Template:Infobox comedian

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Usage

This infobox may be added by pasting the template as shown below into an article.

{{Infobox comedian
| name                 = 
| image                = 
| image_size           = 
| alt                  = 
| caption              = 
| pseudonym            = 
| birth_name           = 
| birth_date           = 
| birth_place          = 
| death_date           = 
| death_place          = 
| medium               = 
| nationality          = 
| active               = 
| genre                = 
| subject              = 
| influences           = 
| influenced           = 
| spouse               = 
| domesticpartner      = 
| notable_work         = 
| signature            = 
| website              = 
| footnotes            = 
| current_members      = 
| past_members         = 
| module               = 
}}

Parameters

All attributes are optional.

Parameter	Explanation
name	Insert name of comedian
image	Just the name of the file, e.g. filename.jpg
image_size	Insert image width (defaults to frameless if left empty)
alt	Alternative text for the image
caption	Insert photograph caption. Try to include date of photo and the photographer
pseudonym	Insert any of the comedian's aliases or pen names
birth_name	Insert comedian's birth name
birth_date	Insert date of birth: month, day, year. Use {{birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} (use Use {{birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}} if dead)
birth_place	Insert place of birth: town, city, country
death_date	Insert date of death: month, day, year. Use {{death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (first set for death date; second set for birth date)
death_place	Insert place of death: town, city, country
medium	Insert the medium the comedian worked in: television, stand-up, film, etc.
nationality	Insert nationality of writer
active	Insert the years that the person is active
genre	Insert the comedian's general comedic genre. For instance, Jon Stewart would be political satire; George Carlin would be black humor
subject	Insert the most frequent topics of the comedian's comedy (e.g. for Dave Chapelle, racism/race relations; for Stephen Colbert, politics/the Christian Right; for Cheech Marin, race and drugs)
influences	Insert the names of comedians who influenced his/her work. Note that it is possible for a comedian to both influence and be influenced by another comedian, if they are colleagues or are contemporaneous
influenced	Insert the names of comedians who were influenced by his/her work. Note that it is possible for a comedian to both influence and be influenced by another comedian, if they are colleagues or are contemporaneous
signature	Insert an image of the comedian's signature
website	Insert the comedian's official website. Use {{URL}}.
footnotes	Insert any miscellaneous information here
current_members	For comedy troupes and double acts, list all current members. If the troupe/duo has broken up, name all people who were members at the time of the breakup
former_members	For comedy troupes and double acts, list all members who have, for whatever reason, left. If the troupe/duo has broken up, name all people who left before the time of the breakup
module	Used for embedding other infoboxes into this one. For example {{Infobox comedian awards}}

Related pages

• {{Infobox comedian awards}}

Microformats

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 on English Wikipedia.

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.

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