Template:Avilisthead/doc

This template may be used to create the column headings for some aviation-related lists defined at WP:AVLIST. It populates the heading row according to the selected list topic.

It also adds the article to the associated maintenance category.

Usage

Add it using

{{avilisthead|[value]}}

The topic values provided are:

• [no value]
• general
• military
• mil-current
• mil-historical
• role
• nonstandard

This will provide the appropriate table opening code and column headings. The column headings that these values create are shown below with some example entries. Any other value will default to the no value format.

You will need to add the individual entries using Wikitext table markup in the usual way.

Don't forget to close the table at the end of the list with one of:

• |}
• {{end table}}

[no value]

If no format option is set or if the option value is not recognised, a default table heading is displayed. This option should be maintained to mirror the general format, which has eight columns.

Type	Country	Class	Role	Date	Status	No.	Notes
Mil Mi-6	USSR	Rotorcraft	Transport	1965	Production	456	Helicopter.
Supermarine Spitfire	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1936	Production	12,345	Derived types:Seafire, Spiteful, Seafang.

It also adds the article to Category:Lists of aircraft in default format.

general

This list format is for general lists of types sharing some common feature. It has eight columns.

Type	Country	Class	Role	Date	Status	No.	Notes
Mil Mi-6	USSR	Rotorcraft	Transport	1965	Production	456	Helicopter.
Supermarine Spitfire	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1936	Production	12,345	Derived types:Seafire, Spiteful, Seafang.

It also adds the article to Category:Lists of aircraft in general format.

military

This list format is for both current and historical types used by a military organisation. It has eight columns. Using the Status column entry format described at WP:AVLIST, the list can be sorted on "In service" vs. "Retired" status.

Where a list contains only current or historical types, one of the formats following this one may be used instead.

Type	Origin	Class	Role	Introduced	Status	Total	Notes
Sukhoi Su-27	Russia	Jet	Fighter	1997	14 in service	15	Su-27SK and Su-27UBK
Supermarine Spitfire	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1948	Retired 1977	25	Mks. XIV and PR 19.
Mil Mi-6	USSR	Helicopter	Transport	1965	Retired 1984	6
Mil Mi-8	USSR	Helicopter	Transport	1972	3 in service	8

It also adds the article to Category:Lists of aircraft in military format.

mil-current

This list format is for the current types used by a military operator. It has eight columns.

Type	Origin	Class	Role	Introduced	In service	Total	Notes
Sukhoi Su-27	Russia	Jet	Fighter	1997	14	15	Su-27SK and Su-27UBK
Mil Mi-8	USSR	Helicopter	Transport	1972	3	8

It also adds the article to Category:Lists of aircraft in military current format.

mil-historical

This list format is for the historical types previously owned by a military operator. It has eight columns.

Type	Origin	Class	Role	Introduced	Retired	Total	Notes
Supermarine Spitfire	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1948	1977	25	Mks. XIV and PR 19.
Mil Mi-6	USSR	Helicopter	Transport	1965	1984	6

It also adds the article to Category:Lists of aircraft in military historical format.

role

This list format is for lists of types designed for a common role. It has seven columns.

Type	Country	Class	Date	Status	No.	Notes
Messerschmitt Bf 109	Germany	Propeller	1935	Production	12,345
Supermarine Spitfire	UK	Propeller	1936	Production	23,456	Derived types:Seafire, Spiteful, Seafang.

It also adds the article to Category:Lists of aircraft in role format.

nonstandard

This option does not add a header row but instead adds the article to Category:Lists of aircraft in non-standard formats. You will need to add your own header row.

Use it only after consensus has been reached on the article talk page that none of the standard formats defined here is suitable.

Example non-standard code, to include a column for NATO codenames:

{{avilisthead|nonstandard}}
! Type !! NATO codename !! Class !! Role !! Date !! Total !! Notes 
|-
| [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21]] || Fishbed || Jet || Fighter || 1959 || 11,496 || Also produced in India and Czechoslovakia.
| [[Mil Mi-6]] || Hook || Helicopter || Transport || 1957 || 925 || 
|}

Gives:

Type	NATO codename	Class	Role	Date	Total	Notes
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21	Fishbed	Jet	Fighter	1959	11,496	Also produced in India and Czechoslovakia.
Mil Mi-6	Hook	Helicopter	Transport	1957	925

It also adds the article to Category:Lists of aircraft in non-standard formats.

maintenance

This list format is a temporary holding place for lists under maintenance to change the column format.

It has no defined format but is intended to vary subject to the particular lists undergoing change.

It also adds the article to Category:Lists of aircraft in maintenance format.