Template:Creator
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Creator page template, created by filling parameters of {{Creator}}, is intended for author/artist field of {{Information}}, {{Artwork}}, {{Art Photo}} and {{Book}} templates
The template automatically sets the following categories: Category:Creator template maintenance; Category:Bad use of creator template - option
Usage
for parameters see: {{Creator}}
The template takes no parameters.
Additional information
The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: all namespaces
The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: all users
See also
Changing template content on Wikidata
If the template above shows the logo 
, then it is connected to Wikidata, and all the information displayed in the template which is not specified on Commons is specified on Wikidata. In order to modify it, please click the logo in the template above and modify it there. See below for table of which Wikidata properties are used by Module:Creator to construct the infobox.
Item Label  |
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| Alternative names | Aliases, pseudonym (P742), birth name (P1477), courtesy name (P1782), art name (P1787) | ||
| Description |
Other properties used by Creator template:
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| Date of birth/death | date of birth (P569) or date of baptism (P1636) | date of death (P570) or date of burial or cremation (P4602) | |
| Location of birth/death | place of birth (P19) | place of death (P20) | |
| Work period | work period (start) (P2031), work period (end) (P2032), floruit (P1317) | ||
| Work location | work location (P937) | ||
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Syntax #1: for people with pages on Wikidata
{{Creator}} creates an infobox to be customized on Creator: namespace pages and used on File and Category namespace pages. See Commons:Creator for guidelines on how to use Creator namespace. In majority of the cases people with Creator templates should be created for people who have pages on Wikidata. Then all the information about a person should be added to Wikidata, which creator template can easily fetch. If there are no data on Wikidata about a person then it's better that you create a new page there and fill it with related data.
The template automatically sets the following categories:
Creator templates
- This template will categorize categories transcluding it and matching "Homecat" field into Category:Creator template home categories.
- This template will categorize some creator infobox pages it into sub-categories of Category:Creator template maintenance.
Usage
When creating a new Creator page copy, you can click on "preload a creator template". You can also paste and fill the text below into your new page:
{{Creator
| Wikidata =
| Option = {{{1|}}} <!-- Do not modify -->
}}
Most of the fields used by the template can be looked up from Wikidata; however if the results are not satisfactory, one can use the following parameters to overwrite Wikidata values.
The template takes no parameters.
Additional information
The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: the Creator namespace
The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: all users
Syntax #2: for people without pages on Wikidata
This syntax is mostly for backward compatibility to existing templates in Category:Creator templates without Wikidata link. Please use Syntax #1 when creating new templates.
Usage
When creating a new Creator page copy, you can click on "preload a creator template". You can also paste and fill the text below into your new page:
{{Creator
| Name = NAME SURNAME
| Alternative names =
| Nationality =
| Gender = <!-- male / female -->
| Occupation =
| Description =
| Birthdate =
| Birthloc =
| Deathdate =
| Deathloc =
| Workperiod =
| Workloc =
| Image =
| Sortkey = <!-- SURNAME, NAME -->
| Homecat = {{subst:PAGENAME}}
| Option = {{{1|}}} <!-- Do not modify -->
| Linkback = {{subst:FULLPAGENAME}}
| Wikidata =
}}
Below are some suggestions on how to fill the parameters. In general keep it short and use language independent terms if possible. Avoid translating of names and places and use links to Wikipedia or a gallery which will have translations or interwiki links to articles in other languages.
The template takes no parameters.
Additional information
The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: the Creator namespace
The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: all users
Relies on:
Module:Creator, {{NationAndOccupation}}, Module:Authority control, Module:Name, Module:City, Module:ISOdate, Module:Wikidata label, Module:Wikidata
See also
- Commons:Creator
- {{Institution}} – similar template for institutions
- Creator from wikidata tool
- Template:Editnotices/Namespace/Creator – Preloaded text which will show up above edit window while editing pages in Creator: namespace.
- Template:Creator/preload – Page used to preload pages in Creator namespace.
Localization
This template is localized by utilizing MediaWiki namespace messages. These can be translated at translatewiki.net (current translations).
Examples
Creator:Paul Cézanne, rendered as
Paul Cézanne
(1839–1906)    |
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| Description | French painter, printmaker, lithographer and drawer | ||
| Date of birth/death |
19 January 1839  |
22 October 1906 | |
| Location of birth/death | Aix-en-Provence | Aix-en-Provence | |
| Work location | |||
| Authority file |
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has source code:
{{Creator
| Workloc = {{Paris}}, {{city|Auvers-sur-Oise}}, {{Aix-en-Provence}}, {{Marseille}}
| Wikidata = Q35548
| Option = {{{1|}}}
}}
Creator:Viktor Vasnetsov, rendered as
| Viktor Vasnetsov
(1848–1926) |
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| Alternative names | English: Viktor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov Deutsch: Wiktor Michailowitsch Wasnezow Русский: Виктор Михайлович Васнецов | ||
| Description | Russian-Soviet painter, architect and postage stamp designer | ||
| Date of birth/death | 15 May 1848 (3 May 1848 in Julian calendar) | 23 June 1926 | |
| Location of birth/death | Lop’jal in Vyatka Governorate | Moscow | |
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| Authority file |
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has source code:
{{Creator
| Alternative names = {{en|1=[[:en:Viktor Vasnetsov|Viktor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov]]}} {{de|1=[[:de:Wiktor Michailowitsch Wasnezow|Wiktor Michailowitsch Wasnezow]]}} {{ru|1=[[:ru:Васнецов, Виктор Михайлович|Виктор Михайлович Васнецов]]}}
| Birthdate = {{other date|Julian|1848-05-15|1848-05-03}}
| Birthloc = {{RelativeLocation|{{LangSwitch|en=Lop’jal|mk=Лопјал|ru=Лопьял|uk=Лоп'ял}}|in|{{city|Vyatka Province}}}}
| Deathdate = 1926-06-23
| Workloc = {{Moscow}}, {{Kiev}}
| Linkback = Creator:Viktor Vasnetsov
| Wikidata = Q204138
| Option = {{{1|}}}
}}
Template Tags
This template adds several template tags (empty templates which can be traced) to images meeting some criteria:
- {{Works of authors who died more than 100 years ago}}
- {{Works of authors who died more than 70 years ago}}
- {{Works of authors who died less than 65 years ago}}
- {{Creator template no image}}
All of them are used for maintenance tasks. They are a little like real hidden categories.