Template:Event

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Usage

This template offers a unified way to present basic information about events.

As part of a calendar (table)

This template can also be used to list several events assembled into a calendar, in conjunction with {{event header}} and {{table footer}}:

{{Event header}}
{{event
| date = 
| enddate = (optional)
| type = pick among: IRL, meeting, QA-features, QA-browser, QA-freshbugs, QA-oldbugs, other
| description = 
| contact = 
}}
{{Table footer}}

Example

{{Event header}}
{{event
| date = 2013-08-07
| enddate = 2013-08-11
| type = IRL
| description = [[wm2013:|Wikimania 2013]] (Hong Kong, China)
| contact = [[wm2013:Contact|Wikimania 2013 team]]
}}
{{event
| date = 2013-09-12
| type = QA-freshbugs
| description = Triage of fresh bugs
| contact = [[User:AKlapper (WMF)|Andre Klapper]]
}}
{{Table footer}}

will show:

[ [[<tvar|calendar>Special:MyLanguage/Project:Calendar|edit or add events]]] [] [ [[<tvar|identity>Special:MyLanguage/Project:Visual identity|view credits]]]

Date	Type	Event	Contact
Aug 7–Aug 11		Wikimania 2013 (Hong Kong, China)	Wikimania 2013 team
Sep 12		Triage of fresh bugs	Andre Klapper

Parameters

Supported times

This template supports any time supported by the {{#time:}} parser function.

Supported event types

The icons are part of the Project:Visual identity set.

Type code	Icon	Used for
IRL		Physical meetings, conferences, workshops
meeting		Online meetings and chats
QA-features		Features testing
QA-browser		Browser testing
QA-freshbugs		Fresh bugs
QA-oldbugs		Old bugs
other		Other events

See also

• MediaWiki:Editnotice-4-Calendar — The edit notice used for Project:Calendar

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