Template:Austroboss/doc

{{austroboss}} is a template for building tables of Austrian government ministers and other office holders quickly and with few keystrokes.

Usage

Articles on ministries

Simple example from the Ministry of Civil Service:

<table class="wikitable">
{{austroposse|e=Ministry of Civil Service and Sports|g=Bundesministerium für öffentlichen Dienst und Sport}}
{{austroboss|cv=Kurz I|nv=Heinz-Christian Strache|pv=FPÖ|dv=January 1, 2018}}
</table>

Ministry of Civil Service and Sports Bundesministerium für öffentlichen Dienst und Sport
Cabinet:	Minister:	Party:	Date appointed:
Kurz I	Heinz-Christian Strache	FPÖ	January 1, 2018

As you can see, the template will automatically

• link to the article on the cabinet;
• show the party symbol in the correct party color and make it link to the party article;
• link to the article on the office holder.

For every parameter denoting a value there is an optional companion parameter specifying a rowspan number for the table cell in question. Names of value parameters end in v; names of rowspan parameters end in r. What are the rowspan parameters good for? Look at this example from the Ministry of Education:

<table class="wikitable">
{{austroposse|e=State Secretariat of Popular Enlightenment and Education|g=Staatsamt für Volksaufklärung, für Unterricht und Erziehung und für Kultusangelegenheiten|a=Secretary}}
{{austroboss|cv=Renner IV|nv=Ernst Fischer (writer){{!}}Ernst Fischer|pv=KP|dv=April 27, 1945}}
{{austroposse|e=Ministry of Education|g=Bundesministerium für Unterricht|a=Minister}}
{{austroboss|cv=Figl I|nr=2|nv=Felix Hurdes|pr=2|pv=VP|dv=December 20,1945}}
{{austroboss|cv=Figl II|dv=November 8, 1949}}
</table>

State Secretariat of Popular Enlightenment and Education Staatsamt für Volksaufklärung, für Unterricht und Erziehung und für Kultusangelegenheiten
Cabinet:	Secretary:	Party:	Date appointed:
Renner	Ernst Fischer	KPÖ	April 27, 1945
Ministry of Education Bundesministerium für Unterricht
Cabinet:	Minister:	Party:	Date appointed:
Figl I	Felix Hurdes	ÖVP	December 20,1945
Figl II			November 8, 1949

Mr Hurdes was minister in two consecutive cabinets. Plenty of people are ministers in two or more consecutive cabinets. Christian Broda was appointed Minister of Justice five consecutive times, took a short break, and then served for another four consecutive terms. Heinrich Drimmel was Minister of Education six times in a row. Hans Schüff and Anton Proksch both lead Ministries for seven consecutive terms. Printing someone's name and party symbol on seven consecutive table rows would neither look nice nor make the table easier to read. So therefore rowspans.

Articles on cabinets

The Streeruwitz government:

<table class="wikitable">
<tr><td>'''Department:''' <td>'''Office:''' <td>'''Officeholder:''' <td>'''Party:'''
{{austroboss| lt=Federal Chancellery (Austria)| lv=Chancellery| lr=2| ov=Chancellor| nv=Ernst Streeruwitz| pv=CS}}
{{austroboss| ov=Vice chancellor|nv=Vinzenz Schumy| pv=LBd}}
{{austroboss| lt=Ministry of Justice (Austria)| lv=Ministry of Justice |ov=Minister| nv=Franz Slama| pv=GDVP}}
{{austroboss| lt=Ministry of Education (Austria)| lv=Ministry of Education |ov=Minister| nv=Emmerich Czermak| pv=CS}}
{{austroboss| lt=Ministry of Social Affairs (Austria)| lv=Ministry of Social Affairs |ov=Minister| nv=Josef Resch| pv=CS}}
{{austroboss| lt=Ministry of Finance (Austria)| lv=Ministry of Finance|ov=Minister| nv=Johann Josef Mittelberger| pv=CS}}
{{austroboss| lt=Ministry of Agriculture (Austria)| lv=Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry| ov=Minister| nv=Florian Födermayr| pv=CS}}
{{austroboss| lt=Ministry of Economy (Austria)| lv=Ministry of Commerce and Transport| ov=Minister| nv=Hans Schürff| pv=GDVP}}
{{austroboss| lt=Ministry of Defense (Austria)| lv=Ministry of the Army| ov=Minister| nv=Carl Vaugoin|pv=CS}}
</table>

Department:	Office:	Officeholder:	Party:
Chancellery	Chancellor	Ernst Streeruwitz	CS
	Vice chancellor	Vinzenz Schumy	LBd
Ministry of Justice	Minister	Franz Slama	GDVP
Ministry of Education	Minister	Emmerich Czermak	CS
Ministry of Social Affairs	Minister	Josef Resch	CS
Ministry of Finance	Minister	Johann Josef Mittelberger	CS
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry	Minister	Florian Födermayr	CS
Ministry of Commerce and Transport	Minister	Hans Schürff	GDVP
Ministry of the Army	Minister	Carl Vaugoin	CS

Formal documentation

Each invocation of the template creates one table row, usually containing four cells.

Technically, no parameters are required, but a row without either a nv or a dv will not render.

Field name	Prerequisite	Description	Example	Result
cv	none	Cabinet symbol One of Renner I, Renner II, Renner III, Mayr I, ... Kern, Kern I, Kern II Template supports Renner as a synonym for Renner IV, just in case. Automatically links to the encyclopedia article on the cabinet (if we have one) or to the article on the chancellor (if not). Kern for example links to Kern government but Klaus II links to Josef Klaus.	Klaus II	Klaus II
cr	cv	rowspan value for the cv cell
tv	none	Department the office holder formally belongs to. Chancellery for chancellors, vice chancellors, and chancellery ministers. The name of the relevant ministry or state secretariat otherwise.
tl	tv	Name of article that the tv value should be a link to.
tr	tv	rowspan value for the cv cell
ov	none	Name of office, e.g. chancellor, vice chancellor, minister, or state secretary. chancellor and vice chancellor automatically link to the relevant articles. The comparison is case-insensitive but case-preserving	Chancellor	Chancellor
or	ov	rowspan value for the ov cell
nv	none	Name of office holder Automatically becomes a link	Alois Mock	Alois Mock
nr	nv	rowspan value for the nv cell
n	nv	Optional annotation, e.g. "interim" or "acting" Printed in parentheses after the name of the office holder	interim	(interim)
pv	none	Party symbol One of BZ, BZÖ, CS, DFP, FP, FPÖ, GDVP, HB, KP, KPÖ, LBd, NSDAP, ÖVP, SDAP, SP, SPÖ, VF, VP, none LBD works as a synonym for LBd. Automatically links to the relevant article. The Ö is always optional. none links to independent politician. Symbols the template does not recognize just get echoed verbatim. GDVP is yellow because that's what they do on the German Wikipedia. VF is dark gray as opposed to black because that's what they do on the German Wikipedia. HB is dark gray by analogy to VF.	VP	ÖVP
pr	pv	rowspan value for the pv cell
dv	none	Date formally appointed	June 2, 1969	June 2, 1969
dr	dv	rowspan value for the dv cell