Template:Infobox legislature
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Infobox to be used in articles about a legislature as a whole, or any chamber found within a unicameral, bicameral, tricameral or tetracameral assembly.
Usage
This is a template meant to be used in articles referring to legislatures (national, sub-national, federal, local, unicameral, bicameral, each of the chambers (if bicameral) or the whole body) that exist (currently function) or that don't exist (defunct legislative, disbanded ones).
Syntax
name native_name transcription_name | |
---|---|
legislature | |
[[File:coa_pic|coa_res|alt=coa_alt|upright]] coa_caption | |
[[File:logo_pic|logo_res|alt=logo_alt|upright]] logo_caption | |
Type | |
Type | house_type of the [[body]] of [[jurisdiction]] |
Houses | houses |
Sovereign | crown-in-parl |
Term limits | term_limits |
History | |
Founded | foundation |
Disbanded | disbanded |
Preceded by | preceded_by |
Succeeded by | succeeded_by |
New session started | new_session |
Leadership | |
leader1_type | leader1, party1 since election1 |
leader2_type | leader2, party2 since election2 |
leader3_type | leader3, party3 since election3 |
leader4_type | leader4, party4 since election4 |
leader5_type | leader5, party5 since election5 |
leader6_type | leader6, party6 since election6 |
leader7_type | leader7, party7 since election7 |
Structure | |
Seats | seats |
[[File:structure1|structure1_res |alt=structure1_alt]] | |
house1 political groups | political_groups1 |
[[File:structure2|structure2_res |alt=structure2_alt]] | |
house2 political groups | political_groups2 |
house1 committees | committees1 |
house2 committees | committees2 |
Joint committees | joint_committees |
Length of term | term_length |
Authority | authority |
Salary | salary |
seats1_title | seats1 |
seats2_title | seats2 |
seats3_title | seats3 |
seats4_title | seats4 |
seats5_title | seats5 |
seats6_title | seats6 |
seats7_title | seats7 |
seats8_title | seats8 |
Elections | |
house1 voting system | voting_system1 |
house2 voting system | voting_system2 |
First house1 election | first_election1 |
First house2 election | first_election2 |
First general election | first_election3 |
Last house1 election | last_election1 |
Last house2 election | last_election2 |
Last general election | last_election3 |
Next house1 election | next_election1 |
Next house2 election | next_election2 |
Next general election | next_election3 |
Redistricting | redistricting |
Motto | |
motto | |
Meeting place | |
[[File:session_room|session_res |alt=session_alt]] | |
meeting_place | |
[[File:session_room2|session_res2 |alt=session_alt2]] | |
meeting_place2 | |
[[File:session_room3|session_res3 |alt=session_alt3]] | |
meeting_place3 | |
Website | |
website | |
Constitution | |
constitution | |
Rules | |
rules | |
Footnotes | |
footnotes |
((Infobox legislature
| name =
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
| transcription_name =
| legislature =
| coa_pic =
| coa_res =
| coa_alt =
| coa_caption =
| logo_pic =
| logo_res =
| logo_alt =
| logo_caption =
| house_type =
| houses =
| chambers =
| body =
| jurisdiction =
| term_limits =
| foundation = <!-- ((Start date|YYYY|MM|DD)) -->
| disbanded = <!-- ((End date|YYYY|MM|DD)) -->
| preceded_by =
| succeeded_by =
| new_session =
| affiliations =
| leader1_type =
| leader1 =
| leader1_term =
| party1 =
| election1 =
| leader2_type =
| leader2 =
| party2 =
| election2 =
| leader2_term =
| leader3_type =
| leader3 =
| party3 =
| election3 =
| leader3_term =
| leader4_type =
| leader4 =
| party4 =
| election4 =
| leader4_term =
| leader5_type =
| leader5 =
| party5 =
| election5 =
| leader5_term =
| leader6_type =
| leader6 =
| party6 =
| election6 =
| leader6_term =
| leader7_type = <!-- up to | leader10_type = -->
| leader7 = <!-- up to | leader10 = -->
| party7 = <!-- up to | party10 = -->
| election7 = <!-- up to | election10 = -->
| leader7_term = <!-- up to | leader10_term = -->
| seats = <!-- or | members = -->
| structure1 =
| structure1_res =
| structure1_alt =
| structure2 =
| structure2_res =
| structure2_alt =
| house1 =
| political_groups1 =
| committees1 =
| house2 =
| political_groups2 =
| committees2 =
| joint_committees =
| term_length =
| authority =
| salary =
| seats1_title =
| seats1 =
| seats2_title =
| seats2 =
| seats3_title =
| seats3 =
| seats4_title =
| seats4 =
| seats5_title =
| seats5 =
| seats6_title =
| seats6 =
| seats7_title =
| seats7 =
| seats8_title = <!-- up to | seats10_title = -->
| seats8 = <!-- up to | seats10 = -->
| voting_system1 =
| voting_system2 =
| first_election1 =
| first_election2 =
| first_election3 =
| last_election1 =
| last_election2 =
| last_election3 =
| next_election1 =
| next_election2 =
| next_election3 =
| redistricting =
| motto =
| session_room =
| session_res =
| session_alt =
| meeting_place =
| session_room2 =
| session_res2 =
| session_alt2 =
| meeting_place2 =
| session_room3 =
| session_res3 =
| session_alt3 =
| meeting_place3 =
| website = <!-- ((URL|www.example.com)) -->
| constitution =
| rules =
| footnotes =
| module = <!-- Used to embed other templates -->
))
Parameter descriptions
The parameters are:
- name – the name of the Parliament/House (e.g. House of Commons (UK); Parliament of Romania)
- native_name – the name of the Parliament/House in the native language; use ((Plainlist)) for more than one native language (e.g. Parlamentul of României).
- native_name_lang – the language of the native name; use ISO 639-1 code, e.g. "fr" for French; if there is more than one native name, in different languages, enter those names using ((Lang)), instead
- transcription_name – the name of the Parliament/House in transliteration from the native language alphabet (if different than Latin alphabet). Use
((plainlist))
for more than one native language - legislature – the term of the ongoing session (e.g.: "40th Canadian Parliament"; "10th Legislature (of Las Cortes Generales)")
- coa_pic – image name for coat of arms (Optional)
- coa_res – width in pixels for coa_pic image (Optional); defaults to 170px (about 75% of thumbnail size 220px but will vary if changed in Special:Preferences) due to use of upright in template (see Wikipedia:Extended image syntax § Size)
- coa_alt – alternative text for coa_pic image
- coa_caption – caption text to be display below coa_pic image (Optional)
- logo_pic – image name for logo (Optional)
- logo_res – width in pixels for logo_pic image (Optional); defaults to 170px (about 75% of thumbnail size 220px but will vary if changed in Special:Preferences) due to use of upright in template (see Wikipedia:Extended image syntax § Size)
- logo_alt – alternative text for logo_pic image
- logo_caption – caption text to be displayed below logo_pic image (Optional)
- house_type – For houses, one of
upper house
,lower house
, orunicameral house
; for legislatures as a whole, one ofunicameral
,bicameral
,tricameral
, ortetracameral
. The template will turn the input into a wikilink - body – name of large legislative assembly if a chamber
- jurisdiction –
- houses – names of the houses that make up the assembly; if more than one, separate with
((plainlist))
- term_limits –
- foundation – date founded; use ((Start date))
- disbanded – date disbanded; use ((End date))
- preceded_by – preceding legislature
- succeeded_by – succeeding legislature
- new_session – date of the new session; use ((Start date))
- affiliations –
- leader1_type – title of a chamber leader (speaker, chairman, president, etc.)
- leader1 – leader of the chamber
- party1 – political party of leader
- election1 – date that leader was elected
- leader2_type – idem
- leader2 – idem
- party2 – idem
- election2 – idem
- leader3_type – idem
- leader3 – idem
- party3 – idem
- election4 – idem
- leader4_type – idem
- leader4 – idem
- party4 – idem
- election5 – idem
- leader5_type – idem
- leader5 – idem
- party5 – idem
- election6 – idem
- leader6_type – idem
- leader6 – idem
- party6 – idem
- election6 – idem
- leader7_type – idem
- leader7 – idem
- party7 – idem
- election7 – idem
- seats – the (total) number of seats in the assembly; if more than one, separate with
((plainlist))
- house1 – name of the upper/lower house
- house2 – name of the lower/upper house
- structure1 – image name for diagram of the political structure of house1 (Optional)
- structure1_res – width in pixels for structure1 image (Optional); defaults to 120px due to a setting in template
- structure1_alt – alternative text for structure1 image
- structure2 – image name for diagram of the political structure of house2 (Optional)
- structure2_res – width in pixels for structure2 image (Optional); defaults to 120px due to a setting in template
- structure2_alt – alternative text for structure2 image
- political_groups1 – list of the political parties/groups represented in house1
- political_groups2 – list of the political parties/groups represented in house2
- committees1 – list of the committees in house1
- committees2 – list of the committees in house2
- joint_committees – list of the joint committees
- term_length –
- authority –
- salary –
- seats1_title –
- seats1 –
- seats2_title –
- seats2 –
- seats3_title –
- seats3 –
- seats4_title –
- seats4 –
- seats5_title –
- seats5 –
- seats6_title –
- seats6 –
- seats7_title –
- seats7 –
- seats8_title –
- seats8 –
- voting_system1 – the voting system used for the house1
- voting_system2 – the voting system used for the house2
- first_election1 – the first election date for the house1
- first_election2 – the first election date for the house2
- first_election3 – the first general election date
- last_election1 – the last election date for the house1
- last_election2 – the last election date for the house2
- last_election3 – the last general election date
- next_election1 – the next election date for house1
- next_election2 – the next election date for house2
- next_election3 – the next general election date
- redistricting –
- motto – Motto
- session_room – image of the session room (Optional)
- session_res – width in pixels for session_room image (Optional); defaults to 220px (but will vary if thumbnail size is changed in Special:Preferences)
- session_alt – alternative text for session_room image
- meeting_place – place where it meets: room, building, or city (e.g. Palatul Parlamentului, Bucureşti); displayed as caption below session_room image
- session_room2 – second image of the session room (Optional)
- session_res2 – width in pixels for session_room2 image (Optional); defaults to 220px (but will vary if thumbnail size is changed in Special:Preferences)
- session_alt2 – alternative text for session_room2 image
- meeting_place2 – second place where it meets: room, building, or city; displayed as caption below session_room2 image
- website – the assembly's/house's official website (Optional); use ((URL))
- constitution –
- rules –
- footnotes – any necessary footnotes (Optional)
- module - for embedding other templates (see WP:IEmbed)
Microformat
- 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.
- Classes used
The HTML classes of this microformat include:
- adr
- agent
- category
- country-name
- extended-address
- fn
- geo
- label
- latitude
- locality
- longitude
- nickname
- note
- org
- region
- street-address
- url
- vcard
nor collapse nested elements which use them.
TemplateData
TemplateData for Infobox legislature
infobox for legislatures
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
---|---|---|---|---|
background_color | background_color | no description | Unknown | optional |
name | name | no description | Line | required |
native_name | native_name | no description | Line | optional |
native_name_lang | native_name_lang | no description | Unknown | optional |
transcription_name | transcription_name | no description | Unknown | optional |
legislature | legislature | the ongoing session
| Page name | optional |
coa_pic | coa_pic | no description | Unknown | optional |
coa_res | coa_res | no description | Unknown | optional |
coa_alt | coa_alt | no description | Unknown | optional |
coa_caption | coa_caption | no description | Unknown | optional |
logo | logo | no description | Unknown | optional |
logo_pic | logo_pic | no description | Unknown | optional |
logo_res | logo_res | no description | Unknown | optional |
logo_alt | logo_alt | no description | Unknown | optional |
logo_caption | logo_caption | no description | Unknown | optional |
labelstyle | labelstyle | no description | Unknown | optional |
house_type | house_type | no description
| Unknown | optional |
houses | houses | List of houses in the legislature. Use a line break between houses. | Unknown | optional |
crown-in-parl | crown-in-parl | For legislatures where the head-of-state is an element of the legislature. | String | optional |
term_limits | term_limits | no description | Unknown | optional |
body | body | no description | Unknown | optional |
jurisdiction | jurisdiction | no description | Unknown | optional |
chambers | chambers | no description | Unknown | optional |
foundation | foundation | no description | Unknown | optional |
disbanded | disbanded | no description | Unknown | optional |
preceded_by | preceded_by | no description | Page name | optional |
succeeded_by | succeeded_by | no description | Page name | optional |
new_session | new_session | no description | Unknown | optional |
established | established | no description | Unknown | optional |
Affiliations | affiliations | Affiliation of organisation | String | optional |
leader1 | leader1 | no description | Unknown | optional |
leader2 | leader2 | no description | Unknown | optional |
leader3 | leader3 | no description | Unknown | optional |
leader4 | leader4 | no description | Unknown | optional |
leader5 | leader5 | no description | Unknown | optional |
leader6 | leader6 | no description | Unknown | optional |
leader7 | leader7 | no description | Unknown | optional |
leader8 | leader8 | no description | Unknown | optional |
leader1_type | leader1_type | no description | Unknown | optional |
party1 | party1 | no description | Page name | optional |
election1 | election1 | no description | Unknown | optional |
leader1_term | leader1_term | no description | Unknown | optional |
leader2_type | leader2_type | no description | Unknown | optional |
party2 | party2 | no description | Page name | optional |
election2 | election2 | no description | Unknown | optional |
leader2_term | leader2_term | no description | Unknown | optional |
leader3_type | leader3_type | no description | Unknown | optional |
party3 | party3 | no description | Page name | optional |
election3 | election3 | no description | Unknown | optional |
leader3_term | leader3_term | no description | Unknown | optional |
leader4_type | leader4_type | no description | Unknown | optional |
party4 | party4 | no description | Page name | optional |
election4 | election4 | no description | Unknown | optional |
leader4_term | leader4_term | no description | Unknown | optional |
leader5_type | leader5_type | no description | Unknown | optional |
party5 | party5 | no description | Page name | optional |
election5 | election5 | no description | Unknown | optional |
leader5_term | leader5_term | no description | Unknown | optional |
leader6_type | leader6_type | no description | Unknown | optional |
party6 | party6 | no description | Page name | optional |
election6 | election6 | no description | Unknown | optional |
leader6_term | leader6_term | no description | Unknown | optional |
leader7_type | leader7_type | no description | Unknown | optional |
party7 | party7 | no description | Page name | optional |
election7 | election7 | no description | Unknown | optional |
leader7_term | leader7_term | no description | Unknown | optional |
leader8_type | leader8_type | no description | Unknown | optional |
party8 | party8 | no description | Page name | optional |
election8 | election8 | no description | Unknown | optional |
leader8_term | leader8_term | no description | Unknown | optional |
leader9_type | leader9_type | no description | Unknown | optional |
leader9 | leader9 | no description | Unknown | optional |
party9 | party9 | no description | Page name | optional |
election9 | election9 | no description | Unknown | optional |
leader9_term | leader9_term | no description | Unknown | optional |
leader10_type | leader10_type | no description | Unknown | optional |
leader10 | leader10 | no description | Unknown | optional |
party10 | party10 | no description | Page name | optional |
election10 | election10 | no description | Unknown | optional |
leader10_term | leader10_term | no description | Unknown | optional |
structure1 | structure1 | no description | Unknown | optional |
political_groups1 | political_groups1 | no description | Unknown | optional |
structure3 | structure3 | no description | Unknown | optional |
political_groups3 | political_groups3 | no description | Unknown | optional |
committees1 | committees1 | no description | Unknown | optional |
committees2 | committees2 | no description | Unknown | optional |
joint_committees | joint_committees | no description | Unknown | optional |
term_length | term_length | no description | Unknown | optional |
authority | authority | no description | Unknown | optional |
salary | salary | no description | Unknown | optional |
seats1 | seats1 | no description | Unknown | optional |
seats2 | seats2 | no description | Unknown | optional |
seats3 | seats3 | no description | Unknown | optional |
seats4 | seats4 | no description | Unknown | optional |
seats5 | seats5 | no description | Unknown | optional |
seats6 | seats6 | no description | Unknown | optional |
seats7 | seats7 | no description | Unknown | optional |
seats8 | seats8 | no description | Unknown | optional |
members | members | no description | Unknown | optional |
seats | seats | no description | Unknown | optional |
structure1_res | structure1_res | no description | Unknown | optional |
structure1_alt | structure1_alt | no description | Unknown | optional |
house1 | house1 | no description | Unknown | optional |
structure2 | structure2 | no description | Unknown | optional |
structure2_res | structure2_res | no description | Unknown | optional |
structure2_alt | structure2_alt | no description | Unknown | optional |
house2 | house2 | no description | Unknown | optional |
political_groups2 | political_groups2 | no description | Unknown | optional |
seats1_title | seats1_title | no description | Unknown | optional |
seats2_title | seats2_title | no description | Unknown | optional |
seats3_title | seats3_title | no description | Unknown | optional |
seats4_title | seats4_title | no description | Unknown | optional |
seats5_title | seats5_title | no description | Unknown | optional |
seats6_title | seats6_title | no description | Unknown | optional |
seats7_title | seats7_title | no description | Unknown | optional |
seats8_title | seats8_title | no description | Unknown | optional |
seats9_title | seats9_title | no description | Unknown | optional |
seats9 | seats9 | no description | Unknown | optional |
seats10_title | seats10_title | no description | Unknown | optional |
seats10 | seats10 | no description | Unknown | optional |
voting_system1 | voting_system1 | no description | Unknown | optional |
voting_system2 | voting_system2 | no description | Unknown | optional |
first_election1 | first_election1 | no description | Unknown | optional |
first_election2 | first_election2 | no description | Unknown | optional |
first_election3 | first_election3 | no description | Unknown | optional |
last_election1 | last_election1 | no description | Unknown | optional |
last_election2 | last_election2 | no description | Unknown | optional |
last_election3 | last_election3 | no description | Unknown | optional |
next_election1 | next_election1 | no description | Unknown | suggested |
next_election2 | next_election2 | no description | Unknown | optional |
next_election3 | next_election3 | no description | Unknown | optional |
redistricting | redistricting | no description | Unknown | optional |
motto | motto | no description | Unknown | optional |
session_room | session_room | no description | Unknown | optional |
meeting_place | meeting_place | no description | Unknown | optional |
session_res | session_res | no description | Unknown | optional |
session_alt | session_alt | no description | Unknown | optional |
session_room2 | session_room2 | no description | Unknown | optional |
session_res2 | session_res2 | no description | Unknown | optional |
session_alt2 | session_alt2 | no description | Unknown | optional |
meeting_place2 | meeting_place2 | no description | Unknown | optional |
session_room3 | session_room3 | no description | Unknown | optional |
session_res3 | session_res3 | no description | Unknown | optional |
session_alt3 | session_alt3 | no description | Unknown | optional |
meeting_place3 | meeting_place3 | no description | Unknown | optional |
website | website | no description | Unknown | optional |
constitution | constitution | no description | Unknown | optional |
rules | rules | no description | Unknown | optional |
footnotes | footnotes | no description | Unknown | optional |
text_color | text_color | no description | Unknown | optional |
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