Template:Infobox song contest country/doc

This is the standard infobox for a country in a song contest (such as Eurovision, and ABU Song Festivals) and uses the {{Infobox song contest country}} template. The box to the right is an example. Follow the guidelines below to use the template appropriately. You may copy/paste the code for simplicity.

Code

{{Infobox song contest country
| Name = <!-- Name of the country -->
| Flag = <!-- File name of the country's flag -->
| Member station = <!-- Broadcaster that participates in the contest -->
| National selection event = <!-- How the representative for this country was chosen (e.g. national final, internal selection, named event) -->
| Apps = <!-- Number of appearances for the country in the contest -->
| Host = <!-- Number of host -->
| First = <!-- Year of the country's first participation in the contest -->
| Highest = <!-- Highest placement in any previous contest; list placement alongside respective year(s) -->
| Lowest = <!-- Lowest placement in any previous contest; list placement alongside respective year(s) -->
| Nul points = <!-- Number of appearances awarded with no points -->
| Website = <!-- URL of the broadcaster's official website for the contest -->
| EBU page = <!-- URL of the country's site on Eurovision.tv -->
| Current = <!-- Year of most recent participation (in the Eurovision Song Contest); omit if the country never participated -->
| Current JESC = <!-- Same as 'Current=', for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest -->
| Current Choir = <!-- Same as 'Current=', for the Eurovision Choir -->
| Current Bala = <!-- Same as 'Current=', for the Bala Turkvision -->
| Current TSC = <!-- Same as 'Current=', for the Junior Turkvision -->
}}

Example

Sweden
Member station	Sveriges Television (SVT) Former members Sveriges Radio (1958–1979)
National selection events	Internal selection 1958 National final Melodifestivalen 1959–1963 1965–1969 1971–1975 1977–2019
Participation summary
Appearances	59 (58 finals)
Host	Template:Escyr, Template:Escyr, Template:Escyr, Template:Escyr, Template:Escyr, Template:Escyr
First appearance	Template:Escyr
Highest placement	1st: Template:Escyr, Template:Escyr, Template:Escyr, Template:Escyr, Template:Escyr, Template:Escyr
External links
Sweden's page at Eurovision.tv
For the most recent participation see Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019

{{Infobox song contest country
| Name = Sweden
| Member station = [[Sveriges Television]] (SVT)
{{Collapsible list
| title = Former members
| [[Sveriges Radio]] (1958–1979)
}}
| National selection event = {{Collapsible list
| title = '''Internal selection'''
| 1958
}}
{{Collapsible list
| title = '''National final'''
| '''[[Melodifestivalen]]'''
| 1959–1963
| 1965–1969
| 1971–1975
| 1977–2019
}}
| Apps = 59 (58 finals)
| Host = {{Escyr|2016}}, {{Escyr|2013}}, {{Escyr|2000}}, {{Escyr|1992}}, {{Escyr|1985}}, {{Escyr|1975}}
| First = {{Escyr|1958}}
| Highest = 1st: {{Escyr|1974}}, {{Escyr|1984}}, {{Escyr|1991}}, {{Escyr|1999}}, {{Escyr|2012}}, {{Escyr|2015}}
| Nul points = {{Escyr|1963}}
| Website = [https://www.svtplay.se/genre/melodifestivalen SVT official homepage]
| EBU page = https://eurovision.tv/country/sweden
| Current = 2019
}}

Microformat

The HTML mark-up produced by this template includes an adr microformat that makes postal addresses or their component parts (regions, postal codes, country names, etc) readily parsable by computer programs. This aids tasks such as the cataloguing of articles and maintenance of databases. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please visit the Microformat WikiProject.

Classes used

The HTML classes of this microformat include:

• adr
• country-name
• extended-address
• locality
• postal-code
• region
• street-address

Please do not rename or remove these classes.

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 country in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Infobox song contest country

Infobox for the participation of a country or region in a song contest

Template parameters

This template prefers block formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Name	Name	Name of the country Example Sweden	Content	required
Other names	Other names	Other names of the country, displayed in a subheader	Content	optional
Flag	Flag	File name of the country's flag	File	optional
Flag caption	Caption	Caption for the country's flag	Content	optional
Flag 2	Flag2	File name of the country's second flag	File	optional
Flag 2 caption	Caption2	Caption for the country's second flag	Content	optional
Flag 3	Flag3	File name of the country's third flag	File	optional
Flag 3 caption	Caption3	Caption for the country's third flag	Content	optional
Member station	Member station	Broadcaster(s) that have participated in the contest Example [[Sveriges Television]] (SVT)	Content	required
National selection events	National selection event	How the representative for this country was chosen (e.g. national final, internal selection, named event) Example Internal selection	Unknown	optional
Appearances	Apps ESC apps ABU apps	Number of appearances for the country in the contest Example 59 (58 finals)	Content	suggested
Host	Host	Times the country hosted the contest	Content	optional
First appearance	First ESC first ABU first	Year of the country's first participation in the contest Example {{Escyr|1958}}	Content	suggested
Last appearance	Last ESC last ABU last	Year of the country's last participation in the contest	Content	optional
Highest placement	Highest Best ESC best ABU best	Highest placement in any previous contest; list placement alongside respective year(s) Example 1st: {{Escyr|1974}}, {{Escyr|1984}}, {{Escyr|1991}}, {{Escyr|1999}}, {{Escyr|2012}}, {{Escyr|2015}}	Content	suggested
Lowest placement	Lowest Worst ESC worst ABU worst	Lowest placement in any previous contest; list placement alongside respective year(s) Example 1st: {{Escyr|1974}}, {{Escyr|1984}}, {{Escyr|1991}}, {{Escyr|1999}}, {{Escyr|2012}}, {{Escyr|2015}}	Content	suggested
Nul points	Nul points	Times the country received "nul points"	Content	optional
Website	Website	URL of the broadcaster's official website for the contest Example [https://www.svtplay.se/genre/melodifestivalen SVT official homepage]	Content	optional
EBU page	EBU page	URL of the country's site on Eurovision.tv Example https://eurovision.tv/country/sweden	Line	optional
Current ESC participation	Current	Year of most recent participation in the Eurovision Song Contest; omit if the country never participated Example 2019	Line	optional
Current JESC participation	Current JESC	Year of most recent participation in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest; omit if the country never participated Example 2019	Line	optional
Current Eurovision Choir participation	Current Choir	Year of most recent participation in Eurovision Choir; omit if the country never participated Example 2019	Line	optional
Current Bala Turkvision participation	Current Bala	Year of most recent participation in the Bala Turkvision Song Contest; omit if the country never participated Example 2019	Line	optional
Current TSC participation	Current TSC	Year of most recent participation in the Turkvision Song Contest; omit if the country never participated Example 2019	Line	optional
Competition	Competition	Name of the competition; used in the link for the most recent participation Example in the Example Song Contest	Line	optional