Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation/Style guide/Navigation
Information and navigation elements
Infoboxes are used to provide a consistent summary of the subject; navboxes help readers browse through related articles. The various templates maintained by the Aviation WikiProject are all coded to use a common set of styling characteristics, as it is beneficial for providing a consistent appearance to the entire set of articles within our scope. A number of specialized templates are available for use at Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation/Templates. Non-free images used in infoboxes should be directly related to the subject; the use of generic logos is not recommended and usually constitutes a purely decorative use.
Navigation templates specific to aviation can be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation/Templates#Footers. Non-free images should not be used in navboxes—this is considered a decorative use.
Infobox templates
A few general guidelines apply to all aviation infoboxes:
- Most of the fields in each infobox can be omitted if desired; the choice of which ones are appropriate for a particular article is left to the discretion of the article's editors.
- Multiple values given in a single field should be separated by both commas and, where appropriate, line breaks; merely spacing them onto separate lines can confuse screen reader software, and is ambiguous when long terms wrap onto multiple lines in their own right.
- Any use of flag icons should follow the relevant guidelines.
Primary infoboxes
A primary infobox is intended to provide a summary table for some topic. It should generally be placed at the top of an article, before the lead section; this will cause it to be displayed in the top right corner.
- {{Infobox Aviation}}
- For general aviation topics e.g. Gyrodyne
- {{Infobox Aircraft Begin}}
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- {{Infobox Aircraft Type}}
- Used for aircraft (Including gliders, rotorcraft, and UAVs).
- {{Infobox Aircraft Engine}}
- Aircraft engines
- {{Infobox rocket engine}}
- Rocket engines
- {{Infobox Airport}}
- Used for airports.
- {{Infobox Airline}}
- Used for airlines.
- {{Infobox Aviator}}
- Used for aviators.
- {{Infobox Red Bull Air Race Pilot}}
- Used for Red Bull pilots
- {{Infobox Military Person}}
- Used for military aviators
- {{Infobox Person}}
- Used in all other cases
- {{Infobox Aircraft accident}}
- Used for accidents
- {{Infobox Company}}
- Used for companies.
- {{Infobox Defunct Company}}
- Used for defunct companies
- Template:Infobox Military Unit {{Infobox Military Unit}}
- Used for military units (Wings/Aerobatic teams/etc.)
Navigation templates
The various navigation templates maintained by the Aviation WikiProject are all intended to be implemented using the standard navigation box format. This is beneficial for providing a consistent appearance to the entire set of articles within our scope.