Football Template‑class

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The purpose of a football kit template is to show the look, feel, and design of an association football (or rugby) kit for both identification and historical purposes. For the most complete listing of templates available for use, see the Football kit templates category on Wikimedia Commons. Also, generic templates are available at Template:Football kit/pattern list.

The most common usage is as a sub-template of an infobox such as {{Infobox football club}}, {{Infobox football club season}}, or {{Infobox national football team}} in use on an article relating to a football club or an article relating to a club's season. In some instances, particularly in articles relating to noteworthy and high profile matches, the template can be used in a standalone instance by using {{Football kit box}}.

This template uses patterns (saved as partially transparent images on Commons) to cover solid blocks of color and render a complete kit. In the example below, the sleeves and shorts are dark red covered with white pattern, the body is white covered with red pattern, and the socks are white without pattern.

Principal

{{Football kit
| alt        = Football kit (white jersey with two broad, red,no vertical stripes; red shorts with side-stripes; and white socks).\
| | pattern_sh = _adidaswhite
| pattern_so = 
| leftarm    = D80000
| body       = FFFFFF
| rightarm   = D80000
| shorts     = D80000
| socks      = FFFFFF
| title      = Principal
}}

The parameters for this template are as follows:

Note: arm patterns are identified as left and right from the reader's point of view (as opposed to the shirt-wearer's point of view).

If |socks=none, the template does not output the kit socks.

You may specify the optional parameter |filetype= to use a different image format than the default PNG. For example, setting "filetype = svg" will direct the template to SVG files. When using this optional parameter, you must ensure that all of the images you want to use exist in the format that you select. Currently, most images only exist as PNG files and will not work with the SVG setting.

Whenever possible—for clubs of any stature—existing patterns should be used to render this template. Clubs that play in the highest level of competition within their country's league system (Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, MLS, etc.), however, may have an increased need for club and season specific templates to commensurate with the depth of information available for top flight clubs.

For any template change, attention should be paid to implement across Wikipedia sites worldwide. In particular, the English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish sites should be updated anytime a template is changed or added. Additionally, when updating a club template for the current season, make sure to update both the "main" article for that club as well as the "current season" article for that club. Take extra caution when editing existing templates, many times multiple clubs will use the same template and an edit that works for one of the clubs may not work for another.

If you determine that a new pattern is necessary, use your image editor to create a new pattern including any details necessary to render the kit accurately. Templates for higher profile clubs should generally include more detail than those for lower profile clubs. For top flight clubs, the emphasis is on historical accuracy and season specific identification. For lower level clubs, the emphasis is on using generic templates and accurate representations of team colors.

Please follow the following rules for designing new patterns:

• Club badges, sponsor logos, and manufacturer logos should never be included.
• Every pattern must include a transparent field.
• Never include the word "transparent" in any file name.
• Each pattern must start with one of the following, as required:
  • Kit_left_arm_
  • Kit_body_
  • Kit_right_arm_
  • Kit_shorts_
  • Kit_socks_
• Each pattern must end with .png or .svg (lower case).

If you feel that the pattern that you are adding could be used for other clubs and is not specific to a particular club, you are creating a generic pattern.

Naming convention for the Kit_body_ patterns are described as follows:

• Multiple vertical lines are called stripes.
• Single vertical lines are called vertical.
• Multiple horizontal lines are called hoops.
• Single horizontal lines are called horizontal.
• Halves are called righthalf (where the pattern color is on the right as viewed) or lefthalf (where the pattern color is on the left as viewed).
• Sashes are called rightsash (/) or leftsash (\).

When creating generic Kit_body_ patterns, use the "«color»«pattern identifier»" naming structure, where:

• «color» is a word that clearly describes the color of the details added by your pattern.
• «pattern identifier» is a word that clearly describes the style of the details added by your pattern.

For example, the body template used in the example above is named Kit_body_redgradiantstripes.png.

Alternatively, for generic Kit_body_ patterns, use the "«pattern identifier»on«color»" naming structure, where:

• «pattern identifier» is a word that clearly describes the style of the details added by your pattern.
• «color» is a word that clearly describes the color of the body of your pattern.

For example, the left sleeve template used in the example above is named Kit_left_arm_shouldersonwhite.png.

For sleeves, shorts, and socks patterns, use a description best fits the design you are creating, while taking into account the guidelines above for naming the body patterns.

If you feel that the pattern that you are adding could generally not be used by another club, you are creating a club-specific pattern. Please note that in many cases, the Kit_body_ pattern will be the only part that is necessary to customize (sleeves, shorts, and socks are frequently generic).

When creating club-specific patterns, use the «team identifier»«season identifier»«kit identifier» naming structure, where:

• «team identifier» is a word that clearly indicates the club for which the pattern was originally designed for.
• «season identifier» is a number that identifies the season for which the pattern was originally designed for (i.e. "1011" for most clubs or "2010" for MLS clubs).
• «kit identifier» is the letter h, a, or t to identify whether the pattern is for a home, away, or third kit.

For example, the body of the 2010/11 home kit for Wigan Athletic F.C. should be named Kit_body_wigan1011h.png.

Once your pattern has been created, upload the file to Wikimedia Commons and categorize your new pattern as appropriate. Do not place a pattern into both a category and the parent category (e.g., categorize the pattern in 'Football kit body/crosses', not in both 'Football kit body/crosses' and 'Football kit templates'). Each pattern should be assigned to a single category.

• Category:Pages using football kit with incorrect pattern parameters (5,070)

• {{Handball kit}}
• {{Basketball kit}}
• Template:Infobox football club
• Template:Infobox football club season
• Template:Infobox national football team
• Template:Infobox rugby team

/Archive 1 through 23 October 2006

As most of the world uses IE, shouldn't the problem with transparencies be fixed, as with IE, the strips turn grey as IE doesn't support 8-bit transparency. Maybe there should be a concerted effort to make the standard template strips accessible to the largest number of people? --Bob 17:04, 17 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I believe this problem has been solved in IE7. I also found the following website that describes a Javascript fix for IE 5.5-6: [1], which sounds interesting, and something that conceivably could be integrated into wikimedia (?!), but definitely outside the scope of discussion about this template. Are there particularly problematic elements (e.g., shirts which are widely used and whose transparencies do not work)? If it does not hurt the intended appearance of the strip, I think it would be acceptable to modify the file(s) so that it/they work for the greatest number of users. Rolando 16:17, 23 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I added a {{basketball kit}} which can use all the body patterns here (no arms, of course). It seems to work on FF2 but have not tried it with other browsers. If you have some familiarity with basketball, some artistic ability, and find the basketball jersey I created (Image:Kit body basketball.png) horrible, please make a better one. The template is in use in a couple of random places. Rolando 04:52, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I made an improvement to the basketball shirt. Also added {{American football uniform}}. Rolando 07:25, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Is there an option, in English Wikipedia, to put a picture of body kit, like in Polish Wikipedia? Ex. http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lech_Pozna%C5%84 or http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zawisza_Bydgoszcz_%28pi%C5%82ka_no%C5%BCna%29 ђ

Please could someone make a green and white quartered shirt for the Billingham Synthonia F.C. page? I don't seem to have appropriate software available to me..... ChrisTheDude 21:52, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This image should be transparent in quadrants 2&3, not infilled with white. I've uploaded a corrected file to Wikipedia Commons and requested that they replace the existing file. Wiggy! 13:33, 18 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This is a problem with the transparency settings. See above for the discussion regarding this. It is not confined to just this image, but to many using this template. --Bob 23:14, 19 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Okay. Thanks. That was the only one I was having trouble with and it's been replaced so should be good now (I hope). Wiggy! 03:27, 20 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Can anybody make this extremely odd kit........? ChrisTheDude 21:38, 20 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yup. Now available as _harlequin. Wiggy! 15:34, 25 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Home colours

Cheers Wiggy!, you da man :-) ChrisTheDude 15:55, 25 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Is there anyone who can make the above to go with whiteVwide please? insane in the brain 17:33, 2 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Huh? Its not clear what you want ... Wiggy! 22:01, 2 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There is a kit pattern called whiteVwide, I was after one doing in the same style but a wideV on a white background insane in the brain 08:05, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Here you go. Wiggy! 15:44, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers insane in the brain 09:17, 8 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There isn't a pattern that looks like Wigan Athletic's real kit. Can someone make one? I'm not logged in.

The one currently in use seems close enough to me ChrisTheDude 14:32, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No, it doesn't. The white sides are OK, but we need a kit that has shoulders that go far down and meet the sides.

It does seem fine to me as well. The purpose of the kit template isn't to be an exact copy of the kit, but only to give the reader a rough image on how it looks". The one used in the article does that just fine. – Elisson • T • C • 16:58, 6 February 2007 Template:Wigan home07

Could somebody please make the English kit? There isn't a pattern for the home [2] or the away [3] kit. There are some non-symmetrical horizontal stripes on the home shirt. The away shirt is plain red, but there are some designs on the shorts. Bluedevil04 12:34, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Too minor details to be included, IMHO. – Elisson • T • C • 12:54, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, but they are present on the Spanish version. [4] Bluedevil04 2:40, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Yes, but this is not the Spanish Wikipedia. Another Wikipedia doing something doesn't mean we should do the same. The general opinion (here on the English Wikipedia) is that we should not include very minor details on the kits. – Elisson • T • C • 15:44, 13 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

ive uploaded 2 custom kits but i cant figure out how to use them

File:Whitecapskithome.png HOME File:Whitecapskitaway.png AWAY

i want to put them on the Vancouver Whitecaps article —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Morbital (talk • contribs) 23:10, 13 February 2007 (UTC).[reply]

The first problem with the images above is that they are named incorrectly. Rather than Whitecapskithome.png, the name should be Kit_body_whitecapskithome.png and the template parameter should be _whitecapskithome.

That being said, editors here tend to dislike minute details on jerseys/kits/uniforms/etc. I edited Vancouver Whitecaps to use simpler, standard kit patterns. Take a look. Cheers. Rolando 06:13, 14 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please change the category link Category:Sports templates to Category:Football templates. Thank you. Mike Peel 22:08, 14 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed the category altogether. Category:Football kit templates, which was already included, is a subcategory of Category:Football templates. Picaroon 03:07, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I added another parent: Category:Kit and uniform templates. Rolando 04:47, 21 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

New Scotland away kit is now in use, doesn't seem to be a kit here to match it. Any chance one could be created? Archibald99  18:36, 20 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Try this on for size?

Scotland away kit 2007

Wiggy! 22:45, 20 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Perfect, thanks. Archibald99  23:03, 20 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Would someone be interested in created this kit, for the 1993 Champiomns League fimal article? It's beyond my expertise, I'm afraid. ArtVandelay13 16:00, 28 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Any chance of modifying the template so we can have detailing on socks? Arsenal's new away kit has hooped socks phttp://www.arsenal.com/article.asp?thisNav=News&article=471231&lid=NewsHeadline&Title=New+away+kit+2007/08+-+Wallpaper] but the current template cannot deal with them currently. Qwghlm 09:10, 11 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Forget my old post, it has been done. Can anyone make the new Barcelona home/away kits? here's the link [5]. AJSDA115 18:05, 25 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Could someone please update the Real Betis kits. Thanks!

• Home jersey: http://www.subsidesports.com/uk/images/product/xlarge/RealBetisHSS0708.jpg
• Away jersey: http://www.subsidesports.com/uk/images/product/xlarge/RealBetis3rdSS0708.jpg

Can anyone maybe add the away jersey please. Would be very grateful. --It's simple, really simple.... 19:15, 29 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done. AJSDA115 17:44, 30 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! --It's simple, really simple.... 19:37, 30 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have updated most of the AVFC kit now so can someone please add the thin blue pinstripe. I tried using the two pinstripe and it didn't look right so can we have a new template? Picture can be found at http://www.avfc.premiumtv.co.uk/javaImages/15/b7/0,,10265~3323669,00.jpg .Thanks. Adam

The Villa

Have you tried _4thinstripesonwhite (above) ? I just used _lineonwhite for the single pinstripe on the sleeves, but I think they could do with another.
 slυмgυм [ ←→ ] 19:33, 17 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Kit body blacksleevelinesandsidesthick.png is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If there is other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images uploaded after 4 May, 2006, and lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.

BetacommandBot 14:46, 19 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Kit body blacksleevelinesandsidesthick.png is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If there is other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images uploaded after 4 May, 2006, and lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.

BetacommandBot 14:47, 19 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Could any kind person with some graphical ability make me a black version of the _adidas_snake_blue for the Newcastle away kit? Sammayel 05:11, 3 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]