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Template:BookInfobox

Renders the right-hand infobox card for books and published works. Used for:

Paranormal research books
Historical texts
Investigator memoirs
Fictional works with relevance to The Vault
Important publications within paranormal studies

Note: requires the ParserFunctions extension for the conditionals.

Important formatting note: every row must be written entirely on a single line within its block — do not split a <div>/<span> row across multiple lines. MediaWiki's parser will auto-wrap multi-line HTML blocks in stray <p> tags, which silently breaks the row's CSS class structure and the two-column grid layout it depends on. This previously broke the infobox's layout on live pages; keep every row on one line to avoid a repeat.

Usage:

{{BookInfobox
|title=Extra-Sensory Perception
|author=J. B. Rhine
|publisher=Boston Society for Psychic Research
|published=1934
|pages=372
|type=Research publication
|genre=Parapsychology
|subject=Extrasensory perception and psychic phenomena
|related=[[Parapsychology]], [[Telepathy]], [[Psychokinesis]]
|status=Historical work
}}

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

Parameters

title — required. Book title
image — optional. Cover image filename
caption — optional. Image caption
author — recommended
publisher — recommended
published — recommended
isbn — optional
pages — optional
type — recommended. Publication type
genre — optional
subject — recommended for Vault articles
related — optional. Related Vault subjects
status — optional. Historical importance/status

Suggested type values

Research publication
Academic work
Investigator memoir
Biography
Historical text
Novel
Anthology

Suggested status values

Historical work
Influential publication
Controversial work
Foundational text
Popular work

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 == Template:BookInfobox ==
 Renders the right-hand infobox card for books and published works.
 Used for:
 * Paranormal research books
 * Historical texts
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 '''Note:''' requires the ParserFunctions extension for the <code>{{#if:}}</code> conditionals.
+'''Important formatting note:''' every row must be written entirely on a single line within its <code>{{#if:}}</code> block — do not split a <code>&lt;div&gt;</code>/<code>&lt;span&gt;</code> row across multiple lines. MediaWiki's parser will auto-wrap multi-line HTML blocks in stray <code>&lt;p&gt;</code> tags, which silently breaks the row's CSS class structure and the two-column grid layout it depends on. This previously broke the infobox's layout on live pages; keep every row on one line to avoid a repeat.
 '''Usage:'''
 <pre>
 {{BookInfobox
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 }}
 </pre>
 Place this at the very top of the page before the article text.
 === Parameters ===
 * '''title''' — required. Book title
 * '''image''' — optional. Cover image filename
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 === Suggested type values ===
 <pre>
 Research publication
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 === Suggested status values ===
 <pre>
 Historical work
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 [[Category:Vault Templates]]
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