Editing Encyclopedia:Timeline standards (section)

==Layout for year pages==

''Here is the format for the Year pages. Note: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Years]] is working on minor updates for this version.''

===Infobox===
Each year should have an infobox at the top right. The templates will be the template {{tl|yearbox}} followed by the template {{tl|C21YearInTopic}} (or applicable centuries template).

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">{{yearbox|
| in?=
| cp=20th century
| c=21st century 
| cf=22nd century
| yp1=2001
| yp2=2002
| yp3=2003
| year=2004
| ya1=2005
| ya2=2006
| ya3=2007
 
| dp3=1970s
| dp2=1980s
| dp1=1990s
| d=2000s
| dn1=2010s
| dn2=2020s
| dn3=2030s
}}
{{C21YearInTopic}}
</syntaxhighlight>

===Intro section===
The first sentence in the introduction explains that the page is for a year and not a number. This statement should only be included if the number is on the [[List of numbers]] page. The second introduction sentence will describe the year (a link to a calendar) and the type of calendar the year belongs to. The following sentence lists any official designation the year has.

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 {{about|the year|the number|2004 (number)}}

 '''2004''' is a [[leap year starting on Thursday]] of the [[Gregorian calendar]]. It was designated the:

 * ''International Year of [[Rice]]'' (by the [[United Nations]])
 * ''International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against [[Slavery]] and its Abolition'' (by [[UNESCO]])
 * ''Year of the Monkey'' (by the [[Chinese calendar]])
</syntaxhighlight>

===Sections===
===Events===
The events section is divided into months, each month has a calendar at the beginning and lists any ''important'' events that occurred. The month header once linked to the particular month in the year (''if'' the page exists, e.g. January 2004), but doesn't anymore. ''Every item'' links to the day.

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