Template:Film and game ratings/doc

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It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template uses Lua:

Module:TV ratings

Usage

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
RogerEbert.com	^[1]
The Hollywood Reporter	9/10^[2]

{{Film ratings| will also invoke this template.

Only add a rating if you cite it with a reference

Instructions

The template is not to be a substitute for a section in paragraph form, since a review can not be accurately boiled down to a simple rating out of five stars or other numeric score. If an article is lacking a reception section in prose, but the information is presented in table format, the |noprose=yes parameter can be used to tag the article as needing a reception section in prose.

This template is generally the first element after the heading for the section on Reception, Critical reception, Reviews, or something similar. The template should not be used in place of a reception section.

The reviews should be listed alphabetically in the Reviews field. The information in the reviewer field should be the name of the source. Don't forget to wikilink to the relevant article.

The information in the score field should be the rating given in the review (e.g. 4/5). The rating should use the same format as in the review, to accurately portray the score of the review. For star ratings you should use the star rating template; for example, entering {{Rating|4.5|5}}, will render: .

For reviews at Rotten Tomatoes it is convenient to use "RT=" in the template.

For reviews at Metacritic it is convenient to use "MC=" in the template.

Please note that the minus sign character (−) is not the same thing as a hyphen (-).

After the rating should be the citation of the source of the review. Per Wikipedia:Citing sources do not add reviews without a citation. This means a properly formatted footnote, in most cases providing the author, date, and source, along with an external link if available. Do not use an embedded link with no information (e.g. link) as this promotes link rot and is inconsistent with Wikipedia's policy on embedded links. If you must use an embedded link, be sure to manually provide a full citation in the article's References section per Wikipedia:Citing sources.

Usage

{{Film and game ratings
| title =
| subtitle =
<!-- Aggregate scores -->
| MC = 
| RT =
| aggregate1 = 
| aggregate1score = 
| aggregate2 = 
| aggregate2score = 
| aggregate3 = 
| aggregate3score = 
<!-- ... -->
<!-- Reviewers -->
| rev1 =
| rev1score =
| rev2 =
| rev2score =
| rev3 =
| rev3score =
<!-- ... -->
<!-- Article needs reviews expanded into prose -->
| noprose = <!--yes-->
}}

Parameters

Required fields:

rev#: The name of the reviewer. Too many is not advised, except in appropriate circumstances. For instance, a particularly popular or long-running series, which has several prominent reviews over decades' time.
rev#score: The rating given by the reviewer.

All of the following fields are optional:

title: Can be used to provide a custom title for the table, otherwise, it will default to "Professional ratings".
subtitle: Used to add additional text before the collapsible section. This is necessary to add if want a longer title, as long titles via the "title" parameter will not center correctly.
width: Sets the width of the table; default is 24.2em.
MC: Metacritic score.
aggregate#: Name of a review aggregator.
aggregate#score: The rating given by the review aggregator.
noprose: Should only be used for articles that do not have a Reception section summarizing the reviews. If set to yes, will categorize articles into Category:Articles with media ratings that need to be turned into prose.
RT: Rotten Tomatoes score.

Example

For example, entering

{{Film and game ratings
| MC = 78/100<ref name="Meta">{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/1917|title=1917|publisher=Metacritic|accessdate=6 March 2020}}</ref>
| RT = 89%<ref name="RT">{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1917_2019|title=1917 (2020)|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes|accessdate=6 March 2020}}</ref>
| rev1 = ''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]''
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Empire">{{cite web|url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/1917-movie-2/|title=1917 Review|publisher=Empire|last=Godfrey|first=Alex|accessdate=6 March 2020}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[The Guardian]]''
| rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/jan/12/1917-review-sam-mendes-first-world-war-ww1-unblinking-vision-one-shot|title=1917 review – Sam Mendes’s unblinking vision of the hell of war|publisher=The Guardian|last=Kermode|first=Mark|author-link=Mark Kermode|accessdate=6 March 2020}}</ref>
}}

will render

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	78/100^[1]
Rotten Tomatoes	89%^[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Empire	^[3]
The Guardian	^[4]

and generate the following footnotes with the sources:

^ "1917". Metacritic. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
^ "1917 (2020)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
^ Godfrey, Alex. "1917 Review". Empire. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
^ Kermode, Mark. "1917 review – Sam Mendes's unblinking vision of the hell of war". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 March 2020.

Template data

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Film and game ratings in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Film and game ratings

This template creates a table with reviews for films and games. Only add a rating if you cite it with a reference. The template is not to be a substitute for a section in paragraph form.

Template parameters
This template prefers block formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
First reviewer	`rev1`	The name of the first reviewer.	String	required
First reviewer's rating	`rev1score`	The rating given by the first reviewer.	String	required
Second reviewer	`rev2`	The name of the second reviewer. More reviewers can be added with parameters in the format rev[#] (the next one would be rev3). It is recommended to include no more than 10 reviews, but more can be added in exceptional circumstances.	String	optional
Second reviewer's rating	`rev2score`	The rating given by the second reviewer. More ratings can be added with parameters in the format rev[#]score (the next one would be rev3score). It is recommended to include no more than 10 reviews, but more can be added in exceptional circumstances.	String	optional
Table title	`title`	A custom title for the table, replacing "professional ratings".	String	optional
Table subtitle	`subtitle`	Additional text before the collapsible section. This is necessary to add if you want a longer title, as long titles in the "title" parameter will not work right.	String	optional
Table width	`width`	The width of the table.	String	optional
Metacritic score	`MC`	The Metacritic score. Appears under the "Aggregate scores" header.	String	optional
Article lacks prose section	`noprose`	Set this to "yes" to flag articles that have a ratings table without a prose reviews section.	String	optional
Rotten Tomatoes score	`RT`	The Rotten Tomatoes score. Appears under the "Aggregate scores" header.	String	optional
First review aggregator	`aggregate1`	The name of the first review aggregator.	String	optional
First review aggregator's rating	`aggregate1score`	The rating given by the first review aggregator.	String	optional
Second review aggregator	`aggregate2`	The name of the second review aggregator.	String	optional
Second review aggregator's rating	`aggregate2score`	The rating given by the second review aggregator.	String	optional

Usage

Instructions

Usage

Parameters

Example

Template data

See also