Wikipedia:WikiProject Viruses/Templates

Virus taxoboxes
What are taxoboxes? As seen on the right, they are a small and unobtrusive way to give quick facts about viruses. They should be used in all virus articles in order to give some degree of uniformity, and as a way to give important information quickly and concisely. This reduces the need to sift through the entire text to find a simple fact.

Please note the following:


 * For a picture, it's usually a good idea to use a picture of the virus itself rather than a picture of the results it has. For example, a micrograph would typically be preferred over a picture of a diseased animal.  A picture of the effects it has on people can go somewhere else in the article.
 * The colour of the taxobox must always be "violet", as this is the specific colour given to viruses as a Wikipedia standard.
 * Many viruses remain unclassified in terms of order, family or even genus. In this case, please put Unranked in place of where the taxonomic rank would go.
 * Because of the new version of taxobox, the colour attribute is no longer necessary for viruses, however it has not yet trickled down to Viroids.

The Wikicode is as follows:

Viroid taxoboxes
The Wikicode is as follows: