Template:Infobox song contest national year/doc

Eurovision Song Contest 2011
Country	Switzerland
National selection
Selection process	National final
Selection date(s)	December 11, 2010
Selected entrant	Anna Rossinelli
Selected song	"In Love for a While"
Selected songwriter(s)	David Klein
Finals performance
Semi-final result	Qualified (10th, 55 points)
Final result	25th, 19 points
Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest
2011

This is the standard infobox for "Country in the Eurovision Song Contest Year" pages and uses the {{Infobox song contest national year}} template. The box to the right is an example. You can copy-and-paste the code below, adding the info on the country and year you choose to write about.

The infobox code should be placed at the top of the article before all writing, though it should be after any maintenance templates.

Code

Most articles should only need the following fields. Do not remove fields from this list when the value is unknown; in that case the values should be left blank. Please note that the field names are case-sensitive.

{{Infobox song contest national year <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Eurovision -->
| Year                   = 
| Contest                = 
| Country                = 
| Flag variant           = 
| Preselection           = 
| Preselection date      = 
| Entrant                = 
| Song                   = 
| Writer                 = 
| SF result              = 
| Final result           = 
| Prev                   =
| Next                   =
}}

Details

Year

The Year field is for the year of the country's participation being referred to in the article. The template will look back up to 2 year and back up to years automatically and adds these years to the bottom of the template. If there are instances were a country missed more than 2 years in a row and you need to reflect this on the template, then add |Prev = and |Next = to the bottom of the template. This will allow you to manually input the year.

For example, the Czech Republic missed the 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 contests, so you need the infobox for Czech Republic in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 to enable you to bypass these years. Using the following method will let you do this.

If the participation is either the country's first or the most recent, then the Prev or Next parameters can be set to none. This prevents the infobox from linking to the next or previous article, for example

{{Infobox song contest national year <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject -->
| Year                   = 2015
| Contest                = 
| Country                = Czech Republic
| Flag variant           = 
| Preselection           = 
| Preselection date      = 
| Entrant                = 
| Song                   = 
| Writer                 = 
| SF result              = 
| Final result           = 
| Song                   = 
| Prev                   = 2009
| Next                   = 
}}

Contest

The Contest field should only be used when the infobox will not be used on a Eurovision Song Contest page. If it is for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, type "Junior", otherwise leave it blank.

Country

See also: Template:Flag

The Country field is for the country being referred to in the article that year. Put the countries name, without linking and using a flag template, the infobox will automatically produce the flag through coding.

Example:
|Country=Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Flag variant

See also: Template:Flag

The Flag variant field is for displaying historically correct flags for the country in the infobox. By default, the template uses the current flag of the country. Put the year of the outdated flag's introduction for it to display the correct flag.

Example:
|Country=Bosnia and Herzegovina
|Flag variant=1992
Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Preselection

The Preselection field is to specify the type of preselection (method of choosing the song) held that year. The possible entries are:

• Internal selection
• National final
• Name of country's national final (ex "Melodifestivalen 2008")

In cases where a mix of preselection formats were used to select a country's entry, for example where an artist was selected internally by the broadcaster but the song was chosen through a national final, both methods can be listed by using the following format:

'''Artist:''' Internal selection<br />'''Song:''' National final

Preselection date

The Preselection date field is for the date that the selection process was held on; do not link this date.

Entrant

The Entrant field is for the artist/group that was chosen to compete in the contest.

Song

The Song field is for the song that was sent to compete. Songs are always surrounded by Quotation marks which are added by the template and not italics.

• "Comme Ci, Comme Ça"

Writer

The Writer field is for the composers/lyricists of the song chosen to compete in the contest. For songs which have multiple songwriter credits, please each songwriter in the box using the {{Unbulleted list}} template.

SF result

The SF result field is for the placing of the country in the Eurovision Semi-final. In italics write either Qualified or Failed to qualify followed in parenthesis by the placing and points received. If the song Failed to qualify, only the placing is necessary in the parenthesis.

• Qualified (1st, 156 points)
  
• Failed to qualify (19th)

Final Result

The Final result field is for the song's placing at the Eurovision Final (if appropriate). List the country's placing followed by a comma and then the points received. If the song failed to qualify, then leave the field blank.

• 3rd, 218 points

Usage notes

The infobox should be placed at the top of the page and no line should be skipped after it. Place it after any maintenance tags, but before the main text of the page.

TemplateData

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TemplateData for Infobox song contest national year

Infobox about a country's participation in a song contest

Template parameters

This template prefers block formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Year	Year	The year of the country's participation being referred to in the article Example 2015	Number	required
Contest	Contest	Set to "Junior" to indicate the Junior Eurovision Song Contest; leave blank for the Eurovision Song Contest. Default Example Junior	Line	suggested
Country	Country	The country being referred to in the article that year. Example Czech Republic	Line	required
Flag variant	Flag variant	For displaying historically correct flags for the country in the infobox (put the year of the outdated flag's introduction for it to display the correct flag)	Number	optional
Preselection	Preselection	The type of preselection (method of choosing the song) held that year Example Internal selection	Content	suggested
Preselection date	Preselection date	The date that the selection process was held on; do not link this date	Content	optional
Entrant	Entrant	The artist/group that was chosen to compete in the contest	Content	optional
Selected song	Song	The song that was sent to compete Example [[Comme Ci, Comme Ça]]	Content	optional
Selected songwriter(s)	Writer	The songwriter(s) of the song	Content	optional
Semi-final result	SF result	The placing of the country in the semi-final Example ''Qualified'' (1st, 156 points)	Content	optional
Final result	Final result	The placing of the country in the final Example 3rd, 218 points	Content	optional
Previous year	Prev	The year of the country's previous participation; set to "none" to not show a previous year	Line	optional
Next year	Next	The year of the country's next participation; set to "none" to not show a next year	Line	optional