Template:Infobox person/birth/doc

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Works alongside {{Infobox person/death}}.

Usage[edit]

{{Infobox
...
| label# = Born
| data#  = {{#if: {{{birth_date|}}} | {{Infobox person/birth|{{{birth_date|}}}|{{{death_date|}}} }} }}
...
}}

Or

{{Infobox
...
| label#    = Born
| data#     = {{br separated entries
   |1={{#if:{{{birth_name|}}}|<div class="nickname">{{{birth_name|}}}</div>}}
   |2={{#if:{{{birth_date|}}} | {{Infobox person/birth|{{{birth_date|}}}|{{{death_date|}}} }} }}
   |3={{#if:{{{birth_place|}}}|<div class="birthplace">{{{birth_place|}}}</div>}}
}}
...
}}

Test cases[edit]

birth_date only (death_date is nil)[edit]

These test cases are for living people with no {{{death_date}}} set

Year only

{{Infobox person/birth|FOO}} → FOO
{{Infobox person/birth|1990}} → 1990 (age 34–35)
{{Infobox person/birth| 1990}} → 1990 (age 34–35)
{{Infobox person/birth|1990|}} → 1990 (age 34–35)

Month and year only

{{Infobox person/birth|Month 1902}} → Month 1902
{{Infobox person/birth|Jan 1983}} → January 1983 (age 42)
{{Infobox person/birth|{{currentmonth}} 1983}} → October 1983 (age 41–42)
{{Infobox person/birth|October 1965}} → October 1965 (age 59–60)

Full birth date set

{{Infobox person/birth|MONTH 7, 1993}} → MONTH 7, 1993
{{Infobox person/birth|Nov 7, 1993}} → (1993-11-07) November 7, 1993 (age 31)
{{Infobox person/birth|Nov 7, 1993|}} → (1993-11-07) November 7, 1993 (age 31)
{{Infobox person/birth|November 7, 1993}} → (1993-11-07) November 7, 1993 (age 31)
{{Infobox person/birth|7 Nov 1993}} → (1993-11-07) 7 November 1993 (age 31)
{{Infobox person/birth|7 November 1993}} → (1993-11-07) 7 November 1993 (age 31)
{{Infobox person/birth|Apr 25, 1993}} → (1993-04-25) April 25, 1993 (age 32)
{{Infobox person/birth|Apr 25, 1993|}} → (1993-04-25) April 25, 1993 (age 32)
{{Infobox person/birth|April 25, 1993}} → (1993-04-25) April 25, 1993 (age 32)
{{Infobox person/birth|25 Apr 1993}} → (1993-04-25) 25 April 1993 (age 32)
{{Infobox person/birth|25 April 1993}} → (1993-04-25) 25 April 1993 (age 32)

Deal with references or extra text

{{Infobox person/birth|12 Mar 1986 (best known)}} → 12 Mar 1986 (best known)
{{Infobox person/birth|1986 (circa)}} → 1986 (circa)
{{Infobox person/birth|June 1975<ref>some citation</ref>}} → June 1975^[1]
{{Infobox person/birth|18 Dec 1975<ref>citation goes here</ref>}} → 18 Dec 1975^[2]

Example references

↑ some citation
↑ citation goes here

Already using one of the {{birth date}} templates. Note that in these cases the code does NOT parse, it simply returns the original values passed in.

{{Infobox person/birth|{{birth year|1993}}}} → 1993 (1993)
{{Infobox person/birth|{{birth-date|25 April 1993}}}} → 25 April 1993 (1993-04-25)
{{Infobox person/birth|{{bda|1990|4|11}}}} → (1990-04-11) April 11, 1990 (age 35)

birth_date and death_date are set[edit]