Name of the storage medium as displayed above the infobox. When not specified, contents of |name= parameter will be displayed instead.
Important note: Please do not include an image in this field. Wikipedia accessibility requirements mandates that this field should contain text that can be read by screen readers.
name
Name of the infobox. When not specified (and if title is also not specified), page name will be displayed above the infobox. Can affect the title of the infobox but its primary use is to help retrieve release data from outside the article. In such cases, if you want to edit the title at the top of the infobox, use the |title= parameter instead.
Attention: Please do not include a wikilink, hyperlink or image in this parameter. This parameter should be composed of pure text.
logo
Code for a small image to be displayed as the logo of the storage medium. You may specify a file name, with or without namespace prefix. In other words, the following examples are all acceptable:
Code for an image to be displayed as an example of the storage medium. You may specify a file name, with or without namespace prefix. In other words, the following examples are all acceptable:
SD_Cards.svg
File:SD_Cards.svg
image_size
Size of the image.
image_caption
Caption of the image that appears above it. Should not be used to provide trivial captions, such as "This is a picture of X", which is automatically assumed. Reserved for special cases when a description beyond telling the obvious is needed, or for inserting {{ffdc}} or {{deletable image-caption}}.
This template prefers block formatting of parameters.
Parameter
Description
Type
Status
Title
titlename
Name of the storage medium. Displayed at the top of the infobox. If not specified, the 'Name' parameter or the PAGENAME are used. It should be plain text. Do not include a wikilink, hyperlink or image in this parameter.
String
optional
Logo
logo
Filename for the image
File
optional
Logo size
logo_sizelogo size
Size of the logo
String
optional
Logo alternative text
logo_altlogo alt
Alternative text for the logo (used by the blind and when web browsers cannot or do not load the image)
String
optional
Image
image
Filename for the image
File
optional
Image size
image_sizeimage size
Size of the image
String
optional
Image caption
image_captioncaptionimage caption
Caption for the image. Must only be used to provide anything far more important than 'This is the logo of X'. e.g. used for inserting {{ffdc}} or {{deletable image-caption}}.
String
optional
Image alternative text
image_altimage alt
Alternative text for the image (used by the blind and when web browsers cannot or do not load the image)
String
optional
Media type
type
no description
String
optional
Encoding
encoding
Storage type encoding.
Example
MFM, RLL
String
optional
Capacity
capacity
no description
String
optional
Block size
blocksize
no description
String
optional
Read mechanism
read
no description
String
optional
Write mechanism
write
no description
String
optional
Standard
standard
no description
String
optional
Developed by
owner
Creator or owner of the storage media.
Example
JEDEC, Western Digital, Seagate
String
optional
Manufactured by
manufacturer
Company(s) that manufacturer the storage media.
Example
Sandisk, Canon, Western Digital, Seagate
String
optional
Dimensions
dimensions
no description
String
optional
Weight
weight
no description
String
optional
Use
use
What the storage media is used for.
Example
Computers, set-top boxes, consoles
String
optional
Extended from
extended_fromextended from
no description
String
optional
Extended to
extended_toextended to
no description
Page name
optional
Date released
released
The date in which the storage medium was released. The content of this field should look like the following: {{Start date and age|''year''|''month''|''day''}} In case the article uses DMY as date format, use this code instead: {{Start date and age|''year''|''month''|''day''|df=yes}} If you are unsure which date format to use, please consult WP:MOSDATES.
String
optional
Date discontinued
discontinued
The date in which the storage medium was discontinued. If the storage medium is still currently in production, please ignore this field. The content of this field should look like the following: {{Start date and age|''year''|''month''|''day''}} In case the article uses DMY as date format, use this code instead: {{Start date and age|''year''|''month''|''day''|df=yes}} If you are unsure which date format to use, please consult WP:MOSDATES.
