Template:Infobox rugby biography/doc

Usage and examples

All parameters (example)

name

alt caption
Birth name	birth_name
Date of birth	birth_date
Place of birth	birth_place
Date of death	death_date
Place of death	death_place
Height	height or height_cm or height_ft and height_in
Weight	weight or weight_kg or weight_st and/or weight_lb
School	school
University	university
Notable relative(s)	relatives
Spouse	spouse
Children	children
Occupation(s)	occupation
Height and weight correct as of weight_update
Rugby league career
Position(s) rl_currentposition Current team rl_currentteam Youth career rl_youthyears1 rl_youthclubs1 ... ... rl_youthyears5 rl_youthclubs5 Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) rl_amateuryears1 rl_amateurclubs1 rl_amateurapps1 (rl_amateurpoints1) ... ... ... (...) rl_amateuryears10 rl_amateurclubs10 rl_amateurapps10 (rl_amateurpoints10) Correct as of rl_amupdate Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) rl_clubyears1 rl_proclubs1 rl_clubapps1 (rl_clubpoints1) ... ... ... (...) rl_clubyears20 rl_proclubs20 rl_clubapps20 (rl_clubpoints20) rl_totalyears Total rl_totalapps (rl_totalpoints) Correct as of rl_clubupdate State of Origin Years Team Apps (Points) sooyears1 sooteam1 sooapps1 (soopoints1) ... ... ... (...) sooyears10 sooteam10 sooapps10 (soopoints10) Correct as of sooupdate International career Years Team Apps (Points) rl_nationalyears1 rl_nationalteam1 rl_nationalapps1 (rl_nationalpoints1) ... ... ... (...) rl_nationalyears10 rl_nationalteam10 rl_nationalapps10 (rl_nationalpoints10) Correct as of rl_ntupdate Coaching career Years Team rl_coachyears1 rl_coachteams1 ... ... rl_coachyears20 rl_coachteams20 Correct as of rl_coachupdate Refereeing career Years Competition Apps rl_refereeyears1 rl_refereecomps1 rl_refereeapps1 ... ... ... rl_refereeyears10 rl_refereecomps10 rl_refereeapps10 Correct as of rl_refereeupdate
Rugby union career
Position(s) ru_currentposition Current team ru_currentteam Youth career youthyears1 youthclubs1 ... ... youthyears5 youthclubs5 Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) amatyears1 amatteam1 amatapps1 (amatpoints1) ... ... ... (...) amatyears10 amatteam10 amatapps10 (amatpoints10) Correct as of ru_amupdate Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) years1 clubs1 apps1 (points1) ... ... ... (...) years20 clubs20 apps20 (points20) totalyears Total totalapps (totalpoints) Correct as of ru_clubupdate Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) ru_provinceyears1 ru_province1 ru_provinceapps1 (ru_provincepoints1) ... ... ... (...) Correct as of ru_provinceupdate Super Rugby Years Team Apps (Points) superyears1 super1 superapps1 (superpoints1) ... ... ... (...) superyears10 super10 superapps10 (superpoints10) Current local club ru_currentclub Correct as of superupdate International career Years Team Apps (Points) repyears1 repteam1 (reppoints1) ... ... (...) repyears10 repteam10 (reppoints10) Correct as of ru_ntupdate National sevens team(s) Years Team Comps ru_sevensnationalyears1 ru_sevensnationalteam1 ru_sevensnationalcomp1 Correct as of ru_sevensupdate Coaching career Years Team coachyears1 coachteams1 ... ... coachyears20 coachteams20 Correct as of ru_coachupdate Refereeing career Years Competition Apps ru_refereeyears1 ru_refereecomps1 ru_refereeapps1 Correct as of ru_refereeupdate
Official website
website
module
Medal record medals
module2

All parameters (syntax)

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Rugby league career
Youth career … Coaching career Years Team …
Rugby union career
Youth career … Coaching career Years Team …

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Typical usage

Schalk Burger

File:Schalk Burger.jpg Burger in 2007
Full name	Schalk Willem Petrus Burger Jr.
Date of birth	(1983-04-13) 13 April 1983
Place of birth	Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Height	193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	114 kg (251 lb; 17 st 13 lb)
School	Paarl Gimnasium
University	University of Stellenbosch
Notable relative(s)	Schalk Burger (father)
Occupation(s)	Rugby player
Rugby union career
Position(s) Loose-forward Current team Saracens Youth career 2002 Western Province Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2003–2014 Western Province 37 (35) 2004–2016 Stormers 123 (45) 2014–2016 Suntory Sungoliath 17 (25) 2016–present Saracens 0 (0) Correct as of 23 July 2016 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2003 South Africa Under–21 8 (20) 2003–present South Africa 86 (80) 2005 Southern Hemisphere XV 1 (5) 2014–2015 Springbok XV 2 (0) Correct as of 30 October 2015

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Schalk Burger

File:Schalk Burger.jpg Burger in 2007
Full name	Schalk Willem Petrus Burger Jr.
Date of birth	(1983-04-13) 13 April 1983
Place of birth	Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Height	193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	114 kg (251 lb; 17 st 13 lb)
School	Paarl Gimnasium
University	University of Stellenbosch
Notable relative(s)	Schalk Burger (father)
Occupation(s)	Rugby player
Rugby union career
Position(s) Loose-forward Current team Saracens Youth career 2002 Western Province Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2003–2014 Western Province 37 (35) 2004–2016 Stormers 123 (45) 2014–2016 Suntory Sungoliath 17 (25) 2016–present Saracens 0 (0) Correct as of 23 July 2016 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2003 South Africa Under–21 8 (20) 2003–present South Africa 86 (80) 2004–2013 Barbarians 4 (0) 2005 Southern Hemisphere XV 1 (5) 2014–2015 Springbok XV 2 (0) Correct as of 30 October 2015

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Parameter descriptions

General parameters

name

The commonly used name of the player, defaults to article name without disambiguation.

image

Image file name only (without square brackets and File: or Image:).

image_size

Size of the image (e.g. 220px).

alt

Alt text describing the image (see WP:ALT)

caption

Caption text to be displayed under image.

birth_name

the player's full birth name, if different than name displayed above

full_name

the player's full name, if different than name displayed above (does not display if birth_name is used)

birth_date

place the year month and day of player's birth. Use {{birth date and age}} (or {{birth date}} if deceased) with df=y if appropriate

birth_place

self-explanatory

death_date

place the year month and date of player's death. Use {{death date and age}} template.

death_place

self-explanatory

height

Use {{convert}} to add in the players height. The infobox also supports automatic conversion if the height is specified as "X m", "X cm", or "X ft Y in". As an alternative, the following parameters may be used:

height_cm

use this for auto-conversion to feet & inches

height_ft and height_in

use this for auto-conversion to centimetres

weight

Use {{convert}} to add in the players weight. The infobox also supports automatic conversion if the weight is specified as "X kg", "X lb", "X st", or "X st Y lb". As an alternative, the following parameters may be used:

weight_kg

use this for auto-conversion to pounds and stones & pounds

weight_st and/or weight_lb

use this for auto-conversion to kilograms and pounds or stones & pounds

school

the school which the player attended

university

the university which the player attended

relatives

notable relatives, link all

spouse

notable spouse

children

notable children

occupation

the players current occupation, if retired, state retired

website

If the individual has an official website, place the link here. Use {{URL}} as in {{URL|example.com}}.

medals or medaltemplates

All templates from the medal record infobox except {{MedalTableTop}} and {{MedalBottom}}. See the medal templates documentation for more details.

medals-expand or show-medals

If set to no, the medal table is collapsed. By default, it is expanded.

Rugby league parameters

rl_position or rl_currentposition

A comma delimited list of the players most common positions in rugby league.

rl_currentteam

Person's current team, if none, leave blank

Level	Year(s)<ref group="lower-alpha">Years that a player has participated on each team. Years should be listed in chronological order from earliest to latest</ref>	Team(s)<ref group="lower-alpha">Team(s) of which the player has been a member</ref>	Appearances<ref group="lower-alpha">Appearances that the player has been awarded in all matches for each team</ref>	Points<ref group="lower-alpha">Points that the player has been awarded in all matches for each team</ref>	"Updated"<ref group="lower-alpha">This is the date when the information was last updated. Place in the format day month year such as 1 January 1900. Do not wikilink.</ref>
RL youth	rl_youthyears1 ... rl_youthyears5	rl_youthclubs1 ... rl_youthclubs5
RL amateur	rl_amateuryears1 ... rl_amateuryears10	rl_amateurclubs1 ... rl_amateurclubs10	rl_amateurapps1 ... rl_amateurapps10	rl_amateurpoints1 ... rl_amateurpoints10	rl_amupdate
RL pro/club<ref group="lower-alpha">Include Super 12/14 sides if appropriate</ref><ref group="lower-alpha">The totals of this row can be displayed using rl_totalyears, rl_totalapps, and rl_totalpoints respectively</ref>	rl_clubyears1 ... rl_clubyears20	rl_proclubs1 ... rl_proclubs20	rl_clubapps1 ... rl_clubapps20	rl_clubpoints1 ... rl_clubpoints20	rl_clubupdate
RL State of Origin	sooyears1 ... sooyears10	sooteam1 ... sooteam10	sooapps1 ... sooapps10	soopoints1 ... soopoints10	sooupdate
RL national team	rl_nationalyears1 ... rl_nationalyears10	rl_nationalteam1 ... rl_nationalteam10	rl_nationalapps1 ... rl_nationalapps10	rl_nationalpoints1 ... rl_nationalpoints10	rl_ntupdate
RL coaches	rl_coachyears1 ... rl_coachyears20	rl_coachteams1 ... rl_coachteams20			rl_coachupdate
RL referees	rl_refereeyears1 ... rl_refereeyears10	rl_refereecomps1 ... rl_refereecomps10<ref group="lower-alpha">Note that these parameters list the competition(s) a referee has overseen</ref>	rl_refereeapps1 ... rl_refereeapps10		rl_refereeupdate

Rugby union parameters

ru_currentposition

Person's current playing status or coach or playing position e.g. retired, coach or flanker

ru_currentteam

Person's current team, if none, leave blank

ru_position

A comma delimited list of the persons most common playing positions in rugby union.

allblackid

If the player is an All Black, state the player's id from allblacks.com URL.

allblackno

If the player is an All Black, state the All Black number here. Not the same as the ID in all cases.

Level	Year(s)<ref group="lower-alpha">Years that a player has participated on each team. Years should be listed in chronological order from earliest to latest</ref>	Team(s)<ref group="lower-alpha">Team(s) of which the player has been a member</ref>	Appearances<ref group="lower-alpha">Appearances that the player has been awarded in all matches for each team</ref>	Points<ref group="lower-alpha">Points that the player has been awarded in all matches for each team</ref>	"Updated"<ref group="lower-alpha">This is the date when the information was last updated. Place in the format day month year such as 1 January 1900. Do not wikilink.</ref>
RU youth	youthyears1 ... youthyears5	youthclubs1 ... youthclubs5
RU amateur	amatyears1 ... amatyears10	amatteam1 ... amatteam10	amatapps1 ... amatapps10	amatpoints1 ... amatpoints10	amatupdate
RU pro/club<ref group="lower-alpha">The totals of this row can be displayed using totalyears, totalapps, and totalpoints respectively</ref>	years1 ... years20	clubs1 ... clubs20	apps1 ... apps20	points1 ... points20	clubupdate
RU provincial/state	provinceyears1 ... provinceyears10	province1 ... province10	provinceapps1 ... provinceapps10	provincepoints1 ... provincepoints10	ru_provinceupdate
RU Super12/14	superyears1 ... superyears10	super1 ... super10	superapps1 ... superapps10	superpoints1 ... superpoints10	superupdate
RU national team	repyears1 ... repyears20	repteam1 ... repteam20	repcaps1 ... repcaps20	reppoints1 ... reppoints20	repupdate
RU sevens national team	repsevensyears1 ... repsevensyears10	repsevensteam1 ... repsevensteam10	repsevenscomp1 ... repsevenscomp10		ru_sevensupdate
RU coaches	coachyears1 ... coachyears20	coachteams1 ... coachteams20			ru_coachupdate
RU referees	refereeyears1 ... refereeyears10	refereecomps1 ... refereecomps10<ref group="lower-alpha">Note that these parameters list the competition(s) a referee has overseen</ref>	refereeapps1 ... refereeapps10		ru_refereeupdate

Embedding

Embedding other templates

The module or module2 parameters are used for embedding other templates into this infobox (see Wikipedia:Infobox modules). The contents of module are displayed below the website and above the medals. The contents of module2 are displayed at the bottom of infobox, below the medals.

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Template:Infobox ABC

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Example - embedded medals and module

Alev Kelter

Birth name	Leyla Alev Kelter
Date of birth	March 21, 1991 (1991-03-21) (age 33)
Place of birth	Tampa, Florida, U.S.
Height	5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Weight	165 lb (75 kg)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2016–present United States 9 (32) National sevens team(s) Years Team Comps 2014 United States -
Medal record Women's rugby sevens Representing United States Pan American Games Silver medal – second place 2015 Toronto Team competition
Association football career Position(s) Midfielder College career Years Team Apps (Gls) 2009–2013 Wisconsin Badgers International career 2009 United States U20 Ice hockey career Position Defense Shot Right Played for Wisconsin Badgers National team United States Playing career 2009–2013

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Alev Kelter

Birth name	Leyla Alev Kelter
Date of birth	March 21, 1991 (1991-03-21) (age 33)
Place of birth	Tampa, Florida, U.S.
Height	5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Weight	165 lb (75 kg)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2016–present United States 9 (32) National sevens team(s) Years Team Comps 2014 United States -
Medal record Women's rugby sevens Representing United States Pan American Games Silver medal – second place 2015 Toronto Team competition
Association football career Position(s) Midfielder College career Years Team Apps (Gls) 2009–2013 Wisconsin Badgers International career 2009 United States U20 Ice hockey career Position Defense Shot Right Played for Wisconsin Badgers National team United States Playing career 2009–2013

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Use as a child template

The embed parameter should be set to yes when embedding this infobox into another (see the Template:Infobox documentation which explains embedding and subboxes).

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Example - child template

Alev Kelter

Personal information
Birth name	Leyla Alev Kelter
Date of birth	March 21, 1991 (1991-03-21) (age 33)
Place of birth	Tampa, Florida, U.S.
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Position(s)	Midfielder
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2013	Wisconsin Badgers
International career
2009	United States U20
Rugby union career Position(s) Centre International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2016–present United States 9 (32) National sevens team(s) Years Team Comps 2014 United States -

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Alev Kelter

Personal information
Birth name	Leyla Alev Kelter
Date of birth	March 21, 1991 (1991-03-21) (age 33)
Place of birth	Tampa, Florida, U.S.
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Position(s)	Midfielder
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2013	Wisconsin Badgers
International career
2009	United States U20
Rugby union career Position(s) Centre International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2016–present United States 9 (32) National sevens team(s) Years Team Comps 2014 United States -

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Style guide

Try to always consider that an infobox exists to support an article and provide a quick synopsis of important facts. This becomes vital when considering that the amount of space available within an infobox is significantly less than that available outside of it.

As per the manual of style entry on linking, years should not be linked as they do not provide much benefit to the user.

In order to keep the infobox from ballooning laterally, it is wise to keep date formats as compact as possible. Highly accurate dates are more useful in the article itself. Typically editors will use the 2005–2006 incarnation but when very pressed for space, 05–06 may be useful. Utilising the &ndash; character instead of a hyphen will help prevent line breaks creeping into the season.

If the start or end date of a players time at a club is unknown they should be aligned with the other years.

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

Sub-templates

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

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 category

• Category:Pages using infobox rugby biography with unknown parameters (0)
• Category:Infobox rugby biography with rugby league parameters (0)
  • Category:Infobox rugby biography with City v Country parameters (0)
  • Category:Infobox rugby biography with State of Origin parameters (0)
• Category:Infobox rugby biography with no rugby union parameters (0)
• Category:Infobox rugby biography with deprecated parameters (0)
• Category:Infobox rugby biography with too many parameters (0)

See also

• Template:Infobox rugby league biography

TemplateData

TemplateData documentation used by VisualEditor and other tools

See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Infobox rugby biography in articles based on its TemplateData. TemplateData for Infobox rugby biography An infobox for a rugby biography. Template parameters Parameter Description Type Status Name name The commonly used name of the player, defaults to article name without disambiguation. Default {{PAGENAME}} String optional Image image Image file name only (without square brackets and File: or Image:). Default Page name optional Image size image_size Size of the image (e.g. 220px). Default Number optional Alt alt Alt text describing the image. Default String optional Caption caption Caption text to be displayed under image. Default String optional Full birth name birth_name The players full birth name. Default String optional Birth date birth_date Place the year month and day of players birthday. Default String optional Birth place birth_place The place where the player was born. Default String optional Death date death_date Place the year month and date of players death. Use {{death date and age}} template. Default String optional Death place death_place The place where the player died. Default String optional Height height Use {{convert}} to add in the players height. Default Number optional Height centimetres height_cm Use this for auto-conversion to feet & inches. Default Number optional Height feet height_ft Use this for auto-conversion to centimetres Default Number optional Height inches height_in Use this for auto-conversion to centimetres. Default String optional Weight weight Use {{convert}} to add in the players weight. Default Number optional Weight kilograms weight_kg Use this for auto-conversion to pounds and stones. Default Number optional Weight stones weight_st Use this for auto-conversion to kilograms. Default Number optional Weight lb weight_lb Use this for auto-conversion to kilograms and pounds. Default Number optional School school State the school at which the player attended. Default String optional University university State the university at which the player attended. Default String optional Relatives relatives State any notable relatives, link all. Default String optional Occupation occupation State the players current occupation, if retired, state retired Default String optional Current position ru_currentposition A , Persons current playing status or coach or playing position is retired, coach or flanker etc. Default String optional Current team ru_currentteam A , Persons current team, if none, leave blank. Default String optional Rugby union position ru_position A , delimited list of the persons most common playing positions in rugby union. Default String optional All black ID allblackid If the player is an All Black, state the players id from allblacks.com here. Default String optional All black number allblackno If the player is an All Black, state the All Black number here. Not the same as the ID in all cases. Default Number optional Rugby league position rl_position A , delimited list of the players most common positions in rugby league. This field is mandatory to show the league part of the infobox. Default String optional Rugby league club update rl_clubupdate This is the date when the info was last updated. Place in the format day, month year such as 1 January 1900. Do not wikilink. Default String optional Website website If the individual has an official web page, place the link here with http:// included. Default String optional