Template:Infobox oil spill/doc

Usage

{{Infobox oil spill
| name      	= 
| image 	= 
| image_size	= 
| image_caption	= 
| location	= 
| coordinates	= 
| spill_date	= 
| cause 	= 
| operator	= 
| casualties	= 
| volume	= 
| area		= 
| coast 	= 
}}

Required: name, location, spill_date, and at least one of volume/area/coast.

Unused parameters do not need to be stated (i.e. it isn't necessary to put "casualties = none" or "coast = n/a").

Exxon Valdez oil spill
File:Exval.jpeg 3 days after Exxon Valdez ran aground
Location	Prince William Sound, Alaska
Coordinates
Date	24 March 1989
Cause
Cause	Grounding of the Exxon Valdez oil tanker
Operator	Exxon
Spill characteristics
Volume	-
Area
Shoreline impacted

Parameter	Description	Example
name	should match article name, wiki markup OK	''Exxon Valdez'' oil spill
image	do not include "File:"	Exval.jpeg
image_size	value in pixels, uses default image size if not set.	250px
image_caption	description appears centered below image	3 days after ''[[Exxon Valdez]]'' ran aground
location	general description of site, preferably with wikilinks	[[Prince William Sound]], [[Alaska]]
coordinates	specific location using Coord template (can also be used to cause coordinates to appear in article title by setting "display=title,inline")	{{Coord|60.83333|-146.86667|region:US-AK_type:landmark|display=inline}}
location_map_zoom	Zoom level for the location map (0-19)	7
spill_date	start of spill event (or range of dates, for extended spills)	24 March 1989
cause	general description of event that initiated the spill	Grounding of the ''[[Exxon Valdez]]'' oil tanker
operator	company that is financially responsible for spill event (if applicable)	[[Exxon]]
casualties	deaths or injuries associated with initial spill event (if applicable)
volume	amount of oil spilled (or range of best estimates) Note: some spills are listed as mass (tonnes) instead of volume. See list of oil spills for typical conversions.	{{convert|260000|oilbbl|m3}} - {{convert|750000|oilbbl|m3}}
area	area affected by oil (i.e. seafloor or land)	{{convert|11000|mi2|abbr=on}}
coast	linear length of coastline affected	{{convert|1300|mi|abbr=on}}

Tracking category

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