Template:Infobox Site of Special Scientific Interest/doc

Usage

Parameter	Optional?	Description/Notes
name	required	Official name of SSSI
aos	required	Area of Search (Do not wikilink)
displaymap	optional	The name of a {{location map}}. if left blank, the value specified by aos is used.
map_caption	optional	Alternative caption for map if default not suitable
coordinates	optional	For latitude and longitude coordinates. Use {{coord}}.
image	optional	use file name without File: prefix or square brackets. See Caveat below.
image_caption	optional	Description of picture (if required)
image_size	optional	width of picture
gridref	optional	Use {{gbmappingsmall}}
interest	optional	Either Biological or Geological or Biological/Geological
area	optional	Use {{convert}}. For choice of units, see WP:UNITS
notifydate	optional	This is the date of first notification; use the 1949 Act date if available. Do not use {{Start date}} for sites that existed prior to the notification.
enref	optional	Natural England reference 7-digit ID used on Natural England website; provides link to website.
footnotes	optional	Additional footnotes or references
map	optional	Full link to Natural England site

CAVEAT: If planning to obtain a photograph, be aware that an SSSI is a legally protected site and many sites are on private land. It is a criminal offence to damage or disturb any flora, fauna or geological feature in the area without a licence to do so.

Use as a child template

The embed parameter is used when embedding this infobox into another (see the Template:Infobox documentation which explains embedding and subboxes).

{{Infobox body of water
| name        = 
| <!-- etc. -->
| embedded    = <!-- or module= -->
  {{Infobox building
  | embed = Site of Special Scientific Interest
  | <!-- etc. -->
  }}
}}

Blank

Template for a location map

{{Infobox SSSI
| name = 
| image = 
| image_caption = 
| image_size = 
| aos = 
| interest = 
| gridref = {{gbmappingsmall|OSGRIDREF}}
| coordinates = {{coord|LAT|N|LON|W|region:GB_scale:25000|display=inline,title}} (change "W" to "E" if appropriate)
| displaymap = 
| area = {{cvt|NNNN|ha|km2 sqmi|sigfig=2}}
| notifydate = 
| enref = 
}}

Example

Ebbor Gorge

Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location within Somerset
Location	Somerset
Grid reference	ST525485
Coordinates	51.2340°N 2.6820°W / 51.2340; -2.6820
Interest	Biological
Area	156.8 acres (0.63 km2; 0.25 sq mi)
Notification	1952
Natural England website

{{Infobox SSSI
| image = EbborGorge.jpg
| name = Ebbor Gorge
| image_size = 220
| aos = Somerset
| interest = Biological
| gridref = {{gbmappingsmall|ST525485}}
| coordinates = {{coord|51.2340|-2.6820|region:GB_scale:25000|display=inline,title}}
| area = {{cvt|156.8|acre|km2 sqmi|sigfig=2}}
| notifydate = 1952
| enref = 1004346
}}

Microformat

The HTML markup produced by this template includes an hCard microformat, which makes the place-name and location parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue articles across Wikipedia, or via a browser tool operated by a person, to (for example) add the subject to an address book. Within the hCard is a Geo microformat, which additionally makes the coordinates (latitude & longitude) parsable, so that they can be, say, looked up on a map, or downloaded to a GPS unit. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.

Sub-templates

If the place or venue has "established", "founded", "opened" or similar dates, use {{start date}} for the earliest of those dates unless the date is before 1583 CE.

If it has a URL, use {{URL}}.

Please do not remove instances of these sub-templates.

Classes

hCard uses HTML classes including:

• adr
• agent
• category
• county-name
• extended-address
• fn
• label
• locality
• nickname
• note
• org
• region
• street-address
• uid
• url
• vcard

Geo is produced by calling {{coord}}, and uses HTML classes:

• geo
• latitude
• longitude

Please do not rename or remove these classes nor collapse nested elements which use them.

Precision

When giving coordinates, please use an appropriate level of precision. Do not use {{coord}}'s |name= parameter.

Tracking category

• Category:Pages using infobox Site of Special Scientific Interest with unknown parameters (0)

See also

• {{Sssi link}}