Template:Infobox legislature
Infobox to be used in articles about a legislature (see Legislature#Lists of titles of legislatures for a list of likely names for bodies this template could be used in) as a whole, or any chamber found within a unicameral, bicameral, tricameral or tetracameral assembly.
Usage[edit]
This is a template met to be used in articles referring to legislatures (national, sub-national, federal, local, unicameral, bicameral, each of the chambers (if bicameral) or the whole body) that exist (currently function) or that don't exist (defunct legislative, disbanded ones).
Syntax[edit]
{{Infobox Legislature
| name =
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
| transcription_name =
| legislature =
| coa_pic =
| coa_res =
| coa_alt =
| logo_pic =
| logo_res =
| logo_alt =
| foundation = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| house_type =
| body =
| houses =
| term_limits =
| foundation = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| disbanded =
| preceded_by =
| succeeded_by =
| new_session =
| leader1_type =
| leader1 =
| party1 =
| election1 =
| leader2_type =
| leader2 =
| party2 =
| election2 =
| leader3_type =
| leader3 =
| party3 =
| election3 =
| leader4_type =
| leader4 =
| party4 =
| election4 =
| leader5_type =
| leader5 =
| party5 =
| election5 =
| leader6_type =
| leader6 =
| party6 =
| election6 =
| seats =
| house1 =
| house2 =
| structure1 =
| structure1_res =
| structure1_alt =
| structure2 =
| structure2_res =
| structure2_alt =
| political_groups1 =
| political_groups2 =
| committees1 =
| committees2 =
| joint_committees =
| voting_system1 =
| voting_system2 =
| last_election1 =
| last_election2 =
| previous_election1 =
| previous_election2 =
| session_room =
| session_res =
| session_alt =
| meeting_place =
| website = <!-- {{URL|www.example.com}} -->
| footnotes =
| motto =
}}
Parameters[edit]
The parameters are:
- background_color - header background color; may we suggest the dominant color of the house; DEFAULT = grey.
- text_color - header text color (to change if necessary); DEFAULT = black.
- name - the name of the Parliament/House (e.g. House of Commons (UK); Parliament of Romania).
- native_name - the name of the Parliament/House in the native language. Use {{plainlist}} for more than one native language (e.g. Parlamentul of României).
- native_name_lang - the language of the native name. Use ISO 639-2 code, e.g. "fr" for French. If there is more than one native name, in different languages, enter those names using {{lang}}, instead.
- transcription_name - the name of the Parliament/House in transliteration from the native language alphabet (if different than latin alphabet). Use
{{plainlist}}for more than one native language - legislature - the term of the on-going sesiion (e.g.: "40th Canadian Parliament"; "10th Legislature (of Las Cortes Generales)")
- coa_pic - coat of arms (Optional).
- coa_res - resolution of coat of arms (Optional. Default = 120px - Note: include "px" if selecting this).
- coa_alt - text representation of the coat of arms
- logo - logo (Optional).
- logo_res - resolution of logo (Optional. Default = 120px - Note: include "px" if selecting this).
- logo_alt - text representation of the logo
- house_type - bicameral/unicameral for assembly; upper house/lower house for the houses themselves.
- body - name of large legislative assembly if a chamber
- houses - names of the houses that make up the assembly; if more than one, separate with <br>.
- foundation - date founded. Use {{Start date}}
- disbanded - date disbanded.
- preceded_by - preceding legislature
- succeeded_by - succeeding legislature
- new_session - date of the new session. Use {{Start date}}
- leader1_type - title of a chamber leader (speaker, chairman, president, etc).
- leader1 - leader of the chamber.
- party1 - political party of leader.
- election1 - date that leader was elected.
- leader2_type - idem
- leader2 - idem
- party2 - idem
- election2 - idem
- leader3_type - idem
- leader3 - idem
- party3 - idem
- election4 - idem
- leader4_type - idem
- leader4 - idem
- party4 - idem
- election5 - idem
- leader5_type - idem
- leader5 - idem
- party5 - idem
- election6 - idem
- leader6_type - idem
- leader6 - idem
- party6 - idem
- election6 - idem
- seats - the (total) number of seats in the assembly; if more than one, separate with <br>.
- house1 - name of the upper/lower house
- house2 - name of the lower/upper house
- structure1 - image of the political structure of house1 (optional).
- structure1_res - resolution of the structure1 image
- structure1_alt - text representation of structure1 image
- structure2 - image of the political structure of house2 (optional).
- structure2_res - resolution of the structure2 image
- structure2_alt - text representation of structure2 image
- political_groups1 - list of the political parties/groups represented in house1.
- political_groups2 - list of the political parties/groups represented in house2.
- committees1 - list of the committees in house1.
- committees2 - list of the committees in house2.
- joint_committees - list of the joint committees in house2.
- voting_system1 - the voting system used for the house1.
- voting_system2 - the voting system used for the house2.
- last_election1 - the last election date for the house1.
- last_election2 - the last election date for the house2.
- previous_election1 - the election previous to this for house1.
- previous_election2 - the election previous to this for house2.
- session_room - image of the session room (Optional).
- session_res - resolution of session room (Optional. Default = 200px - Note: include "px" if selecting this).
- session_alt - text representation of image of session room
- meeting_place - the place where it meets: building (room), city (e.g. Palatul Parlamentului, Bucureşti).
- website - the assembly's/house's official website (Optional); use {{URL}}.
- footnotes - any necessary footnotes (Optional).
- motto - Motto.
Microformat[edit]
The HTML mark-up produced by this template includes an hCard microformat that makes an organization's details readily parsable by computer programs. This aids tasks such as the cataloguing of articles and maintenance of databases. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please visit the Microformat WikiProject.- Subtemplates
- Use {{Start date and age}} for the date on which an organisation was "established", "founded", "opened" or otherwise started, unless that date is before 1583 CE.
- Use {{URL}} for an organisation's URL.
Please do not remove instances of these subtemplates.
- Classes used
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- street-address
- url
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