# வார்ப்புரு:Infobox Olympic games/doc

## Parameters

### Cells

| **Host city** | <code>host_city</code> | This parameter is used to input the city that is hosing the games and its sovereign state. It should be presented in the format of , with the country not being wikilinked per manual of style guidelines. For example, if the parameters are set to the values representing the 2006 Winter Olympics, "<code>2006</code>" and "<code>Winter</code>", the data for this cell will appear as "" |  |
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| **Motto** | <code>motto</code> | This parameter is used to input the official motto of the games. If there are multiple mottos for a particular games, a consensus should preferably be reached to use the most common and recognised one. The motto should be presented in *italicised form*, using two typewriter apostrophes (<code></code>) before and after the text. If the motto is not in English, an English translation must be presented first, above the motto in its original language in parentheses on a new line using formatting, and prefixed with the name of the language with a wikilink to the article on that language. For example, the motto of the 2004 Summer Olympics should be written up as:<pre></pre> |  |
| **Nations** | <code>nations</code> | This parameter is used to input the number of National Olympic Committees (NOCs) present at the games. A simple number input is highly encouraged here, regardless of any special event or occasion, such as the merging of two or more nations in a single team for a particular games, which can be detailed in the article body instead. For example, the input for this parameter in the 1988 Winter Olympics article, where 57 NOCs competed, would simply be "". |  |
| **Athletes** | <code>athletes</code> | This parameter is used to input the number of athletes that competed at the games. A total figure should be presented first in front of the number of men and women competing in parentheses following it. For example, the input for this parameter in the article for the 1996 Summer Olympics, where 6,797 men and 3,523 women competed, should be presented as "". |  |
| **Events** | <code>events</code> | This parameter is used to list the number of events that took place at the games, along with the number of sports and disciplines features. It is preferably presented in the "". For example, if the parameters are set to the values representing the 1956 Winter Olympics, "<code>1956</code>" and "<code>Winter</code>", the data for this cell will appear as "". |  |
| **Opening** | <code>opening</code> | These parameters are used to present the date of the games' opening and closing ceremonies in a simple "" format, such as "" and "" for the 2012 Summer Olympics, when the two parameters are set to "<code>2012</code>" and "<code>Summer</code>". Two <code></code> parser functions are also used to check if wikipedia articles exist for the opening and/or closing ceremonies. If so, a wikilink to that article will be placed in the **Opening** and/or **Closing** cell headers. |  |
| **Closing** | <code>closing</code> |  |  |
| **Opened by** | <code>opened_by</code> | This parameter is used to input the name of the person who officially opened the games at the opening ceremony. Their formal shorthand title, followed by their common name is highly encouraged. For example, in the article for the 2000 Summer Olympics, the name of the person who opened the games, the knighted then-Governor-General of Australia William Deane, should be presented in this parameter as "". |  |
| **Cauldron** | <code>cauldron</code> | This parameter is used to input the common name of the person or people who, at the opening ceremony, lit the Olympic cauldron. Any special citizenship titles, such as the knighthood of "Sir", may be appropriate, but only if they held those titles at the time of the opening ceremony. If multiple people were involved with lighting the cauldron, a format is highly encouraged. |  |
| **Stadium** | <code>stadium</code> | This parameter is used to display the stadium that hosted the opening ceremony of the games. The common, non-sponsorship name of the venue is presented in this cell, with a wikilink to the article about the venue. For example, the article for the 2010 Winter Olympics, which will have the <code>1</code> and <code>2</code> parameters set to "<code>2010</code>" and "<code>Winter</code>", will display "" in this cell. | } |