Template:Infobox fraternity

Infobox fraternity

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Purpose

{{Infobox fraternity}} – An infobox for sorority and fraternity articles.

Usage

{{{name}}}
{{{letters}}}
[[File:{{{coat of arms}}}|{{{image_size}}}|alt={{{alt}}}|class={{{class}}}]] {{{caption}}}
Founded	{{{founded}}} {{{birthplace}}}
Type	{{{type}}}
Affiliation	{{{affiliation}}} {{{affiliation2}}}
Former affiliation	{{{former_affiliation}}} {{{former_affiliation2}}} {{{former_affiliation3}}}
Status	{{{status}}}
Defunct date	{{{defunct_date}}}
Merge date	{{{merge_date}}}
Emphasis	{{{emphasis}}}
Scope	{{{scope}}}
Motto	{{{motto}}}
Pillars	{{{pillars}}}
Slogan	{{{slogan}}}
Member badge	{{{member badge}}}
{{{pledge name}}} pin	{{{pledge pin}}}
Colony badge	{{{colony badge}}}
Colony {{{pledge name}}} pin	{{{colony pledge pin}}}
Colors	{{{colors}}}
Symbol	{{{symbol}}}
Zirkel	{{{zirkel}}}
Flag	{{{flag}}}
Flower	{{{flower}}}
Tree	{{{tree}}}
Jewel	{{{jewel}}}
Mascot	{{{mascot}}}
Patron Greek deity	{{{patron greek deity}}}
Patron Roman deity	{{{patron roman deity}}}
Patron saint	{{{patron saint}}}
Publication	{{{publication}}}
Philanthropy	{{{philanthropy}}}
Chartered	{{{charterdate}}} at {{{chartercity}}}
Chapters	{{{chapters}}}
Colonies	{{{colonies}}}
Members	{{{members}}} active {{{lifetime}}} lifetime
Nickname	{{{nickname}}}
{{{free_label}}}	{{{free}}}
{{{free_label1}}}	{{{free1}}}
{{{free_label2}}}	{{{free2}}}
Former name	{{{former_name}}}
Headquarters	{{{address}}} {{{city}}}, {{{state}}} {{{ZIP code}}} {{{country}}} {{{coordinates}}}
Website	{{{website}}}
{{{footnotes}}}

Copy a blank version to use. Below is the expanded description of syntax usage. Please take note of the type and emphasis syntax below.

| name          = <!-- defaults to article name -->
| letters       = 
| coat of arms  = <!-- use only "image name" with no other code -->
| image_size    = <!-- defaults to 220px -->
| alt           = 
| class         = 
| caption       = 
| founded       = <!-- use {{Start date and age|yyyy|mm|dd}} -->
| birthplace    = <!-- use [[ and ]] around the institution or location -->
| affiliation   = <!-- Link to any of: ACHS, CIPFI, FFC, HSC, NALFO, NAPA, NMGC, NPHC, NPC, NIC, PFA, or UCCFS (just use initials) "Independent" also appropriate-->
| affiliation2  = <!-- (If needed) links any of ACHS, CIPFI, FFC, HSC, NALFO, NAPA, NMGC, NPHC, NPC, NIC, PFA, or UCCFS (just use initials) -->
| former_affiliation   = <!-- Link to any of: ACHS, AES, CIPFI, FFC, HSC, NALFO, NAPA, NMGC, NPHC, NPC, NIC, PFA, PIC, PPA or UCCFS (just use initials) -->
| former_affiliation2  = <!-- (If needed) links any of ACHS, AES, CIPFI, FFC, HSC, NALFO, NAPA, NMGC, NPHC, NPC, NIC, PFA, PIC, PPA or UCCFS (just use initials) -->
| former_affiliation3  = <!-- (If needed) links any of ACHS, AES, CIPFI, FFC, HSC, NALFO, NAPA, NMGC, NPHC, NPC, NIC, PFA, PIC, PPA or UCCFS (just use initials) -->
| status        = <!-- use Active, Defunct or Merged, regarding the entire organization. -->
| defunct_date  = 
| merge_date    =
| successor     = 
| type          = <!-- Links to many types. See actual code for all options.--> 
| emphasis      = <!-- Typically used for Honor or Professional groups, to clarify area of focus.-->
| scope         = <!-- Used to note geographic footprint, including Local, Regional, National or International.-->
| motto         = <!-- or | mottos =; use {{lang| }} for foreign languages -->
| pillars       = 
| slogan        = 
| member badge  = <!-- use [[ and ]] around the badge file name -->
| pledge pin    =
| pledge name   = <!-- Optional parameter that changes the word "Pledge" in "pledge pin" and "colony pledge pin". Without this, those parameters default to "Pledge". -->
| colony badge  = <!-- typically unused -->
| colony pledge pin = <!-- typically unused -->
| colors        = <!-- standard syntax for a color notation is "{{color box|#FF0000}} [[Red]]".  No border, no text on the color swatch. -->
| symbol        = <!-- use [[ and ]] around the symbol -->
| zirkel        = <!-- use [[ and ]] around the zirkel (German: ~monograph) file name -->
| flag          = <!-- use [[ and ]] around the flag file name -->
| flower        = <!-- use [[ and ]] around the flower -->
| tree          = <!-- use [[ and ]] around the tree -->
| jewel         = <!-- use [[ and ]] around the jewel -->
| mascot        = <!-- use [[ and ]] around the mascot -->
| patron greek deity = <!-- use [[ and ]] around the deity -->
| patron roman deity = <!-- use [[ and ]] around the deity -->
| patron saint = <!-- use [[ and ]] around the saint -->
| publication   = <!-- Place in italics -->
| philanthropy  = 
| charterdate   = 
| chartercity   = 
| chapters      = <!-- number of active chapters -->
| colonies      = <!-- number of active colonies -->
| members       = <!-- estimate of typical annual or active membership -->
| lifetime      = <!-- approximate number of total initiates -->
| nickname      = <!-- or | nicknames = -->
| free          = 
| free_label    = 
| free1         = 
| free_label1   = 
| free2         = 
| free_label2   = 
| former_name   =
| address       = <!-- not abbreviated -->
| city          = <!-- use [[ and ]] around the city -->
| state         = <!-- or | province = , use [[ and ]] around the unabbreviated state-->
| ZIP code      = <!-- or | postal code = -->
| country       = <!-- Do not link major countries nor flags, not abbreviated -->
| coordinates   = <!-- Typically unused.-->
| website       = <!-- or | homepage = -->
| footnotes     = <!-- typically unused, as infobox fields summarize information from body text, which has refs. -->
}}

Parameters

Param	Description
|name=	The official name in English, omitting Fraternity, Inc. or Sorority, Inc. This, in general, should match the name of the article.
|letters=	The letters of the fraternity or sorority, if applicable. Use Greek letters when possible. (Example, ΑΒΓ)
|coat of arms=	The image of the organization's coat of arms. Use only the file name, without any other code. Image width defaults to 220px if unspecified (Module:InfoboxImage/doc#Parameters displayed in image syntax) but may be specified in px with the field image_size. Alt text may be specified with the alt parameter (see: WP:Alt). A CSS class may be specified with the class parameter. Alias: crest
|founded=	The date the organization was founded. Note for active groups, use {{start date and age|yyyy|mm|dd}}
|birthplace=	Chartering institution or location (city, state/province, and country), but not both (use [[ and ]] around the school or the combined city and state/province; do not link the country).
|type=	For groups represented in the most recent version of Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities (1993 as of this writing), the Type represents the section of the Manual where the group is listed, with the following clarifications. Groups in the Social sections should be identified as Social fraternity, Social sorority, or Social women's fraternity. Other allowable options include: Benefit society, Estonian Academic Corporation, Final club, Honor (for honor societies), Fraternal order (general, non-collegiate organizations), Literary (for college literary societies), Professional (for professional fraternities and sororities), Service (for service fraternities and sororities), Secret (for secret society; groups that do not disclose active members), Senior society (groups with open memberships), Studentenverbindung (German fraternities), and Umbrella (umbrella organizations).
|affiliation=	This field may contain any of ACHS, CIPFI, FFC, NALFO, NAPA, NMGC, NPHC, NPC, NIC, PFA, or UCCFS, which will be linked, or other text which will not be.
|former_affiliation=	This field may contain any of ACHS, AES, CIPFI, FFC, NALFO, NAPA, NMGC, NPHC, NPC, NIC, PIC, PFA, PPA, or UCCFS, which will be linked, or other text which will not be.
|emphasis=	The specific field of study for Professional Fraternity Honor Societies, if it exists, by which the group limits its members. For other types of groups, this field shall be optional and open in meaning. (use [[ and ]] around the field(s) of emphasis)
|scope=	The geographic scope of the organization: Local, Regional, National, North America, or International.
|status=	Status of organization, use only Active, Defunct, or Merged.
|defunct date=	if status is defunct, format as month day, year
|merge date=	if status is merged, format as month day, year
|motto=	The motto of the organization. Use {{lang}} for foreign language (without quotation marks) and with quotation marks (no italics) for English. Separate the two with a hard return.
|pillars=	The pillars or principles of the organization, without quotation marks.
|slogan=	The slogan or maxim of the organization.
|colors=	The official color(s) of the organization using a color box (such as {{color box|#FF0000}} ) and Wikilinks for the name of each color, where known.
|symbol=	The official symbol(s) of the organization using [[ and ]] around each symbol.
|zirkel=	An image of the official zirkel (monograph) of the organization.
|flag=	An image of the official flag of the organization.
|flower=	The official flower(s) of the organization, with [[ and ]] around each flower.
|jewel =	The official jewel(s) of the organization.
|patron greek deity=	The patron Greek god or goddess of the organization, with [[ and ]] around the name.
|patron roman deity=	The patron Roman god or goddess of the organization, with [[ and ]] around the name.
|patron saint=	The patron saint of the organization, with [[ and ]] around the name.
|publication=	The official publication of the organization, in italics (with and around the name). Only include current publication for active organizations.
|philanthropy=	The national philanthropy(s) of the organization, using [[ and ]] around items with Wikipedia articles.
|chapters=	The number of active chapters.
|colonies=	The number of active colonies.
|members=	The total number of active members.
|lifetime=	The number of lifetime members.
|nickname=	Fraternity nickname(s).
|free_label=	The free label header goes here.
|free=	The information for the free label.
|former_name=	Former names the group has had, may include name changes or mergers, etc.
|address=	The street address of the national headquarters of the organization, not abbreviated.
|city=	The city where the national headquarters are located.
|state=	The state in which the national headquarters are located, not abbreviated.
|ZIP code=	The ZIP code of the national headquarters (also postal code).
|country=	The country in which the national headquarters are located, not abbreviated.
|website=	The URL of the official website in the format of {{URL|example.com|optional display text}}.
|footnotes=	Citations; only include if the prose of the article does not contain citations that document the above content of the infobox.

Microformat

The HTML mark-up produced by this template includes an hCard microformat that makes an organization's details readily parsable by computer programs. This aids tasks such as the cataloguing of articles and maintenance of databases. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please visit the Microformat WikiProject.

Subtemplates

• Use {{Start date and age}} for the date on which an organisation was "established", "founded", "opened" or otherwise started, unless that date is before 1583 CE.
• Use {{URL}} for an organisation's URL.

Please do not remove instances of these subtemplates.

Classes used

The HTML classes of this microformat include:

• adr
• agent
• category
• country-name
• extended-address
• fn
• geo
• label
• latitude
• locality
• longitude
• nickname
• note
• org
• region
• street-address
• url
• vcard

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

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Infobox fraternity in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Infobox fraternity

An infobox for articles about fraternities and sororities

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers block formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
name	name	no description	Unknown	optional
letters	letters	no description	Unknown	optional
coat of arms	coat of arms crest	no description	Unknown	optional
image_size	image_size	no description	Unknown	optional
alt	alt	no description	Unknown	optional
class	class	no description	Unknown	optional
caption	caption	no description	Unknown	optional
founded	founded	no description	Unknown	optional
birthplace	birthplace	no description	Unknown	optional
affiliation	affiliation	no description	Unknown	optional
affiliation2	affiliation2	no description	Unknown	optional
former_affiliation	former_affiliation	no description	Unknown	optional
former_affiliation2	former_affiliation2	no description	Unknown	optional
former_affiliation3	former_affiliation3	no description	Unknown	optional
status	status	no description	Unknown	optional
defunct_date	defunct_date	no description	Unknown	optional
merge_date	merge_date	no description	Unknown	optional
successor	successor	no description	Unknown	optional
type	type	no description	Unknown	optional
emphasis	emphasis	no description	Unknown	optional
scope	scope	no description	Unknown	optional
motto	motto mottos	no description	Unknown	optional
pillars	pillars	no description	Unknown	optional
slogan	slogan	no description	Unknown	optional
member badge	member badge	no description	Unknown	optional
pledge name	pledge name	no description	Unknown	optional
pledge pin	pledge pin	no description	Unknown	optional
colony badge	colony badge	no description	Unknown	optional
colony pledge pin	colony pledge pin	no description	Unknown	optional
colors	colors	no description	Unknown	optional
symbol	symbol	no description	Unknown	optional
zirkel	zirkel	no description	Unknown	optional
flag	flag	no description	Unknown	optional
flower	flower	no description	Unknown	optional
tree	tree	no description	Unknown	optional
jewel	jewel	no description	Unknown	optional
mascot	mascot	no description	Unknown	optional
patron greek deity	patron greek deity	no description	Unknown	optional
patron roman deity	patron roman deity	no description	Unknown	optional
patron saint	patron saint	no description	Unknown	optional
publication	publication	no description	Unknown	optional
philanthropy	philanthropy	no description	Unknown	optional
charterdate	charterdate	no description	Unknown	optional
chartercity	chartercity	no description	Unknown	optional
chapters	chapters	no description	Unknown	optional
colonies	colonies	no description	Unknown	optional
members	members	no description	Unknown	optional
lifetime	lifetime	no description	Unknown	optional
nickname	nickname nicknames	no description	Unknown	optional
free_label	free_label	no description	Unknown	optional
free	free	no description	Unknown	optional
free_label1	free_label1	no description	Unknown	optional
free1	free1	no description	Unknown	optional
free2	free2	no description	Unknown	optional
free_label2	free_label2	no description	Unknown	optional
former_name	former_name	no description	Unknown	optional
address	address	no description	Unknown	optional
city	city	no description	Unknown	optional
state	state	no description	Unknown	optional
province	province	no description	Unknown	optional
ZIP code	ZIP code	no description	Unknown	optional
postal code	postal code	no description	Unknown	optional
country	country	no description	Unknown	optional
coordinates	coordinates coor	no description	Unknown	optional
location	location	no description	Unknown	optional
website	website homepage	no description	Unknown	optional
footnotes	footnotes	no description	Unknown	optional

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