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Template:Infobox award/doc

Infobox award is WikiPartner's standard infobox for awards, prizes, honors, recurring award programs, and other notable recognition programs.

Use it for film awards, music awards, literary prizes, scientific prizes, sports awards, business awards, cultural honors, and similar recognition programs.

All parameters are optional. Add only information supported by reliable sources. Empty fields are automatically hidden.

Adding this template to an article also generates WikiPartner structured data automatically. Recurring award programs are represented using Schema.org EventSeries. Editors do not need to create schema markup manually.

Short usage

Use this version for most award articles.

{{Infobox award
| name =
| image =
| image_alt =
| caption =
| award_type =
| awarded_for =
| established =
| presented_by =
| country =
| first_awarded =
| frequency =
| website =
}}

Full usage

Use this version when more information about the award is available. Remove parameters that are not needed.

{{Infobox award
| name =
| other_name =

| image =
| image_alt =
| caption =

| award_type =
| awarded_for =

| established =
| established_by =

| first_awarded =
| first_awarded_iso =
| last_awarded =
| last_awarded_iso =
| frequency =

| presented_by =
| sponsor =

| country =
| location =

| eligibility =
| criteria =
| categories =
| reward =

| latest_recipient =
| status =

| website =
}}

Examples

The examples below show both the wikitext entered by an editor and the finished WikiPartner infobox.

Film — Academy Awards

Wikitext

{{Infobox award
| name = Academy Awards
| other_name = Oscars
| award_type = Film awards
| awarded_for = Excellence in cinematic achievements
| established = 1929
| first_awarded = 16 May 1929
| first_awarded_iso = 1929-05-16
| presented_by = Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
| country = United States
| frequency = Annual
| reward = Academy Award of Merit statuette
| status = Active
| website = https://www.oscars.org/
}}

Rendered infobox

Academy Awards
Film awards



Other name
Oscars
Award type
Film awards
Awarded for
Excellence in cinematic achievements
Established
1929


First awarded
16 May 1929


Frequency
Annual
Presented by
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences


Country
United States





Reward
Academy Award of Merit statuette


Status
Active

Music — GRAMMY Awards

Wikitext

{{Infobox award
| name = GRAMMY Awards
| award_type = Music awards
| awarded_for = Achievement in the recording arts
| first_awarded = 4 May 1959
| first_awarded_iso = 1959-05-04
| presented_by = Recording Academy
| country = United States
| frequency = Annual
| categories = Recording, songwriting, performance, production and other music categories
| reward = GRAMMY trophy
| status = Active
| website = https://www.grammy.com/
}}

Rendered infobox

GRAMMY Awards
Music awards




Award type
Music awards
Awarded for
Achievement in the recording arts



First awarded
4 May 1959


Frequency
Annual
Presented by
Recording Academy


Country
United States




Categories
Recording, songwriting, performance, production and other music categories
Reward
GRAMMY trophy


Status
Active

International achievement — Nobel Prize

Wikitext

{{Infobox award
| name = Nobel Prize
| award_type = International prizes
| awarded_for = Contributions considered to have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind
| established_by = Alfred Nobel
| first_awarded = 10 December 1901
| first_awarded_iso = 1901-12-10
| country = Sweden; Norway
| frequency = Annual
| categories = Physics; Chemistry; Physiology or Medicine; Literature; Peace; Economic Sciences
| reward = Medal; diploma; cash award
| status = Active
| website = https://www.nobelprize.org/
}}

Rendered infobox

Nobel Prize
International prizes




Award type
International prizes
Awarded for
Contributions considered to have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind


Established by
Alfred Nobel
First awarded
10 December 1901


Frequency
Annual



Country
Sweden; Norway




Categories
Physics; Chemistry; Physiology or Medicine; Literature; Peace; Economic Sciences
Reward
Medal; diploma; cash award


Status
Active

Usage notes

  • Use name for the commonly recognized name of the award.
  • Use other_name for a widely recognized alternative or informal name.
  • Use image for the award logo, medal, trophy, or another suitable identifying image filename only. Do not include File:....
  • Use image_alt for short alternative text describing the image.
  • Use caption only when the image needs a useful caption.
  • Use award_type for a short classification such as film award, music award, literary prize, science prize, sports award, or business award.
  • Use awarded_for for a short explanation of what achievement the award recognizes.
  • Use established for the year or date the award was created.
  • Use established_by for the person or organization that established the award when clearly documented.
  • Use first_awarded for the date or year the award was first presented.
  • Use first_awarded_iso only when the exact first presentation date is known. Use the YYYY-MM-DD format.
  • Use last_awarded only when the award has ended or when a final presentation date is relevant.
  • Use last_awarded_iso only when the exact final presentation date is known.
  • Use frequency for values such as Annual, Biennial, or Irregular.
  • Use presented_by for the organization responsible for presenting or administering the award.
  • Use sponsor only when a clearly identified sponsor is relevant to the award.
  • Use country for the country or countries most directly associated with the award.
  • Use location when the award has a meaningful recurring presentation location.
  • Use eligibility to state who or what may qualify for the award.
  • Use criteria for the main judging or selection criteria when these can be stated accurately and briefly.
  • Use categories when the award program contains several distinct award categories.
  • Use reward for a medal, trophy, certificate, monetary prize, or other principal reward.
  • Use latest_recipient only when a clearly defined latest recipient can be kept current.
  • Use status for a simple state such as Active or Discontinued.
  • Use website only for the award's official website.
  • Leave unused parameters out.
  • Do not guess recipients, monetary values, eligibility rules, founding dates, criteria, sponsors, or other award information.
  • Important claims should be supported by reliable sources.

TemplateData

WikiPartner's standard infobox for awards, prizes, honors, recurring award programs, and other notable recognition programs.

Template parameters

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
Namename

Commonly recognized name of the award.

Stringoptional
Other nameother_name

Widely recognized alternative, informal, or former name of the award.

Stringoptional
Imageimage

Award logo, medal, trophy, or other identifying image filename.

Fileoptional
Image alternative textimage_alt alt

Short alternative text describing the image.

Stringoptional
Image captioncaption

Short caption displayed below the image.

Stringoptional
Award typeaward_type

Short classification such as film award, music award, literary prize, science prize, or sports award.

Stringoptional
Awarded forawarded_for

Achievement, contribution, or distinction recognized by the award.

Stringoptional
Establishedestablished

Date or year the award was established.

Stringoptional
Established byestablished_by

Person or organization that established the award.

Stringoptional
First awardedfirst_awarded

Date or year the award was first presented.

Stringoptional
First awarded ISOfirst_awarded_iso

Exact machine-readable first presentation date in YYYY-MM-DD format.

Dateoptional
Last awardedlast_awarded

Final presentation date or year when applicable.

Stringoptional
Last awarded ISOlast_awarded_iso

Exact machine-readable final presentation date in YYYY-MM-DD format.

Dateoptional
Frequencyfrequency

How often the award is presented, such as Annual, Biennial, or Irregular.

Stringoptional
Presented bypresented_by

Organization responsible for presenting or administering the award.

Stringoptional
Sponsorsponsor

Principal sponsor when relevant and reliably documented.

Stringoptional
Countrycountry

Country or countries associated with the award.

Stringoptional
Locationlocation

Recurring or notable presentation location when relevant.

Stringoptional
Eligibilityeligibility

Who or what is eligible to receive the award.

Stringoptional
Criteriacriteria

Main criteria used to judge or select recipients.

Stringoptional
Categoriescategories

Major categories included in the award program.

Stringoptional
Rewardreward

Trophy, medal, certificate, monetary award, or other principal reward.

Stringoptional
Latest recipientlatest_recipient

Most recent recipient when one clearly defined recipient can be listed.

Stringoptional
Statusstatus

Current state of the award, such as Active or Discontinued.

Stringoptional
Websitewebsite

Official website of the award.

URLoptional