Template:Infobox lighthouse/doc

{{Infobox lighthouse}} may be used to summarise information about a lighthouse. Much of this infobox's data will be retrieved from Wikidata. Editors are encouraged to add data to the relevant item.

Parameters for the tower

Label	Wikidata properties	Usage	Example(s)	Override parameter
Name	Item label and (P1448)	The name of the lighthouse	Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	|name=
Image	(P18) qualified by (P2096)	An image of the lighthouse stored on Wikimedia Commons. A caption can be included with (P2096).	Cuxhaven 07-2016 photo23 Kugelbake.jpg	|image=, |caption=
Location	(P625), (P706), (P276), (P131), (P17)	Location of the lighthouse.	(Q126514)	|location=
OS grid	(P613)	Ordnance Survey National Grid coordinates.	NZ40806416	|grid_ref_UK=
Coordinates	(P625)	Latitude and longitude of the position of the lighthouse. If specifying manually, use the {{Coord}} template. A map will automatically be included in the infobox unless it is turned off (see #Maps).	29°4'18.012"N, 48°29'35.988"E	|coordinates={{Coord|N|E}}
Constructed	(P571)	Date of start of construction.	1897	|yearbuilt=
Designed by	(P287)	Designer of the lighthouse.	(Q27835212)	|suppressfields=designer
Built by	(P193), (P631)	Engineer or builder of the lighthouse.	(Q1355182)	|suppressfields=builder
Foundation	n/a	The material of the foundation.	concrete	|foundation=
Construction	(P186) qualified with (P518)	The material of the structure.	(Q41177)	|construction=
Tower shape	(P1419) qualified with (P518)	The shape of the structure.	(Q9090332)	|shape=
Markings	(P462) qualified by (P518) (P5422) qualified with (P1419), (P1114), (P462), (P7469), (P518)	Color or other distinctive marks.	horizontal red stripe	|marking=
Tower height	(P2048)	The total height of the structure above ground.	10 metres	|height=
Power source	(P618)	Source of power for the lighthouse	(Q1483757)	|suppressfields=powersource
Fog signal	n/a	The type and frequency of any fog signal, e.g. bell, horn, etc., as given in the light list.	HORN: 1 blast ev 15s (2s bl)	|fogsignal=
Racon	(P3994)	The letter transmitted in morse code by the Racon, if it has one.	M(--) 18NM	|racon=
MMSI	n/a	AIS/Maritime Mobile Service Identity, if it has one.	993251046 (Ardnamurchan)	|mmsi=
Operator	(P137) qualified with (P580) and (P582)	The authority responsible for operating the light.	Trinity House	|managingagent=
Heritage	(P1435)	A description of the lighthouse's heritage status.	NRHP listed place	|heritage=

Parameters for the light

Label	Wikidata properties	Usage	Example(s)	Override parameter
First lit	(P729)	Date that the light entered service.	27 June 1904	|yearlit=
Deactivated	(P730)	If the light is no longer in service, the date it was decommissioned.	June 1980	|yeardeactivated=
Automated	(P793) -> (Q24410992) qualified with (P585)	The date the light was converted to automatic.	4 December 1998	|automated=
Focal height	(P2923) qualified with (P462)	The height of the light above mean sea level. When a navigator's light list simply shows a value for 'height', that should be entered here.	14 metres	|focalheight=
Lens	(P9597) qualified with (P580) and (P582)	The type of lens used in the light.	(Q24629169), (Q7907476)	|lens=
Light source	n/a	Source of illumination of the light.	CDM T lamp, High intensity LED lamp	|lightsource=
Intensity	(P3041) qualified with (P462)	Luminous intensity of the light, measured in candela.	14,400 candela	|intensity=
Range	(P2929) qualified with (P462)	The distance from which the light can be seen, usually given in nautical miles. If the light has more than one color, then several ranges can specified, one for each color.	8 nautical miles [15 km]	|range=
Characteristic	(P1030) qualified with (P805), (P580) and (P582)	The pattern of flashes in shorthand notation. See Light characteristic for examples and explanation.	Fl(2) W 10s	|characteristic=
LightDome	n/a	The dome with flashes.		|lightdome=
LightBand	n/a	The graphic/pattern of the light.		|lightband=
LightVideo	n/a	A video of the light within te seachart		|lightvideo=

Bespoke numbering systems

If a country has its own numbering system (such as the Netherlands), the country name, ID number and a link (optional) may be specified.

• |country=
• |countrynumber=
• |countrylink=

Fetch wikidata

To fetch specific fields from Wikidata (and no others) the |fetchwikidata= can be used. For example, to fetch the date of construction and the date of deactivation, use:

• |fetchwikidata=constructed,yeardeactivated

If this parameter is not specified then all available fields will be fetched.

To suppress certain fields (but fetch others), the |suppressfields= can be used. For example, to suppress the range of the lighthouse and its intensity, use:

• |suppressfields=range,intensity

If this parameter is not specified then no fields will be suppressed.

By default, the template will use the Wikidata item associated with the article. In some cases (for example, if the article is about an island but contains some information about a lighthouse on that island) you will need to specify the Wikidata Q-identifier using |qid=. For example:

• |qid=Q28333621

Embedding other templates

The |module= parameter can be used for embedding other templates into this infobox (see Wikipedia:Infobox modules):

{{Infobox lighthouse
| name = 
...
| module =
  {{Infobox example
  | embed = yes <!-- or 'child=yes' or 'subbox=yes' -->
  ...
  }}
}}

Full list

Parameters left blank will not be shown. All of the parameters are text fields so you can, for example

• list in a span of years: |yeardeactivated=1952–1980
• provide explanation: |yearlit=1880 (current tower)
• give more than one answer: |fogsignal=Bell (1880)<br />Horn 1 every 20s (1915)

{{Infobox lighthouse
| name            = 
| image_name      = 
| image_width     = 
| caption         = 
| location        = 
| coordinates     = <!-- {{Coord}} -->
| yearbuilt       = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY}} -->
| yearlit         = 
| automated       = 
| yeardeactivated = 
| foundation      = 
| construction    = 
| shape           = 
| marking         = 
| height          = 
| focalheight     = 
| lens            = 
| lightsource     = 
| intensity       = 
| range           = 
| characteristic  =
| lightdome       =
| lightband       =
| lightvideo      = 
| fogsignal       = 
| racon           = 
| mmsi            =
| country         = 
| countrynumber   = 
| countrylink     = 
| managingagent   = 
| heritage        = 
| module          = 
}}

For coordinates, use |coordinates= with {{Coord}}. See the Coord template's documentation for details on usage. For example, |coordinates={{coord|1|2|N|3|4|E|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

Maps

A Mapframe map is automatically included if:

• There are coordinates specified, either in the |coordinates= parameter or on the page's Wikidata item
• It has not been turned off by setting |mapframe=no

The following optional parameters can then be used to adjust the map:

• Basic {{Infobox mapframe}} parameters:
  • mapframe – Specify yes or no to show or hide the map, overriding the default. Default: no, but also modified by onByDefault
    • Internal onByDefault parameter: yes, unless |embed= is set
  • mapframe-coordinates or mapframe-coord or coordinates or coord – Coordinates to use, instead of any on Wikidata. Use the {{Coord}} template, e.g. |coord={{Coord|12.34|N|56.78|E}}. Default: coordinates from Wikidata d:Property:P625
  • mapframe-caption – Caption for the map. Default: blank (or if |mapframe-geomask= is set, "Location in geomask's label")
  • mapframe-custom – Use a custom map instead of the automatic mapframe. Specify either a {{maplink}} template, or another template that generates a mapframe map, or an image name. If used, most mapframe parameters will be ignored. Default: not specified
  • mapframe-id or id or qid – Id (Q-number) of Wikidata item to use. Default: item for current page
  • mapframe-wikidata – Set to yes to show all shape/line features from OpenStreetMap. Default: not specified
• Customise which features are displayed:
  • mapframe-point – Turn off display of point feature by setting to none. Force point marker to be displayed by setting to on. Default: not specified
  • mapframe-shape – Turn off display of shape feature by setting to none. Force display of shape by setting to on. Use an inverse shape (geomask) instead of a regular shape by setting to inverse. Default: not specified
  • mapframe-line – Turn off display of line feature by setting to none. Force display of line by setting to on. Default: not specified
  • mapframe-geomask – Wikidata item to use as a geomask (everything outside the boundary is shaded darker). Can either be a specific Wikidata item (Q-number), or a property that specifies the item to use (e.g. P17 for (P17), P131 for (P131)). Default: not specified
  • mapframe-switcher – set to auto or geomasks or zooms to enable Template:Switcher-style switching between multiple mapframes. Default: not specified
    • auto – switch geomasks found in (P276) and (P131) statements on the page's Wikidata item, searching recursively. E.g. an item's city, that city's state, and that state's country.
    • geomasks – switch between the geomasks specified as a comma-separated list of Wikidata items (Q-numbers) in the mapframe-geomask parameter
    • zooms – switch between "zoomed in"/"zoomed midway"/"zoomed out", where "zoomed in" is the default zoom (with a minimum of 3), "zoomed out" is 1, and "zoomed midway" is the average
• Other optional parameters:
  • mapframe-frame-width or mapframe-width – Frame width. Default: 270
  • mapframe-frame-height or mapframe-height – Frame height. Default: 200
  • mapframe-shape-fill – Color used to fill shape features. Default: #606060
  • mapframe-shape-fill-opacity – Opacity level of shape fill, a number between 0 and 1. Default: 0.1
  • mapframe-stroke-color or mapframe-stroke-colour – Color of line features, and outlines of shape features. Default: #ff0000
    • mapframe-line-stroke-color or mapframe-line-stroke-colour – Color of line features. Default: #ff0000
    • mapframe-shape-stroke-color or mapframe-shape-stroke-colour – Color of outlines of shape features. Default: #ff0000
  • mapframe-stroke-width – Width of line features, and outlines of shape features. Default: 2
    • mapframe-shape-stroke-width – Width of outlines of shape features. Default: 2
    • mapframe-line-stroke-width – Width of line features. Default: 5
  • mapframe-marker – Marker symbol to use for coordinates; see mw:Help:Extension:Kartographer/Icons for options. Default: lighthouse
    • Can also be set to blank to override any default marker symbol
  • mapframe-marker-color or mapframe-marker-colour – Background color for the marker. Default: #5E74F3
  • mapframe-geomask-stroke-color or mapframe-geomask-stroke-colour – Color of outline of geomask shape. Default: #555555
  • mapframe-geomask-stroke-width – Width of outline of geomask shape. Default: 1
  • mapframe-geomask-fill – Color used to fill outside geomask features. Default: #606060
  • mapframe-geomask-fill-opacity – Opacity level of fill outside geomask features, a number between 0 and 1. Default: 0.25
  • mapframe-zoom – Set the zoom level, from "1" (map of earth) to "18" (maximum zoom in), to be used if the zoom level cannot be determined automatically from object length or area. Default: 5
  • mapframe-length_km or mapframe-length_mi or mapframe-area_km2 or mapframe-area_mi2 – Determine zoom level by passing in object's length (in kilometres or miles) or area (in square kilometres or square miles). Default: not specified / not specified / not specified / not specified
  • mapframe-frame-coordinates or mapframe-frame-coord – Alternate latitude and longitude coordinates for initial placement of map, using {{coord}}. Default: derived from item coordinates
  • mapframe-type – Set the type of the object, with the same usage as {{coord}}. Default: not specified
  • mapframe-population – Set the population, useful with type="city", for {{Infobox dim}}. Default: not specified

Microformat

The HTML markup produced by this template includes an hCard microformat, which makes the place-name and location parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue articles across Wikipedia, or via a browser tool operated by a person, to (for example) add the subject to an address book. Within the hCard is a Geo microformat, which additionally makes the coordinates (latitude & longitude) parsable, so that they can be, say, looked up on a map, or downloaded to a GPS unit. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.

Sub-templates

If the place or venue has "established", "founded", "opened" or similar dates, use {{start date}} for the earliest of those dates unless the date is before 1583 CE.

If it has a URL, use {{URL}}.

Please do not remove instances of these sub-templates.

Classes

hCard uses HTML classes including:

• adr
• agent
• category
• county-name
• extended-address
• fn
• label
• locality
• nickname
• note
• org
• region
• street-address
• uid
• url
• vcard

Geo is produced by calling {{coord}}, and uses HTML classes:

• geo
• latitude
• longitude

Please do not rename or remove these classes nor collapse nested elements which use them.

Precision

When giving coordinates, please use an appropriate level of precision. Do not use {{coord}}'s |name= parameter.

Tracking categories

• Category:Infobox lighthouse tracking (13)

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Infobox lighthouse in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Infobox lighthouse

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No description.

Template parameters

This template prefers block formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
name	name	no description	Unknown	optional
qid	qid	no description	Unknown	optional
suppressfields	suppressfields	no description	Unknown	optional
Fetch wikidata	fetchwikidata	use and leave blank to turn off Wikidata values	Unknown	optional
image_name	image_name	no description	Unknown	optional
image_width	image_width	no description	Unknown	optional
image size	image size	no description	Unknown	optional
image_size	image_size	no description	Unknown	optional
imagesize	imagesize	no description	Unknown	optional
image_upright	image_upright	no description	Unknown	optional
alt	alt	no description	Unknown	optional
image	image	no description	Unknown	optional
caption	caption	no description	Unknown	optional
coordinates	coordinates	no description	Unknown	optional
map_caption	map_caption	no description	Unknown	optional
onlysourced	onlysourced	no description	Unknown	optional
location	location	no description	Unknown	optional
grid_ref_UK	grid_ref_UK	no description	Unknown	optional
designation	designation	no description	Unknown	optional
Year built	yearbuilt	usually the year the light first built	Unknown	optional
Year lit	yearlit	the year the light entered service, if different from yearbuilt	Unknown	optional
Year automated	automated	the year it was automated	Unknown	optional
Year deactivated	yeardeactivated	If the light is no longer in service, list the year it was last working	Unknown	optional
Foundation material	foundation	the material of the foundation	Unknown	optional
Construction material	construction	the material of the structure	Unknown	optional
Structure shape	shape	the shape of the structure Example Cylindrical, conical, pyramidal	Unknown	optional
Marking	marking	color or other distinctive marks	Unknown	optional
Height above foundation	height	the total height of the structure above its foundation	Unknown	optional
Focal height	focalheight	the height of the actual light source above mean sea level	Unknown	optional
Lens	lens	the type of lens originally used in the light Example Fresnel lens	Unknown	optional
Light source	lightsource	the source of illumination	Unknown	optional
Intensity	intensity	candlepower	Unknown	optional
Range	range	the distance at which the light can be seen	Unknown	optional
characteristic	characteristic	the pattern of flashes, given in the light list	Unknown	optional
Fog signal	fogsignal	the type and frequency of any fog signal Example Bell, horn	Unknown	optional
racon	racon	the letter shown if there is a Racon	Unknown	optional
mmsi	mmsi	the number of the AIS/MMSI	Unknown	optional
countrylink	countrylink	a (non mandatory) link to the country's list of lighthouses or the website hosting that list	Unknown	optional
country	country	if a country has its own numbering system, the country name Example Netherlands	Unknown	optional
countrynumber	countrynumber	number according to the country's numbering system	Unknown	optional
Managing agent	managingagent	the authority responsible for operating the light	Unknown	optional
heritage	heritage	a description of the building's heritage status	Unknown	optional
module	module	used for embedding other templates into this infobox	Unknown	optional
mapframe	mapframe	no description	Unknown	optional
mapframe-zoom	mapframe-zoom	no description	Unknown	optional
mapframe-width	mapframe-width	no description	Unknown	optional
mapframe-height	mapframe-height	no description	Unknown	optional
mapframe-marker	mapframe-marker	no description	Unknown	optional
mapframe-marker-color	mapframe-marker-color	no description	Unknown	optional
mapframe-marker-colour	mapframe-marker-colour	no description	Unknown	optional
mapframe-lat	mapframe-lat	no description	Unknown	optional
mapframe-latitude	mapframe-latitude	no description	Unknown	optional
mapframe-long	mapframe-long	no description	Unknown	optional
mapframe-longitude	mapframe-longitude	no description	Unknown	optional
mapframe-caption	mapframe-caption	no description	Unknown	optional
embed	embed	no description	Unknown	optional
qs	qs	no description	Unknown	optional
refs	refs	no description	Unknown	optional
coord_format	coord_format	no description	Unknown	optional
USCG	USCG	no description	Unknown	optional
light1	light1	no description	Unknown	optional
light2	light2	no description	Unknown	optional