Infobox fields

the settings for a page's infobox

Contents

1Fields
2Validation
3Example
4References

An infobox is written in a page's front matter as [[infobox]] tables, one for each group, shown in the order written.^[1] What an infobox holds is described on Pages, and the rule that every row cites on Citations.

Fields

Field	Type	Default	Meaning
`group`	string	empty	the group's heading^[1]
`audience`	string	the page's audience	`"user"` keeps the group in a user build^[2]
`rows`	list of tables	none	the group's rows, in the order written^[3]
`label`	string	empty	the row's name^[3]
`value`	string	empty	the row's value, shown as plain text^[3]
`note`	string	none	a short clause shown after the value^[3]
`cite`	string, or list of strings	none	the footnotes the page's text cites for the same fact^[4]
`missing`	true or false	false	marks the row as having no source^[5]
`link`	string	none	an address outside the wiki that the value links to^[6]
`guaranteed`	string	none	the requirement the row satisfies, never shown^[1]

Any other field is ignored.^[1]

Validation

A link that is not an address outside the wiki stops the build.^[7] wiki check lists a row that cites nothing, and a row citing a footnote no sentence on the page cites.^[8]

Condition	Message
`link` is not an outside address^[7]	`wiki: refunds.md links the infobox row 'Home' to home.md, which is not an address outside the wiki; link a page from the text instead`
a row has neither `cite` nor `missing`	`wiki: refunds.md: the infobox row 'Amount' states something and cites nothing; give it cite = "<footnote>" naming a reference the page's text cites, or missing = true if there is none`^[8]
a row cites a footnote no sentence cites	`wiki: refunds.md: the infobox row 'Speed' cites [^fast], which no sentence on the page cites; cite it where the page states the same fact`^[8]

Example

One group of two rows, the first citing a footnote the page's text cites:^[1]

[[infobox]]
group = "Rules"
rows = [
  { label = "Amount", value = "the whole charge", cite = "refund" },
  { label = "Partial refunds", value = "not offered", missing = true },
]

References

src/builder/build.py — render_infobox() reads infobox, and each group's group, audience and rows, and each row's label, value, note, cite, missing and link, and never reads guaranteed; row_cites() accepts one footnote or a list.
src/builder/build.py — render_infobox() takes a group's audience from the page when absent, and visible_to() keeps the group in a user build only when that is "user".
src/builder/build.py — render_infobox() shows a group's rows in the order written, none when absent, each as its label, then its value escaped as plain text, both empty when absent, then its note when it has one.
src/builder/build.py — row_cites() reads cite as one footnote or a list, none when absent, and infobox_problems() refuses one that no sentence on the page cites.
src/builder/build.py — render_infobox() puts the mark for no source beside a row whose missing is true, in place of its citations.
src/builder/build.py — render_infobox() makes a row's value a link to its link when it has one.
src/builder/build.py — render_infobox() raises WikiError for a link that OUTSIDE_LINK does not match.
src/builder/build.py — infobox_problems(), called from check().

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