Template talk:Infobox collection

Why doesn't this template display the website?

Looking at the transclusions of this template, I see a lot where the website= parameter is set, but none where it is displayed. MartinPoulter (talk) 13:25, 10 September 2019 (UTC)

Now fixed. MartinPoulter (talk) 13:27, 10 September 2019 (UTC)

Make this less useless?

My username
My native name
A test image with a companion caption
Ownership
Type	Privately owned
Housed at	My house
Location	My address, My city, My State, My Country, 0000
Curators	Myself
Established	March 3, 2026 (2026-03-03)
Dissolved	March 3, 2036 (2036-03-03)
Funded by	Myself
Access requirements	Be me
Collection
Size (no. of items)	1,000,000
Criteria for collection	Whatever I feel like
Culture	My culture
Created	2001
Discovery
Discovery date	Late 2001
Discovery place	Wikipedia 37°47′21″N 122°24′12″W
Discovered by	Myself
Website	Wikipedia

This template has so few fields it’s relatively useless. Is there a chance more fields could be added to make it useful? Established, dissolved, criteria, etc would make this much less useless. - SchroCat (talk) 21:08, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

I strongly second this, but lack the technical expertise to do this. WatkynBassett (talk) 20:11, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

SchroCat – If you can give me a list of fields you'd like implemented, and also the spot you'd like them to appear in the IB (e.g. do you want 'established' to appear before or after 'curators' or 'housed_at'), I can update the template with these. Same for WatkynBassett, if you have any fields you'd like to be available, I can implement them. I sort of just came across this template and added a bunch of functions for a museum collection (cultural and provenance data mostly). Mr rnddude (talk) 09:34, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi Mr rnddude, That would be great. Off the top of my head I think the following would be of greatest use:

• type
• scope
• established
• dissolved
• location
• criteria
• access

I'm basing this on the Private Case article I wrote a few years ago and the fields I think would work well there, but I am sure that others would probably have a better idea of what to add. These fields, the order they are in and their criteria for use, are taken from Template:Infobox library, if that's any help. Cheers - SchroCat (talk) 12:39, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

SchroCat – I've updated the template with these parameters. There are a couple differences between here and infobox library – primarily with 'location' which is a bit more complex in how it works over there. I've attached a maximized version of the infobox (appended at the top) so that you can see all of its available parameters. I've kept 'housed_at' and 'location' as separate primarily so that 'housed_at' can take the name of the building (e.g. British Museum) and 'location' can provide a specific address. All parameters are optional. Mr rnddude (talk) 06:41, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

Many thanks Mr rnddude - that's much better! Excellent work. Cheers - SchroCat (talk) 10:31, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

Edit request: Embed / embedded functionality

Hi there, I'd like to suggest that the embed and embedded parameters be added. This is especially helpful where the collection(s) may be listed on a heritage register or where the collection infobox can be embedded into a museum infobox, etc. Rangasyd (talk) 04:50, 17 July 2026 (UTC)