Template:COAInformation

Coat of arms InfoField	blazon of
Element of coat of arms InfoField	elements
Ecclesiastical coat of arms InfoField	ecclesial
Blazon InfoField	blazon
Blazon reference InfoField	reference
Tincture (GN) InfoField	argentargent-dorazurecélestecarnationcendréegulespurpuresabletennévert
Date	date
Object history	additional description, provenience
Artist InfoField	artist
Source	source
Permission (Reusing this file)	license for the artwork
Other versions	other versions

Template documentation[ view · edit · history · purge ]

This documentation is transcluded from Template:COAInformation/doc.

Note: This template is used on a lot of pages. In order not to put too much load on the servers, edits should be kept to a bare minimum. Please discuss proposed changes on the talk page first. Afterwards, changes can initially be done at and tested with Template:COAInformation/sandbox: []. Editing a template causes all pages that use the template to be re-rendered. If the template is used often, this can put a lot of load on the servers since it fills up the job queue. Keep in mind that templates that are used on file description pages also show up on other wikis. This page is template-protected from editing to prevent vandalism. Only template editors and administrators can edit it. Get their attention by placing {{Edit protected}} at the talk page.

An Infobox template customized for coats of arms

The template automatically sets the following categories: several; note Module:IgenCoa#Table_of_the_predefinitions among others^{[clarification needed]}

Usage

{{COAInformation
 |blazon of   =
 |blazon      =
 |references  =
 |tincture    =
 |description =
 |date        =
 |artist      =
 |image       =
 |source      =
 |permission  =
 |versions    =
 |fields      =
}}

The InformationToCOA gadget (utility script) eases replacing {{Information}} with {{COAInformation}}. To enable it, you only need to edit your common.js adding the following line:

importScript('MediaWiki:Gadget-InformationToCOA.js');

After the script processing the description is displayed in edit mode. Corrections are now possible.^{[clarification needed]}
For SVG files, the simpleSVGcheck.js script should now be performed: first remove |image= lines (if any from previous validations)^{[clarification needed]}, then click the icon above to perform the validity check combined with the formatting cleanup.

Template parameters

Parameter	Description		Default	Status
blazon of Blazon of blazon_of Blazon_of	blazon of	City, territory or family name which this coat of arms identifies (and that the blazon describes). Please use an appropriate language template ({{En}} (for English), {{Fr}} (for French), etc) to indicate the language of the text. You may also use {{Coa-desc}}.	empty	optional
element Element ecclesial Ecclesial	element ecclesial[clarification needed]	Element of a coat of arms. Files on Commons may contain single reusable elements which can be used to complete a CoA. This field is used to describe such an element. Ecclesial coat of arms (example) [clarification needed]	empty	optional
blazon Blazon	blazon	Blazon or literal description of the coat of arms. Use language templates like {{En}} or {{Fr}} to mark language of the text.	empty	optional
references References	references	Book, web site or other source of the blazon, the description of the coat of arms. Use language templates like {{En}} or {{Fr}} to mark language of the text.	empty	optional
tincture Tincture	Tincture	Tincture or precise heraldic color specification. Up to fourteen colors are allowed, which have to be separated by slashes /. The standard 12 colors are: {{ Tincture | a/A/o/b/B/c/C/g/p/s/t/v }} argentargent-dorazurecélestecarnationcendréegulespurpuresabletennévert You can use full names as written above or one-letter-abbreviations: a (argent), A (argent-d), o (or), b (azure), B (céleste), c (carnation), C (cendrée), g (gules), n (naranja), p (purpure), s (sable), t (tawny), v (vert) and x (transparent). See {{Tincture}} for more information.	maintenance category	optional
tincture-ss Tincture-ss ss	other tincture palettes	e.g. BY, BW, BB, AG, NW ... see {{Tincture}} to show the different other color palettes, with the same notation as above. Examples: tincture = a/A/o/b/B/c/C/g/n/p/s/t/v | ss = BY 0000or0ls tincture = a/A/o/b/B/c/C/g/n/p/s/t/v/ss=BY 0000or0ls tincture = a/A/o/b/B/c/C/g/n/p/s/t/v/BY 0000or0ls tincture = a/A/o/BY/b/B/c/C/g/n/p/s/t/v	maintenance category	optional
description Description	description	Provenience; history; additional description	empty	optional
date Date	date	Date the first file was created. It may also provide the date of the original coat of arms design or approval, if this is known.[clarification needed] Use always the ISO format (yyyy-mm-dd)	empty	optional
artist Artist author Author	artist	Name of the artist who drew the graphics, with a link if possible. Use {{U|Example}} or [[User:Example|John Doe]] if applicable, and may also provide the name of the original designer of the coat of arms if this information is available. Many people also identify here the projects they are part of, like {{Projet Blasons}} or {{THV}}.[clarification needed]	empty	optional
image Image	image generation	Can be used for simple decriptions about the generation of that image. See Image generation below. Can also be used like fields to pass the more complicated {{Igen|+|....}}.	empty	optional
source Source	source	Source of the COA, e.g. {{Own}}, {{Own based}}, {{Own using}}. If this is an SVG file build from other files you may use [also] {{Attrib}} or {{Derived from}}.	empty	required
permission Permission	permission	see {{Information}}'s permission field. In most cases this is a new drawing of Coat of Arms and it only needs license from the artist who drew the graphics.	empty	optional
versions Versions	other versions	other versions of the file. You should use <gallery></gallery> tags or {{#tag:gallery|image}} or {{G}} or {{Derivative versions}}	empty	optional
fields Fields	other fields	use it for e.g. {{ Igen | + | s = -COAInformation }} , with all the many other parameters; instead of other fields={{Igen.. it can as well be written image={{Igen...[clarification needed] See {{Image generation}} for more information about its parametrizings.	empty	optional
wikidata	wikidata	a wikidata ID can be passed	empty	optional
wikidata_cat	boolean	set "false" or "no" or "0" to avoid wikidata-related categorizing; set "true" or "yes" or "1" to enable wikidata-related categorizing.[clarification needed]	false	optional

Additional information

The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: the File namespace

The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: all users

Placement: At the top of the page

Relies on:
{{Artwork}}, {{I18n/COA}}

See also

• Category:Pages using Template:COAInformation with incorrect parameters – for maintenance

• Module:I18n/artwork - for some fields shared with {{Artwork}} template
• {{I18n/COA}} - for translations of "Coat of arms of", "Blazon", "Reference" and "Tincture"

Further information

Conversion to COAInformation is done with this script. It offers the changes in edit mode, and it can be continued by clicking the icon above. A validity check will be performed, and it is recommended to remove |image= from previous validations before clicking the icon.

Possible conflict

The template {{Cite book}} uses also the parameters |author= and |date=. As a workaround, the script will work with these parameters only when they are at the start of a line; only spaces may exist, e.g. ↵|date= is equivalent to ↵ | date = . As a consequence, either one of these two parameters not at a new line^{[clarification needed]} is ignored by the script!

Tincture

When no tincture is specified, the file is categorized to the maintenance Category:Tinctures not specified.
For files where no maintenance is useful, specify tincture=? to use another categorization.^{[clarification needed]}

Image generation

The best way^{[clarification needed]}, very sure and comfortable, is to use the Module:IgenCoa to specify the parameters; but a simple string of text can be passed as well.

 

See also: this documentation

For a once predefined user-specific entry always correct values are generated automatically^{[clarification needed]}; the generated parameter values for Image generation are:

1	the tool, modifyable with tool~
2	the W3C error count
3	the topic: c, ce, eh
4	the code for the Graphic Lab
5	a possible code for vs
gc	a name for a CoA Lab subcategory
sd	a 2-byte-string for Valid SVG subcategory
U	Username for link
u	Username w/o link
su	subcategory - free choice, instead of sd
ca	category - any category, with or w/o brackets
...	positional and named parameters may follow as needed

WWWW Spaces in parameters are to be replaced by underscores.

WWWW It can be written either
WWW   ■ image = {{Image generation|Im|6|+|gf|s=eh}}
WWW   ■ image = Im/6/eh/gf
WWW   ■ image = Xx WW when the above parameters are predefined with the key "xx"

WWWW Each parameter of predefined keys can be modified for each file^{[clarification needed]}