Template:Persondata

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 Persondata for the detailed documentation.

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

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