Wikipedia:Template index/Standard boxes

This page describes standard box and diagram templates used for specific subject matter items. They include right and left side, or lower article boxes, calendars, tables, grids and diagrams used in article expostion. The templates provide a consistent, clean format for the displayed information.

Infoboxes are described on the Infoboxes page.

Main page and alternatives

"WP:MPT" redirects here. For tomorrow's version of the Main Page, see Wikipedia:Main Page/Tomorrow.

See also: Wikipedia:Main Page alternatives

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Calendars

There are a number of templates used to construct calendars, either current or prospective.

• Template:Calendar
• Template:Calendar/month/link on

See also: Category:Calendar templates

Month templates

• Template:Calendar/isoMonthStartSun
• Template:Calendar/isoMonthStartMon
• Template:Calendar/isoMonthStartTue
• Template:Calendar/isoMonthStartWed
• Template:Calendar/isoMonthStartThu
• Template:Calendar/isoMonthStartFri
• Template:Calendar/isoMonthStartSat

Unit converters

• Template:Dist – used for conversions between distance units. – Deprecated
• Template:Convert

Diagrams

Useful elements for building diagrams

• Template:Clade For making horizontal "Clades" or other tree-like structures

Games and Puzzles

The Computer and Video Games infobox templates are described on the Infoboxes page. Some templates were used only to generate article images and are not called from the article pages themselves.

• Template:Chess diagram
• Template:Goban
• Template:Sudoku 9x9 grid – identifies other related Sudoku templates
• Template:Xiangqi-position

Periodic Table

Some of the box entries of the Periodic Table are constructed using templates.

• Template:Element cell, used by Periodic table (standard)
• See {{Element cell}} for alternatives

Time converters

• Template:minute (backlinks edit) – parses time and produces the minutes part

U.S. Supreme Court

There are some templates used to provide a right-side index for Supreme Court cases, and some are used for the main article for the Supreme Court, such as allowing specific year index for members of the court, others are used to make formatting consistent

Court case box on right:

• Template:SCOTUSCase

The following are used to construct Supreme Court Justice entries, as well as the entry for List of Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States.

• Template:start U.S. Supreme Court composition
• Template:U.S. Supreme Court composition court lifespan
• Template:U.S. Supreme Court composition CJ
• Specific years are inserted here, then
• Template:end U.S. Supreme Court composition

And the specific years. All begin with "U.S. Supreme Court composition " followed by one year or a range of years:

• 18th Century: Template:U.S. Supreme Court composition 1789–1792, 1792–1793, 1793–1795, 1795, 1796–1798, 1798–1799, 1799, 1799–1800, 1800
• 19th Century: Template:U.S. Supreme Court composition 1801–1804, 1804–1806, 1807–1810, 1810–1811, 1811–1812, 1812–1823, 1823–1826, 1826–1828, 1828–1829, 1835, 1836–1837, 1837–1838 1838–1841, 1842–1843, 1843–1844, 1845–1846, 1846–1851, 1851–1852, 1853–1857, 1858–1860, 1860–1861, 1862–1863, 1863–1864, 1864–1865, 1865–1867, 1867–1870, 1870–1872, 1873, 1874–1877, 1877–1880, 1881, 1882–1887, 1888, 1888–1889, 1890–1891, 1891–1892, 1892–1893, 1893, 1894–1895, 1896–1897, 1898–1902
• 20th Century: Template:U.S. Supreme Court composition 1898–1902, 1902–1903, 1903–1906, 1906–1909, January–March 1910, March–July 1910, 1910, 1911, 1912–1914, 1914–1916, 1916–1921, 1921–1922, 1922, 1923–1925, 1925–1930, 1930, 1930–1932, 1932–1937, 1937–1938, 1938, 1939, 1940–1941, 1941–1942, 1943–1945, 1945–1946, 1946–1949, 1949–1953, 1953–1954, 1955–1956, 1956–1957, 1957–1958, 1958–1962, 1962–1965, 1965–1967, 1967–1969, 1969, 1970–1971, 1972–1975, 1975–1981, 1981–1986, 1986–1987, 1988–1990, 1990–1991, 1991–1993, 1993–1994, 1994–2005
• 21st Century: Template:U.S. Supreme Court composition 2005–2006, 2006–2009, 2009–2010, 2010–present