Template:Infobox oil spill/doc

Usage

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">

Cause
Spill characteristics

</syntaxhighlight>

Required: name, location, spill_date, and at least one of volume/area/coast.

Unused parameters do not need to be stated (i.e. it isn't necessary to put "casualties = none" or "coast = n/a").

Exxon Valdez oil spill
File:Exval.jpeg 3 days after Exxon Valdez ran aground
Location	Prince William Sound, Alaska
Coordinates
Date	24 March 1989
Cause
Cause	Grounding of the Exxon Valdez oil tanker
Operator	Exxon
Spill characteristics
Volume	260,000 barrels (41,000 m3) - 750,000 barrels (119,000 m3)
Area	11,000 sq mi (28,000 km2)
Shoreline impacted	1,300 mi (2,100 km)

Parameter	Description	Example
name	should match article name, wiki markup OK	''Exxon Valdez'' oil spill
image	do not include "File:"	Exval.jpeg
image_size	value in pixels, uses default image size if not set.	250px
image_caption	description appears centered below image	3 days after ''[[Exxon Valdez]]'' ran aground
location	general description of site, preferably with wikilinks	[[Prince William Sound]], [[Alaska]]
coordinates	specific location using Coord template (can also be used to cause coordinates to appear in article title by setting "display=title,inline")	{{Coord|60.83333|-146.86667|region:US-AK_type:landmark|display=inline}}
location_map_zoom	Zoom level for the location map (0-19)	7
spill_date	start of spill event (or range of dates, for extended spills)	24 March 1989
cause	general description of event that initiated the spill	Grounding of the ''[[Exxon Valdez]]'' oil tanker
operator	company that is financially responsible for spill event (if applicable)	[[Exxon]]
casualties	deaths or injuries associated with initial spill event (if applicable)
volume	amount of oil spilled (or range of best estimates) Note: some spills are listed as mass (tonnes) instead of volume. See list of oil spills for typical conversions.	{{convert|260000|oilbbl|m3}} - {{convert|750000|oilbbl|m3}}
area	area affected by oil (i.e. seafloor or land)	{{convert|11000|mi2|abbr=on}}
coast	linear length of coastline affected	{{convert|1300|mi|abbr=on}}

Tracking category

• Category:Pages using infobox oil spill with unknown parameters (0)