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==Usage==
==Usage==
Include this template when creating an article about a person. Below is a list of all parameters and how they should be used. In all cases where information is unavailable, leave the parameter out rather than including text like "unknown".
Include this template when creating an article about a person. Below is a list of all parameters and how they should be used.


If you are creating an article about a king, use [[Template:Infobox king]] instead.
If you are creating an article about a king, use [[Template:Infobox D'ni king]] instead.


==Parameters==
==Parameters==
<templatedata>
{| class="wikitable"
{
! name
"params": {
| The name of the person as used in the page title.
"name": {
|-
"label": "Name",
! image
"description": "The person's name. This defaults to the page title, but can be overridden by specifying a different name in this parameter",
| ''Optional''<br />An image of the character or person, if available. Be sure to caption the image with the game or other media it's from, and set the size to 200px.
"type": "string",
|-
"default": "{{PAGENAME}}"
! imagecaption
},
| ''Optional''<br />A brief description of the supplied image (such as "Atrus in [[Riven (game)|Riven]]").
"image": {
|-
"label": "Image",
! race
"description": "A picture of the person. Only provide the file name itself. The \"File:\" thumbnail will be created by the template.",
| The character's race. For characters of mixed lineage, list their races by approximate fraction (e.g. 1/2 [[D'ni (race)|D'ni]], 1/2 Human)
"type": "wiki-file-name",
|-
"suggested": true,
! born
"example": "Gehn.jpg"
| The date of the person's birth. If left blank, "unknown" will be included automatically.
},
|-
"imagecaption": {
! died
"label": "Image Caption",
| The date of the person's death. If left blank, "unknown" will be included automatically.
"description": "A caption which describes the person's image. Use to indicate the actor portraying the person, or the artist who created the artwork depicting them.",
|-
"type": "string",
! father
"suggested": true
| ''Optional''<br />The person's father, if known.
},
|-
"race": {
! mother
"label": "Race",
| ''Optional''<br />The person's mother, if known.
"description": "The person's race. Link to the Archive article describing their race. For characters of mixed lineage, list their races by approximate fraction (e.g. 1/2 D'ni, 1/2 Human).",
|-
"type": "content",
! children
"required": true
| ''Optional''<br />If this person had any children, list them here.
},
|-
"dni-name": {
! dni-name
"label": "D'ni name",
| ''Optional''<br />If this person was D'ni, or had a D'ni name, provide the text of their name using the [[Help:Using the D'ni font|D'ni font]] transliteration, and it will be included in D'ni text.
"description": "The person's name in Dnifont transliteration. Do not include the <dni> tags.",
|-
"type": "string",
! portrayed-by
"suggested": true,
| ''Optional''<br />List all actors/actresses who have played this character, if applicable. If more than one person has portrayed this character, indicate which game or other media each actor/actress appears in.
"example": "Atrus"
|}
},
"portrayed-by": {
"label": "Portrayed By",
"description": "The actor(s) who portrayed this person in various media representations. When possible, link to their IMDB profile.",
"type": "string",
"suggested": true,
"example": "[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0450463/ John Keston]"
},
"born": {
"label": "Born",
"description": "The person's date of birth. Be as precise as possible.",
"type": "date",
"suggested": true
},
"died": {
"label": "Died",
"description": "The date of the person's death. Be as precise as possible.",
"type": "date",
"suggested": true
},
"father": {
"label": "Father",
"description": "The person's father, if known. Do not wiki-link the name, the template will do this automatically.",
"type": "string",
"suggested": true
},
"mother": {
"label": "Mother",
"description": "The person's mother, if known. Do not wiki-link the name, the template will do this automatically.",
"type": "wiki-page-name",
"suggested": true
},
"spouse": {
"label": "Spouse",
"description": "The person's husband or wife, if known. Do not wiki-link the name, the template will do this automatically.",
"type": "wiki-page-name",
"suggested": true
},
"children": {
"label": "Children",
"description": "A list of the person's children, if known, in chronological birth order. You should include wikilink brackets for each person you list here.",
"type": "content",
"suggested": true,
"example": "[[Achenar]], [[Sirrus]], [[Yeesha]]"
}
},
"paramOrder": [
"name",
"image",
"imagecaption",
"race",
"dni-name",
"born",
"died",
"father",
"mother",
"spouse",
"children",
"portrayed-by"
],
"format": "block"
}
</templatedata>


<includeonly>[[Category:People and person infobox templates]]</includeonly>
[[Category:People and person infobox templates]]
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