Template:Infobox book/doc

Anne of Green Gables
	First page of Anne of Green Gables.
Author	Lucy Maud Montgomery
Illustrator	M. A. and W. A. J. Claus
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Script error: No such module "Wikidata".
Published	1908 (L. C. Page & Co.)
Publication date	Script error: No such module "Wikidata".
Media type	Print (hardcover)
Pages	Script error: No such module "Wikidata".
ISBN	Template:ISBNT
OCLC	367111
Dewey Decimal	Script error: No such module "Wikidata".
LC Class	Script error: No such module "Wikidata".
Followed by	Anne of Avonlea
Text	Anne of Green Gables at Wikisource

*name*
	caption
Author	author
Original title	title_orig
Working title	title_working
Translator	translator
Illustrator	illustrator
Cover artist	cover_artist
Country	country
Language	language
Series	series
Subject	subject
Genre	Script error: No such module "Wikidata".
Published	published
Publication date	Script error: No such module "Wikidata".
Media type	media_type
Pages	Script error: No such module "Wikidata".
Awards	awards
ISBN	Template:ISBNT
OCLC	oclc
Dewey Decimal	Script error: No such module "Wikidata".
LC Class	Script error: No such module "Wikidata".
Preceded by	preceded_by
Followed by	followed_by
Original text	title_orig at Interlingua Wikisource
Translation	name at Wikisource

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Infobox book.
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This infobox should italicize the article title automatically. If this is not required, add |italic title=no to the list of parameters. If this is required but the title is not being italicized, try |italic title=force.

This template is used to present a consistently-formatted table for use in articles about books.

Usage[edit]

{{Infobox book
| italic title   = (see above)
| name           =
| image          =
| caption        =
| alt            =
| author         =
| title_orig     =
| orig_lang_code =
| title_working  =
| translator     =
| illustrator    =
| cover_artist   =
| country        =
| language       =
| series         =
| subject        =
| genre          =
| published      =
| media_type     =
| pages          =
| awards         =
| isbn           =
| oclc           =
| dewey          =
| congress       =
| preceded_by    =
| followed_by    =
| wikisource     =
| exclude_cover  =
}}

Parameters[edit]

Please see WikiProject Books and/or WikiProject Novels for standards on presenting names and other data.

Parameters can be safely left blank. Note that you may include an image with no caption, but a caption will not be shown if there is no image.
Wikilinks can be used in any of the infobox fields.

name: Book name. If parameter is left blank, name will be inherited from page title.
image: Image (prefer 1st edition – where permitted), use bare filename: Example.jpg
image_size: Default size is 200px. Use a number to change image size
border: Inserting yes here will result in a 1px grey border around the image, useful for instances where the image and the background will blend together (such as a book cover with a white background). If no border is necessary, this parameter should not be used. Note: does not apply if |image= uses the full image syntax (e.g. [[Image:Example.jpg]]); in this case add the border in |image= (e.g. [[Image:Example.jpg|border=yes]])
caption: Image caption (should describe the edition used)
alt: Image alternate text
editor/editors: Editor(s) only when they are the primary contributor, e.g. dictionaries, encyclopedias, anthologies
author/authors: Author(s)
title_orig: Original title, if not in English
orig_lang_code: ISO code of original language, required if using |title_orig=, |native_wikisource= or |native_external_url=
working_title: Working title, when different from published title
translator: Translator(s), if original not in English
illustrator: Illustrator (where used throughout and a major feature)
cover_artist: Cover artist
country: Country of original publication
language: Language of original book
series: Series (if any)
subject/subjects: (for non-fiction) See index term and library classification
genre/genres: (for fiction) See literary genre
published: Using the following format: year (publisher) (language, when originally written in a foreign language); use {{plainlist}} when there is more than one notable edition
publisher/publisher2/pub_date/english_pub_date: Deprecated (use published instead)
media_type: Print / On-line (then binding types etc., if relevant)
pages: Pages (prefer 1st edition, specify edition as needed)
award/awards: Awards(s) the book has won
isbn: (prefer ISBN of 1st edition). Format: "ISBN 1-234-56789-0" (10-digit) or "ISBN 123-4-567-89012-3" (13-digit). If the book was published before the use of ISBN, do not include this parameter.
oclc: OCLC number (prefer 1st edition), use when book has no ISBN
dewey: Dewey Decimal System classification
congress: Library of Congress Classification (not to be confused with Library of Congress Control Number)
preceded_by: Title of prior book Template:Em; will be italicised by template code (do not use to connect separate books chronologically)
preceded_by_quotation_marks: Title of prior work Template:Em if a minor work; will be surrounded with quotation marks by template code (do not use to connect separate books chronologically)
followed_by: Title of subsequent book Template:Em; will be italicised by template code (do not use to connect separate books chronologically)
followed_by_quotation_marks: Title of subsequent work Template:Em if a minor work; will be surrounded with quotation marks by template code (do not use to connect separate books chronologically)
native_wikisource: Page name of original text at a foreign language Wikisource (if applicable); use |orig_lang_code= to specify which Wikisource. Tracked in Category:Articles that link to foreign-language Wikisources
native_external_url: URL to a site hosting the original text when in a foreign language, and in the public domain but not yet on Wikisource. Non-commercial, open and accessible sites should be used in preference, sites which rip the text from other sites should be avoided, and illegal content is never to be linked to
native_external_host: The name of the website linked to by |native_external_url=, e.g. Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive. Should be wikilinked if possible
wikisource: Title of work if in the public domain and hosted at English Wikisource:. Tracked in Category:Articles that link to Wikisource
external_url: URL to a site hosting the text in English (whether the original or a translation), when in the public domain but not yet on Wikisource. Non-commercial, open and accessible sites should be used in preference, sites which rip the text from other sites should be avoided, and illegal content is never to be linked to
external_host: The name of the website linked to by |external_url=, e.g. Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive. Should be wikilinked if possible
exclude_cover: This template will place articles with this infobox where no image has been specified into the category Books with missing cover; where this is not desired, e.g because the cover is shown elsewhere in the article, this parameter should be set to |exclude_cover=yes.

Example[edit]

{{Infobox book
| name           = Anne of Green Gables
| image          = FirstPageGreenGables.gif
| caption        = First page of ''Anne of Green Gables''.
| alt            = Cover
| author         = [[Lucy Maud Montgomery]]
| title_orig     = 
| working_title  =
| translator     = 
| illustrator    = M. A. and W. A. J. Claus
| cover_artist   = 
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| series         = 
| subject        = 
| genre          = [[Children's literature|Children's novel]]
| published      = 1908 ([[L. C. Page & Co.]])
| media_type     = Print ([[hardcover]])
| pages          = 429 pp ''(first edition)''
| awards         = 
| isbn           = N/A
| oclc           = 367111
| congress       = PR6025.O45 A53
| preceded_by    = 
| followed_by    = [[Anne of Avonlea]]
| wikisource     = Anne of Green Gables
}}

Template data[edit]

This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools; see the monthly error report for this template.

TemplateData for Infobox book

<templatedata>{ "description": "Consistently-formatted table for presenting information about books", "params": { "name": { "label": "Name", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "Book name.", "default": "Pagename" }, "author": { "label": "Author", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "Author(s) of the book (should be link to their respective article if there is one)." }, "language": { "label": "Language", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "Language of (original) book. Full language name (not a language code)." }, "country": { "label": "Country", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "Country of (original) publication." }, "genre": { "label": "Genre", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "" }, "published": { "label": "Published", "type": "number", "required": false, "description": "Using the following format: year (publisher) (language, when originally written in a foreign language)" }, "publisher": { "label": "Publisher", "type": "string", "deprecated": "Add the publisher to the Published field instead.", "description": "Name of publisher." }, "isbn": { "label": "ISBN", "type": "string", "description": "Format: \"ISBN 1-234-56789-0\" (prefer 1st edition)" },

               "exclude_cover": {
                       "label": "",
                       "type": "string",
                       "description": "\"yes\" if no image is present and adding this article to \"Category:Books with missing cover\" is not desired"
              }

} }</templatedata>

Translated books[edit]

About how to handle translated books, see the Translated books case study.

COinS[edit]

Template:UF-COinS

Tracking[edit]

Instances without images cause the article to be added to Category:Books with missing cover.