Template:Record infobox

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The standard infobox for every srcfy record: documentation, reports, investigations and interactive pieces. It shows the key facts, stores them in Semantic MediaWiki through Template:Record data, and feeds the public search on srcfy.com. Only records with status=Published appear in search.

Create a record with the record form. See Help:Records for what each field means and the editorial rules behind them. Incident articles use Template:Incident infobox, which stores the same record fields.

Standard infobox for a srcfy record. Shows key facts, stores them in Semantic MediaWiki and feeds the srcfy.com search. Labels switch to Malayalam on /ml pages.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers block formatting of parameters.

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
Content typetype

Documentation, Report, Investigation or Interactive

Suggested values
Documentation Report Investigation Interactive
Stringrequired
Titletitle

Title shown in the box and in search results (translatable)

Stringsuggested
Summarysummary

One or two sentences shown in search results (translatable)

Stringrequired
Event / topic dateevent_date

When the event happened or the period starts: YYYY, YYYY-MM or YYYY-MM-DD. Not the publication date.

Example
2017-04-01
Stringsuggested
End dateevent_end_date

Last date of a period, if the record covers more than one day

Stringoptional
Publication datepublication_date

Date srcfy published the record, YYYY-MM-DD

Dateoptional
Countrycountry

One or more countries, separated by commas

Stringsuggested
Region / stateregion

State, province or region; commas for several

Stringoptional
Locationlocation

Town, village or place

Stringoptional
Coordinatescoordinates

lat,lon — only when the exact place is safe to publish

Stringoptional
Religious communityreligious_community

Communities documented by the sources, e.g. Muslims. Never infer from a name.

Stringoptional
Castecaste

Caste identity as documented by the sources

Stringoptional
Ethnicityethnicity

Ethnic or tribal identity as documented by the sources

Stringoptional
Religious beliefreligious_belief

Beliefs or religions discussed, e.g. Islam

Stringoptional
Political ideologypolitical_ideology

Ideologies discussed, e.g. Hindutva

Stringoptional
Philosophyphilosophy

Philosophies discussed, e.g. Atheism

Stringoptional
Political partypolitical_party

Parties involved or discussed — only with sources

Stringoptional
Topicstopics

Subject tags, separated by commas

Stringsuggested
Evidence statusevidence_status

Allegation, Reported, Corroborated, Confirmed finding, Disputed or Unresolved

Suggested values
Allegation Reported Corroborated Confirmed finding Disputed Unresolved
Stringrequired
Editorial statusstatus

Sourcing, Verification, Review or Published (default Sourcing). Only Published records appear in search.

Suggested values
Sourcing Verification Review Published
Stringrequired
Featuredfeatured

yes to offer this record for the homepage's featured research

Booleanoptional
Imageimage

Rights-cleared file name, without File:

Fileoptional
Image captionimage_caption

no description

Stringoptional
Image alt textimage_alt

What the image shows, for screen readers

Stringoptional
Last reviewedlast_reviewed

Date the record was last checked, YYYY-MM-DD

Dateoptional
Killedkilled

Number of people killed, if the record documents an attack

Numberoptional
Injuredinjured

Number of people injured

Numberoptional
Correction notecorrection_note

Substantive correction: date and one line, e.g. 2026-11-12: Corrected the hearing date.

Stringoptional
Interactive pathinteractive_path

Interactive records only: the srcfy.com path under /interactive/, e.g. cow-violence-map

Stringoptional