Wikipedia:WikiProject Pokémon/Pokémon species

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{{Pokémon species
|image=[[Image:the name of an image of the Pokémon|the width of the image, expressed in pixelspx]]
|name=the Pokémon’s name goes here
|number=the Pokémon’s 3-digit National Pokédex number
|preceding=[[the name of the Pokémon immediately preceding this Pokémon in the National Pokédex*]]
|following=[[the Pokémon immediately following this Pokémon in the National Pokédex*]]
|johtonumber=the Pokémon’s 3-digit Johto Pokédex number
|johtopreceding=[[the Pokémon immediately preceding this Pokémon in the Johto Pokédex*]]
|johtofollowing=[[the Pokémon immediately following this Pokémon in the Johto Pokédex*]]
|hoennnumber=the Pokémon’s 3-digit Hoenn Pokédex number
|hoennpreceding=[[the Pokémon immediately preceding this Pokémon in the Hoenn Pokédex*]]
|hoennfollowing=[[the Pokémon immediately following this Pokémon in the Hoenn Pokédex*]]
|shinounumber=the Pokémon's 3-digit Sinnoh Pokédex number]]
|shinoupreceding=[[the Pokémon immediately preceding this Pokémon in the Sinnoh Pokédex*]]
|shinoufollowing=[[the Pokémon immediately following this Pokémon in the Sinnoh Pokédex*]]
|japanname=the Japanese name of this Pokémon. Use only official Romanizations; i.e. "Lizardon" as opposed to "Rizādon"
|evolvesfrom=[[the Pokémon this Pokémon evolves from; if there’s none, just put ''None'' **]]
|evolvesto=[[the Pokémon this Pokémon evolves into; if there’s none, just put ''None'' ***]]
|generation=the generation in which it was introduced
|species=the species name of this Pokémon
|stage=the Pokémon’s evolutionary stage
|type=the Pokémon’s primary type
|type2=the Pokémon’s secondary type or leave blank, if none
|height=the Pokémon’s height in feet and inches, with unit included, in the format: # [[foot (unit of length)|ft]] # [[inch|in]]
|metricheight=the Pokémon’s height in meters, without units
|weight=the Pokémon’s weight in pounds, without units
|metricweight=the Pokémon’s weight in kilograms, without units
|ability=the Pokémon’s possible Pokémon abilities in the 3rd generation and later
}}

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* - If one of the preceding or following Pokémon has an article name that isn’t identical to the Pokémon’s name (e.g. Jynx (Pokémon)), instead put this: [[article name|article]]

For example, for Jynx, you would put: [[Jynx (Pokémon)|Jynx]]

** - If the Pokémon only has a pre-evolution in certain games, add a note:  (''only in [[whichever game(s)]] and later'')|

*** - If the Pokémon only has an evolved form in certain games, add a note:  (''only in [[whichever game(s)]] and later'')|

The above documentation is transcluded from Wikipedia:WikiProject Pokémon/Pokémon species/doc. (edit | history)