Template talk:Infobox person/Archive 5Opponents
Per the above, please copy from the sandbox; to insert after "Occupation": <code> | label14 = Years active | data14 = {{{years_active|}}} </code> and <code> | label27 = Opponent(s) | data27 = {{{opponents|}}} </code> and renumber other entries accordingly. Thank you. Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 21:14, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
birth_nameThe documentation of the birth_name field has led to some confusion and even an edit war at Barack Obama. The overwhelming practice appears to be that the birth_name field is intended for subjects like Irving Berlin or Marilyn Monroe where the subject is known by a name that is materially different than his or her given name, and not subjects like Al Gore or Ronald Reagan who don't use their middle names, or use a common diminutive of their first names. Is this correct, and if so, may I proceed with a slight clarification of the documentation of that field? --Clubjuggle T/C 21:11, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
AlignmentHow is this box aligned to the right side of the page, after viewing the source, I can't find out how it does it.— Dædαlus Contribs /Improve 21:49, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
Image won't displayI changed the infobox image at David Irving and now it won't diplay. Can someone take a look at this? __meco (talk) 11:37, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
DuosIs there an infobox for celebrity duos? For example, see the Krankies — we're reduced to having the real names as the title because there isn't an option to put them in the infobox fields. - Dudesleeper / Talk 19:40, 16 October 2008 (UTC) Additional hCard properties{{editprotected}} Please add additional hCard microformat properties, thus:
at the appropriate locations. Thank you. Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 19:38, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
Date of disappearanceI created a template {{Date of disappearance with age}} which would be useful for infoboxes in articles in Category:Disappeared people. Could an appropriate Image should have alternate textAs per WP:ALT the image in an Infobox Person should have alternative text. Currently it merely uses the image name, which is not that useful for someone who can't see the image. For example, the alt text for the main image in Alexander Graham Bell currently says just "Alexander Graham Bell.jpg", which is not useful to someone who can't see the image (they already know it's an image of Bell from the caption). What would be more useful is alt text like "half-length monochrome photo portrait of Bell, with white beard, in a three-piece suit"; this describes the image to someone who can't see it, and contains info that is not necessary in a caption (which labels the image for someone who can see it). This topic came up in Template talk:Infobox Writer #Image should have alternate text and the solution taken there was to add a new "alt=" parameter to the template. You can see an example of its use in Philitas of Cos. I propose that the same change be made here, by replacing this:
with this:
in the template source; the change is the inserted "|{{{alt|}}}" near the end. This diff to the sandbox shows the change that is being proposed. Eubulides (talk) 17:32, 28 October 2008 (UTC) Hair and EyesHow about added parameters for a person's hair and eye color? I think this would be appropriate and could be placed either before or after the height and weight parameters. Jimknut (talk) 16:17, 29 October 2008 (UTC) Request: Add generic personal dataAs this is a general infobox, it should have a "Personal data" section, as in the general Office holder infobox. For example, the military service name be significant, but not primary - so a military person infobox might not be appropriate. — ERcheck (talk) 04:32, 1 November 2008 (UTC) making this workHow exactly does this work? I've pasted the empty template from the first example into Template:Infobox Person and all I get is template loop errors... What am I doing wrong? I've also installed parser functions already Isakill (talk) 01:20, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
No you arn't... it is my personal wiki, thing is I can't find the WHOLE template code. It would probably be less confusing if I could find it. All I can find is in this link: http://rafb.net/p/oyoYAY62.html it's the copy/paste from what I can find.. i've examined many different wikis through the net (anime, en.wiki, romsites, ect...) Isakill (talk) 05:47, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
I understand your concern but if I can figure this out i'll be fine. My main problem is that I don't understand exactly how it works.. from what i've seen (thoough I obviously have missed something) the data seems redundant. As in Paste this into this and then paste it again to the page you want to use it on but with relevant data inside. Edit: this is the first time i've seen any (view source) links THANK YOU!!! Isakill (talk) 16:55, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
Individual wikiprojects are deleting infoboxes from articlesSeveral people from musical Wikiprojects are systematically deleting infoboxes from biographies that are covered by their projects:
Here is an example at: Milton Adolphus It appears that they are trumping Wikipedia biographical policy with their own subset of rules. It would be like the New York Wikiproject deciding that people born in New York City don't get infoboxes, or don't get birth dates added, or any other global Wikipedia rule. Anyone else have an opinion? --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 00:33, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
Infobox Displaying the Wrong Display Label for the "Religion" FieldOn the Madoff article in the infobox the label for the "religion" tag is displaying: "Religious beliefs." The documentation I've seen, as well as what I've seen on other people pages, says that the display label for the "religion" tag should simply be, "Religion." I've clicked on "edit this page" on the Madoff article and there doesn't seem to be any template overrides going on that I can tell, though I've known nothing about templates until today and I have limited editing experience on Wikipedia. Can anyone explain? Sam* (talk) 16:28, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
This edit back in February of this year changed "religious stance" to "religious beliefs" and I believe it has been that phrasing ever since. Before that it was just Religion, but it seems October, November of 2007 that changed. And then back to religious beliefs. There is also archived discussion, like this. I'm still not exactly sure what was changed, when, and for what reasons, but hopefully this info will help you in your research. Hope it helps.-Andrew c [talk] 19:47, 19 December 2008 (UTC) Question About How Templates WorkTechnical question: Is it correct that changing the display name of a template parameter will not affect the display names of parameters in infoboxes that were created before the change of the display name was made? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sam* (talk • contribs) 20:17, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
Change Display Name for Religion Parameter to "Religion" from "Religious Beliefs"The display label for the "Religion" parameter was changed from "Religion" to "Religious beliefs" based on, from what I can tell, the following brief argument:
I do not believe that argument makes sense. In the case of atheists or agnostics the religion parameter can be omitted (it is not required) or "None" can be used as the value. Religions have varying approaches to the role that "belief" plays. In addition, religions have different approaches to the importance of belief in whether one can consider oneself an adherent to that group. For instance, in Judaism, belief plays a relatively minor role in defining your membership to the group. Even when converting to Judaism, the role of the convert's beliefs is not a central part in the process. In Christianity it would seem that belief is relatively more important in determining one's status in the group. I would argue that Wikipedia's current approach in this matter is skewed toward a Christian paradigm of what it means to be a member of a particular religion. That, of course, then breaks Wikipedia's NPOV approach. Some other good arguments for changing "Religious beliefs" to "Religion" were previously expressed in this forum, but didn't get a response. In summary, it was argued that stating the name of a religion does not describe a person's belief. The relationship between one's religious beliefs and one's religious identification is not necessarily a direct one. Should my proposal not be accepted, I would strongly advocate that the parameter name be changed to "Religious beliefs" so that the label and parameter names are in sync. Without the paraemeter name and the display label being in symantic resonance, we are essentially corrupting the data that we are collecting from authors. To reiterate, I am proposing that the display label used for the "religion" tag in an infobox for a person be changed from "Religious beliefs" to "Religion." Sam* (talk) 21:02, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
Awards and honours?Is it possible to add a parameter for awards and honours? This was proposed here over a year ago, but apparently never followed up on. This would remove the need to use the seperate {{Infobox Awards}} in articles such as Daniel Carter Beard and Arthur Rudolph. PC78 (talk) 18:53, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
OrderI have known_for, title, term, predecessor and successor fields, among other on the page for Percy Shaw Jeffrey. Why does it display:
? The known_for field is clearly in the wrong place. Am I doing something wrong? Sorry if I am! Jarry1250 (talk) 10:07, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
and seems to have a point. Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 18:39, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
| label17 = Title | data17 = {{{title|}}} | label23 = Term | data23 = {{{term|}}} | label24 = Predecessor | data24 = {{{predecessor|}}} | label25 = Successor | data25 = {{{successor|}}} | label18 = Salary | data18 = {{{salary|}}} | label19 = Net worth | data19 = {{{networth|}}} That order, not those numbers. These would have to go somewhere they'd make sense, quite high up I would think: | label20 = Height | data20 = {{{height|}}} | label21 = Weight | data21 = {{{weight|}}} | label22 = Known for | data22 = {{{known|{{{known_for|}}}}}} Known for should definitely be high up the list. While we're here, title2, term2 might be an idea too. The conundrum is whether to keep the title/term combinations in the infobox, or use other templates for that. Jarry1250 (talk) 20:19, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
Adding military infoFor many people military service is a significant enough part of their life story that it should be incorporated in their infobox. Is there a way to incorporate military info like the politician infoboxes do (see for example Jack Kemp, Jon Corzine, or Arthur Schultz)?--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 04:11, 31 December 2008 (UTC) Caucasian raceCan you please mention somewhere to use Caucasian race instead of Caucasian? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Arenlor (talk • contribs) 04:36, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
"Known for" before "title"{{editprotected}} The order is annoying me now; even that simple change would greatly help. Thanks. - Jarry1250 (t, c) 17:35, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
Spillover from image logic?![]() On the Stephen A. Schwarzman page, above the infobox, there's a little [[Image:|225px]] thing that should not be there; I can't follow the logic on this page, but the number "225" does not appear on the source of the page itself, so I think the template is most likely to blame. Someone who knows what they're doing here should take a closer look and see where the problem is. I do not know if this problem afflicts other pages at the moment. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lauciusa (talk • contribs) 22:05, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
MiscTo pick up something from #Awards and honours?, does anyone oppose adding a
Microformat upgrade request- no visual impact to template
Thanks -J JMesserly (talk) 21:24, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
Not displaying "Body Discovered" labelCan someone with more knowledge than I have, look into why the lable is not displaying and fix the problem, if possible.--Lucy-marie (talk) 23:01, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
adding section for languageplease add a section in the infobox for languages spoken, we dont have it now.Vhagakhtar (talk) 21:14, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
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