TechInfoDepot:Template messages/Standard boxes

This page describes standard box and diagram  templates used for specific subject matter items. They include right and left side, or lower article boxes, calendars, tables, grids and diagrams used in article expostion. The templates provide a consistent, clean format for the displayed information.

Infoboxes are described on the Infoboxes page.

Calendars
There are a number of templates used to construct calendars, either current or prospective.


 * Template:Calendar
 * Template:CalendarCustom
 * Template:Calendar today

See also: Category:Calendar templates

Month templates

 * Template:Calendar/MonthStartSun
 * Template:Calendar/MonthStartMon
 * Template:Calendar/MonthStartTue
 * Template:Calendar/MonthStartWed
 * Template:Calendar/MonthStartThu
 * Template:Calendar/MonthStartFri
 * Template:Calendar/MonthStartSat

Unit converters

 * Template:Dist - used for conversions between distance units. (Deprecated; see Template:Convert.)

Useful elements for building diagrams

 * Template:Clade For making horizontal "Clades" or other tree-like structures

Games and Puzzles
The Computer and Video Games infobox templates are described on the Infoboxes page. Some templates were used only to generate article images and are not called from the article pages themselves.
 * Template:9x9 type square - generic 9x9 number grid
 * Template:Chess position
 * Template:Chess diagram
 * Template:Game of Go Position
 * Template:Sudoku 9x9 grid - identifies other related Sudoku templates
 * Template:Xiangqi-position

Periodic Table
Some of the box entries of the Periodic Table are constructed using templates.
 * Template:Element cell, used by Periodic table (standard)
 * Template:Element cell-1, used by Periodic table (big)
 * Template:Element cell-2, used by Periodic table (detailed)
 * Template:Element cell-3, used by Periodic table (large version)

Time converters

 * minute - parses time and produces the minutes part

U.S. Supreme Court
There are some templates used to provide a right-side index for Supreme Court cases, and some are used for the main article for the Supreme Court, such as allowing specific year index for members of the court, others are used to make formatting consistent

Court case box on right:
 * Template:SCOTUSCase

The following are used to construct Supreme Court Justice entries, as well as the entry for List of Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States.
 * Template:start U.S. Supreme Court composition
 * Template:U.S. Supreme Court composition court lifespan
 * Template:U.S. Supreme Court composition CJ
 * Specific years are inserted here, then
 * Template:end U.S. Supreme Court composition

And the specific years. All begin with "U.S. Supreme Court composition " followed by one year or a range of years:
 * 18th Century: Template:U.S. Supreme Court composition 1789-1792, 1792-1793, 1793-1795, 1795, 1796-1798, 1798-1799, 1799, 1799-1800, 1800
 * 19th Century: Template:U.S. Supreme Court composition 1801-1804, 1804-1806, 1807-1810, 1810-1811, 1811-1812, 1812-1823, 1823-1826, 1826-1828, 1828-1829, 1835, 1836–1837, 1837–1838 1838–1841, 1842–1843, 1843–1844, 1845–1846, 1846–1851, 1851–1852, 1853–1857, 1858–1860, 1860–1861, 1862–1863, 1863–1864, 1864–1865, 1865–1867, 1867–1870, 1870–1872, 1873, 1874–1877, 1877–1880, 1881, 1882–1887, 1888, 1888–1889, 1890–1891, 1891–1892, 1892–1893, 1893, 1894–1895, 1896–1897, 1898–1902
 * 20th Century: Template:U.S. Supreme Court composition 1898–1902, 1902–1903, 1903–1906, 1906–1909, January–March 1910, March–July 1910, 1910, 1911, 1912–1914, 1914–1916, 1916–1921, 1921–1922, 1922, 1923–1925, 1925–1930, 1930, 1930–1932, 1932–1937, 1937–1938, 1938, 1939, 1940–1941, 1941–1942, 1943–1945, 1945–1946, 1946–1949, 1949–1953, 1953-1954, 1955-1956, 1956-1957, 1957-1958, 1958-1962, 1962-1965, 1965-1967, 1967-1969, 1969, 1970-1971, 1972-1975, 1975-1981, 1981-1986, 1986-1987, 1988-1990, 1990-1991, 1991-1993, 1993-1994, 1994-2005
 * 21st Century: Template:U.S. Supreme Court composition 1994-2005, 2005-present