Template:Infobox writer/Wikidata/doc
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Infobox writer may be used to summarize information about a person who is a writer/author (includes screenwriters).
If the writer-specific fields here are not needed, consider using the more general {{Infobox person}}; other infoboxes there can be found in Category:People and person infobox templates.
This template may also be used as a module (or sub-template) of {{Infobox person}}; see WikiProject Infoboxes/embed for guidance on such usage.
Usage
[edit]Basic
[edit]Without fetchwikidata
[edit]Infobox writer/Wikidata/doc | |
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Website | |
tolstoy |
Omitting fetchwikidata
and providing no other parameters will limit the display to a few properties, such as the title of the current page, the image if in Wikidata, and the website if in Wikidata.
The code for the infobox on the right is:
{{Infobox person/Wikidata | qid=Q7243}}
![]() | Note that the qid should be omitted when the template is being used on a Wikipedia page that is linked to a Wikidata item, such as an article in the mainspace. |
With fetchwikidata=ALL
[edit]Infobox writer/Wikidata/doc | |
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Born | 28 August 1828 (in Julian calendar) ![]() Yasnaya Polyana ![]() |
Died | 7 November 1910 (in Julian calendar) ![]() Astapovo ![]() |
Pen name | Л. Н. ![]() |
Occupation | Writer, playwright, philosopher ![]() |
Language | Russian language ![]() |
Notable work | Anna Karenina War and Peace ![]() |
Notable awards | Medal In memory of 50th anniversary of defence of Sevastopol ![]() |
Spouse | Sophia Tolstaya ![]() |
Children | Lev Lvovich Tolstoy, Maria L'vovna Tolstaya ![]() |
Signature | ![]() |
Website | |
tolstoy |
Using fetchwikidata
will display additional properties from Wikidata. This template requires most Wikidata properties to have a reference to be displayed here. Unreferenced Wikidata properties are thus usually greylisted.
The default name is the current page, which will be displayed at the top of the infobox.
The code for the infobox on the right is:
{{Infobox person/Wikidata | qid=Q7243 | fetchwikidata=ALL}}
Again, note that the qid should be omitted when the template is being used on a Wikipedia page that is linked to a Wikidata item, such as a page in the article namespace.
Parameter overrides and suppression while using fetchwikidata=ALL
[edit]Leo Tolstoy | |
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![]() Л. Н. Толстой в Ясной Поляне. Фото С. М. Прокудина-Горского. 23 мая 1908 года. | |
Born | 28 August 1828 (in Julian calendar) Yasnaya Polyana (Russian Empire) |
Died | 7 November 1910 (in Julian calendar) (aged 82) Astapovo (Russian Empire) |
Occupation | Author |
Works | Anna Karenina, War and Peace See Leo Tolstoy bibliography |
Spouse(s) | Sophia Tolstaya |
Awards |
|
Website | http://tolstoy.ru |
Signature | |
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- Adding a parameter/value will override the value from Wikidata or the default value.
- Adding the
suppressfields
will produce a disallowlist that is delimited by spaces.
{{Infobox person/Wikidata | qid=<Wikidata item qid> | fetchwikidata=ALL | <parameter>=<value> | suppressfields=<parameter> <parameter> [...]}}
The code for the infobox on the right is:
{{Infobox person/Wikidata | qid=Q7243 | fetchwikidata=ALL | name=Leo Tolstoy | noicon=on | occupation=Author | suppressfields=pseudonym children}}
Note that the name
on the infobox has changed from the default page name to Leo Tolstoy, that noicon
has caused the default pencil icons to be replaced with an [edit on Wikidata] link in the bottom right of the infobox, and that the Pen name and Children no longer appear.
Please do not use the qid in the article namespace unless the article is not linked to Wikidata.
Adding parameters that cannot be retrieved from Wikidata
[edit]Sometimes an infobox cannot display a value becuase the parameter does have a corresponding property value for the Wikidata item. Also, if there is a property value for the Wikidata item, but no reference, it may not display in the template. In these cases, one may add the parameter to display a value.
For instance, if there is no image in the Wikidata item, but there is non-free content in English Wikipedia, then one may add the |image=
parameter and the file name to display it in the infobox.
Similarly, many times an image may exist for the Wikidata item without a media legend (P2096) in English. In this case, one may use the |caption=
and |alt=
parameters.
Editors should consider adding missing parameters as property values to the Wikidata item, along with a reference when feasible. That would enable not only the retrieval and display for that in English Wikipedia, but also for other language Wikipedias and Wikimedia projects.
There are some parameters that do not retrieve Wikidata values, but instead alter other properties of the infobox. Examples include the |image_size=
, |image_upright=
, and |portaldisp=
parameters.
Syntax using full parameter set in vertical format
[edit]{{{honorific_prefix}}} {{{name}}} {{{honorific_suffix}}} | |
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[[File:{{{image}}}|{{{image_size}}}|alt={{{alt}}}|upright={{{image_upright}}}]] {{{caption}}} | |
Native name | {{{native_name}}} |
Born | {{{birth_name}}} {{{birth_date}}} {{{birth_place}}} |
Died | {{{death_date}}} {{{death_place}}} |
Resting place | {{{resting_place}}} |
Pen name | {{{pseudonym}}} |
Occupation | {{{Occupation}}} |
Language | {{{language}}} |
Residence | {{{residence}}} |
Nationality | {{{nationality}}} |
Citizenship | {{{citizenship}}} |
Education | {{{education}}} |
Alma mater | {{{alma_mater}}} |
Period | {{{period}}} |
Genre | {{{Genre}}} or {{{genres}}} |
Subject | {{{subject}}} or {{{subjects}}} |
Literary movement | {{{movement}}} |
Notable works | {{{notableworks}}} or {{{notablework}}} |
Notable awards | {{{awards}}} |
Years active | {{{years_active}}} |
Spouse | {{{spouse}}} or {{{spouses}}} |
Partner | {{{partner}}} or {{{partners}}} |
Children | {{{children}}} |
Relatives | {{{relatives}}} |
Signature | [[File:{{{signature}}} |frameless|upright=0.72|alt={{{signature_alt}}}]] |
{{{module}}} | |
Website | |
{{{website}}} | |
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The infobox may be added by pasting the template as shown below into an article. All fields are optional. Any unused parameter names can be left blank or omitted.
{{Infobox writer
| name =
| embed =
| honorific_prefix =
| honorific_suffix =
| image =
| image_size =
| image_upright =
| alt =
| caption =
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
| pseudonym =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = <!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| birth_place =
| death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| death_place =
| resting_place =
| occupation =
| language =
| residence =
| nationality = <!-- use only when necessary per [[WP:INFONAT]] -->
| citizenship =
| education =
| alma_mater =
| period =
| genre = <!-- or: | genres = -->
| subject = <!-- or: | subjects = -->
| movement =
| notableworks = <!-- or: | notablework = -->
| spouse = <!-- or: | spouses = -->
| partner = <!-- or: | partners = -->
| children =
| relatives =
| awards =
| signature =
| signature_alt =
| years_active =
| module =
| website = <!-- {{URL|example.org}} -->
| portaldisp = <!-- "on", "yes", "true", etc; or omit -->
}}
Parameters
[edit]Please remove any parameters from an article's infobox that are unlikely to be used.
All parameters are optional.
Parameter | Default | Explanation |
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name | Wikidata label (en) (Or Page name) | Insert name of the person. Use the common name, typically name of article. If omitted it defaults to the name of the article; if present but blank, the header is omitted. Note: Do not add icons or other images. |
embed | Set to 'yes' if embedded in another infobox template. | |
honorific_prefix | Honorifics that go before the name, e.g. "Lady", "Sir" | |
honorific_suffix | Honorifics that go after the name, e.g. "MBE" | |
image | image (P18) | Insert image name. Use only the file name such as abc.jpg, xyz.png, 123.gif, etc. Do not use syntax such as [[File:abc.jpg]] or [[File:abc.jpg|200px]] Only free-content images are allowed for depicting living people. Non-free and "fair use" images, e.g., promo photos, CD/DVD covers, posters, screen captures, etc., will be deleted. See WP:NONFREE. |
image_upright | Scales the image thumbnail from its default size by the given factor. Values less than 1 scale the image down (0.9 = 90%) and values greater than 1 scale the image up (1.15 = 115%). Note: Parameter not supported as of April 2017. | |
image_size | Size to display image: 200px (set width), or 200x300px (max width & max height). This defaults to 200px if empty or omitted. | |
alt | The alt attribute for the image, for readers who cannot see the image. See WP:ALT. | |
caption | image (P18), qualifier media legend (P2096) | Caption for the image. Try to include the date the image was created. |
native_name | Name in local language. If more than one, separate using {{Plainlist}} | |
native_name_lang | A language tag, e.g. "fr" for French. If more than one, use {{lang}} inside native_name instead | |
pseudonym | pseudonym (P742) | Any of the person's aliases or pen names. Separate entries with a comma "," followed by a blank space. Please do not separate entries with a line break <br />. |
nickname | nickname (P1449) | Nickname(s) other than pen names. |
birth_name | birth name (P1477) | Insert person's name at birth (or christening if name at birth is unavailable). |
birth_date | date of birth (P569) | Insert the person's birth date if known as: month day, year or day month year as appropriate. For a living person consider using:
Otherwise use:
In either case, add |
birth_place | place of birth (P19) | Insert the person's place of birth if known as: town, city, state, country. Note: Do not add flag icons to the birthplace. See: Wikipedia:Manual of Style (flags). |
death_date | date of death (P570) | Note: Using this field will also change the background display color of the name at the top of the infobox to silver.
If the person is still living, leave this parameter blank. Insert the persons date of death if known as: month day, year or day month year as appropriate. When the full birth date and death date are known, use the following:
Add
|
death_place | place of death (P20) | Insert the persons place of death if known as: town, city, state, country. Note: Do not add flag icons to the deathplace. See: Wikipedia:Manual of Style (flags). |
resting_place | place of burial (P119) | Place of burial, ash-scattering, etc. |
occupation | occupation (P106) | Insert the type of person: novelist, short story person, journalist, etc. Separate entries with a comma "," followed by a blank space. Please do not separate entries with a line break <br />. |
language | languages spoken, written or signed (P1412) | Language of published writings. |
residence | Location(s) where the person notably resides/resided, if different from birthplace. Do not use a flag template. | |
nationality | Nationality of person. Use only when necessary per WP:INFONAT | |
citizenship | country of citizenship (P27) | Citizenship of person. |
education | academic degree (P512) | The degree(s) obtained by the person. |
alma_mater | educated at (P69) | The alma mater, or college or universities where the person studied. If more than one, indicate ones where they obtained their degree(s) or graduated from. |
period | work period (start) (P2031) to work period (end) (P2032) | Dates from first publication to last publication. |
genre | genre (P136) | All genres that the person wrote in. (fiction persons) Separate entries with a comma "," followed by a blank space. Please do not separate entries with a line break <br />. |
subject | All subjects that the person wrote about. (non-fiction persons) Separate entries with a comma "," followed by a blank space. Please do not separate entries with a line break <br />. | |
movement | Insert the literary movement associated with or involving the person. Separate entries with a comma "," followed by a blank space. Please do not separate entries with a line break <br />. | |
notableworks | notable work (P800) | Names of notable works (WP:NN). Separate entries with a line break (<br />). If there is a dispute between editors over what is or is not a notable work, it should be brought up on the article's talk page. If no consensus can be developed for a particular person, the notableworks parameter should be marked with: <!-- Please do not add notable works to this article. See talk page as mutual consensus could not be achieved on this article. --> |
spouse | spouse (P26) | Name of spouse(s), followed by years of marriage. Use the format Name (1950–present) for current spouse and Name (1970–1999) for former spouse(s). Separate entries using {{Plainlist}}. |
partner | unmarried partner (P451) | Name of long-term unmarried partner(s) (e.g., domestic partner). Separate multiple entries using {{Plainlist}}. |
children | child (P40), fallback to number of children (P1971) | Number of children (e.g., 3), or list of children names. Separate entries using {{Plainlist}}. |
relatives | Names of parents, siblings or other relatives. Include the relationship in parentheses after the name (father, sister, uncle, etc.). Separate entries using {{Plainlist}}. | |
influences | No longer supported. Please move cited/citable instances into prose. | |
influenced | No longer supported. Please move cited/citable instances into prose. | |
awards | award received (P166) | Insert any notable awards the person has won. Consider using the template: {{Awards|award|year|title|role}} Separate entries using {{Plainlist}}. Note: Do not add icons or other images. |
signature | signature (P109) | An image of the person's signature. Image is displayed at a width of 128px, same format as {{Infobox person}}, {{Infobox officeholder}} and {{Infobox philosopher}}. |
signature_alt | Alternative text for signature. Write out the signature exactly as it appears in the image, including punctuation. For accessibility. | |
years_active | Date range in years during which the subject was active in their principal occupation(s) and/or other activity for which they are notable. Use the format 1950–2000, or 1970–present if still active (note the use of an en dash, not hyphen). If no dates of birth and/or death are known for the subject, only a floruit date range, as is common with ancient subjects, this parameter can be used for it. If approximate (circa) dates are known for either or both, put them in the birth_date and death_date parameters. | |
module | Used for embedding other infoboxes into this one. | |
website | official website (P856) | If the person has an official website enter it here. Do not enter unofficial, blogs or fan websites. Only one official website is allowed. If the person has more than one official website, only the most prominent should be listed in the infobox. All other websites should be listed in the article under ==External links==. Use {{URL}} as in {{URL|Example.com}}. Do not include the www. part, unless the server requires it. Use camel case capitalization to make multiword domain names easier to read. |
portaldisp | This is an optional parameter to display the literature portal link at the bottom of the infobox. Leaving this parameter blank will cause the literature portal link not to display. Setting this parameter to yes or y (case is insensitive) will display the literature portal link.
If there is a dispute between editors over whether this parameter should be used in the article, it should be brought up on the article's talk page. If no consensus can be developed for a particular person, the portaldisp parameter should be marked with: <!-- Please do not use this parameter in this article. See talk page as mutual consensus could not be achieved on this article. --> | |
noicon | no | Set to 'yes' to remove the Wikidata pencil links, and instead show an "Edit on Wikidata" link at the bottom |
qid | — | Set to a Wikidata QID to show information from that item rather than the one the template is used on |
suppressfields | — | If you want to suppress values from Wikidata that don't have local values, set this to a list of the parameter names |
fetchwikidata | ALL | If you want to only fetch some values from Wikidata rather than all available, set this to a list of the parameter names, with names separated with commas |
onlysourced | no | If you want to show values from Wikidata that don't have references, set this to "yes", with names separated with commas |
list | For Wikidata values that have multiple values, you can set this to a value, e.g. "hlist", which is then used to format the list. | |
refs | no | Set to 'yes' to display references from Wikidata |
dateformat | dmy | Defaults to N month Year format. Set to 'mdy' if Month N Year format is preferred instead. |
Use as a child template
[edit]The embed parameter is used when embedding this infobox into another.
This infobox may be used to create a genre-specific section within {{Infobox person}} (or similar biographical infobox templates) for cases where a person may be notable in more than one field; a generic example is shown below. For guidance on usage, see Wikipedia:Infobox modules. Also see the Template:Infobox documentation which explains embedding and subboxes.
{{Infobox person
| name =
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date =
| birth_place =
| <nowiki><!--</nowiki> ''[[et cetera|etc.]]'' <nowiki>--></nowiki>
| module =
<nowiki>{{</nowiki>{{{1|{{{template|<includeonly>{{BASEPAGENAME}}</includeonly><noinclude>EMBEDDED TEMPLATE NAME</noinclude>}}}}}} | {{#if:{{{parameter|}}} | {{{parameter}}}=yes | child=yes <nowiki><!--</nowiki> ''or'' embed=yes ''or'' subbox=yes <nowiki>--></nowiki>}}
| {{{2|{{{example_parameter1|parameter-1}}}}}} =
| {{{3|{{{example_parameter2|parameter-2}}}}}} =
| {{{4|{{{example_parameter3|parameter-3}}}}}} =
| {{{5|{{{example_parameter4|parameter-4}}}}}} =
| <nowiki><!--</nowiki> ''etc.'' <nowiki>--></nowiki>
}}
}}
TemplateData
[edit]TemplateData for Infobox writer/Wikidata
No description.
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
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Name | name | Name of the writer. If not provided, page name is used. | String | optional |
Embedded | embed | Set to 'yes' if embedded in another infobox template. | String | optional |
Honorific (prefix) | honorific_prefix | Honorifics that go before the name, e.g. 'Lady', 'Sir', 'Dr'. | String | optional |
Honorific (suffix) | honorific_suffix | Honorifics that go after the name, e.g. 'MBE'. | String | optional |
Native name | native_name | Name of the writer in his native languages(s). | String | optional |
Native name language | native_name_lang | A language tag e.g. 'fr' for French. | String | optional |
Image | image | Image of the writer | Page name | optional |
Image size | image_size imagesize | Width of an image in pixels | String | optional |
Image upright | image_upright | Width of an image in ratio | String | optional |
Image alternative text | alt | Alt text to display if the image specified by image_name does not display for whatever reason | String | optional |
Image caption | caption | Caption for the image. | String | optional |
Pseudonym | pseudonym | Name used by the artist(artist name) | String | optional |
Birth name | birth_name | Nomenclature at the time of birth | String | optional |
Birth date | birth_date | Date of birth and age of writer | Line | optional |
Birth place | birth_place | Writer's place of birth | String | optional |
Death date | death_date | Date of death of writer | Line | optional |
Death place | death_place | Writer's place of death | String | optional |
Resting place | resting_place | Place of writer's grave or ash scattering | String | optional |
Occupation | occupation | Occupation of writer | String | optional |
Language | language | Language of published writings | String | optional |
Nationality | nationality | Nationality of writer, use only when necessary per [[WP:INFONAT]] | String | optional |
Citizenship | citizenship | Writer's country of citizenship | String | optional |
Education | education | Degree obtained by writer | String | optional |
Alma mater | alma_mater | University or school that writer attended | String | optional |
Period | period | Dates from first publication to last publication | Line | optional |
Genre | genre | Writer's category of art. Separate entries with commas | String | optional |
Subject | subject | Subject of writings | String | optional |
Movement | movement | Literary movement associated with the writer | String | optional |
Notable works | notableworks | Notable works of writer | String | optional |
Spouse | spouse | Writer's spouse(s) | String | optional |
Partner | partner | Writer's partner(s) | String | optional |
Children | children | Writer's children | String | optional |
Relatives | relatives | Writer's relatives | String | optional |
Awards | awards | Awards won by writer | String | optional |
Signature | signature | File name of signature | Page name | optional |
Signature (alternative) | signature_alt | Alt text to display if the image specified by signature does not display for whatever reason | String | optional |
Years Active | years_active | Date range in years during which the subject was active in their principal occupation(s) and/or other activity for which they are notable. Use the format 1950–2000, or 1970–present if still active (note the use of an en dash, not hyphen). If no dates of birth and/or death are known for the subject, only a floruit date range, as is common with ancient subjects, this parameter can be used for it. If approximate (circa) dates are known for either or both, put them in the birth_date and death_date parameters. | String | optional |
Module | module | Used for embedding other infoboxes into this one | String | optional |
Website | website | Writer's website | String | optional |
Portal link | portaldisp | This is an optional parameter to display the literature portal link at the bottom of the infobox. Set this parameter to yes or y for enabling the portal link. | String | optional |
Microformat
[edit]The HTML markup produced by this template includes an hCard microformat, which makes the person's details parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue articles across Wikipedia or via a browser tool operated by a reader, to (for example) add the subject to an address book or database. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.
Sub-templates
[edit]Date-of-birth ("bday") information will only be included in the microformat if {{birth date}}, or {{birth date and age}} are used in the infobox. (Do not use these if the date is before 1583). Be cautious about using these if the person is still living, per WP:DOB.
To include a URL, use {{URL}}.
Please do not remove instances of these sub-templates.
Classes
[edit]hCard uses HTML classes including:
- adr
- agent
- bday
- birthplace
- category
- country-name
- deathdate
- deathplace
- extended-address
- family-name
- fn (required)
- given-name
- honorific-prefix
- honorific-suffix
- label
- locality
- n
- nickname
- note
- org
- role
- url
- vcard
Please do not rename or remove these classes nor collapse nested elements which use them.
Tracking categories
[edit]- Category:Biography template using pronunciation (274)
- Category:Biography template using bare URL in Web site parameter (0)
- Category:Pages using Infobox writer with unknown parameters (72)
See also
[edit]- {{Infobox person}}