[edit] Usage

Contents 1 Usage 1.1 Required Fields 1.2 Optional Fields 1.3 Deprecated Fields 1.4 Blank syntax 2 Microformat

This infobox is to be used for lacrosse players. Suggestions on change should be noted in the talk page. This infobox is based on Template:Infobox ice hockey player.

You must enter fields exactly as shown below (ie: letter case matters!). Please follow the guidelines provided in parenthesis for best results:

[edit] Required Fields

None (All fields are optional)

[edit] Optional Fields

Failure to fill in data for any of the following fields WILL delete that field from the infobox

• position
• height_ft

(For height and weight, the field will still display if the parameter is not included in the syntax)

• height_in
• weight_lb
• nationality

(correctly spell the name of the country. DO NOT WIKIFY THE COUNTRY NAMES. The country template will not take over if you add [[ ]] around the country name)

• nationality_2

(if a player has dual citizenship)

• birth_date
• birth_place

(city, then comma, then state/province)

• name (defaults to the pagename)
• shoots
• image (filename; e.g. "Example.jpg")
• image_size

(width in px, default is 200px. Try to use 230px, if image is too pixelated upon article preview, resize it to the file's actual size. Include the "px")

• nickname
• death_date
• death_place
• career_start

(first pro year)

• career_end (year)
• former_teams
• former_nll_teams

(Please a <br> after each team, so each new team starts on a new line. ie: enter [[Toronto Rock]]<br> [[Philadelphia Wings]]<br> [[Buffalo Bandits]])

• former_mll_teams
• coach

use this if the player has also coached at the NCAA, MLL, or NLL level (see Tony Resch for example) This should imply head coach, otherwise please note.

• website

for the player's official website. Please don't use for team websites, league website, etc.

• uslaxhof

(enter profile id# from: uslacrosse.org (see Frank Urso)

• canlaxhof

(enter year inducted)

• nllhof

(enter year inducted)

Teams:

• team

(current team the player plays for that is not an NLL or MLL team. Enter FULL NAME of team and [[wiki link]])

• league

(use abbreviation. ie: [[Major League Lacrosse|MLL]] or [[National Lacrosse League|NLL]])

• nll_team

use this if the player plays in the NLL. If you use this, don't use team or league.

• mll_team

use this if the player plays in the MLL. If you use this, don't use team or league.

[edit] Deprecated Fields

These fields are still supported, but should no longer be used.

• team
• league
• former_teams

[edit] Blank syntax

 {{Infobox lacrosse player | name = | image = | image_size =  | birth_date = | birth_place =  | death_date = | death_place =  | position = | height_ft = | height_in =  | weight_lbs = | league = | team = | former teams = | nll_team = | former_nll_teams = | mll_team = | former_mll_teams = | coach = | nationality = | nationality_2 = | career_start = | career_end = | shoots = | nickname = | website = | uslaxhof = | canlaxhof = | nllhof = }} 

[edit] Microformat

The HTML markup produced by this template includes an hCard microformat, which makes the person's details parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue articles across Wikipedia or via a browser tool operated by a reader, to (for example) add the subject to an address book. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.

Date-of-birth ("bday") information will only be included in the microformat if {{Birth date}}) or {{Birth date and age}}) (optionally {{birth-date}} are used in the infobox.

hCard uses HTML classes including:

Please do not rename or remove these classes; nor collapse nested elements which use them.