asbox

This template is used on 1,800,000+ pages, so changes to it will be widely noticed. Please test any changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in a user subpage, and consider discussing changes at the talk page before implementing them.

Message box meta-templates
template	context
{{Ambox}}	article
{{Cmbox}}	category
{{Imbox}}	image
{{Tmbox}}	talk
{{Fmbox}}	footer / header
{{Ombox}}	other pages
{{Mbox}}	auto-detect
{{Asbox}}	article stub
{{Dmbox}}	disambiguation

It is the standard template used for creating new or updating existing article stub box templates. It supports most, if not all, stub template styles.

Basic usage

{{asbox | image     = just the name of the image, e.g. Image.png - will be sized at 40x30px | subject   = given before "article", e.g. "this *biographical* article is a stub" | qualifier = given after "article" e.g. "this article *about a musician* is a stub" | category  = just the name of the category to place tagged pages in, e.g. History stubs | name      = the full name of the stub template itself, used to reference itself internally }}

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

Full usage

{{asbox | image     = Ambox style.png | pix       =  | subject   =  | article   =  | qualifier =  | category  =  | tempsort  =  | category1 =  | tempsort1 =  | note      =  | name      = {{subst:FULLPAGENAME}} }}

Parameters

icon or image

If the image is called with an icon template, icon 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 image is the name of the image :- pix will likely be required as well, the default value for pix is 40x30.

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

pix

The size of the image in pixels (no need to append px). Only required if image 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.)

subject and qualifier

This subject article qualifier 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...

category

The stub category the articles should go in.

tempsort

If exists the stub template (and any other templates) will be put in its own category sorted as " " (space) followed by tempsort, otherwise it will be sorted with the value of " " (space) followed by the template name.

category1

An optional second stub category the articles should go in.

tempsort1

If exists the stub template (and any other templates) will be put in its own category sorted as " " (space) followed by tempsort1, otherwise it will be sorted with the value of " " (space) followed by the template name.

category2

An optional third stub category the articles should go in.

tempsort2

If exists the stub template (and any other templates) will be put in its own category sorted as " " (space) followed by tempsort2, otherwise it will be sorted with the value of " " (space) followed by the template name.

note

If exists the value will be added, as a "small" note, to the stub template.

name

The full page name of the template itself.

Examples

Using image

Based on {{Østfold-geo-stub}}:

{{Asbox  | image     = Østfold_våpen.svg  | pix       = 30  | subject   = [[Østfold]] location  | category  = Østfold geography stubs  | tempsort  = *  | name      = Template:Østfold-geo-stub }} 

appears as:

Usa ka turók ini nga barasahon Østfold location . Dako it imo maibubulig ha Wikipedia pinaagi han pagparabong hini.

Using icon and category1

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

{{asbox | icon      = {{Soccer icon|Wales|50}} | subject   = biographical | qualifier = related to Welsh association football | category  = Welsh football biography stubs | tempsort  = *  | name      = Template:Wales-footy-bio-stub }} 

appears as:

Usa ka turók ini nga barasahon biographical related to Welsh association football . Dako it imo maibubulig ha Wikipedia pinaagi han pagparabong hini.

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:

{{navbar|{{{name}}}|mini=yes|style=position:absolute; right:15px; font-size:smaller; display:none;}} 

allowing a user to specify with css that three links regarding the stub template are shown (see [1]). A side effect is that a non-existing talk page of the stub template may show up on Special:WantedPages.

TemplateData

Standard template used for creating new or updating existing article stub box templates.

Template parametersEdit template data

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Stub category	category	The category into which this stub template puts pages.	Page name	required
Subject	subject	The subject of the stub template's category.	Unknown	suggested
Qualifier	qualifier	The sub-subject of the stub template's category.	Unknown	optional
Icon image	image	Image to use as an icon in the template.	File	suggested
Icon at text	imagealt	Alt text for the icon, especially for screen readers. Default Stub icon	Unknown	suggested
Icon size	pix	Size at which to display the icon.	Unknown	optional
Icon	icon	Icon to show in the template.	Unknown	suggested
Page name	article	Different term instead of 'article' to use in the template.	Unknown	optional
Note	note	A small note about the stub shown underneath the main text.	Unknown	optional
Template name	name	The name of the template.	Unknown	optional
Secondary stub category	category1	A secondary category into which this stub template puts pages.	Page name	optional
Tertiary stub category	category2	A tertiary category into which this stub template puts pages.	Page name	optional
Stub category sort prefix	tempsort	If set to a value other than 'no', a prefix for sorting pages in the category.	Unknown	optional
Secondary stub category sort prefix	tempsort1	If set to a value other than 'no', a prefix for sorting pages in the secondary category.	Unknown	optional
Tertiary stub category sort prefix	tempsort2	If set to a value other than 'no', a prefix for sorting pages in the tertiary category.	Unknown	optional

See also

• Wiki talk:WikiProject Stub sorting/Archive11#Stub template standardisation

Batakan:Mbox templates see also