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Ivinia Region Module
	Cover of the 2nd edition
Alternate title	Ivinia: The Viking Lands
Writers	N. Robin Crossby, Tom Dalgliesh, Edwin King
Contributors	Joe Adams, Jonathan Davidson
Artists	Richard Luschek, Eric Hotz
Cover artist	Richard Luschek
Heraldry	C.I. Roegner, Matt Roegner
Maps	N. Robin Crossby, Oddgeir Drevdal
Editors	Brent Bailey, Tom Dalgliesh
Layout	Brent Bailey
Language	English
Series	HârnWorld
Genre	Fantasy RPG
Publisher	Columbia Games Inc.
Publication date	1985 (1st edition); 2017 (2nd edition)
Pages	48 index, 32 overview (1st edition); 38 index, 44 overview (2nd edition)
ISBN	978-0920711019

*name*
	caption
Original title	title_orig
Alternate title	alt_title
Writer	writer
Translator	translator
Artist	artist
Cover artist	cover_artist
Country	country
Language	language
Series	series
Release number	release_number
Subject	subject
Genre	genre
Set in	set_in
Published	published
Publisher	publisher, publisher2
Publication date	pub_date
Media type	media_type
Pages	pages
Awards	awards
ISBN	0671704273
OCLC	oclc
Dewey Decimal	dewey
LC Class	congress
Preceded by	preceded_by
Followed by	followed_by
Original text	title_orig at Script error: The function "name_from_tag" does not exist. Wikisource
Translation	name at Wikisource
	notes

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Infobox publication.
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template uses Lua:

This template is used to present a consistently-formatted table for use in articles about books.

Usage[edit source]

{{Infobox book
| italic title      = <!--(see above)-->
| name              = 
| image             = 
| image_size        = 
| border            = 
| alt               = 
| caption           = 
| title_orig        = 
| alt_title         = 
| writer            = 
| audio_read_by     = 
| orig_lang_code    = 
| translator        = 
| artist            = 
| cover_artist      = 
| country           = 
| language          = 
| series            = 
| release_number    = 
| subject           = 
| genre             = 
| set_in            = 
| publisher         = 
| publisher2        = 
| pub_date          = 
| english_pub_date  = 
| published         = 
| media_type        = 
| pages             = 
| awards            = 
| isbn              = 
| isbn_note         = 
| oclc              = 
| dewey             = 
| congress          = 
| preceded_by       = 
| followed_by       = 
| native_wikisource = 
| wikisource        = 
| notes             = 
| exclude_cover     = 
| website           = 
}}

Parameters[edit source]

Please see WikiProject Books and/or WikiProject Novels for standards on presenting names and other data.

Parameters can be safely left blank. Note that you may include an image with no caption, but a caption will not be shown if there is no image.
Wikilinks can be used in any of the infobox fields.

name: Book name or title. If parameter is left blank, name will be inherited from the Hârnipedia page where this infobox is invoked.
image: Image (prefer 1st edition where permitted), use bare filename: Example.jpg
image_size: Uses image size set by user (default 220px). Use a number to override image size.
border: Inserting yes here will result in a 1px grey border around the image, useful for instances where the image and the background will blend together (such as a book cover with a white background). If no border is necessary, this parameter should not be used. Note: does not apply if |image= uses the full image syntax (e.g. [[Image:Example.jpg]]); in this case add the border in |image= (e.g. [[Image:Example.jpg|border=yes]])
caption: Image caption (should describe the edition used)
alt: Image alternate text
editor/editors: Editor(s) only when they are the primary contributor, e.g. dictionaries, encyclopedias, anthologies
writer/writers: Writer(s)
audio_read_by: For audiobooks.
title_orig: Original title, if not in English; required if using |native_external_url= or |native_wikisource=
orig_lang_code: ISO 639 code of original language, required if using |title_orig=, |native_wikisource= or |native_external_url=
working_title: Working title, when different from published title
translator: Translator(s), if original not in English
artist: Artist(s) (where used throughout and a major feature)
cover_artist: Cover artist, if any
country: Country of original publication
language: Language of original book. Do not link unless it is an unusual language.
series: Series (if any)
release_number: The "release number" of a book within the "series" (also would be called a "volume") - n.b. only relevant for an article where "series" is populated
subject/subjects: (for non-fiction) See index term and library classification
genre/genres: (for fiction) See literary genre. Use {{hlist}} for sorting multiple entries.
set_in: can be both time and place as setting. No need to create long lists. Use approximate dates/places if it is not clearly specified in the text.
publisher: Publisher of primary publication (prefer 1st edition); also |publisher2= for additional publishers.
pub_date: Date published (1st edition)
english_pub_date: Date first published in English if 1st edition is in another language.
published: Alternate parameter, using the following composite format: year (publisher) (language, when originally written in a foreign language); use {{plainlist}} when there is more than one notable edition; Note: |published= is acceptable, but no longer preferred to |publisher= and |pub_date=, which have been restored to common usage. No consensus has yet been reached regarding the migration of infoboxes to a common format, and none should be "fixed" one way or the other en masse until such consensus is reached.
media_type: Print / Digital (then binding types etc., if relevant)
pages: Pages (prefer 1st edition, specify edition as needed)
award/awards: Awards(s) the book has won
isbn: (prefer ISBN of 1st edition). Format: "1-234-56789-0" (10-digit) or "978-1-234-56789-0" (13-digit). If the book has a standard book number (9 digits) add a "0" to the beginning of the number. Do not change a 10-digit to a 13-digit ISBN by prefixing a "978" by hand, because the last digit is a calculated check digit, which will be wrong. Similarly, do not remove "978-" from a 13-digit ISBN to make a 10-digit ISBN. If the book was published before the use of ISBN, do not include this parameter. If the 13-digit number you have does not start with "978", "979-10", or "979-11", then it is not an ISBN and should not be used in this parameter. Change spaces in the ISBN to hyphens. The rules for hyphenating an ISBN are complex (currently 29 pages). Do not add spaces or hyphens to an unformatted ISBN which are likely to be wrong if you are guessing. However the "978" prefix of a 13-digit ISBN is always separated by a hyphen and the check digit – the last character – is always separated by a hyphen. The last character of a 10-character ISBN may be an "X". In such case, use the uppercase "X" character, not any alternate character. Do not put "ISBN " in front of the number. ISBNs are checked for validity; articles with invalid ISBNs are placed in Category:Pages with ISBN errors and display a red error message.
isbn_note: May be used to add a note following the ISBN.
oclc: OCLC number (prefer 1st edition), use when book has no ISBN
dewey: Dewey Decimal Classification
congress: Library of Congress Classification (not to be confused with Library of Congress Control Number)
preceded_by: Title of prior book in series; will be italicised by template code (do not use to connect separate books chronologically)
preceded_by_quotation_marks: Title of prior work in series if a minor work; will be surrounded with quotation marks by template code (do not use to connect separate books chronologically)
followed_by: Title of subsequent book in a series or a sequel; will be italicised by template code (do not use to connect separate books chronologically)
followed_by_quotation_marks: Title of subsequent work in a series or a sequel if a minor work; will be surrounded with quotation marks by template code (do not use to connect separate books chronologically)
native_wikisource: Page name of original text at a foreign language Wikisource (if applicable); use |orig_lang_code= to specify which Wikisource. Tracked in Category:Articles that link to foreign-language Wikisources
native_external_url: URL to a site hosting the original text when in a foreign language, and in the public domain but not yet on Wikisource. Non-commercial, open and accessible sites should be used in preference, sites which rip the text from other sites should be avoided, and illegal content is never to be linked to
native_external_host: The name of the website linked to by |native_external_url=, e.g. Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive. Should be wikilinked if possible
wikisource: Title of work if in the public domain and hosted at English Wikisource:. Tracked in Category:Articles that link to Wikisource
external_url: URL to a site hosting the text in English (whether the original or a translation), when in the public domain but not yet on Wikisource. Non-commercial, open and accessible sites should be used in preference, sites which rip the text from other sites should be avoided, and illegal content is never to be linked to
external_host: The name of the website linked to by |external_url=, e.g. Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive. Should be wikilinked if possible
exclude_cover: This template will place articles with this infobox where no image has been specified into the category Books with missing cover; where this is not desired, e.g because the cover is shown elsewhere in the article, this parameter should be set to |exclude_cover=yes.
website: for the publisher's or author's website about the publication.

Example[edit source]

{{Infobox publication
| name           = Ivinia Region Module
| alt_title      = Ivinia: The Viking Lands
| image          = 5101-Ivinia-Region-cover-01.jpg
| image_size     = 275px
| caption        = Cover of the 2nd edition
| alt            = Cover
| writers        = [[N. Robin Crossby]], [[Tom Dalgliesh]], [[Edwin King]]
| contributors   = [[Joe Adams]], [[Jonathan Davidson]]
| artists        = [[Richard Luschek]], [[Eric Hotz]]
| cover_artist   = [[Richard Luschek]]
| heraldry       = [[C.I. Roegner]], [[Matt Roegner]]
| maps           = [[N. Robin Crossby]], {{nowrap|[[Oddgeir Drevdal]]}}
| editors        = [[Brent Bailey]], [[Tom Dalgliesh]]
| layout         = [[Brent Bailey]]
| translator     = 
| language       = English
| series         = [[HârnWorld]]
| subject        = 
| genre          = {{Fantasy RPG}}
| publisher      = [[Columbia Games Inc.]]
| pub_date       = 1985 ''(1st edition)''<br/>2017 ''(2nd edition)''
| pages          = 48 index, 32 overview ''(1st edition)''<br/>38 index, 44 overview ''(2nd edition)''
| isbn           = 978-0920711019
}}

Translated books[edit source]

About how to handle translated books, see the Translated books case study.

COinS[edit source]

This template produces COinS metadata; see COinS in Wikipedia for background information.

Tracking categories[edit source]

Category:Articles that link to Wikisource (0)
Category:Articles that link to foreign-language Wikisources (0)
Category:Books with missing cover (2) – instances without images
Category:Pages using deprecated image syntax (2)
Category:Pages using infobox book with unknown parameters (0)
Category:Pages using deprecated image syntax (2) – Used by Module:InfoboxImage to track articles where an infobox uses image syntax in the format |image=[[File:Example.jpg]]. To exclude articles from this category, change it to |image=Example.jpg.
Category:No local image but image on Wikidata (2) – Used by Template:Wikidata image to track articles where an infobox has no image but Wikidata has an image name. To exclude articles from this category, add an image or |nocat_wdimage=yes to the infobox.

External links[edit source]

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