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Template:IOC othergames/doc

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Usage[edit]

{{IOC othergames|games=|accessdate=}}

Generates standard See also lists for the selected Olympic Games. This includes "Olympic Games celebrated in <country>" for countries which have hosted more than one Olympics, "Olympic Games abandoned due to war," and "Olympic Games with significant boycotts." This template is primarily used in the template "IOC see also."

Parameters[edit]

Parameters are optional. If you do not provide any parameters, or if the games do not have any lists, this template will result in nothing being displayed.

  • games – specifies the Games of interest, such as "games=<yyyy> Summer Olympics" or "games=<yyyy> Winter Olympics" (provided for referencing the current page using the PAGENAME variable), or "games=<yyyy> Summer" or "games=<yyyy> Winter."
To show only the Games in a specific country, use the English country name (for instance "Japan") or the IOC country code (for instance "JPN").
To show only the Games abandoned due to war, use "wars".
To show only the Games with significant boycotts, use "boycotts".

Examples[edit]

  • {{IOC othergames|games=1984 Summer}}
   
    Shows all Games celebrated in the same country as the 1984 Summer Olympics. Since these Games included a significant boycott, it includes the "boycott" section.
  • {{IOC othergames|games=United States}}
  • {{IOC othergames|games=USA}}
   
    Shows all Games celebrated in the United States. Since a country name or code is used, only the Games in the country are shown.
  • {{IOC othergames|games=wars}}
   
    Shows all Games that were abandoned due to wars.