Template:Persondata

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Description

This metadata template provides for automatic data gathering and cataloging. It should be added to biographical articles (only). It must not be added to non-biographical articles, even if an article describes events related to a single individual. See Wikipedia:Persondata for the detailed documentation.

Usage

{{Persondata
| NAME              = 
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES = 
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = 
| DATE OF BIRTH     = 
| PLACE OF BIRTH    = 
| DATE OF DEATH     = 
| PLACE OF DEATH    = 
}}

Example

{{Persondata
| NAME              = Magellan, Ferdinand
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Magalhães, Fernão de (Portuguese); Magallanes, Fernando de (Spanish)
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Sea explorer
| DATE OF BIRTH     = Spring 1480
| PLACE OF BIRTH    = Sabrosa, Portugal
| DATE OF DEATH     = April 27, 1521
| PLACE OF DEATH    = Mactan Island, Cebu, Philippines
}}

Maintenance categories

Articles containing Persondata with no value in either the |NAME= or |SHORT DESCRIPTION= parameters are automatically added to Category:Persondata templates without name parameter or Category:Persondata templates without short description parameter, respectively.

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools.

Persondata

This metadata template provides for automatic data gathering and cataloging. It should be added to biographical articles (only). It must not be added to non-biographical articles, even if an article describes events related to a single individual.

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Name	NAME	Example: Magellan, Ferdinand	String	required
Alternative names	ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Example: Magalhães, Fernão de (Portuguese); Magallanes, Fernando de (Spanish)	String	optional
Short description	SHORT DESCRIPTION	Example: Sea explorer	String	required
Date of birth	DATE OF BIRTH	Use exact date if known, but otherwise as close an approximation as possible. Example: Spring 1480	String	optional
Place of birth	PLACE OF BIRTH	Example: Sabrosa, Portugal	String	optional
Date of death	DATE OF DEATH	Use exact date if known, but otherwise as close an approximation as possible. Example: April 27, 1521	String	optional
Place of death	PLACE OF DEATH	Example: Mactan Island, Cebu, Philippines	String	optional

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