Wikipedia:WikiProject Pokémon/Pokémon species/doc

Usage

The sections in red should not be edited under any circumstances. They're part of the structure of the infobox. The black sections should be replaced with the appropriate text.

{{Pokémon species
|image=[[Image:the name of an image of the Pokémon|the width of the image, expressed in pixelspx]]
|name=the Pokémon’s name goes here
|number=the Pokémon’s 3-digit National Pokédex number
|preceding=[[the name of the Pokémon immediately preceding this Pokémon in the National Pokédex*]]
|following=[[the Pokémon immediately following this Pokémon in the National Pokédex*]]
|johtonumber=the Pokémon’s 3-digit Johto Pokédex number
|johtopreceding=[[the Pokémon immediately preceding this Pokémon in the Johto Pokédex*]]
|johtofollowing=[[the Pokémon immediately following this Pokémon in the Johto Pokédex*]]
|hoennnumber=the Pokémon’s 3-digit Hoenn Pokédex number
|hoennpreceding=[[the Pokémon immediately preceding this Pokémon in the Hoenn Pokédex*]]
|hoennfollowing=[[the Pokémon immediately following this Pokémon in the Hoenn Pokédex*]]
|shinounumber=the Pokémon's 3-digit Sinnoh Pokédex number]]
|shinoupreceding=[[the Pokémon immediately preceding this Pokémon in the Sinnoh Pokédex*]]
|shinoufollowing=[[the Pokémon immediately following this Pokémon in the Sinnoh Pokédex*]]
|japanname=the Japanese name of this Pokémon. Use only official Romanizations; i.e. "Lizardon" as opposed to "Rizādon"
|evolvesfrom=[[the Pokémon this Pokémon evolves from; if there’s none, just put ''None'' **]]
|evolvesto=[[the Pokémon this Pokémon evolves into; if there’s none, just put ''None'' ***]]
|generation=the generation in which it was introduced
|species=the species name of this Pokémon
|stage=the Pokémon’s evolutionary stage
|type=the Pokémon’s primary type
|type2=the Pokémon’s secondary type or leave blank, if none
|height=the Pokémon’s height in feet and inches, with unit included, in the format: # [[foot (unit of length)|ft]] # [[inch|in]]
|metricheight=the Pokémon’s height in meters, without units
|weight=the Pokémon’s weight in pounds, without units
|metricweight=the Pokémon’s weight in kilograms, without units
|ability=the Pokémon’s possible Pokémon abilities in the 3rd generation and later
}}

Make sure you remove any asterisks from the template Wikisyntax before posting.

* - If one of the preceding or following Pokémon has an article name that isn’t identical to the Pokémon’s name (e.g. Jynx (Pokémon)), instead put this: [[article name|article]]

For example, for Jynx, you would put: [[Jynx (Pokémon)|Jynx]]

** - If the Pokémon only has a pre-evolution in certain games, add a note: <br /><small>(''only in [[whichever game(s)]] and later'')</small>|

*** - If the Pokémon only has an evolved form in certain games, add a note: <br /><small>(''only in [[whichever game(s)]] and later'')</small>|