Template:Calendar/event

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This template inserts a table row into {{Calendar}} containing basic information about an event.

Usage

Add this template to {{Calendar}}. Do not surround it with HTML or wikitext table syntax.

Basic usage:

{{Calendar/event
| type = <!-- see [[Template:Cal]] for valid values -->
| date = <!-- for single-day events; see [[w:mw:Help:Extension:ParserFunctions##time]] for valid formats -->
| name = 
| link = 
| url = 
| city = 
| region = 
| country = 
}}

Full usage including optional parameters:

{{Calendar/event
| type = <!-- see [[Template:Cal]] for valid values -->
| date = <!-- for single-day events; see [[w:mw:Help:Extension:ParserFunctions##time]] for valid formats -->
| start = <!-- for multiday events; see [[w:mw:Help:Extension:ParserFunctions##time]] for valid formats -->
| end = <!-- for multiday events; see [[w:mw:Help:Extension:ParserFunctions##time]] for valid formats -->
| major = <!-- yes -->
| name = 
| link = 
| url = 
| logo = 
| description = 
| city = 
| citylink = 
| region = 
| regionlink = 
| country = 
| countrylink = 
| countryemblem = 
}}

Notes:

• Only |type = and |name = are required, but |country = and either |link = or |url = are recommended.
• Multi-day events should be relatively short. {{Dm}} doesn't support events that last more than a year, and especially long events would monopolize the top of the calendar. For long events lasting more than a week, consider breaking it up into events for the opening and closing days.
• Use the |major = and |logo = options sparingly. State of the Map and its spinoffs are examples of major conferences.
• Avoid using link shorteners for the |url = parameter. The calendar may appear in e-mails; recipients may hesitate to click on a link that obscures its destination.
• The template guesses wiki pages based on |city = and |region =. If a wiki page about a different place happens to match the specified city or region's name, use |citylink = or |regionlink = to disambiguate.
• The template guesses a flag based on |country =. In the case of Georgia, add |countryemblem = Flag of Georgia (country) to get the flag of the country instead of the U.S. state.
• Module:Flags/MasterData defines all the flag icons supported by {{Flags}}.

Examples

{{Calendar/event | type = conference | start = 2019-09-6 | end = 2019-09-8 | major = yes | name = State Of The Map U.S. 2019 | link = State Of The Map U.S. 2019 | url = //2019.stateofthemap.us/ | city = Minneapolis | citylink = Minneapolis, Minnesota | region = Minnesota | country = United States }}	6–8 Sep2019-09-06–2019-09-09 State Of The Map U.S. 2019 [2], Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
{{Calendar/event | type = pizza | date = 2019-02-07 | name = Civic Hack Night & Map Night | link = | url = //www.meetup.com/Code-for-San-Jose/events/256761257/ | city = San José | citylink = San José, California | region = California | country = United States }}	7 Feb2019-02-07–2019-02-08 Civic Hack Night & Map Night, San José, California, United States

Microformats

This template generates (invisible) microformats2 tags intended to be machine-readable and that should be parseable with external tools to generate custom calendar formats. These microformats are recognized in table rows tagged with class="h-event", not recognized elsewhere. Note that there's still no support for microformat profiles because MediaWiki does not permit inserting HTML <link> elements or rel="..." attributes (it only allows custom data-*="..." attributes), the profile is assumed to be as described in "http://microformats.org/wiki/h-event".

• |type = generates a "p-category" property for the event.
• |date = (or |start = and |end =) generates "dt-start" and "dt-end" properties.
• |name =, |description =, |city =, etc. generate a <span class="p-name">...</span> element.

Implementation notes

The layout of this template is constrained by Template:Calendar as well as by the OSMBC Calendar Parser, which outputs the table included in each week's issue of weeklyOSM (preview).

OSMBC imposes a number constraints on the resulting HTML code (not on the wikitext or rendered webpage), including:

• An event must be marked up with microformats.
• An event's location must contain commas.
• An event's location must appear no more than two lines below the event icon. This means there can be no more than one table cell between the type and description cells, because MediaWiki separates puts each <td> element on a separate line.
• The line containing an event's location may not contain commas before the location. This means no image can precede the location in the same table cell, because MediaWiki includes commas in the srcset attribute of the <img> tag to supply multiple resolutions of the same image.
• The specific categories accepted by {{Cal}} are hard-coded.
• {{Cal|talk}} is not supported. Use {{Cal|speaking}} instead.

See also

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Calendar/event/doc. (edit | history)
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (Create | mirror) and testcases (Create) pages.
Add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.

Inserts a table row into the event calendar at Template:Calendar containing basic information about a single event.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers block formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Type	type	Nature of the event Example mapevent	String	required
Date	date	Date of a single-day event Example 2019-04-01	Date	suggested
Start date	start	First day of a multiday event Example 2019-03-14	Date	optional
End date	end	Last day of a multiday event Example 2019-04-01	Date	optional
Major event	major	Is it a major event, the highlight of everyone’s year?	Boolean	optional
Name	name	Name of the event Example State of the Map 2019	String	required
Wiki page	link	Name of the wiki page describing the event Example State of the Map 2019	Page name	suggested
Official website	url	URL of the event’s official website Example https://2019.stateofthemap.org/	URL	suggested
Logo	logo	File name of the event’s logo; must be uploaded locally or to Wikimedia Commons Example SotM-2019-logo.svg	File	optional
Description	description	Very short description of the event; use sparingly, i.e., for major events Example international conference	Content	optional
City	city	Host city or nearest city; will be linked if an article exists by this name; displays a flag if known Example San Francisco	String	suggested
City page name	citylink	Name of the host city’s WikiProject page, if it differs from the city’s name (e.g., due to disambiguation) Example San Francisco, California	Page name	optional
Region	region	State, province, or other subnational region hosting the event, especially if the city and country are ambiguous on their own; displays a flag or shield if known Example Georgia	String	optional
Region page name	regionlink	Name of the state, province, or other subnational region’s WikiProject page, if it differs from the region’s name Example Georgia (U.S. state)	Page name	optional
Country	country	Host country; displays a flag if known Example United States	String	suggested
Country page name	countrylink	Name of the host country’s WikiProject page, if it differs from the country’s name (currently unused) Example WikiProject Georgia Abkhazia South-Ossetia	Page name	optional
Country emblem	countryemblem	Full, disambiguated name of the host country; if omitted, a flag based on the country’s name will be used if available; to disable, specify “-” Example Georgia (country)	String	optional