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'''{{tl|{{PAGENAME}}}}''' is the primary template on this wiki for magazines.  Typically, it's used for "proper" magazines and not American-style comic books, which tend to use {{tl|Infobox Story}}.
'''{{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
{{Infobox Magazine
|magazine name    = Name of magazine
|image            = Image of magazine cover
|image           = Image of magazine cover at 250px
|caption          = caption for image 1 (do not use unless ''absolutely'' necessary for clarity)
|cover date      = Cover date of magazine
|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  
|format          = Number of pages and style of binding  
|editor          = Editor of magazine
|editor          = Editor of magazine
|publisher        = Publisher of magazine
|publisher        = Publisher of magazine
|previous issue  = Previous issue 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 issue      = Next issue of magazine
|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 ==
== 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).
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.
 
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{{Infobox Magazine
{{Infobox Magazine
|magazine name    =  
|image            =
|image            =  
|caption          =  
|issue number    =  
|image2          =
|caption2        =
|price uk        =
|price us        =
|price other      =  
|currency        =
|cover date      =  
|cover date      =  
|format          =  
|format          =  
|editor          =  
|editor          =  
|publisher        =  
|publisher        =  
|previous issue  =
|next issue      =
}}
}}
</pre>
</pre>
 
<noinclude>[[category:template documentation|{{PAGENAME}}]]</noinclude>
[[Category:Infoboxes|Magazine]]</noinclude>

Latest revision as of 18:18, 24 February 2019

{{Infobox Magazine/doc}} 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.

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