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{{Infobox lighthouse}} may be used to summarise information about a lighthouse. Much of this infobox's data will be retrieved from Wikidata. Editors are encouraged to add data to the relevant item.
Parameters for the tower
Label | Wikidata properties | Usage | Example(s) | Override parameter |
---|---|---|---|---|
Name | Item label and official name (P1448) | The name of the lighthouse | Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse | |name=
|
Image | image (P18) qualified by media legend (P2096) | An image of the lighthouse stored on Wikimedia Commons. A caption can be included with media legend (P2096). | Cuxhaven 07-2016 photo23 Kugelbake.jpg | |image= , |caption=
|
Location | coordinate ___location (P625), located in/on physical feature (P706), ___location (P276), located in the administrative territorial entity (P131), country (P17) | Location of the lighthouse. | Dumfries and Galloway (Q126514) | |___location=
|
OS grid | OS grid reference (P613) | Ordnance Survey National Grid coordinates. | NZ40806416 | |grid_ref_UK=
|
Coordinates | coordinate ___location (P625) | Latitude and longitude of the position of the lighthouse. If specifying manually, use the {{Coord}} template. A map will automatically be included in the infobox unless it is turned off (see #Maps). | 29°4'18.012"N, 48°29'35.988"E | |coordinates={{Coord|N|E}}
|
Constructed | inception (P571) | Date of start of construction. | 1897 | |yearbuilt=
|
Designed by | designed by (P287) | Designer of the lighthouse. | William Douglass (Q27835212) | |suppressfields=designer
|
Built by | main building contractor (P193), structural engineer (P631) | Engineer or builder of the lighthouse. | Robert Stevenson (Q1355182) | |suppressfields=builder
|
Foundation | n/a | The material of the foundation. | concrete | |foundation=
|
Construction | made from material (P186) qualified with applies to part (P518) | The material of the structure. | granite (Q41177) | |construction=
|
Tower shape | shape (P1419) qualified with applies to part (P518) | The shape of the structure. | truncated cone (Q9090332) | |shape=
|
Markings | color (P462) qualified by applies to part (P518) has pattern (P5422) qualified with shape (P1419), quantity (P1114), color (P462), orientation (P7469), applies to part (P518) |
Color or other distinctive marks. | horizontal red stripe | |marking=
|
Tower height | height (P2048) | The total height of the structure above ground. | 10 metres | |height=
|
Power source | source of energy (P618) | Source of power for the lighthouse | solar power (Q1483757) | |suppressfields=powersource
|
Fog signal | n/a | The type and frequency of any fog signal, e.g. bell, horn, etc., as given in the light list. | HORN: 1 blast ev 15s (2s bl) | |fogsignal=
|
Racon | racon signal (P3994) | The letter transmitted in morse code by the Racon, if it has one. | M(--) 18NM | |racon=
|
MMSI | n/a | AIS/Maritime Mobile Service Identity, if it has one. | 993251046 (Ardnamurchan) | |mmsi=
|
Operator | operator (P137) qualified with start time (P580) and end time (P582) | The authority responsible for operating the light. | Trinity House | |managingagent=
|
Heritage | heritage designation (P1435) | A description of the lighthouse's heritage status. | NRHP listed place | |heritage=
|
Parameters for the light
Label | Wikidata properties | Usage | Example(s) | Override parameter |
---|---|---|---|---|
First lit | service entry (P729) | Date that the light entered service. | 27 June 1904 | |yearlit=
|
Deactivated | service retirement (P730) | If the light is no longer in service, the date it was decommissioned. | June 1980 | |yeardeactivated=
|
Automated | significant event (P793) -> automatization (Q24410992) qualified with point in time (P585) | The date the light was converted to automatic. | 4 December 1998 | |automated=
|
Focal height | focal height (P2923) qualified with color (P462) | The height of the light above mean sea level. When a navigator's light list simply shows a value for 'height', that should be entered here. | 14 metres | |focalheight=
|
Lens | type of lens (P9597) qualified with start time (P580) and end time (P582) | The type of lens used in the light. | third order Fresnel lens (Q24629169), VRB-25 (Q7907476) | |lens=
|
Light source | n/a | Source of illumination of the light. | CDM T lamp, High intensity LED lamp | |lightsource=
|
Intensity | luminous intensity (P3041) qualified with color (P462) | Luminous intensity of the light, measured in candela. | 14,400 candela | |intensity=
|
Range | lighthouse range (P2929) qualified with color (P462) | The distance from which the light can be seen, usually given in nautical miles. If the light has more than one color, then several ranges can specified, one for each color. | 8 nautical miles [15 km] | |range=
|
Characteristic | light characteristic (P1030) qualified with statement is subject of (P805), start time (P580) and end time (P582) | The pattern of flashes in shorthand notation. See Light characteristic for examples and explanation. | Fl(2) W 10s | |characteristic=
|
LightDome | n/a | The dome with flashes. | ![]() |
|lightdome=
|
LightBand | n/a | The graphic/pattern of the light. | ![]() |
|lightband=
|
LightVideo | n/a | A video of the light within te seachart | |lightvideo=
|
Bespoke numbering systems
If a country has its own numbering system (such as the Netherlands), the country name, ID number and a link (optional) may be specified.
|country=
|countrynumber=
|countrylink=
Fetch wikidata
To fetch specific fields from Wikidata (and no others) the |fetchwikidata=
can be used. For example, to fetch the date of construction and the date of deactivation, use:
|fetchwikidata=constructed,yeardeactivated
If this parameter is not specified then all available fields will be fetched.
To suppress certain fields (but fetch others), the |suppressfields=
can be used. For example, to suppress the range of the lighthouse and its intensity, use:
|suppressfields=range,intensity
If this parameter is not specified then no fields will be suppressed.
By default, the template will use the Wikidata item associated with the article. In some cases (for example, if the article is about an island but contains some information about a lighthouse on that island) you will need to specify the Wikidata Q-identifier using |qid=
. For example:
|qid=Q28333621
Embedding other templates
The |module=
parameter can be used for embedding other templates into this infobox (see Wikipedia:Infobox modules):
{{Infobox lighthouse
| name =
...
| module =
{{Infobox example
| embed = yes <!-- or 'child=yes' or 'subbox=yes' -->
...
}}
}}
Full list
Parameters left blank will not be shown. All of the parameters are text fields so you can, for example
- list in a span of years:
|yeardeactivated=1952–1980
- provide explanation:
|yearlit=1880 (current tower)
- give more than one answer:
|fogsignal=Bell (1880)<br />Horn 1 every 20s (1915)
{{Infobox lighthouse
| name =
| image_name =
| image_width =
| caption =
| ___location =
| coordinates = <!-- {{Coord}} -->
| yearbuilt = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY}} -->
| yearlit =
| automated =
| yeardeactivated =
| foundation =
| construction =
| shape =
| marking =
| height =
| focalheight =
| lens =
| lightsource =
| intensity =
| range =
| characteristic =
| lightdome =
| lightband =
| lightvideo =
| fogsignal =
| racon =
| mmsi =
| country =
| countrynumber =
| countrylink =
| managingagent =
| heritage =
| module =
}}
Coordinates
For coordinates, use |coordinates=
with {{Coord}}. See the Coord template's documentation for details on usage. For example, |coordinates={{coord|1|2|N|3|4|E|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
Maps
A Mapframe map is automatically included if:
- There are coordinates specified, either in the
|coordinates=
parameter or on the page's Wikidata item - It has not been turned off by setting
|mapframe=no
The following optional parameters can then be used to adjust the map:
- Basic parameters:
- mapframe – Specify yes or no to show or hide the map, overriding the default. Default: no, but also modified by onByDefault
- Internal onByDefault parameter: yes, unless
|embed=
is set
- Internal onByDefault parameter: yes, unless
- mapframe-caption – Caption for the map. Default: blank (or if
|mapframe-geomask=
is set, "Location in geomask's label") - mapframe-custom – Use a custom map instead of the automatic mapframe. Specify either a
{{maplink}}
template, or another template that generates a mapframe map, or an image name. If used, the subsequent mapframe parameters will be ignored. Default: not specified - mapframe-id or id or qid – Id (Q-number) of Wikidata item to use. Default: item for current page
- mapframe-coordinates or mapframe-coord or coordinates or coord – Coordinates to use, instead of any on Wikidata. Use the {{Coord}} template, e.g.
|coord=
. Default: coordinates from Wikidata{{Coord|12.34|N|56.78|E}}
- mapframe-wikidata – Set to
yes
to show shape/line features from the wikidata item, if any, when|coord=
is set. Default: not specified
- mapframe – Specify yes or no to show or hide the map, overriding the default. Default: no, but also modified by onByDefault
- Customise which features are displayed:
- mapframe-point – Turn off display of point feature by setting to
none
. Force point marker to be displayed by setting toon
. Default: not specified - mapframe-shape – Turn off display of shape feature by setting to
none
. Force display of shape by setting toon
. Use an inverse shape (geomask) instead of a regular shape by setting toinverse
. Default: not specified - mapframe-line – Turn off display of line feature by setting to
none
. Force display of line by setting toon
. Default: not specified - mapframe-geomask – Wikidata item to use as a geomask (everything outside the boundary is shaded darker). Can either be a specific Wikidata item (Q-number), or a property that specifies the item to use (e.g.
P17
for country (P17),P131
for located in the administrative territorial entity (P131)). Default: not specified - mapframe-switcher – set to
auto
orgeomasks
orzooms
to enable Template:Switcher-style switching between multiple mapframes. Default: not specifiedauto
– switch geomasks found in ___location (P276) and located in the administrative territorial entity (P131) statements on the page's Wikidata item, searching recursively. E.g. an item's city, that city's state, and that state's country.geomasks
– switch between the geomasks specified as a comma-separated list of Wikidata items (Q-numbers) in the mapframe-geomask parameterzooms
– switch between "zoomed in"/"zoomed midway"/"zoomed out", where "zoomed in" is the default zoom (with a minimum of3
), "zoomed out" is1
, and "zoomed midway" is the average
- mapframe-point – Turn off display of point feature by setting to
- Other optional parameters:
- mapframe-frame-width or mapframe-width – Frame width. Default: 270
- mapframe-frame-height or mapframe-height – Frame height. Default: 200
- mapframe-shape-fill – Color used to fill shape features. Default: #606060
- mapframe-shape-fill-opacity – Opacity level of shape fill, a number between 0 and 1. Default: 0.5
- mapframe-stroke-color or mapframe-stroke-colour – Color of line features, and outlines of shape features. Default: #ff0000
- mapframe-stroke-width – Width of line features, and outlines of shape features; default is "5". Default: 5
- mapframe-marker – Marker symbol to use for coordinates; see mw:Help:Extension:Kartographer/Icons for options. Default: lighthouse
- Can also be set to
blank
to override any default marker symbol
- Can also be set to
- mapframe-marker-color or mapframe-marker-colour – Background color for the marker. Default: #5E74F3
- mapframe-geomask-stroke-color or mapframe-geomask-stroke-colour – Color of outline of geomask shape. Default: #555555
- mapframe-geomask-stroke-width – Width of outline of geomask shape. Default: 2
- mapframe-geomask-fill – Color used to fill outside geomask features. Default: #606060
- mapframe-geomask-fill-opacity – Opacity level of fill outside geomask features, a number between 0 and 1. Default: 0.5
- mapframe-zoom – Set the zoom level, from "1" (map of earth) to "18" (maximum zoom in), to be used if the zoom level cannot be determined automatically from object length or area. Default: 5
- mapframe-length_km or mapframe-length_mi or mapframe-area_km2 or mapframe-area_mi2 – Determine zoom level by passing in object's length (in kilometres or miles) or area (in square kilometres or square miles). Default: not specified
- mapframe-frame-coordinates or mapframe-frame-coord – Alternate latitude and longitude coordinates for initial placement of map, using {{coord}}. Default: derived from item coordinates
- mapframe-type – Set the type of the object, with the same usage as {{coord}}. Default: not specified
- mapframe-population – Set the population, useful with type="city", for {{Infobox dim}}. Default: not specified
Microformat
The HTML markup produced by this template includes an hCard microformat, which makes the place-name and ___location parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue articles across Wikipedia, or via a browser tool operated by a person, to (for example) add the subject to an address book. Within the hCard is a Geo microformat, which additionally makes the coordinates (latitude & longitude) parsable, so that they can be, say, looked up on a map, or downloaded to a GPS unit. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.
Sub-templates
If the place or venue has "established", "founded", "opened" or similar dates, use {{start date}} for the earliest of those dates unless the date is before 1583 CE.
If it has a URL, use {{URL}}.
Please do not remove instances of these sub-templates.
Classes
hCard uses HTML classes including:
- adr
- agent
- category
- county-name
- extended-address
- fn
- label
- locality
- nickname
- note
- org
- region
- street-address
- uid
- url
- vcard
Geo is produced by calling {{coord}}, and uses HTML classes:
- geo
- latitude
- longitude
Please do not rename or remove these classes nor collapse nested elements which use them.
Precision
When giving coordinates, please use an appropriate level of precision. Do not use {{coord}}'s |name=
parameter.
Tracking categories
See also
TemplateData
TemplateData for Infobox lighthouse
No description.
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
---|---|---|---|---|
name | name | no description | Unknown | optional |
qid | qid | no description | Unknown | optional |
suppressfields | suppressfields | no description | Unknown | optional |
Fetch wikidata | fetchwikidata | use and leave blank to turn off Wikidata values | Unknown | optional |
image_name | image_name | no description | Unknown | optional |
image_width | image_width | no description | Unknown | optional |
image size | image size | no description | Unknown | optional |
image_size | image_size | no description | Unknown | optional |
imagesize | imagesize | no description | Unknown | optional |
image_upright | image_upright | no description | Unknown | optional |
alt | alt | no description | Unknown | optional |
image | image | no description | Unknown | optional |
caption | caption | no description | Unknown | optional |
coordinates | coordinates | no description | Unknown | optional |
map_caption | map_caption | no description | Unknown | optional |
onlysourced | onlysourced | no description | Unknown | optional |
___location | ___location | no description | Unknown | optional |
grid_ref_UK | grid_ref_UK | no description | Unknown | optional |
designation | designation | no description | Unknown | optional |
Year built | yearbuilt | usually the year the light first built | Unknown | optional |
Year lit | yearlit | the year the light entered service, if different from yearbuilt | Unknown | optional |
Year automated | automated | the year it was automated | Unknown | optional |
Year deactivated | yeardeactivated | If the light is no longer in service, list the year it was last working | Unknown | optional |
Foundation material | foundation | the material of the foundation | Unknown | optional |
Construction material | construction | the material of the structure | Unknown | optional |
Structure shape | shape | the shape of the structure
| Unknown | optional |
Marking | marking | color or other distinctive marks | Unknown | optional |
Height above foundation | height | the total height of the structure above its foundation | Unknown | optional |
Focal height | focalheight | the height of the actual light source above mean sea level | Unknown | optional |
Lens | lens | the type of lens originally used in the light
| Unknown | optional |
Light source | lightsource | the source of illumination | Unknown | optional |
Intensity | intensity | candlepower | Unknown | optional |
Range | range | the distance at which the light can be seen | Unknown | optional |
characteristic | characteristic | the pattern of flashes, given in the light list | Unknown | optional |
Fog signal | fogsignal | the type and frequency of any fog signal
| Unknown | optional |
racon | racon | the letter shown if there is a Racon | Unknown | optional |
mmsi | mmsi | the number of the AIS/MMSI | Unknown | optional |
countrylink | countrylink | a (non mandatory) link to the country's list of lighthouses or the website hosting that list | Unknown | optional |
country | country | if a country has its own numbering system, the country name
| Unknown | optional |
countrynumber | countrynumber | number according to the country's numbering system | Unknown | optional |
Managing agent | managingagent | the authority responsible for operating the light | Unknown | optional |
heritage | heritage | a description of the building's heritage status | Unknown | optional |
module | module | used for embedding other templates into this infobox | Unknown | optional |
mapframe | mapframe | no description | Unknown | optional |
mapframe-zoom | mapframe-zoom | no description | Unknown | optional |
mapframe-width | mapframe-width | no description | Unknown | optional |
mapframe-height | mapframe-height | no description | Unknown | optional |
mapframe-marker | mapframe-marker | no description | Unknown | optional |
mapframe-marker-color | mapframe-marker-color | no description | Unknown | optional |
mapframe-marker-colour | mapframe-marker-colour | no description | Unknown | optional |
mapframe-lat | mapframe-lat | no description | Unknown | optional |
mapframe-latitude | mapframe-latitude | no description | Unknown | optional |
mapframe-long | mapframe-long | no description | Unknown | optional |
mapframe-longitude | mapframe-longitude | no description | Unknown | optional |
mapframe-caption | mapframe-caption | no description | Unknown | optional |
embed | embed | no description | Unknown | optional |
qs | qs | no description | Unknown | optional |
refs | refs | no description | Unknown | optional |
coord_format | coord_format | no description | Unknown | optional |
USCG | USCG | no description | Unknown | optional |
light1 | light1 | no description | Unknown | optional |
light2 | light2 | no description | Unknown | optional |