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|affiliation    = Any affiliation(s)
|affiliation    = Any affiliation(s)
|origin          = Location of species' home planet/star system/galaxy etc
|origin          = Location of species' home planet/star system/galaxy etc
|first          = story of first appearance
|first mention  = Only use if different from first appearance
|first          = story of first appearance; only use when there's more than one appearance
|appearances    = other stories the species has appeared in (don't include the first appearance again)  
|appearances    = other stories the species has appeared in (don't include the first appearance again)  
|only            = if the species only appeared in one story, list it as only=story name
|only            = if the species only appeared in one story, list it as only=story name

Revision as of 01:08, 3 July 2013

{{Infobox Species}} is the main infobox for the delivery of information about all species, sentient and non-sapient alike.

Note that for non-sentient life, you made need to also use {{looks like}} in order to give prominent links to other species that look like the ones under discussion. See, for instance, dog, cat, dolphin, and rhinoceros.

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).

{{Infobox Species
|name            = You don't actually need to fill out this variable in most cases.  It defaults to the name of the page.
|image           = 
|type            = 
|aka             = 
|affiliation     = 
|origin          = 
|first mention   =
|first           =
|only            = 
|appearances     =  
|individuals     =            
}}

Notes

  • Images should be entered in the format Image.jpg. Widths may not be specified.
  • Legacy support has been retained for the variable name Species name
  • The variable mentions is no longer supported