Template:Infobox 40k Campaign

About this template

This infobox (information box) is intended to provide, at a glance, snapshots of articles about military campaigns. It may be included in all articles about military campaigns that are initiated by any faction within the Warhammer 40,000 universe. It is suggested that the template be inserted at the top, before any article-body text. Please read all the following instructions before using.

Usage

Copy and paste the following template into the article and fill in the fields. DO NOT change the field names including their grammar or case.

{{Infobox 40k Campaign
|title=
|image=
|attacker=
|defender=
|commander1=
|commander2=
|date=
|scale=
|theatre=
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
|status=
|outcome=
}}

By default, the infobox will appear on the far right of the page, at the position it was placed.

Fill-in instructions

The template includes default, required, and optional fields.

Required fields must have a value (must be filled-in) or they may appear blank. These fields will appear even if removed.

Optional fields will not appear if they don't have a value or if they are removed.

To remove a field, after pasting the template into an article, delete the field's entire line.

When you enter values in fields, any leading (blank) spaces are ignored.

You are encouraged to wikilink any information you add, but only to already-existing pages in this wiki.

For the infobox to give a complete snapshot of the page, it is suggested you fill in all, or as many of the fields as you can.

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title (default)

• What it does: Displays a descriptive title for the infobox
• Default value: Yes, the article title (page name). If this field is included without a value or not included, an infobox title will appear anyway, and will be the same as the article title
• User value: If you don't want the article/page name as the infobox title, you may enter your own title
• Other info: The infobox title appears as white text on black background

image (optional)

• What it does: Displays a related image -- this wiki's policy on images applies
• Default value: None. If you don't want an image to appear, you may include the field without a value or remove it altogether

commander1 (required)

• What it does: Displays the Commander(s) of the attacking side. Include title(s) if known
• Default value: None. However this field must have a value or it will appear as blank. If unsure, "unknown" or "unclear" may be used

commander2 (required)

• What it does: Displays the Commander(s) of the defending side. Include title(s) if known
• Default value: None. However this field must have a value or it will appear as blank. If unsure, "unknown" or "unclear" may be used

date (required)

• What it does: Displays when the campaign took place, using the Imperial Dating System. Suggestion: consider adding the campaign's total duration in standard (Terran) terms, in parentheses
• Default value: None. However this field must have a value or it will appear as blank. If unsure, "unknown" or "unclear" may be used

scale (required)

• What it does: Displays the scale of the campaign. It is suggested that the campaign's most expansive point be used as the determinant of scale. Examples: Planetwide-System-Subsector-Sector-Segmentum-Imperium-Galaxywide etc.
• Default value: None. However this field must have a value or it will appear as blank. If unsure, "unknown" or "unclear" may be used

theatre (required)

• What it does: Displays the campaign theatre(s). It is suggested that you coordinate this information with whatever was entered in scale above
• Default value: None. However this field must have a value or it will appear as blank. If unsure, "unknown" or "unclear" may be used

strength1 and casualties1 (optional)

• What they do: Display the numbers-based forces strength, and numbers-based casualties of the attacking side
• Default value: None. If you don't want any one of these fields to appear, you may include it without a value or remove it altogether

strength2 and casualties2 (optional)

• What they do: Display the numbers-based forces strength, and numbers-based casualties of the defending side
• Default value: None. If you don't want any one of these fields to appear, you may include it without a value or remove it altogether

status (required)

• What it does: Displays the status of the campaign relative to the initiating (attacking) side. Examples: Success-Failure-Ongoing-Suspended-Inconclusive etc.
• Default value: None. However this field must have a value or it will appear as blank. If unsure, "unknown" or "unclear" may be used

outcome (optional)

• What it does: Describes the outcome(s) of the campaign and objectives achieved or missed. Please be brief!!
• Default value: None. If you don't want this field to appear, you may include it without a value or remove it altogether