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Purpose
editThis template creates an inline hCard microformat for a person, with their date of birth (and optionally age, if living), using either {{birth date}} or {{birth date and age}}.
For inline hCards for a building, organisation or place, see {{Hcard-geo}}).
Use
editThe template has five parameters:
- name = the person's name (becomes hCard's "fn" class).
- template type = "birth date" or "birth date and age" (emits data formatted in hCard's bday class; do not use the latter for dead people)
- birth year = four digits
- birth month = two digits
- birth day = two digits
Copyable code
editOverwrite place-holder text; remove " and age" if subject is dead:
{{hcard-bday|PersonName|birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}}
Examples
editLiving
editlorem {{hcard-bday
|Tim Berners-Lee
|birth date and age
|1955
|06
|08
}} ipsum
which may be written in one line, as:
lorem {{hcard-bday|Tim Berners-Lee|birth date and age|1955|06|08}} ipsum
gives:
lorem Tim Berners-Lee, b. June 8, 1955 ipsum
Dead
editFor a dead person (or where age is simply not desired)
lorem {{hcard-bday
|Jimi Hendrix
|birth date
|1942
|11
|27
}} ipsum
gives:
lorem Jimi Hendrix, b. November 27, 1942 ipsum