This page documents the Official GTA Wiki Manual of Style on infoboxes.
Overview
Infoboxes are templates placed at the top right of articles offering a snapshot of crucial information. They typically contain a title, images, statistics and other key information. The purposes of an infobox are:
- Presenting a subject's master image
- Allowing readers to find key details at a glance
- Enhance the visual organization of an article, making it more user-friendly
Formatting
The key principles for infobox usage is:
- Place infoboxes at the very top of an article (but underneath tophats)
- Use abbreviated game titles and concise date and number formatting (see MOS:NUMBERS)
- Keep infobox wikitext tidy and consistent (implement consistent field spacing)
- Do not use more than one infobox on an article (see technical limitations)
- Do not overcrowd the infobox with too many images
- Do not over-clutter the infobox with bulk text.
Technical limitations
There are numerous technical limitations related to infoboxes:
- Infoboxes will always be positioned at the top of a page on Fandom's Mobile theme, regardless of where it is placed in wikitext (where it appears in Desktop theme). For this reason, using multiple infoboxes is not advised.
- The first image in an infobox will, by default, be positioned above the infobox in Fandom Mobile's theme (as a "hero" image). For this reason, we have implemented dummy images across all infobox templates to prevent the first "actual" image from being removed from the infobox.
Types of infoboxes
See Also
- Infobox templates - List of all infobox templates.
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