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Typical variable lists

Some suggested lists of variables:

Headquarters

{{genericbox
|era=[see below]
|name=
|image=
|caption=
|era=
|debut=
|first_used=
|left=
|status=
|location=
|users=
|other_names=
}}

Species

{{genericbox
|era=
|name=
|image=
|caption=
|era=
|debut_indv=
|debut_soc=
|status=<!--stable, settled, decimated, extinct, etc -->
|planet=
|affiliations=
|aliases=
|rulers=
|members=
|powers=
|ov_preboot=
|ov_reboot=
|ov_threeboot=
|ov_television=
}}

Object

{{genericbox
|era=
|name=
|image=
|caption=
|era=
|debut=
|users=
|manufacturers=
|other_names=
|function=
}}

Full variable list

{{genericbox
|era=
|name=
|name2=
|elseworld=[only if the era is elseworlds!]
|era2=
|elseworld2=
|era3=
|elseworld3=
|image=
|caption=
|debut=
|debut_indv=
|debut_soc=
|first_used=
|left=
|status=
|location=
|users=
|manufacturers=
|other_names=
|aliases=
|function=
|planet=
|affiliations=
|aliases=
|rulers=
|members=
|powers=
|ov_preboot=
|ov_reboot=
|ov_threeboot=
|ov_television=
}}

Eras

Use the following in the era= variable. e.g., for Pre-Crisis comics, use

|era=precrisis

:

Continuity family
Era	variable
Preboot Pre-Crisis (until Feb 1986) precrisis Post-Crisis (Mar 1986-Aug 1989) postcrisis Five Years Later/Glorithverse (Aug 1989-Aug 1994) 5yl Retroboot (overlaps with Threeboot Aug 2006-Jan 2009, main Feb 2009-Aug 2011) retroboot Post-Flashpoint (Sep 2011-present) postfp
Reboot Post-Zero Hour (Aug 1994-Oct 2004) postzh Earth-247 (never main version, occasional use May 2006 onward) e247
Threeboot Earth-Prime (Oct 2004-Jan 2009, occasional use thereafter) eprime
Television Based on Legion of Super Heroes cartoon lshcartoon Based on DCAU (Superman: TAS, Justice League Unlimited) dcau
Elseworlds Any, use |elseworld=NAME to specify elseworlds