Template:Infobox record label

Republic Records
Republic Records
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Parent company	Universal Music Group
Founded	1995
Founder	Monte Lipman; Avery Lipman;
Distributor(s)	Universal Music Group (Worldwide); Virgin EMI Records (in the UK);
Genre	Various
Country of origin	United States
Location	New York City
Official website	www.republicrecords.com

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{{{name}}}
	[[File:{{{image}}}\|{{{image_size}}}\|alt={{{image_alt}}}\|{{{image_alt}}}]] {{{caption}}}
Parent company	{{{parent}}}
Founded	{{{founded}}}
Founder	{{{founder}}}
Defunct	{{{defunct}}}
Status	{{{status}}}
Distributor(s)	{{{distributor}}}
Genre	{{{genre}}}
Country of origin	{{{country}}}
Location	{{{location}}}
Official website	{{{url}}}

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Usage

{{Infobox record label}} adds an infobox to the article page of a record label. The template's code should go at the top of the page, before the article lead section, but below disambiguation notices (see also WP:WAI).

Pre-filled sample

For simple use, you can directly cut-n-paste the sample code below (filling in the relevant fields, deleting the irrelevant fields, and leaving out with their self-documentation comments the fields you don't know or that can be used later):

{{Infobox record label <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music -->
| name        = <!-- "label name" displayed in box title, defaults to page title -->
| image       = <!-- logo, such as "LABEL-LOGO.jpg" -->
| image_size  = <!-- size -->
| image_alt   = <!-- WP:ALT text describing the image -->
| caption     = <!-- a caption for the image -->
| parent      = <!-- parent company, such as "[[Warner Music Group]]" -->
| founded     = <!-- year of foundation, such as {{start date|1950}} -->
| founder     = <!-- name of founders, separate with commas or <br /> -->
| fate        = <!-- explain the reason of the closing-->
| defunct     = <!-- year the label dissolved, such as {{end date|1990}} -->
| status      = <!-- leave blank unless "Inactive" -->
| distributor = <!-- distributors, separate with commas or <br /> -->
| genre       = <!-- such as "[[World music|World]]" or "Various", separate with commas or <br /> -->
| country     = <!-- origin, such as "U.S." or "{{Flag|Turkey}}" -->
| location    = <!-- headquarters city and state -->
| url         = <!-- such as "{{URL|www.atlanticrecords.com}}" -->
}}

Empty sample

If you already know exactly what goes into each field, this version too can be cut-n-pasted directly into your article and filled on the spot, without having to delete the helper comments as you fill it:

{{Infobox record label <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music -->
| name        = 
| image       = 
| image_size  =
| image_alt   =
| caption     =  
| parent      = 
| founded     = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY}} -->
| founder     = 
| fate        = 
| defunct     = <!-- {{End date|YYYY}} -->
| status      = 
| distributor = 
| genre       = 
| country     = 
| location    = 
| url         = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} -->
}}

Fields

All fields are currently optional (in that not filling them won't cause a display error), but it is recommended to try and fill as much as possible within sourced informations, especially founded and country. An empty {{Infobox record label}} will generate only the blue heading with the name of the article.

name: (Defaults to article name.) Label name displayed in infobox title.
image: Label logo, such as LABEL-LOGO.jpg.
image_size: preferably between 100 pixels and 200 pixels wide, depending on its portrait or landscape orientation—default is 180px.
image_alt: alternative text which describes the image
caption: a caption for the image
parent: Parent company, such as [[Warner Music Group]].
founded: Foundation year, just 4 digits, such as "1950", using {{Start date}}
founder: Name of founders, separate with commas or <br /> .
fate: explain the reason of the closing
defunct: Dissolved year, just 4 digits, such as "1990", using {{end date}}
status: Leave blank unless Inactive.
distributor: Distributors, separate with commas or <br /> .
genre: Such as [[World music|World]] or Various, separate with commas or <br /> .
country: Origin, such as U.S. or {{Flag|Turkey}}.
location: Headquarters city and state.
url: Specifies official site of record label using {{[[Template:URL|URL}}, for example:
{{URL|www.atlanticrecords.com}} (concise)
{{URL|www.kalan.com/english/scripts|Kalan.com}} (qualified)

Additional field not provided by default:

bgcolor: (Deprecated, defaults to "LightBlue".) Background color for box title, not to be used unless justified need.

Example

{{Infobox record label <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music -->
| name        = Republic Records
| image_name  = Wikipedia-logo-v2-en.svg
| image_size  = 100px
| parent      = [[Universal Music Group]]
| founded     = {{Start date|1995}}
| founder     = {{ubl| [[Monte Lipman]] | Avery Lipman }}
| distributor = {{ubl| Universal Music Group (Worldwide) | [[Virgin EMI Records]] (in the UK) }}
| genre       = Various
| country     = United States
| location    = New York City
| url         = {{URL|www.republicrecords.com}}
}}

The above template code example produces the infobox displayed at right.

The actual logo is not displayed on this documentation page because of fair-use limitations (it can be used only to illustrate the article about it). A Wikipedia logo is used here to demonstrate logo use and placement.
Notice in the distributor field how you can go to a new line for a sub-item by hiding the newline in the middle of the <br /> . Doing so is not required (the founder field doesn't use it), and neither version affects the output, but it can make the wikicode more readable and editable with long sub-items.
Two fields have been deleted: image_bg (because the default white color is to be used here), and status (because the company is neither inactive nor defunct, and currently unlikely to require the field in the near future).

Microformat

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.