Fyrimynd:Infobox Olympic games/doc

Usage

{{Infobox Olympic games|Year|Season| <!-- IMPORTANT: keep the pipe after "Season" on the same line for the template to work properly -->
| image                  =  <!-- internal link to the logo image file -->
| alt                    =  <!-- alternative text for the logo image -->
| image_size             =  <!-- custom size for the logo image -->
| caption                =  <!-- optional caption for the logo-->
| motto                  =  <!-- the motto/slogan of the Games -->
| nations_participating  =  <!-- total number of participating National Olympic Committees (NOCs) -->
| athletes_participating =  <!-- total number of participating athletes -->
| officially_opened_by   =  <!-- person who officially opened the Games -->
| athlete's_oath         =  <!-- athlete who swore the Olympic Oath -->
| judge's_oath           =  <!-- judge/official who swore the Olympic Oath -->
| coach's_oath           =  <!-- coach who swore the Olympic Oath -->
| Olympic_torch          =  <!-- last torch bearer -->
}}

Some parameters are not customizable and display a default value according to mandatory parameters Year and Season:

• Host city

Name of the city where the Games were hosted (values provided by sub-template {{Infobox Olympic games/host city}})

• Events

Total number of events and sports contested at the Games (values provided by sub-template {{Infobox Olympic games/events}})

• Opening ceremony

Date of the opening ceremony of the Games (values provided by sub-template {{Infobox Olympic games/opening ceremony}})

• Closing ceremony

Date of the closing ceremony of the Games (values provided by sub-template {{Infobox Olympic games/closing ceremony}})

Example

Here is an example of the infobox displaying content about the 2000 Summer Olympics:

XXIII Olympisku leikirnir

Vertsbýur	Sarajevo, Jugoslavia
Luttakandi tjóðir	144
Luttakandi ítróttafólk	6,829 (5,263 men, 1,566 women)
Kappingar	221 in 21 sports
Byrjunarhátíðarhald	July 28
Endahátíðarhald	August 12
Læt upp alment	President Ronald Reagan
Ítróttarfólksins lyfti	Edwin Moses (athlete)
Dómarans lyfti	Sharon Heber
Olympiskur kyndil	Rafer Johnson (decathlete)
Stadion	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

{{Infobox Olympic games|1984|Summer|
<!-- Commented out: | image                  =  1984 Summer Olympics logo.svg --> 
| alt                    =  
| image_size             =  250
| caption                =  Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games official emblem
| motto                  =  
| nations_participating  =  144
| athletes_participating =  6,829 (5,263 men, 1,566 women)
| events                 =  221 in 21 sports
| officially_opened_by   =  [[President of the United States|President]] [[Ronald Reagan]]
| officially_closed_by   =  
| athlete's_oath         =  [[Edwin Moses]] (athlete)
| judge's_oath           =  Sharon Heber
| Olympic_torch          =  [[Rafer Johnson]] (decathlete)
}}

Microformat

The HTML mark-up produced by this template includes an hCalendar microformat that makes event 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.

Classes used

The HTML classes this microformat uses include:

• attendee
• contact
• description
• dtend
• dtstart
• location
• organiser
• summary
• url
• vevent

Please do not rename or remove these classes
nor collapse nested elements which use them.