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Template:InfoboxRitual

Renders the right-hand infobox card for a page about a religious, spiritual, or ceremonial ritual practice — as distinct from {{InfoboxPhenomenon}}, which covers a reported occurrence or claimed ability rather than a practiced response to one.

Note: requires the ParserFunctions extension for the conditionals.

Formatting note: the entire template body is written as one unbroken line, with no line breaks between rows — same rule as every other Vault infobox.

Usage:

{{InfoboxRitual
|name=Exorcism
|image=Optional
|caption=Optional
|type=Religious/spiritual ritual
|traditions=Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and numerous other religious traditions
|purpose=To expel a possessing spirit, demon, or malevolent entity from a person, place, or object
|origin=Antiquity; practiced independently across numerous traditions
|first_practiced=Formally codified by the Catholic Church in 1614
|practitioners=Ordained clergy (Catholic); any observant believer (Islamic ruqyah)
|notable_case=Roland Doe (1949); Anneliese Michel (1976)
|status=Actively practiced; not recognised as an effective medical treatment by mainstream psychiatry
}}

Place at the very top of the page, before the article text.

Parameters

name — required
image — optional. Filename of an uploaded image (without File:)
caption — optional. Caption shown below the image
type — recommended
traditions — recommended. Which religious or cultural traditions practice this ritual
purpose — recommended. What the ritual is intended to achieve
origin — optional. Historical or cultural origin
first_practiced — optional. Earliest documented or formalised instance
practitioners — optional. Who is authorised or expected to perform the ritual
notable_case — optional. Best-known documented case(s) involving the ritual
status — recommended. Current practice status and any relevant scientific/medical position

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-== Template:RitualInfobox ==
+== Template:InfoboxRitual ==
-Renders the right-hand infobox card for articles describing a religious, spiritual, or folk ''practice'' or ''ritual'' — as distinct from {{tl|PhenomenonInfobox}}, which is for the claimed anomaly or phenomenon itself. Use this template when the article's subject is something people actively ''do'' (a ritual, rite, or ceremony), and use PhenomenonInfobox when the subject is the underlying claimed phenomenon that practice responds to.
+Renders the right-hand infobox card for a page about a religious, spiritual, or ceremonial ritual practice — as distinct from {{tl|InfoboxPhenomenon}}, which covers a reported occurrence or claimed ability rather than a practiced response to one.
-For example: [[Exorcism]] — a ritual practice — uses this template. [[Possession]] — the claimed phenomenon the ritual responds to — uses {{tl|PhenomenonInfobox}} instead.
+'''Note:''' requires the ParserFunctions extension for the <code>{{#if:}}</code> conditionals.
-'''Note:''' Requires the ParserFunctions extension for the <code>{{#if:}}</code> conditionals.
+'''Formatting note:''' the entire template body is written as one unbroken line, with no line breaks between rows — same rule as every other Vault infobox.
-'''Formatting note:''' The entire template body inside <code>&lt;includeonly&gt;</code> is written as a single continuous line. Introducing line breaks may cause MediaWiki to insert unwanted <code>&lt;p&gt;</code> tags or blank gaps when optional parameters are omitted — see the Copyrights policy and other Vault templates' documentation for the fuller explanation of this recurring bug.
+'''Usage:'''
-=== Usage ===
 <pre>
-{{RitualInfobox
+{{InfoboxRitual
 |name=Exorcism
-|image=Catholic_Exorcism.jpg
+|image=Optional
-|caption=Illustration of a Catholic exorcism ritual.
+|caption=Optional
 |type=Religious/spiritual ritual
 |traditions=Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and numerous other religious traditions
@@ Line 20: / Line 18: @@
 |origin=Antiquity; practiced independently across numerous traditions
 |first_practiced=Formally codified by the Catholic Church in 1614
-|practitioners=Ordained clergy (Catholic); any observant believer (Islamic ruqyah, Pentecostal deliverance); rabbis (Jewish tradition)
+|practitioners=Ordained clergy (Catholic); any observant believer (Islamic ruqyah)
 |notable_case=Roland Doe (1949); Anneliese Michel (1976)
-|status=Actively practiced
+|status=Actively practiced; not recognised as an effective medical treatment by mainstream psychiatry
 }}
 </pre>
-Place this template at the very top of the article before any prose.
+Place at the very top of the page, before the article text.
 === Parameters ===
-* '''name''' — Required. Display name of the ritual/practice.
+* '''name''' — required
-* '''image''' — Optional. Uploaded filename without the <code>File:</code> prefix.
+* '''image''' — optional. Filename of an uploaded image (without <code>File:</code>)
-* '''caption''' — Optional. Caption displayed beneath the image.
+* '''caption''' — optional. Caption shown below the image
-* '''type''' — Recommended. General classification of the practice.
+* '''type''' — recommended
-* '''traditions''' — Recommended. Which religious or cultural traditions practice it.
+* '''traditions''' — recommended. Which religious or cultural traditions practice this ritual
-* '''purpose''' — Recommended. What the ritual is intended to achieve.
+* '''purpose''' — recommended. What the ritual is intended to achieve
-* '''origin''' — Optional. Where/when the practice is believed to have originated.
+* '''origin''' — optional. Historical or cultural origin
-* '''first_practiced''' — Optional. Earliest formal codification or documented instance.
+* '''first_practiced''' — optional. Earliest documented or formalised instance
-* '''practitioners''' — Optional. Who is authorised or expected to perform the ritual.
+* '''practitioners''' — optional. Who is authorised or expected to perform the ritual
-* '''notable_case''' — Optional. Well-documented instances of the ritual being performed.
+* '''notable_case''' — optional. Best-known documented case(s) involving the ritual
-* '''status''' — Recommended. Current practice status.
+* '''status''' — recommended. Current practice status and any relevant scientific/medical position
-[[Category:Vault Templates]]
+[[Category:Infoboxes]]
 </noinclude>

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