How to Edit Wikipedia - Women of Wikipedia Editathons

The following templates contain the recommended basic fields to use when adding an infobox to a person's guide.  If a piece of information is not available (e.g. birthplace), you may remove that field from the template.

Many more options are available!  For a complete list of fields, please visit: Wikipedia's Infobox Template (Person)

Infobox Templates

• Infobox: Living Person

  {{Infobox person
  | name = Preferred full name
  | birth_date = {{birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}}
  | birth_place = [[City, State Abbreviation]]
  | occupation = Occupation
  | known_for = Area of renown/notability
  }}

• Infobox: Deceased Person

  {{Infobox person
  | name = Preferred full name
  | birth_date = {{Birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}}
  | birth_place = [[City, State Abbreviation]]
  | death_date = {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} <!--(death date then birth date)-->
  | death_place = [[City, State Abbreviation]]
  | occupation = Occupation
  | known_for = Area of renown/notability
  }}