Board Thread:Support Requests - Designing Your Wiki/@comment-6102223-20130509230535/@comment-3478335-20130510001500

The table you're talking about is usually called an infobox. Generally infboxes are templates.

You can do a lot with templates and infoboxes depending on what their intended function is and what information you want displayed. There is some reading martial on wiki and one of the best ways to learn is to try creating simple infoboxes/templates on your own or by seeing what other wikis have done.

Basic links:
 * Help:Infobox
 * Help:Templates, has a couple of videos as well.

The template in question Infobox election and it's full code.