Template:Taxobox/doc

About this template
This template sets up a taxobox. Although the implementation is complicated, it is relatively simple to use. See taxobox usage for an explanation. For an example in practice, look at the edit page of Orca -. Most parameters are optional, so if a particular entry is not relevant for your case, just leave it out.

Making changes
Before making any non-minor changes to this template, please make a copy of the whole template to your userspace and do tests there. This will avoid unnecessary load on the servers and prevent a large number of pages being screwed up. To edit and test the taxobox template in your userspace:
 * 1) Copy the text in the large edit box of Template:Taxobox to User: YOUR USERNAME /taxobox . Copy the whole text so that you don't leave anything out.
 * 2) Test the template with various taxonomies by copying the text of a plant/animal species or group to User: YOUR USERNAME /taxoboxtest.
 * 3) Replace the  template used by User: YOUR USERNAME /taxoboxtest with
 * 4) If unsure, please check a few different animals and plants and groups
 * 5) Check the Template:Taxobox history, in case changes have been made while you've been editing
 * 6) Copy the whole text of User: YOUR USERNAME /taxobox back to
 * 7) Check that plant and animal pages still work.
 * 8) Request your userspace taxobox and taxoboxtest pages are deleted using db-userreq