Template:Infobox person: Difference between revisions

Jimmy Wales
	File:Jimmy Wales.jpg
	The image of Wikipedia founder.
Occupation	Author
Notable Works	Wikipedia

Some Name
	File:Sample.jpg
	Some Name placeholder
Born	1 December 1988
Place of Birth	Wikipedia
Nationality	Wikian
Occupation	Wiki writer
Notable Works	Infoboxes
Website	www.example.com

Some Name
	File:Placeholder person.png
	Some Name placeholder
Born	1 December 1988
Place of Birth	Wikipedia
Nationality	Wikian
Occupation	Wiki writer
Notable Works	Infoboxes
Website	www.example.com

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Description: A template for people articles.
Syntax: Add {{Infobox person|parameters}} at the top of the page with parameters as shown below.

Usage

{{Infobox person
|name          =
|image         =
|gender        =
|age           =
|birth_name    =
|birth_date    =
|birth_place   =
|Patents       =
|Relatives     =
|nationality   =
|other_names   =
|occupation    =
|years_active  =
|known_for     =
|notable_works =
|home_town     =
|height        =
|weight        =
|hair          =
|eyes          =
|website       =
}}

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{{Infobox person
|name          = Some Name
|image         = Placeholder person.png
|caption       = Some Name placeholder
|gender        = Female
|age           = 29
|birth_name    = Some Other Name
|birth_date    = 1 December 1988
|birth_place   = Wikipedia
|death_date    = 4 December 2017
|death_place   = Fandom
|nationality   = Wikian
|other_names   = Some Pseudonym
|occupation    = Wiki writer
|years_active  = 2005 - 2017
|known_for     = Editing templates
|notable_works = Infoboxes
|home_town     = Internet
|height        = 5'7"
|weight        = 160 lbs.
|hair          = Brown
|eyes          = Blue
|website       = www.example.com
}}

Installation Instructions

Export this template, then import to install it.
Use edit summary: Copied from [[w:c:templates:Template:Infobox person]] to properly attribute this template's editors.

The above message will be enough for most cases; if there are additional instructions, you can see them below.

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@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-<table class="infobox"
+<noinclude>{{Documentation}}
-style="
+{{Infobox person
-  width:100%;
+| name         = Jimmy Wales
-  max-width:270px;
+| image        = Jimmy Wales.jpg
-  float:right;
+| caption      =The image of Wikipedia founder.
-  clear:right;
+| occupation   = Author
-  margin:0 0 1em 1em;
+| notable_works = [[Wikipedia]]
-  border:2px solid #bd282e;
+| awards       =
-  background-color:#f9f9f9;
+}}
-  font-size:90%;
+</noinclude>
-  line-height:1.4em;
+<div class="infobox" style="width: 22em; border: 1px solid #aaa; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 10px; float: right; background: #f9f9f9;">
-  box-sizing:border-box;
+    <table style="width: 100%; border: none;">
-">
+        <tr>
-  <tr>
+            <th colspan="2" style="background: #e9e9e9; text-align: center;">{{#if: {{{name|}}} | {{{name}}} | "Unknown Name"}}</th>
-    <th colspan="2" style="background-color:#bd282e; color:#ffffff; font-size:120%; padding:6px; text-align:center;">
+        </tr>
-      {{{name|Name Here}}}
+        <tr>
-    </th>
+            <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;">
-  </tr>
+                {{#if: {{{image|}}}
+                    | [[File:{{{image}}}|thumb|200px|center]]
-  {{#if:{{{image_markup|}}}|
+                    | <span style="font-style: italic;">No image available</span>
-  <tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center; padding:8px;">{{{image_markup}}}</td></tr>}}
+                }}
+            </td>
-  {{#if:{{{image|}}}|
+        </tr>
-  <tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center; padding:8px;">[[{{{image}}}|250px]]</td></tr>}}
+        {{#if: {{{caption|}}}
+            | <tr>
-  {{#if:{{{caption|}}}|
+                <td colspan="2" style="align: center; text-align: center; font-style: italic;">{{{caption}}}</td>
-  <tr><th style="background-color:#f2f2f2; padding:4px; text-align:left;">Caption</th><td style="padding:4px;">{{{caption}}}</td></tr>}}
+            </tr>
+        }}
-  {{#if:{{{birth_date|}}}|
+        {{#if: {{{birth_date|}}}
-  <tr><th style="background-color:#f2f2f2; padding:4px; text-align:left;">Born</th>
+            | <tr>
-  <td style="padding:4px;">{{{birth_date}}}{{#if:{{{birth_place|}}}|<br />{{{birth_place}}}}}</td></tr>}}
+                <th style="text-align: left;">Born</th>
+                <td>{{{birth_date}}}</td>
-  {{#if:{{{nationality|}}}|
+            </tr>
-  <tr><th style="background-color:#f2f2f2; padding:4px; text-align:left;">Nationality</th>
+        }}
-  <td style="padding:4px;">{{{nationality}}}</td></tr>}}
+        {{#if: {{{birth_place|}}}
+            | <tr>
-  {{#if:{{{occupation|}}}|
+                <th style="text-align: left;">Place of Birth</th>
-  <tr><th style="background-color:#f2f2f2; padding:4px; text-align:left;">Occupation</th>
+                <td>{{{birth_place}}}</td>
-  <td style="padding:4px;">{{{occupation}}}</td></tr>}}
+            </tr>
-</table>
+        }}
+        {{#if: {{{nationality|}}}
-<style>
+            | <tr>
-@media (max-width: 600px) {
+                <th style="text-align: left;">Nationality</th>
-  .infobox {
+                <td>{{{nationality}}}</td>
-    float: none !important;
+            </tr>
-    margin: 0 auto 1em auto !important;
+        }}
-     width: 95% !important;
+        {{#if: {{{occupation|}}}
-  }
+            | <tr>
-}
+                <th style="text-align: left;">Occupation</th>
-</style>
+                <td>{{{occupation}}}</td>
+            </tr>
+        }}
+        {{#if: {{{notable_works|}}}
+            | <tr>
+                <th style="text-align: left;">Notable Works</th>
+                <td>{{{notable_works}}}</td>
+            </tr>
+        }}
+        {{#if: {{{awards|}}}
+            | <tr>
+                <th style="text-align: left;">Awards</th>
+                <td>{{{awards}}}</td>
+            </tr>
+        }}
+       {{#if: {{{website|}}}
+            | <tr>
+                <th style="text-align: left;">Website</th>
+                <td>{{{website}}}</td>
+            </tr>
+        }}
+     </table>
+</div>