Template:Infobox Comedian/doc

Usage

This infobox may be added by pasting the template as shown below into an article.

{{Infobox Comedian
| name              = 
| image             = 
| imagesize         = 
| caption           = 
| pseudonym         = 
| birth_name        = 
| birth_date        = 
| birth_place       = 
| death_date        = 
| death_place       = 
| medium            = 
| nationality       = 
| active            = 
| genre             = 
| subject           = 
| influences        = 
| influenced        = 
| spouse            = 
| domesticpartner   = 
| notable_work      = 
| signature         = 
| website           = 
| footnotes         = 
| current_members   = 
| past_members      = 
| academyawards     = 
| emmyawards        = 
| peabodyawards     =
| goldenglobeawards = 
| tonyawards        = 
| baftaawards       = 
| cesarawards       = 
| goyaawards        = 
| afiawards         = 
| filmfareawards    = 
| olivierawards     = 
| grammyawards      = 
| americancomedyawards = 
| britishcomedyawards = 
}}

Parameters

Note: * denotes required fields.

Parameter	Explanation
name *	Insert name of comedian.
image	Insert *.jpg image.
imagesize	Insert image width (defaults to 200px if left empty).
caption	Insert photograph caption. Try to include date of photo and the photographer.
pseudonym	Insert any of the comedian's aliases or pen names.
birth_name	Insert comedian's birth name.
birth_date *	Insert date of birth: month, day, year. Use {{birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} (use Use {{birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}} if dead)
birth_place	Insert place of birth: town, city, country.
death_date	Insert date of death: month, day, year. Use {{death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (first set for death date; second set for birth date)
death_place	Insert place of death: town, city, country.
medium *	Insert the medium the comedian worked in: television, stand-up, film, etc.
nationality	Insert nationality of writer.
active	Insert the years that the person is active.
genre	Insert the comedian's general comedic genre. For instance, Jon Stewart would be political satire; George Carlin would be black humor.
subject	Insert the most frequent topics of the comedian's comedy (e.g. for Dave Chapelle, racism/race relations; for Stephen Colbert, politics/the Christian Right; for Cheech Marin, race and drugs)
influences	Insert the names of comedians who influenced his/her work. Note that it is possible for a comedian to both influence and be influenced by another comedian, if they are colleagues or are contemporaneous.
influenced	Insert the names of comedians who were influenced by his/her work. Note that it is possible for a comedian to both influence and be influenced by another comedian, if they are colleagues or are contemporaneous.
signature	Insert an image of the comedian's signature.
website	Insert the comedian's official website.
footnotes	Insert any miscellaneous information here.
current_members	For comedy troupes and double acts, list all current members. If the troupe/duo has broken up, name all people who were members at the time of the breakup.
former_members	For comedy troupes and double acts, list all members who have, for whatever reason, left. If the troupe/duo has broken up, name all people who left before the time of the breakup.
academyawards	Insert any Academy Awards won. Consider using the template: {{awd|award|year|title|role|name}} Use the format: [[Award Name's Article|Short Form of Award Name]] Year Title (optional: – Role) Note: If an article for the film is available, the title should link there.
emmyawards	Insert any Emmy Awards won. Use the same format as academyawards.
peabodyawards	Insert any Peabody Awards won. Use the same format as academyawards.
tonyawards	Insert any Tony Awards won. Use the same format as academyawards.
goldenglobeawards	Insert any Golden Globe Awards won. Use the same format as academyawards.
baftaawards	Insert any BAFTA Awards won. Use the same format as academyawards.
cesarawards	Insert any César Awards won. Use the same format as academyawards.
goyaawards	Insert any Goya Awards won. Use the same format as academyawards.
afiawards	Insert any AFI Awards won. Use the same format as academyawards.
filmfareawards	Insert any Filmfare Awards won. Use the same format as academyawards.
olivierawards	Insert any Laurence Olivier Awards won. Use the same format as academyawards.
americancomedyawards	Insert any American Comedy Awards won. Use the same format as academyawards.
britishcomedyawards	Insert any British Comedy Awards won. Use the same format as academyawards.
grammyawards	Insert any Grammy Awards won. Use the same format as academyawards.

Microformat

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. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.

Date-of-birth ("bday") parameters will only be included in the microformat if {{Birth date}} or {{Birth date and age}} are used in the infobox.

hCard uses HTML classes including:

• adr
• agent
• bday
• category
• county-name
• extended-address
• family-name
• fn (required)
• given-name
• honorific-prefix
• honorific-suffix
• label
• locality
• n
• nickname
• note
• org
• role
• vcard

Please do not rename or remove these classes.