Module:Wikitable/doc

This is the documentation page for Module:Wikitable

This module is rated as ready for general use. It has reached a mature form and is thought to be relatively bug-free and ready for use wherever appropriate. It is ready to mention on help pages and other Wikipedia resources as an option for new users to learn. To reduce server load and bad output, it should be improved by sandbox testing rather than repeated trial-and-error editing.

Usage

This module is designed to make passing tables to templates less of a hassle. It implements {{wikitable}}

Oftentimes, adding wikitable markup to a template or other parser tag generates gibberish when one fails to escape every | and =. Moreover, escaping pipe characters with {{!}} everywhere can make for some rather ugly-looking markup.

With this module, most wikitables can be embedded into templates without escaping any pipe characters. Also, = for <table> element attributes do not need to be escaped, however, for individual rows and cells, such is still necessary. Finally, there must be at least one pipe character before the first header cell (only an issue if |- is omitted before the first row)

See Differences:

original (copied from: 2016 Summer Olympics):

2016 Summer Olympics bidding results^[1]
City	NOC	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3
Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	26	46	66
Madrid	Tɛmplet:ESP	28	29	32
Tokyo	Japan	22	20	—
Chicago	United States	18	—	—

code:

{| class="wikitable" width="auto" style="text-align: center"
|-
! colspan="6" |2016 Summer Olympics bidding results<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamesbids.com/eng/past.html |title=Past Bid Results |publisher=GamesBids.com |access-date=31 October 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5xFvf0ufx?url=http://www.gamesbids.com/eng/past.html |archive-date=17 March 2011}}</ref>
[[File:Bids for the 2016 Summer Olympics.svg|center|500px]]
|- style="background:#efefef;"
! City
! NOC
| style="background: silver" |'''Round 1'''
| style="background: silver" |'''Round 2'''
| style="background: silver" |'''Round 3'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |'''[[Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic bid|Rio de Janeiro]]'''
| style="text-align:left;" |'''{{BRA}}'''
| style="text-align:center;" |26
| style="text-align:center;" |'''46'''
| style="text-align:center;" |'''66'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Madrid bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics|Madrid]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{ESP}}
| style="text-align:center;" |'''28'''
| style="text-align:center;" |29
| style="text-align:center;" |32
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Tokyo bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics|Tokyo]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{JPN}}
| style="text-align:center;" |22
| style="text-align:center;" |20
| style="text-align:center;" |—
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Chicago bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics|Chicago]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{USA}}
| style="text-align:center;" |18
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |—
|}

module:

2016 Summer Olympics bidding results^[2]
City	NOC	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3
Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	26	46	66
Madrid	Tɛmplet:ESP	28	29	32
Tokyo	Japan	22	20	—
Chicago	United States	18	—	—

code (with changes highlighted):

{{wikitable| class="wikitable" width="auto" style="text-align: center"
|-
! colspan{{=}}"6" |2016 Summer Olympics bidding results<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamesbids.com/eng/past.html |title=Past Bid Results |publisher=GamesBids.com |access-date=31 October 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://www.webcitation.org/5xFvf0ufx?url=http://www.gamesbids.com/eng/past.html |archive-date=17 March 2011}}</ref>
[[Image:Bids for the 2016 Summer Olympics.svg|center|500px]]
|- style{{=}}"background:#efefef;"
! City
! NOC
| style{{=}}"background: silver" |'''Round 1'''
| style{{=}}"background: silver" |'''Round 2'''
| style{{=}}"background: silver" |'''Round 3'''
|-
| style{{=}}"text-align:left;" |'''[[Rio de Janeiro bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics|Rio de Janeiro]]'''
| style{{=}}"text-align:left;" |'''{{BRA}}'''
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;" |26
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;" |'''46'''
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;" |'''66'''
|-
| style{{=}}"text-align:left;" |[[Madrid bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics|Madrid]]
| style{{=}}"text-align:left;" |{{ESP}}
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;" |'''28'''
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;" |29
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;" |32
|-
| style{{=}}"text-align:left;" |[[Tokyo bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics|Tokyo]]
| style{{=}}"text-align:left;" |{{JPN}}
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;" |22
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;" |20
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;" |—
|-
| style{{=}}"text-align:left;" |[[Chicago bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics|Chicago]]
| style{{=}}"text-align:left;" |{{USA}}
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;" |18
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;" |—
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;" |—
}}

Sources cited in example

↑ Past Bid Results. GamesBids.com.
↑ Past Bid Results. GamesBids.com.

Usage

Sources cited in example

See also