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Template:Infobox Asian comic series

Base

Usage

{{Infobox Asian comic series
| name            = 
| image           = <!-- file name format only -->
| image_size      = <!-- default 250 -->
| alt             = 
| caption         = 
| lang            = 
| origtitle       = 
| romanized       = 
| genre           = 
| author          = 
| illustrator     = 
| publisher       = 
| publisher_en    = 
| publisher_other = 
| demographic     = <!-- Do not use Japanese terms -->
| magazine        = 
| first           = 
| firstmo         = 
| last            = 
| lastmo          = 
| volumes         = 
| chapter_list    = 
| related         = 
| content         = 
| altcat          = 
|ko= 
|zh= 
| OEL             = 
}}

Parameter notes

Common elements

• Most of the parameters are designed only to show in the infobox if something is entered. They can be left in the template and empty if the item does not pertain to the article or if the information is not known at the time the template is added.
• The name field is an exception. If left empty the infobox will not generate a title. If the title for the infobox is the same as the title of the article, name can either be deleted or commented out. The later is preferable since the name of the article, or the preferred name of the infobox may change.
• For multiple items in one field, separate each with <br />.

  Example: creators=Stan Lee<br />Jack Kirby

• Placing images:
  • image which is just the filname of the image. The template will add the markup to show the image.

    Example: image= example.jpg

  • image_size which is the width the image will display at. The template will only accept a number here. If left empty or if a string (such as "225px") is entered, the image will default to 250px wide.
    • If you find the image to be too tall, reduce the size below 250px.
    • The parameter is capped at maximum width of 250. Entering values grater than this will result in the default setting being used.
    • The image will also cap at 450 in height.
  • alt needs to be updated with the "text alternative" of the image to keep in line with Wikipedia:Alternative text for images. This is not the same as the caption. It should also be kept short, but needs to be descriptive of the image.
  • caption will appear below the image. Keep it short, but indicate the original source published source of the image and the artist(s).

    Example: A comic book issue cover would be captioned as "Wolverine vol 2, #17. Art by John Byrne."

Specific elements

• origtitle is the original title
  • Chinese: At {{Infobox manhua}} this is used to implement the "hanzi" parameter, along with "lang=zh" and "zh=y"
  • Korean: At {{Infobox manhwa}} this is used to implement the "hangul" parameter, along with "lang=ko" and "ko=y"
• romanized is the Chinese or Korean title rendered in Roman characters.
• genre is generally not a field for keying, but a set of logical fields which relate to the major genre(s) that the title uses for its stories.

If more than one genre is appropriate, adding |multigenre = y will allow for the genres to all show in the infobox, but the alphabetically first genre will need to use first to add it and not have ", " precede the text.
The currently supported genres are listed here.

• author lists the author or authors of the series.
• illustrator lists artist(s) that provide the illustrations for the series. This is only used in cases where the illustrator(s) are not the same as the author(s).
• All of the publisher fields follow a convention of including {{Flag icon}} using the country of origin preceding the publisher(s).
• publisher_en lists the publishers of English language editions of the series.
• publisher_other lists publishers of non-English language editions of the series. This does not include the original publisher.
  • Note: The list publisher_other generates will be in a "pull down" list in the infobox, so they will not be initially visible.
• demographic lists the target audience of the series. Since the articles using this template are not Japanese publications, please do not use Japanese terms in this field.
• The magazine is where the series was first published. This field also follows the convention of using {{Flag icon}}.
• first and last are the years when the series started and ended. last is optional. Months associated with each year should be specified using firstmo and lastmo.
• volumes is the number of volumes the series has been collected into.
• chapter_list is the list section of the article, or the separate list article, detailing the collected volumes. This creates a link to that section or article. The link will show as the contents of chapter_list unless something is entered at volume.
• related is the type(s) of other media adaptations of the series.
• content is a list of the adaptations by title.
• altcat
  • "Star Trek comics" will set the Adventure and Sci-fi genres, and add Star Trek to the adapatations
  • "Oz comics" will set the Fantasy genre, and add The Wonderful Wizard of Oz to the adapatations

Original English manga (OEL manga)

Usage (OEL)

{{{name}}} Star Trek: The Manga
Genre	{{{genre}}}} Science Fiction
Author	{{{author}}} Mike W. Barr
Illustrator	{{{illustrator}}}
Publisher	{{{publisher}}} Tokyopop
Other publishers {{{publisher_other}}} Athenaeum 2000/Mangattack
Demographic	{{{demographic}}}
Magazine	{{{magazine}}}
Original run	{{{firstmo}}} September 5, [[{{{first}}} 2006 in comics|{{{first}}} 2006]]
Collected volumes	{{{volumes}}} 3
{{{related}}}
{{{content}}}

{{Infobox original English manga
| name            = 
| image           = <!-- file name format only -->
| image_size      = <!-- default 250 -->
| caption         = 
| alt             = 
| genre           = 
| author          = 
| illustrator     = 
| publisher       = 
| publisher_other = 
| demographic     = <!-- non-Japanese demographic -->
| magazine        = 
| first           = 
| firstmo         = 
| last            = 
| lastmo          = 
| volumes         = 
| chapter_list    = 
| related         = 
| content         = 
| altcat          = 
| OEL             =Y}}

OEL specific parameter notes

• OEL is a logical setting that lets the template know it is being applied to an article on an original English language manga title.
• publisher_en should not be used in this configuration since the title will have been originally published in English.

Genre list

This is a list of the logical fields the template currently supports for genre.

Anthro – for Anthropomorphic – can be refined for funny animal and furry comics:

• For funny animals use "funny" or "funny-first" instead of "y" or "first"
• For furry comics use "furry" or "furry-first" instead of "y" or "first"

Some of these are mutually exclusive based on subgrenre:

• Action-adventure (Adventure) is the parent of — Martial arts (MArts), Spy, Superhero, Swashbuckler(Swash), and War
• Crime is the parent of — Detective and Mystery
• Cyberpunk is the parent of — Biopunk and Steampunk
• Historical is the parent of — Alternate history (AltHistory)
• Horror is the parent of — Vampire, Werewolf, and Zombie
• Science Fiction (SciFi) is the parent of — Cyberpunk and Post-apocalyptic (PostApoc)
• Thriller (Thrill) is the parent of — Spy

In some cases, two or more of the tags will post a combined genre to the infobox. These include:

• Comic fantasy — Fantasy and Humor
• Crime-thriller — Crime and Thriller (Thrill)
• Comic science fiction — Humor and Science Fiction (SciFi)
• Dark fantasy — Fantasy and Horror
• Erotic fantasy — Erotic and Fantasy
• Erotic horror — Erotic and Horror
• Gothic science fiction — Horror and Science Fiction (SciFi)
• Historical fantasy — Fantasy and Historical
• Historical romance — Historical and Romance
• Military science fiction — Science Fiction (SciFi) and War
• Psychological-thriller — Psychological (Psych) and Thriller (Thrill)
• Romantic comedy — Humor and Romance
• Romantic fantasy — Fantasy and Romance
• Science fantasy — Fantasy and Science Fiction (SciFi)
• Science fiction Western — Science Fiction (SciFi) and Western
• Weird West — Horror and Western
• Wuxia — Fantasy, Historical, and Martial arts (MArts) in cases where "Chinese" can be selected as the original language.

Some series or franchise specific categories exists as subcategories for a particular genre. To avoid double categorization, the following "series" tags can be used:

Tracking categories

• Category:Asian comic pop (224)
• Category:Comics infobox image less alt text (2,501)
• Category:Comics infobox image less caption (1,198)
• Category:Comics infobox with unneeded imagesize (129)
• Category:Comics infobox without image (3,152)
• Category:Pages using infobox Asian comic series with genre (103)
• Category:Misplaced comics infoboxes (293)
• Category:Comics templates parameter noimage in use (137)
• Category:Redundant infobox title param (76)

Supporting templates

• Template:Comics infobox sec/genre
• Template:Comics infobox sec/run