Template:Publisher

Publisher

Greyhawk Online (GHO)
The GHO logo as it appears for the Oerth Journal.
GHO owner, Kristoph Noplen, presenting Erik Mona with the first print copy of OJ (2019).
Type:	Third-party publisher
Headquarters:	NJ
Formerly:	The Council of Greyhawk
Founded:	May 2003
Founder:	Issac Haywood
Owner:	K. Nolen
Key People:	All the fan contributors!
Products:	Oerth Journal, Great Library of Greyhawk wiki
Website:	GreyhawkOnline.com

This template is for use in any article about publishing companies of any size which are not self-published individuals. It may be used for publishers of the World of Greyhawk campaign setting, licensed companies, or others related tagentially to Greyhawk.

The all parameters are optional, if left undefined they will not appear. The recommended image size is a width of 250px so that it will completely fill the infobox without increasing its size.

Usage

Paramter Text

Copy and paste the following parameters onto the page you are creating. Copy the entire block, even if they are not filled in.

{{Publisher
| name        = 
| logo        = <!-- [[File:ExampleFileName.jpg|250px|Don't place caption here.]]  -->
| caption     = 
| image       = <!-- [[File:ExampleFileName.jpg|250px|Don't place caption here.]]  -->
| caption2    = 
| type        = 
| hq_location = 
| predecessor = 
| founded     = <!-- If known: Start date as "Day Month Year, in City, Country" -->
| founder     = 
| defunct     = <!-- End date as "Day Month Year" -->
| successor   = 
| parent      = 
| owner       = 
| key_people  = 
| products    = 
| website     = <!-- [https://samplesite.com Site Name Here] -->
}}

Description of fields

No fields are mandatory but fill in as many fields as possible.

• name: publisher name, especially if article title has a disambiguation clarifier (e.g.—"Awesome Fiction (publisher)"). The name of the puiblisher is automatically generated; only use the name parameter if the "official" name differs substantially from the page name.
• logo: An image of the company logo; make sure it is fair use if uploading. Do not use a thumbnail ("|thumb") or include a caption but include the file name without square brackets. [[LikeThisExample.png]]
• caption: a caption for the logo above; not a description of the logo.
• image: a secondary image representative of the company, such as: a group staff photo, the owner, the headquarters building, etc.
• caption2: a caption for the image above.
• headquarters: City and country where the headquarters of the publisher are located (do not use the headquarters of a parent company).
• type: what kind of publisher this is: official, IP Holder, Third Party, fan group, etc.
• predecessor: The name(s) of any predecessor(s) of the company. If the company has two or more predecessors, list them alphabetically.
• founded: Year the company was started, if known. Use "Day Month Year" format.
• founder: Name of the founder(s); [[wikilink]] if possible.
• defunct: The year (or, more specifically, if known, the date) the company became defunct/legally dissolved. Use "Day Month Year" format. Include reason(s) the company became defunct, or the name of the entity that acquired or merged with it.

Examples

Dissolved on 28 Mar 1991.

Acquired by Greyhawk Publishing, inc. in Nov 2036.

• successor:
• parent: If a subsidiary, include the parent company.
• owner: The name(s) of primary owner(s) of the company, listed alphabetically if equally held.
• key_people: Up to four key individuals closely associated with the company, such as CEO
• products: A representative selection of the company's well-known current or former products, listed alphabetically. If there is more than one entry, use to format the entries.
• website or url: Specify the official website. [https://samplesite.com Site Name Here]