Template:Infobox short story

"Infobox short story"
Short story by {{{author}}}
Publication

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This infobox is for use on articles about short works of prose fiction.

Usage

"{{{name}}}"
Short story by {{{author}}}
[[File:{{{image}}}|frameless]] {{{caption}}}
[[wikisource:{{{wikisource}}}|Text available]] at Wikisource
[[s:en:{{{native_wikisource}}}|Text available]] at English Wikisource
Original title	{{{title_orig}}}
Translator	{{{translator}}}
Illustrator	{{{illustrator}}}
Country	{{{country}}}
Language	{{{language}}}
Genre	{{{genre}}}
Publication
Published in	{{{published_in}}}
Publication type	{{{publication_type}}}
Publisher	{{{publisher}}}
Media type	{{{media_type}}}
Publication date	{{{pub_date}}}
Published in English	{{{english_pub_date}}}
Pages	{{{pages}}}
Awards	{{{awards}}}
Chronology
Series	{{{series}}}
{{{preceded_by_italics}}}   {{{followed_by_italics}}}

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Publication

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Parameters

• <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|name= – title of work
• <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|type= – the type; only if not a short story
• <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|image= – image file
• <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|caption= – image caption
• <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|author= – name of author
• <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|title_orig= – if title has been translated, title in original language
• <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|translator= – name of translator, if applicable
• <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|illustrator= – name of illustrator, if applicable
• <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|country= – home country of author
• <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|language= – original language of story
• <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|series= – series the story is a part of, if applicable
• <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|genre= – genre the story falls into, see below
• <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|published_in= – what the story was first released in, (e.g. the name of the anthology, magazine, etc.)
• <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|publication_type= – how the story was first released, e.g. anthology, periodical, etc
• <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|publisher= – name of publisher responsible for first edition
• <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|media_type= – the media the story was first released in, e.g. hardback, paperback, magazine, newspaper, online
• <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|pub_date= – date of first release or publication
• <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|english_pub_date= – if applicable, date of first publication in English
• <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|preceded_by= – if applicable, the name of the work preceding the story in a series
• <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|followed_by= – if applicable, the name of the work following the story in a series
• <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|preceded_by_italics= – replaces <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|preceded_by= if the preceding story requires an italic title (e.g. a novel)
• <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|followed_by_italics= – replaces <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|followed_by= if the following story requires an italic title (e.g. a novel). if applicable, a link to the text on Wikisource
• <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|pages= – how many pages long the work is (prefer 1st edition; specify edition if otherwise)
• <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|award= – award the work has won (if multiple awards, use <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|awards= instead)
• <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|awards= – list of awards the work has won (if a single award, use <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|award= instead)
• <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|wikisource= – Title of work's page if hosted at English Wikisource. Tracked in Category:Articles that link to Wikisource
• <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|native_wikisource= – Title of work's page if hosted at a non-English Wikisource.
• <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|orig_lang_code= – Two digit language code to refer non-English wikisource. Drawn from ISO language codes. Required to make native_wikisource parameter to work.

For genre, see List of literary genres. There are older deprecated aliases for parameters pub_date, published_in and english_pub_date called release_date, released_in and english_release_date.

Please do not make major changes to this infobox without proposing and discussing it on the talk page first.

Example

"Runaround"
Short story by Isaac Asimov
Illustrator	Paul Orban
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction short story
Publication
Published in	Astounding Science Fiction
Publication type	Periodical
Publisher	Street & Smith
Media type	Print (Magazine, Hardback & Paperback)
Publication date	March 1942
Pages	10
Chronology
Series	Robot series
First Law   Reason

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"Runaround"
Short story by Isaac Asimov
Illustrator	Paul Orban
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction short story
Publication
Published in	Astounding Science Fiction
Publication type	Periodical
Publisher	Street & Smith
Media type	Print (Magazine, Hardback & Paperback)
Publication date	March 1942
Pages	10
Chronology
Series	Robot series
First Law   Reason

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See also

• {{Infobox book}}

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