Template:SB-Original

Header for articles mirrored from sheldonbrown.com. the author's photo (Sheldon Brown by default, centred, linking to the "eagle" page), byline and origin box as in the original; the external elements of the original page head — PayPal donate button (a link to the donation page, the original's form cannot be embedded in a wiki), "Find us on Facebook" badge and the links to translations on other sites — are grouped in a box floating on the right. Place at the top of the article, directly below the (automatic) page title.

Parameters

• url — full URL of the original page (required)
• byline — byline line as on the original, default: by Sheldon Brown
• subbyline — second byline line, e.g. revised by John Allen
• photo — author photo shown in the page head of the original (file name as uploaded, e.g. allensm.jpg for John Allen's articles); default: Sheldon Brown's photo Scb eagle contact.jpeg; none for no photo (articles by other authors whose original shows none)
• photoalt — alt text / caption of that photo, default Sheldon Brown photo
• photolink — link target of the photo if the original does not link it to the eagle page (e.g. John Allen's photo linking to john-s-allen.com)
• translations — the translation links of the original, e.g. Chinese ; omit if the original lists none
• donate — PayPal hosted_button_id, default the site-wide button of sheldonbrown.com
• updated — "Last Updated" date of the original page, if given there
• imported — date of the import (YYYY-MM-DD)

Example

{{SB-Original|url=https://www.sheldonbrown.com/brake-choices.html|byline=by [https://www.sheldonbrown.com/home.html Sheldon "Stop!" Brown]|subbyline=revised by [https://john-s-allen.com John "Gimme 2 brakes" Allen]|translations=[https://www.sheldonbrown.com/translations.html Chinese] [[File:Chineseflag.png|40x28px|link=https://www.sheldonbrown.com/translations.html|alt=Chinese flag]]|imported=2026-09-20}}

Not reproduced: the Facebook "Like/Share" widget (JavaScript). Use together with Template:SB-Footer and, if a German translation exists, Template:SB-Translation.