<nowiki>{{Creator}}</nowiki> creates an infobox to be customized on Creator: namespace pages and used on File and Category namespace pages. See [[Commons:Creator]] for guidelines on how to use Creator namespace. In majority of the cases people with Creator templates should be created for people who have pages on Wikidata. Than all the information about a person should be added to Wikidata, which creator template can easily fetch. If there are no data on Wikidata abour a person then it's better that you create a new page there and fill it with related data.
<nowiki>{{Creator}}</nowiki> creates an infobox to be customized on Creator: namespace pages and used on File and Category namespace pages. See [[Commons:Creator]] for guidelines on how to use Creator namespace. In majority of the cases people with Creator templates should be created for people who have pages on Wikidata. Than all the information about a person should be added to Wikidata, which creator template can easily fetch. If there are no data on Wikidata about a person then it's better that you create a new page there and fill it with related data.
|desc-td=<nowiki>{{Creator}}</nowiki> creates an infobox to be customized on Creator: namespace pages and used on File and Category namespace pages. See „Commons:Creator” for guidelines on how to use Creator namespace.
|desc-td=<nowiki>{{Creator}}</nowiki> creates an infobox to be customized on Creator: namespace pages and used on File and Category namespace pages. See „Commons:Creator” for guidelines on how to use Creator namespace.
{{Creator}} creates an infobox to be customized on Creator: namespace pages and used on File and Category namespace pages. See Commons:Creator for guidelines on how to use Creator namespace. In majority of the cases people with Creator templates should be created for people who have pages on Wikidata. Than all the information about a person should be added to Wikidata, which creator template can easily fetch. If there are no data on Wikidata about a person then it's better that you create a new page there and fill it with related data.
The template automatically sets the following categories:
Creator templates
When creating a new Creator page copy, you can click on "preload a creator template". You can also paste and fill the text below into your new page:
{{Creator
| Wikidata =
| Option = {{{1|}}} <!-- Do not modify -->
}}
Most of the fields used by the template can be looked up from Wikidata; however if the results are not satisfactory, one can use variety of perimeters to overwrite Wikidata values.
Template parameters
Parameter
Description
Default
Status
Wikidata
Wikidata
link to related Wikidata page(s). Enter the item q-code without enclosing brackets, eg.: |Wikidata=Q41406.
empty
required
Alternative names
Alternative names
All other variants of the name, pseudonyms, etc. Language variation could be added here too if the name in native language differs from English version. Use template {{Name}} to indicate that name is a birth, legal or pseudonym.
Corresponds to the Wikidata aliases and it is currently not filled based on Wikidata (as of May 2017)
Date of birth of the creator. Should be set on Wikidata. Use this property in case wikidata does not work properly. Most likely you will use it with {{Other date}}, {{Complex date}} and {{Lifetime date}} templates
year of birth in YYYY format. Note: Only needed if birthdate is not in ISO 8601 format — which is when {{Other date}}, {{Lifetime date}} or similar templates are used. Used to show the lifespan years in the top line.
Date of death. See Birthdate for details. One can use CanScan2 to find all the files using creator templates of authors who died less than 70 years ago and incorrectly using {{PD-old}} license.
Time period when the creator was active. Use {{Other date}} if needed. Corresponds to d:Property:P2031 and d:Property:P2032 in Wikidata, but it is currently not filled based on Wikidata (as of May 2017)
empty
optional
Workloc
Work location
Location(s) where the creator was active. Corresponds to work location (P937) in Wikidata, but currently (May 2017) will not show more than one location.
Image depicting the creator. Self-portraits are preferable. Not for artworks by the creators. One can use CatScan2 to find all the creator templates without images used within files which are in the Category:Self-portraits.
Home nation of the person that determines nationality; not necessarily the same as country of birth, place of residence nor place of death. See {{Nationality}} and {{CountryAdjective}} for supported values. Dual nationalities are allowed, separate nationalities with "/".
Currently (May 2017) dual nationality based on Wikidata is not supported.
English name of the profession. Multiple professions have to be separated by "/". For example "painter / photographer". See {{Occupation}} for supported values.
Additional description of the person, if needed. Possible uses, include listing relationships to other historical figures. Please use {{Kinship}} template.
link to related Wikisource page(s), mostly useful for writers. Use "s:pl:Autor:Adam Mickiewicz" notation. eg.: |Wikisource=s:pl:Autor:Adam Mickiewicz.
Wikidata's Wikisource sitelink
deprecated
Wikiquote
Wikiquote
link to related Wikiquote page(s). See Wikisource parameter for details, on how to use it.
Wikidata's Wikiquote sitelink
deprecated
Lifespan
Lifespan
Usually On top of the template we have a name followed by a lifespan dates in parenthesis. Most of the time lifespan can be assembled automatically based on dates or birth and death, or parameters "birthyear" and "deathyear". But if nothing else works "Lifespan" can be used to add text which will be added after the name.
empty
optional
Type
Type
Allows tagging and categorizing of unusual creator templates:
Value
Description
Category
commons user
For people directly contributing to Commons, aka Commons users. For templates of this type only minimal parameter validation will be performed.
group of individuals, but not a corporation. For instance an artistic school or a group of individuals that closely collaborated together in such a way that each individual's contribution is difficult to appreciate (e.g. Creator:Limbourg Brothers)
Tag as stub if providing very incomplete information. This option will show a message that this is a stub and only minimal parameter validation will be performed.
Links and other references used for creators without Wikipedia articles. Just as in Wikipedia all the data in this template should be verifiable. In most of the cases people already have articles in Wikipedia or Wikisource (in English or other languages) linked to by links in "Name" and "Wikisource" fields. However on a rare occasion that such article does not exist, please use "Reference" parameter to add references and or links to pages where the information come from.
empty
optional
Option
Option
Variable to be passed from creator page. Available options are: "workshop of", "circle of", "school of", "studio of", "or follower", "or workshop", "and workshop", "attributed to", "after", "formerly attributed to", "follower of", "manner of", and "near"[1]. These options will add those phrases to the author's name in the user's language.
TemplateData is a way to store information about template parameters (the description of those and of the whole template) for both humans and machines. It is used by VisualEditor and possibly other tools like Upload Wizard.
Existing template documentation
At Wikimedia Commons, it is recommended to use {{TemplateBox}} with either useTemplateData=1 or useTemplateData=only on the /doc subpage and transcluding it with {{Documentation}} into the template. <nowiki>-tags can be wrapped around the arguments, if required, to avoid templates being expanded.
Newly created template documentation and imports
Another option, especially for imported templates, or for users with JSON experience, is placing raw <templatedata>-tags into the Wikitext of the template, as described in various Wikipediae.
{{Creator}} creates an infobox to be customized on Creator: namespace pages and used on File and Category namespace pages. See „Commons:Creator” for guidelines on how to use Creator namespace.
Template parameters
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
Parameter
Description
Type
Status
Alternative names
Alternative names
All other variants of the name, [[w:Pseudonym|pseudonyms]], etc. Language variation could be added here too if the name in native language differs from English version. Use template [[:Template:Name|<span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;">{{Name}}</span>]] to indicate that name is a birth, legal or pseudonym.
<br/>Corresponds to the Wikidata aliases and it is currently not filled based on Wikidata (as of May 2017)
String
optional
Birthdate
Birthdate
Birthdate of the artist.
Default
[[d:Special:EntityPage/P569|date of birth <small>(P569)</small>]]
String
optional
Birth location
Birthloc
Birth location: usually a city name or wikidata q-code
Default
[[d:Special:EntityPage/P19|place of birth <small>(P19)</small>]]
String
deprecated
Birthyear
Birthyear
Year of birth in YYYY format (Only needed if birthdate is not in ISO format
Default
[[d:Special:EntityPage/P569|date of birth <small>(P569)</small>]]
Number
optional
Deathdate
Deathdate
Date of death. See '''Birthdate''' for details. <small>One can use [http://tools.wmflabs.org/catscan2/catscan2.php?language=commons&project=wikimedia&templates_yes=Works+of+authors+who+died+less+than+65+years+ago%0D%0APD-old CanScan2] to find all the files using creator templates of authors who died less than 70 years ago and incorrectly using [[:Template:PD-old|<span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;">{{PD-old}}</span>]] license.</small>
Default
[[d:Special:EntityPage/P570|date of death <small>(P570)</small>]]
String
optional
Death location
Deathloc
Death location: usually a city name or wikidata q-code
Default
[[d:Special:EntityPage/P20|place of death <small>(P20)</small>]]
String
deprecated
Deathyear
Deathyear
year of death in YYYY format. See '''Birthyear''' for details.
Default
[[d:Special:EntityPage/P570|date of death <small>(P570)</small>]]
Number
optional
Description
Description
Additional description of the person, if needed. Possible uses, include listing relationships to other historical figures. Please use [[:Template:Kinship|<span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;">{{Kinship}}</span>]] template.
Unknown
optional
Gender
Gender
Whether the individual is male or female (set the parameter to ''male'', ''female'', ''m'' or ''f'' accordingly). Used as input to {{[[Template:NationAndOccupation|NationAndOccupation]]}}.
Default
[[d:Special:EntityPage/P21|sex or gender <small>(P21)</small>]]
Unknown
deprecated
Homecat
Homecat
The Homecat parameter adds a category to the creator template, which will then be included in the list of articles in that category.
Usually On top of the template we have a name followed by a lifespan dates in parenthesis. Most of the time lifespan can be assembled automatically based on dates or birth and death, or parameters "birthyear" and "deathyear". But if nothing else works "Lifespan" can be used to add text which will be added after the name.
Unknown
optional
Linkback
Linkback
name of [[:Category:Creator templates|specialized Creator: page]] used to provide a link back to it.
Home nation of the person that determines nationality; not necessarily the same as country of birth, place of residence nor place of death. See [[:Template:Nationality|<span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;">{{Nationality}}</span>]] and [[:Template:CountryAdjective|<span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;">{{CountryAdjective}}</span>]] for supported values. Dual nationalities are allowed, separate nationalities with "/".
<br/> Currently (May 2017) dual nationality based on Wikidata is not supported.
Default
[[d:Special:EntityPage/P27|country of citizenship <small>(P27)</small>]]
Unknown
optional
Occupation
Occupation
English name of the [[w:Profession|profession]]. Multiple professions have to be separated by "/". For example "painter / photographer". See [[:Template:Occupation|<span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;">{{Occupation}}</span>]] for supported values.
Variable to be passed from creator page. Available options are: "workshop of", "circle of", "school of", "studio of", "or follower", "or workshop", "and workshop", "attributed to", "after", "formerly attributed to", "follower of", "manner of", and "near". These options will add those phrases to the author's name in the user's language.
Unknown
required
References
References
Links and other references used for creators without Wikipedia articles. Just as in Wikipedia all the data in this template should be [[:en:Wikipedia:Verifiability|verifiable]]. In most of the cases people already have articles in Wikipedia or Wikisource (in English or other languages) linked to by links in "Name" and "Wikisource" fields. However on a rare occasion that such article does not exist, please use "Reference" parameter to add references and or links to pages where the information come from.
Allows tagging and categorizing of unusual creator templates:
<table border>
<tr><th>Value</th><th>Description</th><th>Category</th></tr>
<tr><td>commons user</td><td>For people directly contributing to Commons, aka Commons [[:Category:Users|users]]. For templates of this type only minimal parameter validation will be performed.</td><td>[[:Category:User creator templates]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>corporation</td><td>company or any other formally organized group</td><td>[[:Category:Corporate creator templates]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>group</td><td>group of individuals, but not a corporation. For instance an artistic school or a group of individuals that closely collaborated together in such a way that each individual's contribution is difficult to appreciate (e.g. [[:Creator:Limbourg Brothers]])</td><td>[[:Category:Group creator templates]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>stub</td><td>Tag as [[:en:Wikipedia:Stub|stub]] if providing very incomplete information. This option will show a message that this is a stub and only minimal parameter validation will be performed. </td><td>[[:Category:Creator template stubs]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>person</td><td>default type</td><td></td></tr>
</table>
No corresponding Wikidata property.
Default
person
Unknown
optional
Wikidata
Wikidata
link to related Wikidata page(s). Enter the item q-code without enclosing brackets, eg.: <tt>|Wikidata=Q41406</tt>.
String
required
Wikiquote
Wikiquote
link to related Wikiquote page(s). See '''Wikisource''' parameter for details, on how to use it.
Default
Wikidata's Wikiquote sitelink
Unknown
deprecated
Wikisource
Wikisource
link to related Wikisource page(s), mostly useful for writers. Use "[[s:pl:Autor:Adam Mickiewicz]]" notation. eg.: <tt>|Wikisource=s:pl:Autor:Adam Mickiewicz</tt>.
Default
Wikidata's Wikisource sitelink
Unknown
deprecated
Work location
Workloc
Location(s) where the creator was active. Corresponds to [[:d:Property:P937|work location (P937)]] in Wikidata, but currently (May 2017) will not show more than one location.
Below are some suggestions on how to fill the parameters. In general keep it short and use language independent terms if possible. Avoid translating of names and places and use links to Wikipedia or a gallery which will have translations or interwiki links to articles in other languages.
Template parameters
Parameter
Description
Default
Status
Name
Name
Name of the creator in the "Name Surname" format which will be shown in the uncollapsed part of the template (most of the time name should be the same as page name).
In August 2016 template changed and this field become optional when wikidata link is provided. With wikidata the name field can be build based on Wikidata label and sitelinks.
Pre August 2016 instructions are still listed below
Things to do:
Provide single most commonly used version of the name in English literature or use {{LangSwitch}} to provide language specific versions (see below). English Wikipedia can be used as a guide to choose name.
Provide links to Wikipedia articles and/or Commons galleries - this is important to avoid disambiguation problems and to allow users to easily find more information about the creator.
Template automatically tries to add links to Commons gallery if one exists. If no gallery with that name exists try linking to one or more Wikipedias instead.
Best solution is to use {{LangSwitch}} to show the name in user's own language and provide link to an article in user's wikipedia. This approach is especially encouraged for names where original name does not use Latin alphabet. See here for more info.
If there are no Wikipedia or Wikisource articles to link to, then the reference where the information comes from by providing a link in the "Description" field should be added.
In case of the names like "Name Surname the Elder" or "Name Surname the Younger" use {{Name}} template with elder/younger options.
Creator template tries to automatically add lifespan years after creator's name, based on "birthdate" and "deathdate" parameters if they are in ISO 8601 format. Lifespan years can be also provided using "birthyear" and "deathyear" parameters, but if those are not known, then one could add years or century when the creator was active directly following the name.
Do not:
List multiple versions of the name here - place those in "Alternative names" section
Use Language templates - those can be used in "Alternative names" section if different versions are used in different languages
Use links to wikisource articles - use "Wikisource" parameter instead
empty
optional
Alternative names
Alternative names
All other variants of the name, pseudonyms, etc. Language variation could be added here too if the name in native language differs from English version. Do not use it to provide interwiki links - place them in a gallery linked from Name or on a Wikipedia page. Use template {{Name}} to indicate that name is a birth, legal or pseudonym.
Corresponds to the Wikidata aliases.
empty
optional
Sortkey
Sortkey
Sortkey of the name
Not sure yet how to do this with Wikidata.
empty
required
Birthdate
Birthdate
Date of birth. Recommended format:
Date in ISO 8601 format "YYYY-MM-DD", or "YYYY-MM", or "YYYY", e.g. "2006-01-15" for "15 January 2006". This allows automatic localisation of the displayed date, and also display of the lifespan period after the name.
For authors living in countries using Julian calendar, like 19th century Russian artists, please consider using dates in "{{other date|Julian|1863-02-17|1863-03-01}}" format to distinguish between dates in Julian and Gregorian calendar.
Use of {{Date}} is not encouraged, since we can not extract year from that string, use "Birthyear" parameter if you do.
{{Other date}} and {{Lifetime date}} templates can be nested to create more complicated phrases. Nesting with more than 2 levels often exceeds expansion depth limit and should be avoided.
year of birth in YYYY format. Note: Only needed if birthdate is not in ISO 8601 format — which is when {{Other date}}, {{Lifetime date}} or similar templates are used. Used to show the lifespan years in the top line.
Date of death. See Birthdate for details. One can use CanScan2 to find all the files using creator templates of authors who died less than 70 years ago and incorrectly using {{PD-old}} license.
Birth location: usually a city name with a link to the location's page:
Template automatically places location inside {{city|city-name}} template which works as a lookup table connecting multiple spellings of cities to autotranslated city templates, its own translations or to the Commons galleries. If no suitable links are found then string is unchanged.
One can use Wikidata Q-codes
One can use one of autotranslated city templates (see Category:Multilingual tags: Locations). Those templates show the city name in the language of the viewer and provide links to the wikipedia pages in that language.
One can also use direct links to a gallery or Wikipedia article
Image of the creator. Self-portraits are preferable. One can use CatScan2 to find all the creator templates without images used within files which are in the Category:Self-portraits.
Corresponds to image (P18) in Wikidata. Be careful, might contain a work by or an image of the author. Need to add some smart logic or better: Create a new more specific property.
empty
optional
Homecat
The Homecat parameter adds a category to the creator template, which will then be included in the list of articles in that category. Please do not add additional categories (like [[Category:Name Surname]]) to creator templates, since these will then be added to all the files and categories that use the template. Find pages with homecat issues:
Biographical categories transcluding {{Creator}} template which are not home categories: [1]
Home nation of the person that determines nationality; not necessarily the same as country of birth, place of residence nor place of death. See {{Nationality}} and {{CountryAdjective}} for supported values. Dual nationalities are allowed, separate nationalities with "/".
Additional description of the person, if needed. Possible uses:
listing relationships to other historical figures. Please use {{Kinship}} template.
Corresponds to Wikidata item description.
empty
optional
Linkback
name of specialized Creator: page used to provide a link back to it. If provided, then an icon will be shown in the top line after the name. Clicking this icon will bring user to the proper Creator: page.
link to related Wikisource page(s), mostly useful for writers. Use "s:pl:Autor:Adam Mickiewicz" notation. eg.: |Wikisource=s:pl:Autor:Adam Mickiewicz. Please use {{LangSwitch}} if author was writing in several languages, for example "|Wikisource = {{LangSwitch|en=s:en:Author:Joseph Conrad|fr=s:fr:Auteur:Joseph_Conrad|pl=s:pl:Autor:Joseph Conrad}}"
Corresponds to Wikidata item description.
empty
optional
Wikiquote
link to related Wikiquote page(s). See Wikisource parameter for details, on how to use it.
Corresponds to Wikidata sitelink description.
empty
optional
Wikidata
link to related Wikidata page(s). Enter the item name without enclosing brackets, eg.: |Wikidata=Q41406.
That's the item where we're grabbing all the Wikidata information from
empty
optional
Authority
Authority control data displayed using a call to {{Authority control|...|bare=1}}. As of Spring 2016, recommended way of handling Authority control is to add it to wikidata and set Wikidata parameter, then the template is automatically displayed. Find pages with authority control issues:
group of individuals, but not a corporation. For instance an artistic school or a group of individuals that closely collaborated together in such a way that each individual's contribution is difficult to appreciate (e.g. Creator:Limbourg Brothers)
Tag as stub if providing very incomplete information. This option will show a message that this is a stub and only minimal parameter validation will be performed.
Image width in pixels. Most templates do not need to use this parameter, but some exceptionally voluminous templates might look better with larger images (100<ImgWidth<150). Also templates with image and very little info could use smaller image (70<ImgWidth<100).
100
optional
References
Links and other references used for creators without Wikipedia articles. Just as in Wikipedia all the data in this template should be verifiable. In most of the cases people already have articles in Wikipedia or Wikisource (in English or other languages) linked to by links in "Name" and "Wikisource" fields. However on a rare occasion that such article does not exist, please use "Reference" parameter to add references and or links to pages where the information come from.
empty
optional
Option
Variable to be passed from creator page. Available options are: "workshop of", "circle of", "school of", "or follower", "or workshop", "and workshop", "attributed to", "after", "formerly attributed to", "follower of", "manner of", and "near"[1]. These options will add those phrases to the author's name in the user's language.
empty
required
Lifespan
Lifespan
Usually On top of the template we have a name followed by a lifespan dates in parenthesis. Most of the time lifespan can be asembled automatically based on dates or birth and death, or parameters "birthyear" and "deathyear". But if nothing else works "Lifespan" can be used to add text which will be added after the name.
TemplateData is a way to store information about template parameters (the description of those and of the whole template) for both humans and machines. It is used by VisualEditor and possibly other tools like Upload Wizard.
Existing template documentation
At Wikimedia Commons, it is recommended to use {{TemplateBox}} with either useTemplateData=1 or useTemplateData=only on the /doc subpage and transcluding it with {{Documentation}} into the template. <nowiki>-tags can be wrapped around the arguments, if required, to avoid templates being expanded.
Newly created template documentation and imports
Another option, especially for imported templates, or for users with JSON experience, is placing raw <templatedata>-tags into the Wikitext of the template, as described in various Wikipediae.
This syntax is mostly for backward compatibility to existing templates in [[:Category:Creator templates without Wikidata link]]. Please use Syntax #1 when creating new templates.
Template parameters
This template prefers block formatting of parameters.
Parameter
Description
Type
Status
Alternative names
Alternative names
All other variants of the name, [[w:Pseudonym|pseudonyms]], etc. Language variation could be added here too if the name in native language differs from English version. Do not use it to provide interwiki links - place them in a gallery linked from '''Name''' or on a Wikipedia page. Use template [[:Template:Name|<span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;">{{Name}}</span>]] to indicate that name is a birth, legal or pseudonym.
Corresponds to the Wikidata aliases.
String
optional
Authority
[[:en:Authority control|Authority control]] data displayed using a call to {{[[Template:Authority control|Authority control]]|...|bare=1}}. As of Spring 2016, recommended way of handling Authority control is to add it to wikidata and set ''Wikidata'' parameter, then the template is automatically displayed. <small>Find pages with authority control issues:
Creator templates with [[:Template:Authority control|<span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;">{{Authority control}}</span>]] template without "bare=1" option [http://tools.wmflabs.org/catscan2/catscan2.php?language=commons&project=wikimedia&depth=1&ns%5b100%5d=1&templates_yes=Creator%0D%0AAuthority+control+tag%3A+stand-alone&doit=1]
Creator home categories with [[:Template:Authority control|<span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;">{{Authority control}}</span>]] added to both category and creator template[http://tools.wmflabs.org/catscan2/catscan2.php?language=commons&project=wikimedia&depth=1&ns%5b14%5d=1=1&templates_yes=Authority+control+tag%3A+bare%0D%0AAuthority+control+tag%3A+stand-alone&doit=1]
Creator home categories with [[:Template:Authority control|<span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;">{{Authority control}}</span>]] added to the category instead creator template [http://tools.wmflabs.org/catscan2/catscan2.php?language=commons&project=wikimedia&depth=1&ns%5b14%5d=1&templates_yes=Creator%0D%0AAuthority+control+tag%3A+stand-alone&doit=1]
All of above plus other issues[http://tools.wmflabs.org/catscan2/catscan2.php?language=commons&project=wikimedia&depth=1&ns%5b14%5d=1&ns%5b100%5d=1&templates_yes=Creator%0D%0AAuthority+control+tag%3A+stand-alone&doit=1]</small>
Wikidata part is handled in the authority control template
Unknown
deprecated
Birthdate
Birthdate
Birthdate of the artist, preferably in the ISO YYYY-MM-DD format
String
optional
Birth location
Birthloc
Birth location: usually a city name with a link to the location's page
String
optional
Birthyear
Birthyear
Year of birth in YYYY format (Only needed if birthdate is not in ISO format
Number
optional
Deathdate
Deathdate
Date of death. See '''Birthdate''' for details. <small>One can use [http://tools.wmflabs.org/catscan2/catscan2.php?language=commons&project=wikimedia&templates_yes=Works+of+authors+who+died+less+than+65+years+ago%0D%0APD-old CanScan2] to find all the files using creator templates of authors who died less than 70 years ago and incorrectly using [[:Template:PD-old|<span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;">{{PD-old}}</span>]] license.</small>
Corresponds to [[:d:Property:P570|date of death (P570)]] in Wikidata
String
optional
Death location
Deathloc
Death location. See '''Birthloc''' for details.
Corresponds to [[:d:Property:P20|place of death (P20)]] in Wikidata
String
optional
Deathyear
Deathyear
year of death in YYYY format. See '''Birthyear''' for details.
Corresponds to [[:d:Property:P570|date of death (P570)]] in Wikidata
Number
optional
Description
Additional description of the person, if needed. Possible uses:
listing relationships to other historical figures. Please use [[:Template:Kinship|<span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;">{{Kinship}}</span>]] template.
Corresponds to Wikidata item description.
Unknown
optional
Gender
Whether the individual is male or female (set the parameter to ''male'', ''female'', ''m'' or ''f'' accordingly). Used as input to {{[[Template:NationAndOccupation|NationAndOccupation]]}}.
Corresponds to [[:d:Propery:P21|sex or gender (P21)]] on Wikidata
Unknown
optional
Homecat
The Homecat parameter adds a category to the creator template, which will then be included in the list of articles in that category. Please do ''not'' add additional categories (like [[Category:Name Surname]]) to creator templates, since these will then be added to all the files and categories that use the template. <small>Find pages with homecat issues:
Biographical categories transcluding [[:Template:Creator|<span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;">{{Creator}}</span>]] template which are not home categories: [http://tools.wmflabs.org/catscan2/catscan2.php?language=commons&project=wikimedia&categories=people_by_name&negcats=Creator_template_home_categories&ns%5b14%5d=1&templates_yes=Creator]</small>
Corresponds to [[:d:Propery:P910|P910 (topic's main category)]] on Wikidata
Unknown
required
Image
Image
Image of the creator. Self-portraits are preferable.
File
optional
ImgWidth
Image width in pixels. Most templates do not need to use this parameter, but some exceptionally voluminous templates might look better with larger images (100<ImgWidth<150). Also templates with image and very little info could use smaller image (70<ImgWidth<100).
Default
100
Unknown
optional
Lifespan
Lifespan
Usually On top of the template we have a name followed by a lifespan dates in parenthesis. Most of the time lifespan can be asembled automatically based on dates or birth and death, or parameters "birthyear" and "deathyear". But if nothing else works "Lifespan" can be used to add text which will be added after the name.
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Linkback
name of [[:Category:Creator templates|specialized Creator: page]] used to provide a link back to it. If provided, then an icon [[File:Icons-mini-icon link.gif]] will be shown in the top line after the name. Clicking this icon will bring user to the proper Creator: page.
Internal, nothing on Wikidata. We could use [[:d:Property:P1472|Commons Creator page (P1472)]] for sanity checking.
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Name
Name
Name of the creator in the "Name Surname" format
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Nationality
Home nation of the person that determines nationality; not necessarily the same as country of birth, place of residence nor place of death. See [[:Template:Nationality|<span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;">{{Nationality}}</span>]] and [[:Template:CountryAdjective|<span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;">{{CountryAdjective}}</span>]] for supported values. Dual nationalities are allowed, separate nationalities with "/".
Corresponds to [[:d:Propery:P27|country of citizenship (P27)]] on Wikidata
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Occupation
English name of the [[w:Profession|profession]]. Multiple professions have to be separated by "/". For example "painter / photographer". See [[:Template:Occupation|<span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;">{{Occupation}}</span>]] for supported values. Pages using unsupported values will be listed in [[:Category:Pages using Occupation template with incorrect parameters]].
Corresponds to [[:d:Propery:P106|occupation (P106)]] on Wikidata
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Option
Variable to be passed from creator page. Available options are: "workshop of", "circle of", "school of", "or follower", "or workshop", "and workshop", "attributed to", "after", "formerly attributed to", "follower of", "manner of", and "near". These options will add those phrases to the author's name in the user's language.
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References
Links and other references used for creators without Wikipedia articles. Just as in Wikipedia all the data in this template should be [[:en:Wikipedia:Verifiability|verifiable]]. In most of the cases people already have articles in Wikipedia or Wikisource (in English or other languages) linked to by links in "Name" and "Wikisource" fields. However on a rare occasion that such article does not exist, please use "Reference" parameter to add references and or links to pages where the information come from.
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Sortkey
Sortkey
Sortkey of the name
Not sure yet how to do this with Wikidata.
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Type
Allows tagging and categorizing of unusual creator templates:
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<tr><th>Value</th><th>Description</th><th>Category</th></tr>
<tr><td>commons user</td><td>For people directly contributing to Commons, aka Commons [[:Category:Users|users]]. For templates of this type only minimal parameter validation will be performed.</td><td>[[:Category:User creator templates]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>corporation</td><td>company or any other formally organized group</td><td>[[:Category:Corporate creator templates]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>group</td><td>group of individuals, but not a corporation. For instance an artistic school or a group of individuals that closely collaborated together in such a way that each individual's contribution is difficult to appreciate (e.g. [[:Creator:Limbourg Brothers]])</td><td>[[:Category:Group creator templates]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>stub</td><td>Tag as [[:en:Wikipedia:Stub|stub]] if providing very incomplete information. This option will show a message that this is a stub and only minimal parameter validation will be performed. </td><td>[[:Category:Creator template stubs]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>person</td><td>default type</td><td></td></tr>
</table>
No corrosponding Wikidata property.
Default
person
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Wikidata
link to related Wikidata page(s). Enter the item name without enclosing brackets, eg.: <tt>|Wikidata=Q41406</tt>.
That's the item where we're grabbing all the Wikidata information from
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Wikiquote
link to related Wikiquote page(s). See '''Wikisource''' parameter for details, on how to use it.
Corresponds to Wikidata sitelink description.
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Wikisource
link to related Wikisource page(s), mostly useful for writers. Use "[[s:pl:Autor:Adam Mickiewicz]]" notation. eg.: <tt>|Wikisource=s:pl:Autor:Adam Mickiewicz</tt>. Please use [[:Template:LangSwitch|<span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;">{{LangSwitch}}</span>]] if author was writing in several languages, for example <tt>"|Wikisource = {{LangSwitch|en=s:en:Author:Joseph Conrad|fr=s:fr:Auteur:Joseph_Conrad|pl=s:pl:Autor:Joseph Conrad}}"</tt>
Corresponds to Wikidata item description.
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Work location
Workloc
Location(s) where the creator was active. See '''Birthloc''' for details.
Corresponds to [[:d:Property:P937|work location (P937)]] in Wikidata
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Work period
Workperiod
Time period when the creator was active.
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Additional information
The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces:
the Creator namespace
The template is intended to be used by the following user groups:
all users