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Description: A template for people articles.
Syntax: Add {{Infobox person|parameters}} at the top of the page with parameters as shown below.

Usage

{{Infobox person
|name          =
|image         =
|gender        =
|age           =
|birth_name    =
|birth_date    =
|birth_place   =
|Patents       =
|Relatives     =
|nationality   =
|other_names   =
|occupation    =
|years_active  =
|known_for     =
|notable_works =
|home_town     =
|height        =
|weight        =
|hair          =
|eyes          =
|website       =
}}

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{{Infobox person
|name          = Some Name
|image         = Placeholder person.png
|caption       = Some Name placeholder
|gender        = Female
|age           = 29
|birth_name    = Some Other Name
|birth_date    = 1 December 1988
|birth_place   = Wikipedia
|death_date    = 4 December 2017
|death_place   = Fandom
|nationality   = Wikian
|other_names   = Some Pseudonym
|occupation    = Wiki writer
|years_active  = 2005 - 2017
|known_for     = Editing templates
|notable_works = Infoboxes
|home_town     = Internet
|height        = 5'7"
|weight        = 160 lbs.
|hair          = Brown
|eyes          = Blue
|website       = www.example.com
}}

Installation Instructions

Export this template, then import to install it.
Use edit summary: Copied from [[w:c:templates:Template:Infobox person]] to properly attribute this template's editors.

The above message will be enough for most cases; if there are additional instructions, you can see them below.

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-<includeonly>{{Person biography
+<infobox>
-|name={{{name|}}}
+    <title source="name"><default>{{PAGENAME}}</default></title>
-|nativeName={{{native_name|}}}
+    <image source="image">
-|birthName={{{birth_name|{{{birthname|}}}}}}
+        <caption source="caption">
-|alsoKnownAs={{{other names|{{{other_names|{{{othername|{{{alias|}}}}}}}}}}}}
+            <default>{{{name}}} image</default>
-|image={{{image|}}}
+        </caption>
-|imageSize={{{image_upright|}}}
+    </image>
-|altText={{{alt|}}}
+    <data source="gender"><label>Gender</label></data>
-|caption={{{image caption|{{{caption|{{{image_caption|}}}}}}}}}
+    <data source="age"><label>Age</label></data>
-|birthDate={{{birth_date|}}}
+    <data source="birth_name"><label>Born</label></data>
-|birthPlace={{{birth_place|}}}
+    <data source="birth_date"><label>Birth date</label></data>
-|deathDate={{{death_date|}}}
+    <data source="birth_place"><label>Birth place</label></data>
-|deathPlace={{{death_place|}}}
+    <data source="parents"><label>Parents</label></data>
-|nationality={{{nationality|{{{citizenship|}}}}}}
+    <data source="relatives"><label>Relatives</label></data>
-|occupation={{{occupation|}}}
+    <data source="nationality"><label>Nationality</label></data>
-|notableWorks={{#if:{{{works|}}}|{{{works|}}}|{{#if:{{{credits|}}}|{{{credits}}}|{{{notable works|{{{notable_works|}}}}}}}}}}
+    <data source="other_names"><label>Other names</label></data>
-|awards={{{awards|}}}
+    <data source="occupation"><label>Occupation</label></data>
-|knownFor={{{known for|{{{known_for|{{{known|}}}}}}}}}
+    <data source="years_active"><label>Years active</label></data>
-}}
+    <data source="known_for"><label>Known for</label></data>
-[[Category:Pages using obsolete templates]]
+    <data source="notable_works"><label>Notable work(s)</label></data>
-</includeonly><noinclude>
+    <data source="home_town"><label>Home town</label></data>
-This template translates a call to the "Infobox person" template as exists on simple.wikipedia into a "Person biography" template on Vikidia. It is used to ease the conversion of articles imported from simple.wikipedia.
+    <data source="website"><label>Website</label></data>
-Do not use it when creating a Vikidia article directly: use {{tl|Person biography}} instead.
+    <group label="Attributes">
-[[Category:Obsolete templates kept for compatibility reasons]]
+        <data source="height"><label>Height</label></data>
-</noinclude>
+        <data source="weight"><label>Weight</label></data>
+        <data source="hair"><label>Hair color</label></data>
+        <data source="eyes"><label>Eye color</label></data>
+    </group>
+</infobox>
+<noinclude>{{Documentation}}</noinclude>