Template talk:Rugby league player infobox
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[edit] Usage
[edit] Purpose
The football player infobox is intended to provide a quick overview of a football player's details to enable a reader to extract the most oft-needed information without trawling through the article proper. It is most appropriately used for professional players and should not be leveraged for amateurs, no matter their profile.
[edit] Parameters
[edit] Mandatory
- {{{playername}}} — The commonly used name of the player.
- {{{dateofbirth}}} — The player's date of birth, wikilinked.
- {{{cityofbirth}}} — The location of the player's birth.
- {{{countryofbirth}}} — The country of the player's birth.
- {{{position}}} — The player's most common position. If a player is known for playing in multiple roles then the author should elect which is the most significant and explain the point more fully within the article. OR if a player is not a forward, he may be refered to simply as Back. Like wise forwards may be refered to as their row number, row position such or simply as forward depending on their likeliness to shift in the scrum. A player may also be refered to as Utility, Back or Utility Forward if they constantly move around or are used off the bench to cover a number of positions.
- {{{clubyears}}} — A <br /> delimited list of years that the player has been contracted at each professional club.
- {{{clubs}}} — A <br /> delimited list of professional clubs that the player has been contracted at.
- {{{clubcaps}}} — A <br /> delimited list of named appearances that the player has made for each club.
[edit] Optional
- {{{fullname}}} — The player's complete name.
- {{{image}}} — A picture of the player, ideally on the pitch in the strip of his most recent team.
- {{{height}}} — The player's height in the units most common within the country he plays.
- {{{weight}}} — The player's weight in the units most common within the nationalccountry he plays.
- {{{nickname}}} — The player's most common nickname. Extensive lists of nicknames can be discussed in the article itself and the author should use their judgement to select the most appropriate entry for this parameter.
- {{{clubtrys}}} — Agregate number of trys for clubs during the players professional career.
- {{{clubconversions}}} — Agregate number of conversions for clubs during the players professional career.
- {{{clubpenaltygoals}}} — Agregate number of penalty goals for clubs during the players professional career.
- {{{clubfieldgoals}}} — Agregate number of field goals for clubs during the players professional career.
- {{{sooyears}}} — Number of years spanning entire SOO career. This could mean a player played for 1997,1999,2005 and the years field should read something like 1997-2005 or in short hand style 1997-05 or 97-05.
- {{{sooteam}}} — The team a player played for during his SOO career. Should only be one.
- {{{soocaps}}} — Total number of named appearances that the player has made in his SOO career.
- {{{sootrys}}} — Agregate number of trys for SOO team during the players professional career.
- {{{sooconversions}}} — Agregate number of trys for SOO team during the players professional career.
- {{{soopenaltygoals}}} — Agregate number of trys for SOO team during the players professional career.
- {{{soofieldgoals}}} — Agregate number of trys for SOO team during the players professional career.
- {{{nationalyears}}} — A <br /> delimited list of years that the player has been a participant in each national team.
- {{{nationalteam}}} — A <br /> delimited list of international teams that the player has been a member of, including non-senior teams such as U21.
- {{{testcaps(all)}}} — A <br /> delmited list of total test appearances and total apperances that the player has been named in. E.g 26(26) - means 29 test appearances and 29 total national apperances.
- {{{nationaltrys}}} — Agregate number of trys for national teams the player has been named in.
- {{{nationalconversions}}} — Agregate number of conversions for national teams the player has been named in.
- {{{nationalpenaltygoals}}} — Agregate number of penalty goals for national teams the player has been named in.
- {{{nationalfieldgoals}}} — Agregate number of field goals for national teams the player has been named in.
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rodney James McDonell | |
| Date of birth | 18/02/1981 | |
| Place of birth | Albury, Australia | |
| Position: Utility:Back | ||
| Height: 173cm | Weight: 58kg | |
| Nickname | POds | |
| Clubs | ||
| 2005-current 2000-2003 |
Wikipedia Adacel |
240 234 |
| Trys: 2 | Conversions: 3 | |
| Field goals: 0 | ||
| State of Origin | ||
| 1999 | NSW | 1000 |
| Conversions: 4 | ||
| Field goals: 2 | ||
| National team | ||
| 1981 | Australia | 1(3) |
| Penalty goals: 1 | Field goals: 1 | |
[edit] Example
{{Template:Rugby_league_player_infobox
| playername = Rodney
| fullname = Rodney James McDonell
| dateofbirth = [[18/02/1981]]
| cityofbirth = Albury
| position = Utility:Back
| height = 173cm
| weight = 58kg
| nickname = [[User:POds|POds]]
| countryofbirth = Australia
| clubyears = 2005-current
| clubs = Wikipedia
| clubcaps = Several
| clubtrys = 2
| clubconversions = 3
| clubpenaltygoals =
| clubfieldgoals = 0
| sooyears = 1999
| sooteam = NSW
| soocaps = 1000
| sootrys =
| sooconversions = 4
| soopenaltygoals =
| soofieldgoals = 2
| nationalyears = 1981
| nationalteam = Australia
| testcaps(all) = 1(3)
| nationaltrys =
| nationalconversions =
| nationalpenaltygoals = 1
| nationalfieldgoals = 1
}}
[edit] Style guide
[edit] Density of information
Try to always consider that an infobox exists to support an article and provide a quick synopsis of important facts. This becomes vital when considering that the amount of space available within an infobox is significantly less than that available outside of it. Adding all seventy three nicknames that a player might have is highly informative, but will defeat the purpose of the infobox.
[edit] Wikilinking
As per the manual of style entry on linking, years should not be linked as they do not provide much benefit to the user. However, date of birth should be linked to enable date preferences to work. Linking of other entries is to be discouraged as most of these links will present themselves in the article's introduction; linking them in the infobox adds clutter and inhibits the speedy retrieval of facts.
[edit] Season year format
In order to keep the infobox from ballooning laterally, it is wise to keep date formats as compact as possible. Highly accurate dates are more useful in the article itself. Typically editors will use the 2005–06 incarnation but when very pressed for space, 05–06 may be useful. Utilising the – character instead of a hyphen will help prevent line breaks creeping into the season.
[edit] Trys, conversions & goals format
These are optional fields. When values for all are given, Trys and conversions will be in one row/line whilst the two goals fields will be on the next. Leaving one of the fields with out a value will cause the other value on the same line to be placed on the LHS. I.e. The field left with no value will simply disappear. If two values on the one row, such as trys and conversions are left with no value, the whole row will simply disappear. Feel free to add as much or as little information with regards to scoring information as you see fit.
[edit] Caveats
[edit] Bugs
The Template:Football_players_infobox contains or contained a bug in the {{{youth years}}} field that caused the section to not display but retain the title when a hyphen (-) was used to begin the field. It is likely that the bug affects other fields and thus this template.
The workaround is to not begin the entry with a hyphen but use some other character such as – (–).
