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'''{{tl|{{PAGENAME}}}}''' is the primary template on this wiki for magazines.  Typically, it's used for any magazine or comic issue that '''has a number'''.  Titles for such magazines '''must''' obey the rules set forth at [[T:MAGS]] for this template to work properly.   
{{Infobox Magazine
|image            = Image of magazine cover 
|caption          = caption for image 1 (do not use unless ''absolutely'' necessary for clarity)
|image2           = Image of alternate magazine cover
|caption2         = caption for image 2 (do not use unless ''absolutely'' necessary for clarity)
|price us         = USD cover price
|price uk         = GBP cover price
|price other      = cover price in another currency, defined by {{{currency}}}
|cover date       = Cover date of magazine (Do '''not''' put a mere "release" date here.  In most circumstances, a "cover date" '''is''' equivalent to an [[indicia]] date — '''but this is not true of modern ''DWM''. Again, '''this field is for cover dates only'''.)
|format           = Number of pages and style of binding 
|editor           = Editor of magazine
|publisher        = Publisher of magazine
|prev override    = Navigation happens automatically.  However, if you're dealing with a magazine range that does not number its issues sequentially, you'll need to use the variables <nowiki>{{{prev override}}} and {{{next override}}}</nowiki>.  
|next override     = Both are free-form variables that allow you to enter whatever text you choose.  '''Do not override unless it's absolutely necessary'''.  In other words, don't override just to put a fiddly little technical note in.  Override only when there's no other way to properly link to the prev/next issue.  
}}
== Usage ==
Copy and paste '''all''' of the text below onto whichever article page it is needed for (even if some fields are not needed copy '''all''' of the text).  

* As of March 2012, this template has no {{{name}}} variable.  The title of the infobox is automatically controlled by the template and cannot be overriden.  It is always equal to the name of the page for this particular infobox.
* Because [[T:MAGS]] standardised the naming of magazine issues in a mathematically useful way, {{{previous issue}}} and {{{next issue}}} can now be calculated automatically.  In those rare cases, as with [[Doctor Who Magazine (special issues)|the special issues of DWM]], like [[DWMS Summer 1982]], when issues '''are not''' numbered, you must now use {{{prev override}}} and {{{next override}}} to, well, '''override''' the automatic links to the surrounding issues.
* In May 2017, all instances of {{{previous issue}}} and {{{next issue}}} were stripped from the wiki. Please don't re-add, as this will cause inconsistent formatting.
*This template's navigation section will always consider an "issue 0" an impossibility.  In the unlikely event of an actual issue 0, you'll have to use {{{prev override}}} to create a link to it.

<pre>
{{Infobox Magazine
|image            =
|caption          = 
|image2           =
|caption2         =
|price uk         = 
|price us         = 
|price other      = 
|currency         =
|cover date       = 
|format           = 
|editor           = 
|publisher        = 
}}
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