Template:Television episode short description/doc

Template:Television episode short description is used to create a short description by either automatically extracting data from a television episode article's Template:Infobox television episode or by manually receiving the needed values. It then creates a relevant short description based on the data available.

Usage

• {{Television episode short description|episode_num=|season_num=|series_name=}}
• {{Television episode short description|episode_num=|season_num_uk=|series_name=}}
• {{Television episode short description|episode_num=|season_num=|series_name|multi_episodes=}}
• {{Television episode short description|episode_num=|season_num=|series_name|not_dab=}}

Parameter list

The parameter names use a corresponding parameter from Template:Infobox television episode to fill in the data. They are listed below.

Parameter	Corresponding infobox parameter	Explanation	Status
episode_num	episode	The episode's number	optional
season_num	season	The season's number	optional
season_num_uk	series_no	The season's number if using the British "series" term	optional
series_name	series	The TV series name	optional
multi_episodes	multi_episodes	Set if the episode is a double episode	optional
not_dab	not_dab	Set if the TV series name has parentheses as part of its name	optional

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This template is used to create a short description by either automatically extracting data from a television episode article's Template:Infobox television episode or by manually receiving the needed values. It then creates a relevant short description based on the data available.

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Episode number	episode_num	The episode's number.	String	suggested
Season number	season_num	The season's number.	String	suggested
Season number UK	season_num_uk	The season's number if using the British "series" term.	String	optional
Series name	series_name	The TV series name.	String	suggested
Multi episodes	multi_episodes	Set if the episode is a double episode.	String	optional
Not dab	not_dab	Set if the TV series name has parentheses as part of its name.	String	optional

Examples

No parameters

• Code: {{Television episode short description}}
• Produces:

Usage with only the TV series name

• Code: {{Television episode short description|series_name=Lost}}
• Produces:

Usage with the TV series name and season number

• Code: {{Television episode short description|series_name=Lost|season_num=1}}
• Produces:

Usage with the TV series name, episode and season number

• Code: {{Television episode short description|series_name=Lost|season_num=5|episode_num=4}}
• Produces:

Usage with the TV series name with disambiguation, episode and season number

• Code: {{Television episode short description|series_name=Firefly|season_num=1|episode_num=1}}
• Produces:

Usage with a multi-part episode - using "yes"

• Code: {{Television episode short description|series_name=Lost|season_num=3|episode_num=22 and 23|multi_episodes=yes}}
• Produces:

Usage with a multi-part episode - using a number value

• Code: {{Television episode short description|series_name=Lost|season_num=3|episode_num=22, 23, 34|multi_episodes=3}}
• Produces:

Usage with a TV series name that has parentheses as part of its name

• Code: {{Television episode short description|series_name=Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)|season_num=1|episode_num=1|not_dab=yes}}
• Produces:

Usage with a TV series name, and special episode - using "yes"

• Code: {{Television episode short description|series_name=Lost|special=1}}
• Produces:

Usage with a TV series name, and special episode - using text value

• Code: {{Television episode short description|series_name=Lost|special=Recap}}
• Produces:

Usage with a TV series name, and single_season

• Code: {{Television episode short description|series_name=Lost: Missing Pieces|single_season=yes|episode_num=1}}
• Produces:

Issues

1. If "multi_episodes" is set, make sure there is more than 1 episode listed, or it won't work. Supported styles are: x and y, x, y, x / y and x & y.
2. If an article does not show the short description with the data from the infobox, make sure you entered the parameter names correctly in the infobox.

Tracking categories

• Category:Television episode articles with short description with no series name (0)
• Category:Television episode articles with short description with no season number (0)
• Category:Television episode articles with short description with no episode number (0)
• Category:Television episode articles with short description for single episodes (0)
• Category:Television episode articles with short description for multi-part episodes (0)

See also

• Module:Television episode short description
• Module:Television episode disambiguation description
• Template:Television episode disambiguation description