Template:Infobox philosopher

{{{honorific_prefix}}}

{{{name}}}

{{{honorific_suffix}}}
{{{honorific_prefix}}}; {{{name}}}; {{{honorific_suffix}}}
	[[File:{{{image}}}\|{{{image_size}}}; \|alt={{{alt}}}]] {{{caption}}}
Born	{{{birth_name}}}; {{{birth_date}}}; {{{birth_place}}}
Died	{{{death_date}}}; {{{death_place}}}
Cause of death	{{{death_cause}}}
Nationality	{{{nationality}}}
Other names	{{{other_names}}}
Education	{{{education}}}
Alma mater	{{{alma_mater}}}
Notable work	{{{notable_works}}}
Spouse	{{{spouse}}}
Awards	{{{awards}}}
Era	{{{era}}}
Region	{{{region}}}
School	{{{school_tradition}}}
Institutions	{{{institutions}}}
Thesis	{{{thesis_title}}}
Doctoral advisor	{{{doctoral_advisor}}}
Other academic advisors	{{{academic_advisors}}}
Doctoral students	{{{doctoral_students}}}
Other notable students	{{{notable_students}}}
Main interests	{{{main_interests}}}
Notable ideas	{{{notable_ideas}}}
	Influences {{{influences}}};
	Influenced {{{influenced}}};
Website	{{{website}}}
Signature
	[[File:{{{signature}}}; \|{{{signature_size}}}; \|alt={{{signature_alt}}}\|class=infobox-signature skin-invert]]

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This template is a customized wrapper for {{Infobox person}}. Any field from {{Infobox person}} can work so long as it is added to this template first. It will also emit the same hCard and Geo microformats as {{Infobox person}}. Questions? Just ask here or over at Template talk:Infobox person.

This template uses Lua:

This template is used to provide biographical information on anyone who might be considered a philosopher. If the philosopher held or holds a political or other public office (e.g. Alan Greenspan), {{Infobox officeholder}} is probably more suitable.

Usage[change source]

{{Infobox philosopher
| honorific_prefix  = 
| name              =  <!-- include middle initial, if not specified in birth_name -->
| native_name       = <!-- add name in the philosopher's language or script if different from the English name -->
| honorific_suffix  = 
| image             =  <!-- filename only, i.e. without the File: (or Image:) prefix or enclosing [[brackets]] --> 
| image_size        = 
| alt               = 
| caption           = 
| other_names       = 
| birth_name        = <!-- only use if different from name -->
| birth_date        = <!-- {{birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} for living persons, {{birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}} for deceased. For living people supply only the year unless the exact date is already WIDELY published, as per [[WP:DOB]]. -->
| birth_place       = 
| death_date        = <!-- {{death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) -->
| death_place       = 
| death_cause       = 
| residence         = 
| nationality       =
| spouse            =
| education         = 
| alma_mater        = 
| notable_works     = <!-- use "notable_works" in place of "books" parameter (deprecated) -->
| awards            = 
| signature         = 
| signature_size    = 
| signature_alt     = 
| era               = 
| region            = 
| school_tradition  = 
| institutions      = 
| thesis_title      = <!--(or  | thesis1_title =  and  | thesis2_title = )-->
| thesis_url        = <!--(or  | thesis1_url  =   and  | thesis2_url  =  )-->
| thesis_year       = <!--(or  | thesis1_year =   and  | thesis2_year =  )-->
| doctoral_advisor  = <!--(or  | doctoral_advisors = )-->
| academic_advisors = 
| doctoral_students = 
| notable_students  = 
| main_interests    = 
| notable_ideas     = 
| influences        = <!-- only add entries which are explained and cited in the body of the article (or cited here)-->
| influenced        = <!-- only add entries which are explained and cited in the body of the article (or cited here)-->
| website           = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} -->
}}

To use this template, copy the text above to the top of a biography article. Note that parameter names are lowercase.

Parameters[change source]

All parameters are optional, and if left blank will not appear in the infobox:

era should be selected from Category:Philosophy by period
region should be selected from Category:Philosophy by region
school_tradition should be selected from Category:Philosophical traditions or List of schools of philosophy
Entries in influences, influenced, and notable ideas should be explained in the main text of one of the articles. Those that are not mentioned in the main text may be deleted.
For living people supply only the year for birth date unless the exact date is already WIDELY published, as per WP:DOB. Treat such cases as if only the year is known, so use {{birth year and age}} or a similar option.

Microformat[change source]

The HTML markup produced by this template includes an hCard microformat, which makes the person's details parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue articles across Wikipedia or via a browser tool operated by a reader, to (for example) add the subject to an address book or database. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.

Sub-templates[change source]

Date-of-birth ("bday") information will only be included in the microformat if {{birth date}}, or {{birth date and age}} are used in the infobox. (Do not use these if the date is before 1583). Be cautious about using these if the person is still living, per WP:DOB.

To include a URL, use {{URL}}.

Please do not remove instances of these sub-templates.

Classes[change source]

hCard uses HTML classes including:

adr
agent
bday
birthplace
category
country-name
deathdate
deathplace
extended-address
family-name
fn (required)
given-name
honorific-prefix
honorific-suffix
label
locality
n
nickname
note
org
role
url
vcard

Please do not rename or remove these classes nor collapse nested elements which use them.

Tracking categories[change source]

Category:Pages using infobox person with unknown parameters (186)
Category:No local image but image on Wikidata (852) – Used by this and other infoboxes (via Template:Wikidata image) to track articles where the infobox has no image but Wikidata has an image name. To exclude articles from this category, update the infobox to display an image or add |nocat_wdimage=yes.