Template:Infobox song contest national year/doc

Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011
Eurovision Song Contest 2011
Participating broadcaster	Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR)
Country	Switzerland
Selection process	National final
Selection date	11 December 2010
Competing entry
Song	"In Love for a While"
Artist	Anna Rossinelli
Songwriter	David Klein
Placement
Semi-final result	Qualified (10th, 55 points)
Final result	25th, 19 points
Participation chronology
◄2010 • 2011 • 2012►

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 Song Contest -->
| Year                   = 
| Contest                = 
| Broadcaster            = 
| Country                = 
| Flag variant           = 
| Selection process      = 
| Selection date         = 
| Song                   = 
| Artist                 = 
| 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                = 
| Broadcaster            =
| Country                = Czech Republic
| Flag variant           = 
| Selection process      = 
| Selection date         = 
| Song                   = 
| Artist                 = 
| 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.

Broadcaster

The Broadcaster field is for the participating broadcaster entering the contest that year representing the country referred to in the article. Put the broadcaster's full name preferably, followed by its abbreviation in parenthesis. Make sure the full name and its spelling are the ones used by the broadcaster that year.

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 and the link to the article of the country in the contest.

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.

Selection process

The Selection process field is to specify the type of selection process held that year in order to choose the entry. The possible entries are:

• Internal selection
• National final
• Name of the national final (ex "Melodifestivalen 2008")

In cases where a mix of selection formats were used to select an entry, for example where an artist was internally selected 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

Selection date

The Selection date field is for the date that the selection process was held on; do not link this date. For national finals only one date should be listed; if a national selection process involves multiple shows, only the final date should be listed. For internal selections, or hybrid formats, the artist and song dates may be listed separately if the announcements and/or releases were held separately:

'''Artist:''' 5 March 2025<br />'''Song:''' 10 March 2025

If the Selection process field is set to "Internal selection", the field label will automatically change to "Announcement date"; the label can also be manually changed as necessary.

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.

Artist

The Artist field is for the singer(s) or group that was chosen to perform the song competing in the contest.

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. If only one songwriter is listed, add writer_single = y to the infobox to change the label to the singular.

Listing multiple entries

In cases where two songs represented the same country at a given contest, e.g. the Eurovision Song Contest 1956, both songs should be listed separately. Use the Song2, Artist2 and Writer2 fields within the infobox for this purpose. Including these parameters will automatically update the infobox headers to reflect the dual entries.

SF result

The SF result field is for the placement of the country in the 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 placement in the final. List the 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

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

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. Example Junior	Line	suggested
Competition	Competition	Use this field to replace "Eurovision Song Contest" as the contest name Default Eurovision Song Contest Example OTI Festival	Line	suggested
Participating broadcaster	Broadcaster	The participating broadcaster entering the contest that year representing the country being referred to in the article. Example [[Swiss Broadcasting Corporation]] (SRG SSR)	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
Selection process	Selection process	The type of selection process held that year to choose the entry Example Internal selection	Content	suggested
Preselection date	Selection date	The date that the selection process was held on; do not link this date	Content	optional
Song	Song	The song that was sent to compete; do not include italics as these are added automatically Example [[Rim Tim Tagi Dim]]	Content	optional
Artist	Artist	The artist/group that was chosen to perform the song competing in the contest	Content	optional
Songwriters	Writer	The songwriters of the song; use "writer_single = y" to change the label to the singular.	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	Number	optional
Next year	Next	The year of the country's next participation; set to "none" to not show a next year	Number	optional