talk) 17:23, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

While we're at it, is there any way to specify the pixels of the image? I noticed all images are set to 200px with no option to change. Thanks for your help Rick and JD, very much appreciated. Cheers! R o gerthat ^Talk 11:20, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, there is, but removing it at the moment would affect all the images on all the pages, making any large ones huge. _{J Di}^talk 16:11, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Original Club

This section should be further clarified. Note that the rugby league player info box (see Andrew Johns) has Current Club, Youth Club and Professional Clubs. Furthermore, each club should include the state or country in which the club played so that there is consistency in the articles.--Rulesfan 02:54, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

further to this, check out Adam McPhee. Someone used an info box called "Football Player" which seems to be generic and based on a combination of the rugby and soccer info boxes which looks and reads much better. Does anyone favour converting some of the existing infoboxes to this new format ? please discuss ... --Rulesfan 00:39, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, this infobox could do with a bit of reworking, but we need someone who's good on the technical side of things to help redeisgn it. R o gerthat ^Talk 03:58, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Playing Position

Should we put a field in for their preferred playing position ? --Rulesfan 02:56, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

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