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The Generic Infobox is a useful tool for organizing information about an article in a vertical format on the right side of the screen.

Variables used edit

Color set edit

The box has defineable colors for the info box border color, title background, and section backgrounds, but please don't change them so we can have a consistent look and feel.

Info box title edit

The title which will be at the top of the info box.

infotitle=

Related news edit

A list of links to related articles on Wikinews, in the format:

related news=* [[Article title]]

* [[Article title]]

-this would be a good place to use a DPL Dan100 (Talk) 08:14, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Background edit

A list of links to background information or sources, such as:

background=* {{source}}

* [http://url link text]
* [[Wikipedia background link]]

The Extra Block edit

The extra block might be anything, a graphic or additional sources, extra text, whatever works. The title and the content are both variables.

extra block name=
extra block=

Example edit

The following is a filled info box which carries a lot of data, first the source to build it and then the actual example (separated by a break to avoid over lapping long lines):

{{Generic Infobox|
bg color=#EEEEEE|
border color=#666666|
title bg color=#DDDDFF|
section bg color=#DDDDDD|
infotitle=[[Chili Finger Incident]]|
related news=*[[Woman finds human finger in bowl of chili at Wendy's restaurant]]
*[[Chili finger may have been raw]]
*[[Wendy's sales down in Northern California]]
*[[Owner of Wendy's chili finger still not found]]
*[[Police search home of Las Vegas woman who found finger in her chili at Wendy's]]
*[[Las Vegas 'chili finger' woman has history of lawsuits]]
*[[Police investigate new lead in 'Chili Finger' case; Ayala abandons lawsuit]]
*[[Wendy's doubles reward for 'chili finger' info to US$100,000]]
*[[Las Vegas 'chili finger' woman arrested]]
*[[Woman arrested in Wendy's chili finger case and larcenous mobile home sale]]
*[[Chili finger suspect arrives in San Jose, California for trial]]|
background=* [[w:Wendy's|Profile: Wendy's]]
* [[w:Anna Ayala|Profile: Anna Ayala]]
* [[Wendy's|Wikinews: Wendy's]]|
extra block name=Site|
extra block=[[Image:Wendys1405Monterey1.JPG|196px|The Wendy's outlet where the finger was discovered]]
The Wendy's outlet where the finger was discovered|
see also=* [http://www.wendys.com/w-1-0.shtml Welcome to Wendy's] - ''Wendy's corporate web page''
* [http://www.wendys.com/w-search-stores.shtml Wendy's Store Locator] - ''Enter San Jose, CA with a zip code of 95110 for store directions''}}

Chili Finger Incident