Revision as of 17:09, 2 March 2026 by imported>Primefac(Undid revision 1341320859 by Primefac (talk) on second thought, a handful of legacy parameters from an old merge across thousands of pages are probably okay. Nothing is left >2 alternates anyway)
This template adds an automatically generated short description.If the automatic short description is not optimal, override it by adding {{Short description}} at the top of the article.
DO NOT COPY THIS CODE VERBATIM. Note that there are multiple lines of ..., these indicate a gap in the numbering to save on space (e.g. from youthclubs1 to youthclubs5). If copying this entire block of code, please remove these lines before publishing.
{{Infobox rugby biography| name =| image =| upright =| alt =| caption =| birth_name =| full_name =| birth_date =| birth_place =| death_date =| death_place =| height =<!-- or ''height_cm'' or ''height_ft'' and ''height_in'' -->| weight =<!-- or ''weight_kg'' or ''weight_st'' and/or ''weight_lb'' -->| school =| university =| relatives =| occupation =| weight_update =| position =| currentclub =| youthyears1 =<!-- Numbered up to youthyears5 -->| youthclubs1 =<!-- Numbered up to youthclubs5 -->| amatyears1 =<!-- Numbered up to amatyears10 -->| amatteam1 =<!-- Numbered up to amatteam10 -->| amatapps1 =<!-- Numbered up to amatapps10 -->| amatpoints1 =<!-- Numbered up to amatpoints10 -->| amatupdate =| years1 =<!-- Numbered up to years20 -->| clubs1 =<!-- Numbered up to clubs20 -->| apps1 =<!-- Numbered up to apps20 -->| points1 =<!-- Numbered up to points20 -->| clubupdate =| provinceyears1 =<!-- Numbered up to provinceyears10 -->| province1 =<!-- Numbered up to province10 -->| provinceapps1 =<!-- Numbered up to provinceapps10 -->| provincepoints1 =<!-- Numbered up to provincepoints10 -->| ru_provinceupdate =| superyears1 =<!-- Numbered up to superyears10 -->| super1 =<!-- Numbered up to super10 -->| superapps1 =<!-- Numbered up to superapps10 -->| superpoints1 =<!-- Numbered up to superpoints10 -->| superupdate =| repyears1 =<!-- Numbered up to repyears10 -->| repteam1 =<!-- Numbered up to repteam10 -->| repcaps1 =<!-- Numbered up to repcaps10 -->| reppoints1 =<!-- Numbered up to reppoints10 -->| repupdate =| repsevensyears1 =<!-- Numbered up to repsevensyears10 -->| repsevensteam1 =<!-- Numbered up to repsevensteam10 -->| repsevenscomp1 =<!-- Numbered up to repsevenscomp10 -->| ru_sevensupdate =| coachyears1 =<!-- Numbered up to coachyears20 -->| coachteams1 =<!-- Numbered up to coachteams20 -->| ru_coachupdate =| refereeyears1 =<!-- Numbered up to refereeyears10 -->| refereecomps1 =<!-- Numbered up to refereecomps10 -->| refereeapps1 =<!-- Numbered up to refereeapps10 -->| ru_refereeupdate =| website =| module =| medals =| module2 =}}
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:).
upright
Scales the image from its default size (250px) by the given factor. Values less than 1 scale the image down (0.9 = 90%) and values greater than 1 scale the image up (1.15 = 115%). See Module:InfoboxImage and WP:IMAGESIZE.
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
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}}.
↑Appearances that the player has been awarded in all matches for each team
↑Points that the player has been awarded in all matches for each team
↑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.
↑The totals of this row can be displayed using totalyears, totalapps, and totalpoints respectively
↑Note that these parameters list the competition(s) a referee has overseen
Rugby league parameters
For players who have played rugby league as well as rugby union, use {{infobox rugby league biography}} in the |module= parameter with |embed=yes set.
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.
{{Infobox rugby biography| name =|<!-- etc. -->| module ={{Infobox ABC| embed = yes <!-- or child=yes / subbox=yes-->|<!-- etc. -->}}}}
Example - embedded medals and module
Rugby player
Alev Kelter
Born
Leyla Alev Kelter March 21, 1991 (1991-03-21) (age 35)
{{Infobox rugby biography| name = Alev Kelter
| birth_name = Leyla Alev Kelter
| birth_date ={{Birth-date and age|March 21, 1991}}| birth_place =[[Tampa, Florida]], U.S.
| height = 5 ft 6 in
| weight = 165 lb
| position = Centre
| repyears1 = 2016–
| repteam1 =[[United States women's national rugby union team|United States]]| repcaps1 = 9
| reppoints1 = 32
| repsevensyears1 = 2014
| repsevensteam1 =[[United States women's national rugby sevens team|United States]]| repsevenscomp1 = -
| medals ={{MedalSport|Women's [[rugby sevens]]}}{{MedalCountry|{{USA}}}}{{MedalCompetition|[[Rugby sevens at the Pan American Games|Pan American Games]]}}{{MedalSilver|[[Rugby sevens at the 2015 Pan American Games|2015 Toronto]]|[[Rugby sevens at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's tournament|Team competition]]}}| module2 ={{Infobox football biography| embed = yes | header-color = #b0c4de;
| position =[[Midfielder]]| collegeyears1 = 2009–2013
| college1 =[[Wisconsin Badgers women's soccer|Wisconsin Badgers]]| collegecaps1 =| collegegoals1 =| nationalyears1 = 2009
| nationalteam1 =[[United States women's national under-20 soccer team|United States U20]]| nationalcaps1 =| nationalgoals1 =}}{{Infobox ice hockey player| embed = yes
| position =[[Defenceman|Defense]]| shoots = Right
| played_for =[[Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey|Wisconsin Badgers]]| sex = f
| ntl_team = USA
| career_start = 2009
| career_end = 2013
}}}}
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).
{{Infobox ABC| name =|<!-- etc. -->| embedded =<!-- or module= -->{{Infobox rugby biography| embed = yes
|<!-- etc. -->}}}}
{{Infobox football biography| name = Alev Kelter
| birth_name = Leyla Alev Kelter
| birth_date ={{Birth-date and age|March 21, 1991}}| birth_place =[[Tampa, Florida]], U.S.
| height = 5 ft 6 in
| position =[[Midfielder]]| collegeyears1 = 2009–2013
| college1 =[[Wisconsin Badgers women's soccer|Wisconsin Badgers]]| nationalyears1 = 2009
| nationalteam1 =[[United States women's national under-20 soccer team|United States U20]]| module ={{Infobox rugby biography| embed = yes
| position = Centre
| repyears1 = 2016–present
| repteam1 =[[United States women's national rugby union team|United States]]| repcaps1 = 9
| reppoints1 = 32
| repsevensyears1 = 2014
| repsevensteam1 =[[United States women's national rugby sevens team|United States]]| repsevenscomp1 = —
}}}}
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 – 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.
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:).
Page name
optional
Upright
upright
Scales the image from its default size (250px) by the given factor. Values less than 1 scale the image down (0.9 = 90%) and values greater than 1 scale the image up (1.15 = 115%).
Number
optional
Alt
alt
Alt text describing the image.
String
optional
Caption
caption
Caption text to be displayed under image.
String
optional
Full birth name
birth_name
The players full birth name.
String
optional
Birth date
birth_date
Place the year month and day of players birthday.
String
optional
Birth place
birth_place
The place where the player was born.
String
optional
Death date
death_date
Place the year month and date of players death. Use {{death date and age}} template.
String
optional
Death place
death_place
The place where the player died.
String
optional
Height
height
Use {{convert}} to add in the players height.
Number
optional
Height centimetres
height_cm
Use this for auto-conversion to feet & inches.
Number
optional
Height feet
height_ft
Use this for auto-conversion to centimetres
Number
optional
Height inches
height_in
Use this for auto-conversion to centimetres.
String
optional
Weight
weight
Use {{convert}} to add in the players weight.
Number
optional
Weight kilograms
weight_kg
Use this for auto-conversion to pounds and stones.
Number
optional
Weight stones
weight_st
Use this for auto-conversion to kilograms.
Number
optional
Weight lb
weight_lb
Use this for auto-conversion to kilograms and pounds.
Number
optional
School
school
State the school at which the player attended.
String
optional
University
university
State the university at which the player attended.
String
optional
Relatives
relatives
State any notable relatives, link all.
String
optional
Occupation
occupation
State the players current occupation, if retired, state retired
String
optional
currentclub
currentclub
no description
Unknown
optional
position
position
no description
Unknown
optional
Website
website
If the individual has an official web page, place the link here with http:// included.
