Help:People
As always, be careful what you write about living people or people whose close family are living. An exception on this site, because it is about a school, is that nicknames will not be censored unless they are really offensive (If necessary Simon Meeds will adjudicate).
Wikipedia uses a special template for people. It allows a standard information box to be created on the right hand side of the page with key information about the person. This general-purpose template has been copied to the OBA Wiki, and a customised version of it has been created specifically for use in entries about Boston Grammar School staff.
DEFAULTSORT
For all articles titled with a person's name, include the invisible template...
{{DEFAULTSORT:new key}}...which allows the article to be correctly sorted. For example, in an article entitled "Fred Smith" use...
{{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Fred}}
Boston Grammar School staff (past and present)
For past and present BGS staff the Infobox BGS Staff template should be used. Here is the blank template with all parameters.
{{Infobox BGS Staff
| honorific_prefix =
| name =
| honorific_suffix =
| image =
| image_size =
| alt =
| caption =
| nicknames =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = <!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| birth_place =
| disappeared_date = <!-- {{Disappeared date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (disappeared date then birth date) -->
| disappeared_place =
| disappeared_status =
| death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) -->
| death_place =
| death_cause =
| body_discovered =
| resting_place =
| resting_place_coordinates = <!-- {{Coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline}} -->
| monuments =
| residence =
| nationality =
| other_names =
| ethnicity = <!-- Ethnicity should be supported with a citation from a reliable source -->
| citizenship =
| education =
| roles =
| years_at_BGS =
| departments =
| subjects =
| known_for =
| notable_works =
| home_town =
| predecessor =
| successor =
| spouse =
| partner =
| children =
| parents =
| relatives =
| awards =
| module =
| module2 =
| module3 =
| module4 =
| module5 =
| module6 =
| website = <!-- {{URL|www.example.com}} -->
| footnotes =
| box_width =
}}
Other people
For people other than BGS staff the Wikipedia Infobox person template should be used. Here is the blank template with all parameters.
{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix =
| name =
| honorific_suffix =
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
| image = <!-- just the name, without the File: or Image: prefix or enclosing brackets -->
| image_size =
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = <!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| birth_place =
| disappeared_date = <!-- {{Disappeared date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (disappeared date then birth date) -->
| disappeared_place =
| disappeared_status =
| death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) -->
| death_place =
| death_cause =
| body_discovered =
| resting_place =
| resting_place_coordinates = <!-- {{Coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline}} -->
| monuments =
| residence =
| nationality =
| other_names =
| ethnicity = <!-- Ethnicity should be supported with a citation from a reliable source -->
| citizenship =
| education =
| alma_mater =
| occupation =
| years_active =
| employer =
| organization =
| agent =
| known_for =
| notable_works =
| style =
| influences =
| influenced =
| home_town =
| salary =
| net_worth = <!-- Net worth should be supported with a citation from a reliable source -->
| height = <!-- {{height|m=}} -->
| weight = <!-- {{convert|weight in kg|kg|lb}} -->
| television =
| title =
| term =
| predecessor =
| successor =
| party =
| movement =
| opponents =
| boards =
| religion = <!-- Religion should be supported with a citation from a reliable source -->
| denomination = <!-- Denomination should be supported with a citation from a reliable source -->
| criminal_charge = <!-- Criminality parameters should be supported with citations from reliable sources -->
| criminal_penalty =
| criminal_status =
| spouse =
| partner =
| children =
| parents =
| relatives =
| callsign =
| awards =
| signature =
| signature_alt =
| signature_size =
| module =
| module2 =
| module3 =
| module4 =
| module5 =
| module6 =
| website = <!-- {{URL|www.example.com}} -->
| footnotes =
| box_width =
}}