| Infobox artist |
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This template is a customized wrapper for {{Infobox person}}. Any field from {{Infobox person}} can work. It will also emit the same hCard and Geo microformats as {{Infobox person}}. Questions? Just ask here or over at Template talk:Infobox person. |
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{{Infobox artist}} may be used in an article about a person who is an artist.
Usage
The infobox may be added to an article by pasting a version of the template as shown below.
| {{{name}}} | |
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| [[File:{{{image}}}|220px]] | |
| {{{caption}}} | |
| Born | {{{birth_date}}} |
| Spouse | {{{spouse}}} |
<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" style="overflow: auto">
| Infobox artist |
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</syntaxhighlight>
<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" style="overflow: auto">
| Infobox artist |
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</syntaxhighlight>
Parameters
This is a list of commonly-used parameters. For a complete list, see here.
| Parameter | Description | ||||||
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| honorific_prefix | Displayed on the line above the person's name (title, e.g. "Sir", "Lord") | ||||||
| name | Commonly-known name of person (defaults to article name, without disambiguation) | ||||||
| honorific_suffix | Displayed on the line below the person's name (initials like "OBE", "FRSA") | ||||||
| image * | A picture of or including the person. Use file name only, without the brackets and File: or Image: prefix (abc.jpg, xyz.png, etc.) | ||||||
| image_size * | Size to display image: 200px (set width), x300px (set height), or 200x300px (max width & max height). This defaults to frameless (default is 220px, but logged in users can change this by clicking on "my preferences" and adjusting thumbnail size) if empty or omitted. This parameter should not normally need to be set. | ||||||
| alt * | Alternative text for image, for visually impaired readers (see WP:ALT) | ||||||
| caption * | Caption to accompany image. If a (portrait) photograph of the person, try to include date of photo and photographer's name. | ||||||
| native_name | Name in the person's native language. If more than one, separate using {{plainlist}}. | ||||||
| native_name_lang | ISO 639-1 two-letter code for person's native language (e.g. "fr" for French). If more than one, use {{lang}} in <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|native_name= instead. | ||||||
| birth_name | Name at birth, if different from name | ||||||
| birth_date | Date of birth. If the person is living, use {{Birth date and age}}, {{Birth-date and age}}, or {{Birth year and age}}. If deceased, use {{Birth date}} or {{Birth date text}}. Use plain text for partial dates. Example: {{Birth date and age|1950|8|26}} if born August 26, 1950 Example: {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1950|8|26}} to display birth date as 26 August 1950 | ||||||
| birth_place | Place of birth (town/city, state/province, country) | ||||||
| death_date | Date of death. If the date of birth is known, use {{Death date and age}}, {{Death-date and age}}, or {{Death year and age}}. Otherwise, use {{Death date}} or {{Death date text}}. Use plain text for partial dates. Example: {{Death date and age|1993|2|24|1950|8|26}} if died February 24, 1993 and born August 26, 1950 Example: {{Death date and age|df=yes|1993|2|24|1941|4|12}} to display death date as 24 February 1993 | ||||||
| death_place | Place of death (town/city, state/province, country) | ||||||
| death_cause | Cause of death. Should be clearly defined and sourced, and should only be included when the cause of death has significance for the subject's notability, e.g. James Dean, John Lennon. | ||||||
| resting_place | Place of burial, ash-scattering, etc. | ||||||
| resting_place_coordinates | Precise coordinates for place of burial, ash-scattering etc. Use {{coord}} template. | ||||||
| education | Where or with whom the artist trained | ||||||
| known_for | Main fields in which the artist works (i.e. photography, painting, sculpture, drawing, ceramics, graphic design) | ||||||
| notable_works | Famous/significant/representative works. Works with their own articles should take priority (please limit to 5 at most) | ||||||
| style | Artistic style which the artist employs | ||||||
| movement | Artistic movement or school with which artist is associated. | ||||||
| spouse | Name of spouse, if notable | ||||||
| partner | Name of unmarried domestic partner, if notable | ||||||
| children | Name of children, if any | ||||||
| awards | Significant awards the artist has won. Consider using the template: {{awd|award|year|title|role|name}} | ||||||
| signature | An image of the person's signature. Please use image name:
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| signature_type | Changes the Signature label to the preferred argument, such as Seal | ||||||
| signature_size | Default is 150px. If necessary, a signature can be resized manually as per the <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|image_size= parameter. | ||||||
| signature_alt | Alt text for the signature image. For example, for File:Thomas Jefferson Signature.svg, the alt text might be <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|signature_alt= Th: Jefferson, spelling out the signature | ||||||
| elected | Bodies to which the artist has been elected member | ||||||
| patrons | Patrons of the artist | ||||||
| memorials | Monuments, plaques, entities named after the subject, etc. | ||||||
| website | Official website only. Unofficial websites should be placed under ==External links== in the body of the article. 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. | ||||||
| module | Used for embedding other templates into this infobox (see below for more details). |
* Only used if the {{{image}}} parameter used.
Embedding other templates via module parameter
The module parameter is used for embedding other templates into this infobox (see Wikipedia:Infobox modules and Category:Biographical templates usable as a module).
<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" style="overflow: auto;">
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</syntaxhighlight>
Example
| Salvador Dalí | |
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| Dalí in 1939 (photo by Carl Van Vechten) | |
| Born | May 11, 1904 |
| Spouse | Gala Dalí (Elena Ivanovna Diakonova) |
<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" style="overflow:auto;">
| Salvador Dalí | |
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| Dalí in 1939 (photo by Carl Van Vechten) | |
| Born | May 11, 1904 |
| Spouse | Gala Dalí (Elena Ivanovna Diakonova) |
</syntaxhighlight>
Microformat
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
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 Template:URL, specifying the url as the value of unnamed param 1; example:
{{URL|1=https://www.somedomain.com/foo/bar?q=weird_stuff&xyz=more_stuff}}.
Please do not remove instances of these sub-templates.
Classes
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
- Category:Pages using infobox artist with unknown parameters (0)
- Category:Pages using infobox artist with conflicting parameters (0)
- Category:Biography template using pronunciation (0)
- Category:No local image but image on Wikidata (19) – Used by Template:Wikidata image to track articles where an infobox has no image but Wikidata has an image name. To exclude articles from this category, add an image or <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />
|nocat_wdimage=yesto the infobox.
See also
- {{Infobox person}}
- {{Infobox musical artist}}
- {{Infobox artwork}}
- {{Image information art}} – for image pages
TemplateData
TemplateData documentation used by VisualEditor and other tools
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See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Infobox artist in articles based on its TemplateData.
TemplateData for Infobox artist <templatedata>
{
"description": "An infobox for artists",
"format": "Template:\n\n",
"params": {
"honorific_prefix": {
"label": "Honorific prefix",
"description": "Title such as 'Sir', 'Lord'",
"type": "wiki-page-name",
"required": false
},
"name": {
"label": "Name",
"description": "Commonly-known name of person (defaults to article name, without disambiguation)",
"type": "line",
"default": "PAGENAME",
"required": false
},
"honorific_suffix": {
"label": "Honorific suffix",
"description": "Initials such as 'OBE', 'FRSA'",
"type": "wiki-page-name",
"required": false
},
"image": {
"label": "Image",
"description": "Filename for the image (e.g. 'Example.jpg').",
"type": "wiki-file-name",
"required": false
},
"image_size": {
"label": "Image size",
"description": "Size of the image (e.g. '220px').",
"type": "line",
"default": "varies",
"required": false
},
"alt": {
"label": "Alternative text",
"description": "Alternative text for the image.",
"type": "line",
"required": false
},
"caption": {
"label": "Caption",
"description": "Caption for the image.",
"type": "string",
"required": false
},
"birth_name": {
"label": "Birth name",
"description": "Name at birth, if different from 'name'.",
"type": "string",
"required": false
},
"birth_date": {
"label": "Birth date",
"description": "Date of birth. Use Error: Need valid birth date: year, month, day (for living artists) or Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{"., Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{". for the deceased.",
"type": "line",
"required": false
},
"birth_place": {
"label": "Birth place",
"description": "Place of birth.",
"type": "line",
"required": false
},
"baptised": {
"label": "Baptised",
"description": "| Date of baptism, will not display if birth_date is entered.",
"type": "line",
"required": false
},
"death_date": {
"label": "Death date",
"description": "Date of death. Use Error: Need valid death date (first date): year, month, day. Use Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{"., Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{".Expression error: Unexpected > operator. if birth date unknown or incomplete.",
"type": "line",
"required": false
},
"death_place": {
"label": "Death place",
"description": "Place of death.",
"type": "line",
"required": false
},
"resting_place": {
"label": "Resting place",
"description": "Artist's grave, etc.",
"type": "line",
"required": false
},
"resting_place_coordinates": {
"label": "Resting place",
"description": "Coordinates of grave, etc. Use Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.",
"type": "line",
"required": false
},
"education": {
"label": "Education",
"description": "Where or with whom the artist trained.",
"type": "string",
"required": false
},
"known_for": {
"label": "Known for",
"description": "Main field(s) in which the artist works or worked (e.g. photography, painting, drawing, etc.).",
"type": "line",
"required": false
},
"notable_works": {
"label": "Notable work(s)",
"description": "Famous/significant/representative works. Please limit to five works.",
"type": "string",
"required": false
},
"style": {
"label": "Style",
"description": "Artistic style which the artist employs.",
"type": "line",
"required": false
},
"movement": {
"label": "Movement",
"description": "Artistic movement or school with which artist is associated.",
"type": "line",
"required": false
},
"spouse": {
"label": "Spouse(s)",
"description": "Spouse(s), if notable.",
"type": "string",
"required": false
},
"partner": {
"label": "Partner(s)",
"description": "Domestic partner(s), if notable.",
"type": "line",
"required": false
},
"children": {
"label": "Children",
"description": "Children, if any.",
"type": "line",
"required": false
},
"awards": {
"label": "Awards",
"description": "Significant awards won by the artist. Consider using |