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29: 612: 191:. It is largely designed to inform a casual reader somewhat knowledgeable in sports and the Olympic and Paralympic games in general of the games' locale, time, graphic design, and amount of athletes and events, along with the venue and names of notable people associated with the games. This infobox makes use of a four image parameters, twelve data cells, and six succession cells. The syntax of the infobox also makes use of 27 60: 101: 957:(NOCs) present at the games. A simple number input is highly encouraged here, regardless of any special event or occasion, such as the merging of two or more nations in a single team for a particular games, which can be detailed in the article body instead. For example, the input for this parameter in the 750:, another optional parameter that allows users to set a custom caption for the image. The latter two parameters are mostly discouraged, and are in use only for special circumstances preferably resolved from a consensus on a particular issue. For the modern Olympic logo format used since the 878:
This parameter is used to input the official motto of the games. If there are multiple mottos for a particular games, a consensus should preferably be reached to use the most common and recognised one. The motto should be presented in
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This parameter is used to display the stadium that hosted the opening ceremony of the games, or venue, if there is none. The common, non-sponsorship name of the venue is presented in this cell, with a
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by computer programs. This aids tasks such as the cataloguing of articles and maintenance of databases. For more information about the use of microformats on Knowledge (XXG), please visit
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This parameter is used to input the number of athletes that competed at the games. A total figure should be presented first in front of the number of men and women competing in
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This parameter is used to list the number of events that took place at the games, along with the number of sports and disciplines features. It is preferably presented in the "
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of "Sir", may be appropriate, but only if they held those titles at the time of the opening ceremony. If multiple people were involved with lighting the cauldron, a
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are also used to check if wikipedia articles exist for the opening and/or closing ceremonies. If so, a wikilink to that article will be placed in the
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This parameter is used to input the name of the person who officially opened the games at the opening ceremony. Their formal shorthand
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This parameter is used to input the city that is hosting the games and its sovereign state. It should be presented in the format of
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These parameters are used to present the date of the games' opening and closing ceremonies in a simple "" format, such as "
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logo is set to a width of 222 pixels, to ensure the Olympic rings at the bottom of the logo appears at 100px width.
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are used to convert the inputs of these two parameters into the official name of the games. For example, if
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parameter also exists than enables users to write a descriptive caption for an image featured in the
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are formatted to present the name of the host city followed by the year. For example, the
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parameter is set to a year past 1997. If not, this setup is cancelled out and the default
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following it. For example, the input for this parameter in the article for the
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before editing the template. If your edit causes unexpected problems, please
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You can conduct experiments, and should test all major changes, in either
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at the bottom of the modern logo design appear at exactly 100px width (
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it quickly, as this template may appear on a large number of pages.
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for the succeeding Winter games. It is highly encouraged that the
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to the article about the venue. For example, the article for the
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to the article on that language. For example, the motto of the
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You are encouraged to familiarise yourself with its setup and
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This template employs intricate features of template syntax.
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parameter. Four main parameters exist in this section,
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of the person or people who, at the opening ceremony,
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Infobox Olympic games
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