Template:Infobox comedian
Usage change
This infobox may be added by pasting the template as shown below into an article.
{{Infobox comedian
| name =
| image =
| image_size =
| alt =
| caption =
| pseudonym =
| birth_name =
| birth_date =
| birth_place =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| medium =
| nationality =
| active =
| genre =
| subject =
| influences =
| influenced =
| spouse =
| domesticpartner =
| notable_work =
| signature =
| website =
| footnotes =
| current_members =
| past_members =
| module =
}}
Parameters change
All attributes are optional.
| Parameter | Explanation |
|---|---|
| name | Insert name of comedian |
| image | Just the name of the file, e.g. filename.jpg |
| image_size | Insert image width (defaults to frameless if left empty) |
| alt | Alternative text for the image |
| caption | Insert photograph caption. Try to include date of photo and the photographer |
| pseudonym | Insert any of the comedian's aliases or pen names |
| birth_name | Insert comedian's birth name |
| birth_date | Insert date of birth: month, day, year. Use {{birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} (use Use {{birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}} if dead) |
| birth_place | Insert place of birth: town, city, country |
| death_date | Insert date of death: month, day, year. Use {{death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (first set for death date; second set for birth date) |
| death_place | Insert place of death: town, city, country |
| medium | Insert the medium the comedian worked in: television, stand-up, film, etc. |
| nationality | Insert nationality of writer |
| active | Insert the years that the person is active |
| genre | Insert the comedian's general comedic genre. For instance, Jon Stewart would be political satire; George Carlin would be black humor |
| subject | Insert the most frequent topics of the comedian's comedy (e.g. for Dave Chapelle, racism/race relations; for Stephen Colbert, politics/the Christian Right; for Cheech Marin, race and drugs) |
| influences | Insert the names of comedians who influenced his/her work. Note that it is possible for a comedian to both influence and be influenced by another comedian, if they are colleagues or are contemporaneous |
| influenced | Insert the names of comedians who were influenced by his/her work. Note that it is possible for a comedian to both influence and be influenced by another comedian, if they are colleagues or are contemporaneous |
| signature | Insert an image of the comedian's signature |
| website | Insert the comedian's official website. Use {{URL}}. |
| footnotes | Insert any miscellaneous information here |
| current_members | For comedy troupes and double acts, list all current members. If the troupe/duo has broken up, name all people who were members at the time of the breakup |
| former_members | For comedy troupes and double acts, list all members who have, for whatever reason, left. If the troupe/duo has broken up, name all people who left before the time of the breakup |
| module | Used for embedding other infoboxes into this one. For example {{Infobox comedian awards}} |
Related pages change
Microformats change
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 change
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 {{URL}}.
Please do not remove instances of these sub-templates.
Classes change
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.