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[edit] Documentation

This template employs intricate features of template syntax. Please do not alter it unless you understand its setup and parser functions and are ready to repair or revert all collateral damage if results are unexpected. Any experiments should be conducted and all improvements tested in either the template sandbox or your user space before changing anything here.

{{infobox record label}} adds an infobox to the article page of a record label.

[edit] Usage

[edit] Minimal code

{{Infobox record label
| name    = 
| founded = 
}}

[edit] Optimal code

{{Infobox record label
| name        = 
| image       = 
| image_bg    = 
| parent      = 
| founded     = 
| founder     = 
| status      = 
| distributor = 
| genre       = 
| country     = 
| location    = 
| url         = 
}}

[edit] Attributes

• name (optional, default as per page name). Specifies label name in box title and when referring to its official site.
• image_bg (optional, default: white). Can be used to specify background to display image against. All CSS color specifiers may be used. However, it is generally recommended to leave it unspecified, so it will remain white as default.
• founded (required). Foundation year, just 4 digits, without any links. It would appear as "that year in music".
• url (optional). Specifies official site of record label. Note that there should be no wiki-formatting of link, just plain URL.

[edit] Example

Elektra Records
Parent company	Warner Music Group
Founded	1950
Founder(s)	Jac Holzman Paul Rickholt
Distributing label	Atlantic Records (In the US) WEA (Outside the US)
Genre(s)	Various
Country of origin	US
Location	New York, New York
Official Website	http://www.atlanticrecords.com/

Template code below produces the infobox result at right. →

{{Infobox record label <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music --><br />
| name        = Elektra Records
| image       = [[Image:elektra_records.png]]
| image_bg    = white
| parent      = [[Warner Music Group]]
| founded     = 1950
| founder     = [[Jac Holzman]]<br />[[Paul Rickholt]]
| distributor = [[Atlantic Records]] (In the [[United States|US]])<br />[[Warner Music Group|WEA]] (Outside the [[United States|US]])
| genre       = Various
| country     = [[United States|US]]
| location    = [[New York, New York]]
| url         = http://www.atlanticrecords.com/
}}

[edit] See also

• Template:Infobox record label (edit talk links history)
• Template:Infobox album (edit talk links history)
• Template:Infobox musical artist (edit talk links history)
  • for individual artists, bands or collectives
• WikiProject Music
  • WikiProject Musicians

[edit] Discussion

Contents 1 Documentation 1.1 Usage 1.1.1 Minimal code 1.1.2 Optimal code 1.1.3 Attributes 1.2 Example 1.3 See also 2 Discussion 2.1 add this 2.2 need help

Add issues below as you see fit, sign with ~~~~

Could we make "founded" (the year of founding) optional? It's causing problems at Credential Recordings. --Metropolitan90 06:41, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Can their be an additional piece of code for "defunct" or "disestablished" for labels that no longer exist? Naufana : talk 21:27, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

I was thinking the same thing. I can do it, the only problem is what would the proper wording be? Disestablished, Discontinued...? I like Discontinued better, but I'm not sure if there's a better word. Joltman 15:37, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

The defunct feature doesn't seem to work. I put in the year 1994 for Twin/Tone Records, but it doesn't appear. Eco84 | Talk 23:21, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Defunct should now work. Proto ► 19:11, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] add this

i think CEO or owner should be in the infobox. --Peterm1991 21:12, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] need help

hi, i'm trying to use this template for Napalm Records but its not working. can anyboody help? see my sandbox for what i'm using. thanks. ...Patrick (talk, contributions) 21:48, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

i messed around with it and got it to work. still don't know what i was doing wrong, but its fixed ...Patrick (talk, contributions) 23:08, 7 April 2007 (UTC)