User:Muhandes/Certification Table Entry/doc

This set of templates is used for creating certification tables for albums, singles, etc.

Note that WP:ALBUM/CERT recommends the creation of a table only when an album has achieved multiple certifications.


 * Certification Table Top – for the top of the table
 * Certification Table Entry – for table entries
 * Certification Table Summary – for starting the summary section
 * Certification Table Bottom – for the bottom of the table

Fields
Mandatory
 * – performing artist or group
 * – title of work
 * – Silver/Gold/Platinum/Diamond/Million
 * – album/single/video

Non mandatory
 * – The date in which the source verifying the certification was retrieved, for web sources
 * – The date of certification
 * – Accepts  for the default 3 column format,   for a format omitting the sales column or   for a format omitting the sales column and using a thinner form, linking to the certifying authority without naming it
 * – set to any value if no sales figure is to be displayed
 * – set to any value if no certification is to be displayed. This can be used to specify sales figured from other sources
 * – for specifying a different source for the certification. Enclose with.
 * – number of awards given. For example, for Double Platinum enter 2.
 * – release year, used to calculate sales
 * – release month (number), used to calculate sales in some cases
 * – release day (number), used to calculate sales in some rare cases
 * – year in which certification was awarded, used for linking and to calculate sales in some cases
 * – month (number) in which certification was awarded, used to calculate sales in some rare cases
 * – month (number) in which certification was awarded, used to calculate sales in some even rarer cases
 * – override sales amount with a sales figure from a reliable source. It can also be used to override the sales amount if you believe the template is not calculating it correctly. Please let us know!
 * – source for overridden sales amount if it is not the certification itself
 * – external ID required for citation. Explained where relevant.
 * – true for discount albums, influences certification levels in some regions
 * – true for domestic titles, influences certification levels and citation in some regions
 * – the number of discs in a multi-disc package
 * – true for recent certification, see below
 * – true for Spanish-speaking albums, see United States below
 * – true for digital downloads, check for support below
 * – Additional notes, e.g. specific edition certified
 * – see Germany below
 * – enables you to specify a name for the reference generated by the template

Supported regions
IFPI summary tables: September 2010, January 2009, October 2007, 2005/2006

Categorization
Unless  is set, the template categorizes the page in which it was used in a category "Certification Table Entry usages for X", where X is the region. This is used to keep track of template usage and to ease maintenance in case all certifications for a region must be corrected. See Category:Certification Table Entry usages.