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Information and navigation elements

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Infoboxes are used to provide a consistent summary of the subject; navboxes help readers browse through related articles. The various templates maintained by the Aviation WikiProject are all coded to use a common set of styling characteristics, as it is beneficial for providing a consistent appearance to the entire set of articles within our scope. A number of specialized templates are available for use at Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation/Templates. Non-free images used in infoboxes should be directly related to the subject; the use of generic logos is not recommended and usually constitutes a purely decorative use.

Navigation templates specific to aviation can be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation/Templates#Footers. Non-free images should not be used in navboxes—this is considered a decorative use.

Infobox templates

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A few general guidelines apply to all aviation infoboxes:

  1. Most of the fields in each infobox can be omitted if desired; the choice of which ones are appropriate for a particular article is left to the discretion of the article's editors.
  2. Multiple values given in a single field should be separated by using either {{Flatlist}} or {{Plainlist}}.
  3. Any use of flag icons should follow the relevant guidelines.

Primary infoboxes

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A primary infobox is intended to provide a summary table for some topic. It should generally be placed at the top of an article, before the lead section; this will cause it to be displayed in the top right corner.

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The various navigation templates maintained by the Aviation WikiProject are all intended to be implemented using the standard navigation box format. This is beneficial for providing a consistent appearance to the entire set of articles within our scope.