Template:Infobox World's Fair

Overview
BIE-class	Unrecognized exposition
Name	{{{name}}}
Motto	{{{motto}}}
Building(s)	{{{building}}}
Area	{{{area}}}
Invention(s)	{{{invent}}}
Visitors	{{{visitors}}}
Organized by	{{{organized}}}
Mascot	{{{mascot}}}
Participant(s)
Countries	{{{cnt}}}
Organizations	{{{org}}}
Business	{{{biz}}}
Location
Country	{{{country}}}
City	{{{city}}}
Venue	{{{venue}}}
Coordinates	{{{coord}}}
Timeline
Bidding	{{{cand}}}
Awarded	{{{award}}}
Opening	{{{open}}}
Closure	{{{close}}}
{{{class}}} expositions
Previous	{{{prevexpo}}} in
Next	{{{nextexpo}}} in
Specialized expositions
Previous	{{{prevsuppl}}} in
Next	{{{nextsuppl}}} in
Horticultural expositions
Previous	{{{prevunho}}} in
Next	{{{nextunho}}} in
Simultaneous
Universal	{{{simuni}}}
Specialized	{{{simspe}}}
Horticultural (AIPH)	{{{simhor}}}
Other	{{{simoth}}}
Internet
Website	{{{website}}}

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Usage

This template is designed to supply information on world's fairs, official BIE recognized, Universal, Specialized and Horticultural exhibitions as well as unofficial non-BIE exhibitions.

Parameters

Parameter list and definitions

Name	Parameter	Required	Definition
Infobox width	box_width	No	Width of infobox, default: 25em; Note: use auto for automatic width
Class	class	Yes	Expo class; Universal or Specialized or Horticultural or Triennial; default:Unrecognized
Category	category	No	Expo sub category, applies only to Universal or Specialized class Expos; Universal: 0=Historical, 1=First category, 2=Second category, 3=World Expo (governed by the third BIE convention) Specialized: 2=governed by the second BIE convention, 3=governed by the third BIE convention although adding 10 to the category will override the standard EXPO header and display the name instead
Image	image	No	Filename of image
Image width	image_width	No	Size of image, default: 250px
Caption	caption	No	Caption of image
Year	year	Yes	The year(s) this Expo was held
Overview section
Name	name	No	Full name of the fair (adding 10 to the category will override the standard EXPO header and display the name instead)
Motto	motto	No	Motto of the fair
Building	building	No	Landmark built for or related to the fair (e.g. The Eiffeltower)
Area	area	No	Area of land used by the fair
Invention(s)	invent	No	Invention(s) first shown in public
Visitors	visitors	No	Number of visitors
Organized	organized	No	Name of expo-commissioner/president or organizing body
Mascot	mascot	No	Mascot for the fair
Participant(s) section
Countries	cnt	No	Number of participating countries and dependencies
Organizations	org	No	Number of participating (international) organizations, agencies and institutions
Business	biz	No	Number of participating commercial entities
Location section
Country	country	No	No flags here please, per WP:ICONDECORATION
City	city	Yes
Venue	venue	No	place in the city where the Expo is held
Coordinates	coord	No	topographical coordinates of the venue
Timeline section
Bidding	cand	No	Date or Year candidacy was filed at BIE
Award	award	No	Date or Year the expo was awarded by government or BIE
Opening	open	No	Date the fair was opened
Closure	close	No	Date the fair was closed
Same-class Expositions section
Previous	prevexpo	No	link to the article regarding, or name of, the previous world's fair of the same BIE-class
Previouscity	prevcity	No	link to the article regarding, or name of, the city where the previous world's fair of the same BIE-class was held
Next	nextexpo	No	link to the article regarding, or name of, the next world's fair of the same BIE-class
Nextcity	nextcity	No	link to the article regarding, or name of, the city where the next world's fair of the same BIE-class will be held
Supplementary section
Supplementary	suppl	No	Used to mention a supplementary series of expositions other than the BIE-class of this exposition (e.g. the previous and next Specialized exposition in case of a universal exposition or vice versa, or an other series of which the exposition is part at the same time)
Previous	prevsuppl	No	link to the article regarding, or name of, the previous world's fair of the same supplementary series
Previouscity	prevsupcity	No	link to the article regarding, or name of, the city where the previous world's fair of the same supplementary series was held
Next	nextsuppl	No	link to the article regarding, or name of, the next world's fair of the same supplementary series
Nextcity	nextsupcity	No	link to the article regarding, or name of, the city where the next world's fair of the same supplementary series will be held
Previous	prevunho	No	link to the article regarding, or name of, the previous world's fair of universal or horticultural class reversed to main series
in	prevunhocity	No	link to the article regarding, or name of, the city where the previous world's fair of universal or horticultural class reversed to main series
Next	nextunho	No	link to the article regarding, or name of, the next world's fair of universal or horticultural class reversed to main series
in	nextunhocity	No	link to the article regarding, or name of, the city where the next world's fair of universal or horticultural class reversed to main series
Simultaneous section
Universal	simuni	No	link to the article regarding, or name of, the universal exposition in the same year (e.g. 1992 Universal Expo in the Genova 1992 infobox)
Specialized	simspe	No	link to the article regarding, or name of, the specialized exposition in the same year (e.g. Genova 1992 in the 1992 Universal Expo infobox)
Horticultural	simhor	No	link to the article regarding, or name of, the horticultural exposition in the same year (e.g. Floriade 1992 in the 1992 Universal Expo infobox)
Other	simoth	No	link to the article regarding, or name of, one or more unrecognized exposition(s) in the same year
Internet section
Website	website	No	URL of website(s)

Blank syntax

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Example

{{Infobox World's Fair | box_width = | class = Universal | category = 0 | image = Crystal Palace from the northeast.jpg | image_width = | caption = The Great Exhibition 1851 | year = 1851 | name = Great Exhibition | motto = Everyone competing | building = Crystal Palace | area = 10.5 hectares | invent = Telegraph, Vulcanised rubber | visitors = 10 mln | organized = | cnt = 20 | org = 3 | biz = 510 | country = United Kingdom | city = London | venue = Hyde Park | coord = | cand = 1849 | award = 1849 | open = 1 May 1851 | close = 11 October 1851 | prevexpo = none | prevcity = | nextexpo = Exposition Universelle | nextcity = Paris | suppl = Empire Exhibitions | prevsuppl = Pottery expo | prevsupcity = Dundee (1812) | nextsuppl = Shamrock international | nextsupcity = Dublin | prevunho = | prevunhocity = | nextunho = Flower Power 1875 | nextunhocity = Kew | simuni = | simspe = Kite exhibit Hong Kong | simhor = Botanic 1851 Merseyside | simoth = Canons and guns Baltimore | website = }}

1851 London The Great Exhibition 1851 Overview BIE-class Universal exposition Category Historical Expo Name Great Exhibition Motto Everyone competing Building(s) Crystal Palace Area 10.5 hectares Invention(s) Telegraph, Vulcanised rubber Visitors 10 mln Participant(s) Countries 20 Organizations 3 Business 510 Location Country United Kingdom City London Venue Hyde Park Timeline Bidding 1849 Awarded 1849 Opening 1 May 1851 Closure 11 October 1851 Universal expositions Previous none Next Exposition Universelle in Paris Empire Exhibitions Previous Pottery expo in Dundee (1812) Next Shamrock international in Dublin Horticultural expositions Next Flower Power 1875 in Kew Simultaneous Specialized Kite exhibit Hong Kong Horticultural (AIPH) Botanic 1851 Merseyside Other Canons and guns Baltimore

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