Template:Infobox person/birth/doc
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Works alongside {{Infobox person/death}}.
Usage[edit source]
{{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 source]
birth_date only (death_date is nil)[edit source]
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|→ October 1983 (age 41–42){{currentmonth}}1983}}{{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}}→ November 7, 1993{{Infobox person/birth|Nov 7, 1993|}}→ November 7, 1993{{Infobox person/birth|November 7, 1993}}→ November 7, 1993{{Infobox person/birth|7 Nov 1993}}→ 7 November 1993{{Infobox person/birth|7 November 1993}}→ 7 November 1993{{Infobox person/birth|Apr 25, 1993}}→ April 25, 1993{{Infobox person/birth|Apr 25, 1993|}}→ April 25, 1993{{Infobox person/birth|April 25, 1993}}→ April 25, 1993{{Infobox person/birth|25 Apr 1993}}→ 25 April 1993{{Infobox person/birth|25 April 1993}}→ 25 April 1993
- 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
- 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|→ 1993{{birth year|1993}}}}{{Infobox person/birth|→ 25 April 1993{{birth-date|25 April 1993}}}}{{Infobox person/birth|→ April 11, 1990{{bda|1990|4|11}}}}
birth_date and death_date are set[edit source]
These test cases are for living people with no {{{death_date}}} set
- Year only
{{Infobox person/birth|1990|2020}}→ 1990{{Infobox person/birth| 1990| 2020}}→ 1990
- Month and year only
{{Infobox person/birth|Jan 1983|2012}}→ Jan 1983{{Infobox person/birth|October 1965|Nov 2015}}→ October 1965
- Full dates set
{{Infobox person/birth|Nov 7, 1993|Nov 25, 2014}}→ November 7, 1993{{Infobox person/birth|November 7, 1993|December 12, 2014}}→ November 7, 1993{{Infobox person/birth|7 Nov 1993|8 Apr 1995}}→ 7 November 1993{{Infobox person/birth|7 November 1993|8 April 1995}}→ 7 November 1993
- Deal with references or extra text
{{Infobox person/birth|12 Mar 1986 (best known)|12 Apr 2020 (covid)}}→ 12 Mar 1986 (best known){{Infobox person/birth|456 (circa)|510 (approx)}}→ 1986 (circa){{Infobox person/birth|June 1975<ref>some citation</ref>|December 1995<ref>some death citation</ref>}}→ June 1975[1]
- Example references
- ↑ some citation
- 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|→ 1993{{birth year|1993}}|{{death year|2005}}}}{{Infobox person/birth|→ 25 April 1993{{birth-date|25 April 1993}}|{{death-date|2 May 2007}}}}{{Infobox person/birth|→ April 11, 1990{{bda|1990|4|11}}|{{dda|2006|5|3|1990|4|11}}}}
See also[edit source]