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Contents 1 Documentation 1.1 Usage 1.1.1 Required parameters 1.1.2 Optional parameters 1.2 Live Examples 1.2.1 Outputs

[edit] Documentation

This template is used to place an episode's info on an episode guide page on The Great Machine. It provides lower case parameters only.

[edit] Usage

{{Episode Data
| image = 
| title=
| series=
| special=
| season=
| episode=
| guests=
| writer=
| story=
| director=
| production=
| rating=
| US airdate=
| UK airdate=
| dvd=
| date=
| extra=
| goof=
| prev=
| next=
}}

[edit] Required parameters

• title: Title of episode. No wikilink and no disambiguation parameters also.
• episode: Number of episode.
• season: Only for Babylon 5 series (Seasons 1 through 5)
  • If you have series set to crusade or movie you do not need to set this field or have it at all.
• writer: The Writer(s), if split credit between Teleplay and Story, "writer" is for the one credited with the Teleplay
• director: The Director
  • Example for writer, story, and director: If there is more than one, each one should be followed by <br/> unless it is the last one.
• prev: Prev episode. Please wikify.
• next: Next episode. Please wikify.

[edit] Optional parameters

• image: The image. Midnight on the Firing Line.jpg
• series: Only options are crusade and movie. You can leave this field out if this is a Babylon 5 episode. Default is: Babylon 5.
  • Vaild Entry: crusade and movie
• story: Writer given the story credit (in the event that credit is split between Teleplay and Story)
• guests: Each Person who is a special guest star on the episode.
  • Example: [[Walter Koenig]] as [[Al Bester]] If there is more than one, each one should be followed by <br/> unless it is the last one.
• production: Three Letter Number (e.x. 101, 102, 103)
• rating: Nielsen Ratings
• US airdate: In ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format, e.g. 2006-02-17. Must not be wikilinked.
• UK airdate: In ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format, e.g. 2006-02-17. Must not be wikilinked.
• dvd: Date the DVD was released containing this episode, in ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format, e.g. 2006-02-17. Must not be wikilinked.
• date: The date (or dates) in the series where this episode took place, for instance "The Gathering" takes place in 2257.
• extra: Extended information about release of episode.
• goof: There is a continuity error in this episode. A link to the Continuity errors page appears.

[edit] Live Examples

Babylon 5 television movie example

{{Episode Data
| image = 
| title= Babylon 5: The Gathering
| series= movie
| season=
| movie=1
| guests=
| writer= [[J. Michael Straczynski]]
| director= [[Richard Compton]]
| production= Pilot movie
| US airdate= 1993-02-22
| UK airdate= 
| dvd= 2004-08-17
| prev= 
| next= [[Midnight on the Firing Line]]
}}

Babylon 5 television series example

{{Episode Data
| image= 
| title= And the Sky Full of Stars
| season= 1
| episode= 8
| writer= [[J. Michael Straczynski]]
| director= [[Janet Greek]]
| production= 
| rating= 
| US airdate= 1994-03-16
| UK airdate= 
| dvd= 2002-11-05
| date= 
| prev= [[The War Prayer]]
| next= [[Deathwalker]]
}}

Crusade example

{{Episode Data
| image = 
| title= Appearances and Other Deceits
| series= crusade
| episode= 3
| writer= [[J. Michael Straczynski]]
| director= [[Stephen Furst]]
| production= 
| US airdate= 1999-07-28
| UK airdate=
| dvd= 
| prev= [[War Zone]]
| next= [[Babylon 5: Legend of the Rangers]]
| goof=y
}}

[edit] Outputs

Image:Babylon 5.jpg
"Babylon 5: The Gathering" A Babylon 5 movie
Movie No.	1 of 6
Writer(s)	J. Michael Straczynski
Story by
Director	Richard Compton
Special guest(s)
Production No.	Pilot movie
Nielsen Rating	{{{rating}}}
US airdate	1993-02-22
UK airdate
DVD release	2004-08-17
Date	{{{date}}}
Extended Info	{{{extra}}}
Episode Chronology
		Next
	Babylon 5: The Gathering	Midnight on the Firing Line

Image:Babylon 5.jpg
"And the Sky Full of Stars" An episode Babylon 5
Episode No.	Season 1, Episode 8
Writer(s)	J. Michael Straczynski
Story by
Director	Janet Greek
Special guest(s)	{{{guests}}}
Production No.
Nielsen Rating
US airdate	1994-03-16
UK airdate
DVD release	2002-11-05
Date
Extended Info	{{{extra}}}
Episode Chronology
Previous		Next
The War Prayer	And the Sky Full of Stars	Deathwalker

Image:Babylon 5.jpg
"Appearances and Other Deceits" An episode of Crusade
Episode No.	Season 1, Episode 3
Writer(s)	J. Michael Straczynski
Story by
Director	Stephen Furst
Special guest(s)	{{{guests}}}
Production No.
Nielsen Rating	{{{rating}}}
US airdate	1999-07-28
UK airdate
DVD release
Date	{{{date}}}
Extended Info	{{{extra}}}
Episode Chronology
Previous		Next
War Zone	Appearances and Other Deceits	Babylon 5: Legend of the Rangers
Related Information
Continuity Errors Present – View