Template:Hkcpt/doc

Purpose
This template has been created for use in the season articles for Hell's Kitchen (American TV series). Its purpose is to ensure a consistent colour key across all season articles while complying with accessibility requirements. Wording for the template was chosen carefully so as to correctly apply to all seasons of the TV program. Accordingly, any changes should be made based on consensus formed on the talk page. The title is an acronym for "hell's kitchen contestant progress table". To use the template, place  immediately below the "contestant progress" table.

Parameters
The template has a single parameter that is only used in some seasons.
 * : During early seasons, the terms "best of the best" (BoB) and "best of the worst" (BoW) were used. For these seasons only,  should be set to "1". i.e.   is used in the article.

Key notes
The following apply regardless of circumstances:
 * Chef was eliminated without nomination - Any eliminations at the "end" of the episode (winning team, sick/absent, not called but spontaneously picked without explanation)
 * Chef was eliminated during service - Any mid-episode eliminations

Where there are factors not explained in the key, this should be explained in a note used in the individual table cell formatted using "ref" tags. Use of  is required in order for the note to appear in the "Notes" section at the end of the table.
 * e.g.

Key colors
The colours used in this template are:
 * (tomato) Chef was eliminated after nomination
 * (violet) Chef was eliminated without nomination
 * (tan) Chef withdrew from the competition
 * (lightblue) Chef was eliminated during service
 * (pink) Chef was retained after nomination
 * (limegreen) The winner of Hell's Kitchen
 * (#D0F0C0) The runner-up of Hell's Kitchen