Template:Infobox unterganger/doc

Usage overview
Copy the following wikicode into the editor: It is recommended that fields marked by asterisks (*) be filled as a rule. Also, for wikicode tidiness, remove the fields that are empty if no foreseeable use for it is intended (e.g. an individual's channel would almost never become a collaboration channel).

Extension
A maximum of three extra rows can be appended to every header, and an extra header with a maximum of five (previously three) rows can be added at the bottom of the infobox, giving a total of 11. Append these wikitext before the template's closing double quote (the ): Additions for the link list (pick and choose):
 * link-dailymotion-id  =
 * link-dailymotion-name =
 * link-vimeo-id    =
 * link-vimeo-name  =
 * link-zippcast-id  =
 * link-zippcast-name =
 * link-fbpage-id   =
 * link-fbpage-name =
 * link-twitter-id  =
 * link-twitter-name =
 * link-steam-id    =
 * link-steam-name  =
 * link-reddit =

Details

 * title, channel
 * "channel" specifies your YouTube channel name or ID. You may put either your channel name or your ID.
 * "title" defines what is displayed on the infobox's title. Unlike regular infoboxes it defaults first to "channel", second to "channelname", then to the page name.
 * NOTE: "Box title" is no longer a valid field!


 * channelname (deprecated), channelID (deprecated)
 * "channelname" specifies your YouTube channel name. For the new channel ID format use "channelID" (see below). "channelname" will default to the page name if unspecified.


 * active, dormant, retired, suicide, status, collab
 * These indicate the Unterganger's status. More details in the notes.
 * Some of these, if set, will also automatically add appropriate categories. See notes for more.
 * "status" is provided for miscellaneous Unterganger status. Only use it if it's really needed.


 * image, caption
 * Standard fields for infoboxes.
 * For "image", the "File:" namespace may be included but no longer mandatory.
 * "imagewidth" is no longer supported in portable infobox format.


 * name, gender, born, nationality, country, occupation, debut, gen, last, known, style, influence, collab members, other names, wikia name
 * Fields specific for this infobox
 * "gender" is now (as of July '15) standardized, allowing short forms in the form of m, f and u for male, female, and unspecified&thinsp;/&thinsp;other respectively. Where applicable, other places in the template will use this as a grammatical guide.
 * "gen" refers to the Unterganger generation, based on the debut date. Values are from 0 to 4.
 * "last" refers to the date of last activity (i.e. last upload) for retired/"suicidal"/terminated Untergangers.


 * countrycode, countrycode2
 * Allows addition of little flags by specifying the country's two-letter code according to the country's Top-Level Domain.
 * "countrycode" corresponds to "nationality"
 * "countrycode2" corresponds to "country"


 * no yt
 * A toggle field. When set, the Channel and Statistics row will be hidden.


 * channelID
 * The new YouTube channel ID format, in the form of 24 alphanumerics beginning with uppercase "UC"
 * Will override "channelname" in all the related links in the Channel row. Links may or may not work


 * link-*
 * [NEW, experimental] A series of id&thinsp;/&thinsp;name field pairs, specifying a link to the Unterganger's profile id and name in various other video sharing and social media websites
 * List of fields and the website supported so far:
 * 'link-dailymotion-id', 'link-dailymotion-name' - Dailymotion
 * 'link-vimeo-id', 'link-vimeo-name' - Vimeo
 * 'link-zippcast-id', 'link-zippcast-name' - Zippcast
 * 'link-fbpage-id', 'link-fbpage-name' - Facebook page or profile
 * 'link-twitter-id', 'link-twitter-name' - Twitter
 * 'link-steam-id', 'link-steam-name' - Steam
 * 'link-reddit' - Reddit
 * Make sure to ONLY add links that the Unterganger publicly discloses. DO NOT DOX!


 * other channel links
 * Appended to the above list. Avoid using this if possible, in favour of "link-*" or "label/data 2-x"


 * uotm, hall of fame, best new, bua, outy
 * Toggle fields that specify whether the unterganger has win said awards. the month and year must be specified. See the notes.


 * potm month, potm parody, potm plural, poty year, poty parody, poty plural
 * For the Parody of the Month and Parody of the Year. If the Unterganger receives multiple PotM awards, toggle "potm plural" on (this is to preserve the grammar).
 * If the Unterganger receives multiple PotY awards, toggle "poty plural" on (this is to preserve the grammar).


 * dpa, unterganger awards
 * Toggle fields that specify whether the unterganger has win said awards.


 * potm details, poty details, dpa details, unterganger awards details
 * Experimental and crude workaround to put more information on the corresponding awards (e.g. the PotM).
 * Use of these fields are highly discouraged and a separate Awards section should instead be made on the article page for this purpose.


 * hidea, hideb
 * If set, hides the "Biographical Information" and "Unterganging Information" headers. See the notes.


 * no categ
 * If set, disable automatic addition of categories according to which of the fields (i.e. status and award fields) are set. More details in the notes.

Future plans
The following are planned changes to the infobox:
 * 1) Generate the infobox using lua module due to this infobox's markup becoming unreadable. Also to facilitate #2.
 * 2) Pull data from the new List of Untergangers format. With the updating tools available for the new list format, some items of the infobox can be made up-to-date automatically such as Status.
 * 3) Deprecate channelname entirely, to facilitate #2. YouTube API used to update the List requires that channel IDs be used instead of channel usernames.