Template:Creator/doc

Syntax #1: for people with pages on Wikidata

This subpage contains documentation, categories, or other content that is not part of the template.
To view the template page itself, see Template:Creator.

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{{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. Then 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

This template will categorize categories transcluding it and matching "Homecat" field into Category:Creator template home categories.

This template will categorize some creator infobox pages it into sub-categories of Category:Creator template maintenance.

Usage

{{Creator |Wikidata= |Option= }}

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 the following parameters 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.	Wikidata aliases, pseudonym (P742), birth name (P1477), courtesy name (P1782), art name (P1787)	optional
Sortkey	Sortkey	Sortkey of the name	family name (P734) & given name (P735)	deprecated
Birthdate	Birthdate	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	date of birth (P569)	optional
Deathdate	Deathdate	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.	date of death (P570)	optional
Birthloc	Birth location	Birth location: usually a city name or wikidata q-code	place of birth (P19)	deprecated
Deathloc	Death location	Death location: usually a city name or wikidata q-code	place of death (P20)	deprecated
Workperiod	Work period	Time period when the creator was active. Use {{Other date}} if needed. Corresponds to work period (start) (P2031) and work period (end) (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.	work location (P937)	optional
Image	Image	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.	image (P18)	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.	Commons category (P373)	deprecated
Nationality	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 {{Nationality}} and {{CountryAdjective}} for supported values. Dual nationalities are allowed, separate nationalities with "/". Currently (May 2017) dual nationality based on Wikidata is not supported.	country of citizenship (P27)	optional
Gender	Gender	Whether the individual is male or female (set the parameter to male, female, m or f accordingly). Used as input to {{NationAndOccupation}}.	sex or gender (P21)	deprecated
Occupation	Occupation	English name of the profession. Multiple professions have to be separated by "/". For example "painter / photographer". See {{Occupation}} for supported values.	occupation (P106)	optional
Description	Description	Additional description of the person, if needed. Possible uses, include listing relationships to other historical figures. Please use {{Kinship}} template.	empty	optional
Linkback	Linkback	name of specialized Creator: page used to provide a link back to it.	Commons Creator page (P1472)	deprecated
Wikisource	Wikisource	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. Category:User creator templates corporation company or any other formally organized group Category:Corporate creator templates group 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) Category:Group creator templates person default type No corresponding Wikidata property.	person	optional
References	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	Option	Template {{Creator}} is mostly used to create custom templates in "Creator" namespace specific to a single person. Option parameter should always be set to |option = {{{1|}}} and is used to pass information from users of the custom templates to the {{Creator}} template code. For example if one calls {{Creator:Paul Cézanne|1234}}, the "1234" will be passed as argument option to the {{Creator}} template. Many options have specific meaning to the {{Creator}} template: Phrases: "workshop of", "circle of", "school of", "studio of", "or follower", "or workshop", "and workshop", "attributed to", "after", "formerly attributed to", "follower of", "manner of", "namepiece", "near", "possibly", "probably" and "presumably" will be translated to user's language and merged with author's name. "collapse" will result in creator template being initially collapsed "autocategorize" will result in creator template adding automatically generated parent categories to home-categories.	empty	required

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

Syntax #2: for people without pages on Wikidata

This subpage contains documentation, categories, or other content that is not part of the template.
To view the template page itself, see Template:Creator.

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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.

Usage

{{Creator
 |Name              =
 |Alternative names =
 |Sortkey           =
 |Birthdate         =
 |Deathdate         =
 |Birthloc          =
 |Deathloc          =
 |Workperiod        =
 |Workloc           =
 |Image             =
 |Homecat           =
 |Nationality       =
 |Gender            =
 |Occupation        =
 |Linkback          =
 |Wikidata          =
 |Option            =
 |Lifespan          =
}}

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
 | Name              = NAME SURNAME
 | Alternative names = 
 | Nationality       = 
 | Gender            = <!-- male / female -->
 | Occupation        = 
 | Description       = 
 | Birthdate         = 
 | Birthloc          = 
 | Deathdate         = 
 | Deathloc          = 
 | Workperiod        = 
 | Workloc           = 
 | Image             = 
 | Sortkey           = <!-- SURNAME, NAME -->
 | Homecat           = {{subst:PAGENAME}}
 | Option            = {{{1|}}} <!-- Do not modify -->
 | Linkback          = {{subst:FULLPAGENAME}}
 | Wikidata          = 
}}

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, pseudonym (P742), birth name (P1477), courtesy name (P1782) and art name (P1787).	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. In case the date is not known precisely please use {{Other date}} or {{Lifetime date}} templates. 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. Not recommended format: Do not use Language templates in this section, like {{en|2006-01-15}}. 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. Wikidata: Corresponds to date of birth (P569) in Wikidata	empty	optional
Deathdate	Deathdate	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. Corresponds to date of death (P570) in Wikidata	empty	optional
Birthloc	Birth location	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 Use {{RelativeLocation}} for relative locations, like "A near B". Avoid using Language templates, like {{de|Paris}}, or {{LangSwitch}} template. Avoid using {{LangSwitch}}. Add language variations to {{City}}. Corresponds to place of birth (P19) in Wikidata	empty	optional
Deathloc	Death location	Death location. See Birthloc for details. Corresponds to place of death (P20) in Wikidata	empty	optional
Workperiod	Work period	Time period when the creator was active. Use {{Other date}} if needed. Corresponds to work period (start) (P2031) and work period (end) (P2032) in Wikidata	empty	optional
Workloc	Work location	Location(s) where the creator was active. See Birthloc for details. Corresponds to work location (P937) in Wikidata	empty	optional
Image	Image	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] Corresponds to topic's main category (P910) on Wikidata		empty	required
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 {{Nationality}} and {{CountryAdjective}} for supported values. Dual nationalities are allowed, separate nationalities with "/". Corresponds to country of citizenship (P27) on Wikidata		empty	optional
Gender	Whether the individual is male or female (set the parameter to male, female, m or f accordingly). Used as input to {{NationAndOccupation}}. Corresponds to sex or gender (P21) on Wikidata		empty	optional
Occupation	English name of the profession. Multiple professions have to be separated by "/". For example "painter / photographer". See {{Occupation}} for supported values. Pages using unsupported values will be listed in Category:Pages using Occupation template with incorrect parameters. Corresponds to occupation (P106) on Wikidata		empty	optional
Description	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. Internal, nothing on Wikidata. We could use Commons Creator page (P1472) for sanity checking.		empty	required
Wikisource	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 Identifier without enclosing brackets, eg.: |Wikidata=Q41406. Entering keyword "Create" will show arrow which will allow you to create a new Wikidata item and copy many of the properties to it. 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: Creator templates with {{Authority control}} template without "bare=1" option [2] Creator home categories with {{Authority control}} added to both category and creator template[3] Creator home categories with {{Authority control}} added to the category instead creator template [4] All of above plus other issues[5] Wikidata part is handled in the authority control template		empty	deprecated
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. Category:User creator templates corporation company or any other formally organized group Category:Corporate creator templates group 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) Category:Group creator templates person default type No corresponding Wikidata property.		person	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).		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	Template {{Creator}} is mostly used to create custom templates in "Creator" namespace specific to a single person. Option parameter should always be set to |option = {{{1|}}} and is used to pass information from users of the custom templates to the {{Creator}} template code. For example if one calls {{Creator:Paul Cézanne|1234}}, the "1234" will be passed as argument option to the {{Creator}} template. Many options have specific meaning to the {{Creator}} template: Phrases: "workshop of", "circle of", "school of", "studio of", "or follower", "or workshop", "and workshop", "attributed to", "after", "formerly attributed to", "follower of", "manner of", "namepiece", "near", "possibly", "probably" and "presumably" will be translated to user's language and merged with author's name. "collapse" will result in creator template being initially collapsed "autocategorize" will result in creator template adding automatically generated parent categories to home-categories.		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.	empty	optional

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

Relies on:
Module:Creator, {{NationAndOccupation}}, Module:Authority control, Module:Name, Module:City, Module:ISOdate, Module:Wikidata label, Module:Wikidata

See also

• Commons:Creator
• {{Institution}} – similar template for institutions
• Creator from wikidata tool
• Template:Editnotices/Namespace/Creator – Preloaded text which will show up above edit window while editing pages in Creator: namespace.
• Template:Creator/preload – Page used to preload pages in Creator namespace.

Localization

This template is localized by utilizing MediaWiki namespace messages. These can be translated at translatewiki.net (current translations).

Examples

Creator:Paul Cézanne, rendered as

Paul Cézanne  (1839–1906)
	Description	French painter, printmaker, lithographer and drawer
	Date of birth/death	19 January 1839	22 October 1906
	Location of birth/death	Aix-en-Provence	Aix-en-Provence
	Work location	Paris, Auvers-sur-Oise, Aix-en-Provence, Marseille
	Authority file	: Q35548 VIAF: 39374836 ISNI: 0000000121287379 ULAN: 500004793 LCCN: n79055446 NLA: 35026986 MusicBrainz: ec490268-e77e-43c1-ab0a-1ed1d82c36ac WGA: c/cezanne Open Library: OL61814A DBNL: ceza001 GND: 118519964 SELIBR: 217692 SUDOC: 026775093 BNF: 118958019 NDL: 00435613 BIBSYS: 90822843 NKC: jn19990001386 SBN: CFIV087652 BNE: XX1116852 CiNii: DA01367984 NLP: a0000001178596 KulturNav: 59a933a1-e73d-4a2d-874e-a452cdb44a1e RKD: 16206 J9U: 987007260011905171 Koninklijke: 069282927 Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural: pessoa11627/paul-cezanne NLK: KAC199638795 WorldCat

creator QS:P170,Q35548

has source code:

{{Creator
 | Workloc           = {{Paris}}, {{city|Auvers-sur-Oise}}, {{Aix-en-Provence}}, {{Marseille}}
 | Wikidata          = Q35548
 | Option            = {{{1|}}}
}}

Creator:Viktor Vasnetsov, rendered as

Viktor Vasnetsov  (1848–1926)
	Alternative names	English: Viktor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov Deutsch: Wiktor Michailowitsch Wasnezow Русский: Виктор Михайлович Васнецов
	Description	Russian-Soviet painter, architect and postage stamp designer
	Date of birth/death	15 May 1848 (3 May 1848 in Julian calendar)	23 June 1926
	Location of birth/death	Lop’jal in Vyatka Governorate	Moscow
	Work location	Moscow, Kyiv
	Authority file	: Q204138 VIAF: 302789 ISNI: 0000000109469284 ULAN: 500005685 LCCN: n88081971 MusicBrainz: e97443f0-88b3-4a4d-b406-e2a0ace55f49 Open Library: OL4773704A GND: 118629344 SELIBR: 272486 SUDOC: 058940898 BNF: 15086892n NKC: jx20060509005 RSL: 000080975 NLP: a0000001885473 RKD: 79498 J9U: 987007447756505171 Koninklijke: 168671824 WorldCat

creator QS:P170,Q204138

has source code:

{{Creator
 | Alternative names = {{en|1=[[:en:Viktor Vasnetsov|Viktor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov]]}} {{de|1=[[:de:Wiktor Michailowitsch Wasnezow|Wiktor Michailowitsch Wasnezow]]}} {{ru|1=[[:ru:Васнецов, Виктор Михайлович|Виктор Михайлович Васнецов]]}}
 | Birthdate         = {{other date|Julian|1848-05-15|1848-05-03}}

 | Birthloc          = {{RelativeLocation|{{LangSwitch|en=Lop’jal|mk=Лопјал|ru=Лопьял|uk=Лоп'ял}}|in|{{city|Vyatka Province}}}}
 | Deathdate         = 1926-06-23
 | Workloc           = {{Moscow}}, {{Kiev}}
 | Linkback          = Creator:Viktor Vasnetsov
 | Wikidata          = Q204138
 | Option            = {{{1|}}}
}}

Template Tags

This template adds several template tags (empty templates which can be traced) to images meeting some criteria:

• {{Works of authors who died more than 100 years ago}}
• {{Works of authors who died more than 70 years ago}}
• {{Works of authors who died less than 65 years ago}}
• {{Creator template no image}}

All of them are used for maintenance tasks. They are a little like real hidden categories.

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