Template:Infobox musical artist/doc

Infobox musical artist is the standard infobox for musician articles, and is within the purview of WikiProject Musicians.

This template may also be used as a module (or sub-template) of Infobox person; see WikiProject Infoboxes/embed for guidance on such usage.

See also WikiProject Musicians/Infobox for more information.

Usage
alternatives (one for individuals, one for groups) should be placed in an article at the top of the page, before the introduction.

For articles about individuals

 * For dancers, use Infobox dancer instead.

For articles about musical groups

 * Some types of musical groups have their own dedicated infobox, which should be used instead: Infobox choir, Infobox orchestra, Infobox marching band

Parameters

 * Most fields are optional and the row will simply be omitted if no data is supplied.
 * See WikiProject Musicians for more information about this template.

background
Currently only used to track if it's a single person or a group that is required for hCard microformat. Use value  or.

honorific_prefix
Titles or styles such as "The Right Honourable"

name
The name of the group or artist ("the act") in plain text only. Logos and other graphics are to be avoided in this field in accordance with WP:ACCESS, WP:FAIR, and in particular WP:LOGO. This field is mandatory.

honorific_suffix
Honours such as "CBE", "OBE" (e.g. Cilla Black OBE)

image
An image of the act, sufficiently clear for display at 220 pixels' width. Set to only the image name (e.g. ) not   or.

image_size
The image size should only be specified if the image is smaller than 220 pixels width. Enter the width in pixels without "px", for example.

image_upright
Scales the image thumbnail from its default size 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%).

landscape
Set to  when using wide, short images. The image height (rather than width) will be limited to 200 pixels.

alt
Alt text for the image, for visually impaired and other readers who cannot see the image. See WP:ALT.

caption
Caption for the image to be displayed.

native_name
The artist's name in their own language. For Chinese-language individuals, use Infobox Chinese for  instead. For Korean-language individuals, use Infobox Korean name for  instead.

native_name_lang
ISO 639-2 code ("fre" or "fra" for French). If more than one, use lang for native_name instead

birth_name
The person's name at birth, if different

alias
For listing stage names for the act or solo artist other than the name in the name parameter. Also for the solo artist's legal name(s), or other officially authorized names that differ from their birth name. This field is not for nicknames such as "The Godfather of Soul" (James Brown) or "Nippy" (Whitney Houston), which are not the artists' names.

birth_date
The artist's date of birth; it is preferable to use Birth date and age (for example ) to display current age. If the artist's age is verified, but the date is not known, then use Birth based on age as of date (for example ). For dead people, use Birth date (for example ). Also list the place of birth using the birth_place parameter (below).

birth_place
The artist's place of birth. For "United States" and "United Kingdom", it is preferred that they be abbreviated "U.S." and "UK", but political subdivisions should never be (never "MA" for "Massachusetts", "ON" for "Ontario", etc.). See Notes for details. Do not add a flag icon. (see field "origin" below).

origin
The town, city etc., from which the group or musician originated (that is, the place where the group was founded, or where the individual performer started their career, should it not match the location of their birth). If the place is not known, specify at least the country. For "United States" and "United Kingdom", it is preferred that they be abbreviated "U.S." and "UK", but political subdivisions should never be (never "MA" for "Massachusetts", "ON" for "Ontario", etc.). See Notes for details. Do not add a flag icon. Omit the country if it does not differ from that specified at the field "birth_place".

death_date
The artist's date of death (same format as birth_date; but use Death date and age).

death_place
The artist's place of death (same format as birth_place). For "United States" and "United Kingdom", it is preferred that they be abbreviated "U.S." and "UK", but political subdivisions should never be (never "MA" for "Massachusetts", "ON" for "Ontario", etc.). See Notes for details. Do not add a flag icon. Omit the country if it does not differ from that specified at the field "birth_place".

genre
The genre or genres of music performed by the act. Aim for generality (e.g.  rather than  ) and preferably use two to four. Genres should be separated by using commas, Flatlist or Hlist. Genres should be wikilinked. Use piped links where needed, for example:. Most genres are not proper nouns and should not be capitalized. However, the first word in a list of multiple genres should be capitalized. Genres that are sourced in the article itself do not require a source in the infobox, but sometimes it can be useful to have the source listed again anyway, to help prevent edit warring. A hidden comment such as  can also be used to this end.

occupation
Roles the artist has fulfilled (e.g. musician, songwriter, producer). For artists who have participated in forms of entertainment outside of music (such as acting), these occupations can be included if notable. Please observe sentence case and capitalise only the first letter of the first item (e.g. Musician, actor, singer-songwriter). Multiple occupations should be ordered according to importance and separated by commas, Flatlist or Hlist.

instrument
General class(es) of instrument(s) played by the artist (e.g.  or  ). Include,  ,   or   if relevant. Separate multiple entries by using commas, Flatlist or Hlist. Instruments listed in the infobox should be limited to those that the artist is primarily known for using. The instruments infobox parameter is intended as a WP:COATRACK for every instrument the subject has ever used.

discography
Link to an article about the musician's or group's discography. This field should not be displayed on printable version.

years_active
Period(s) during which the act was or has been active. Only calendar year ranges or a single calendar year should be listed; for example, do not distinguish between the period Paul McCartney was in the Beatles and his solo career. Use commas, Flatlist, or Hlist}. to separate non-consecutive periods, and denote ranges with an unspaced en dash (e.g. 1993–2004, 2005–present). See WP:DATE and WP:MOS.

label
The record label or labels to which the act has been signed. Omit parenthetical dates; save that information for the main article as this degree of detail is better discussed in prose. Pipe out "Records", "Entertainment", "Music" or similar words from the end of any label's name. For example, use  rather than. Separate multiple entries by using commas, Flatlist, or Hlist. Start with the oldest first.

current_member_of
The groups/bands of which the artist is currently part of. Name of the groups/bands should be separated by using commas, Flatlist, or Hlist.

past_member_of
The groups/bands of which the artist is previously part of. Name of the groups/bands should be separated by using commas, Flatlist, or Hlist.

spinoffs
Groups which have spun off from this group. For example, sub-units. Name of the groups/bands should be separated by using commas, Flatlist, or Hlist.

spinoff_of
A group from which this group has spun off.

spouse
The confirmed spouse(s) of the individual. Names of the spouses should be separated by using commas, Flatlist, Hlist, or Unbulleted list. Marriage may be used to indicate the date at which the marriage(s) started and ended where known.

partner
As for spouse or spouses, but the confirmed long term unmarried partner(s) of the individual.

current_members
Current members of the group, listed in order of joining with no other notation than names. For multiple members joining concurrently (such as the formation of the band), list them according to alphabetical order. Separate multiple entries using * list markup. For example,

past_members
Past members of the group, listed in order of joining with no other notation than names. If a group is inactive, all members should be listed here, and none in the "current_members" field. If membership of the group has varied over time, it should not be noted here, but may be discussed in the article body. Separate multiple entries using * list markup. For example,

website
The web address for the act's primary  website. Use URL as example.com. Official URL can be used to automatically fetch the web address from Wikidata.

embed
Set to 'yes' if embedded in another infobox template.

module, module2, module3
Used for embedding other infoboxes into this one.

Use as a child template
The embed parameter is used when embedding this infobox into another.

Embedding other templates
The module parameters (module, module2, module3) are used for embedding other templates into this infobox.

For groups or bands
Examples of the template in use can be found at:
 * Elvis Presley
 * Madonna
 * Sly and the Family Stone

Tracking categories
Hidden maintenance/tracking categories which may be added to articles using this infobox:
 * – any articles using this infobox with unknown parameter names
 * - all articles where this deprecated param has been used
 * – all articles using this infobox

Microformat
The determination between  (for individuals) and   (for groups) and is made by Infobox musical artist/hCard class using background.

TemplateData
{	"description": "An infobox for musical artists/groups.", "params": { "honorific_prefix": { "label": "Honorific prefix", "description": "Titles such as Sir.", "type": "string", "required": false },		"name": { "label": "Name", "description": "Name of group/artist, plain text only.", "type": "string", "default": "The page name" },		"honorific_suffix": { "label": "Honorific suffix", "description": "Honours such as CBE, OBE.", "type": "string", "required": false },		"image": { "label": "Image", "description": "Image to use in infobox Set to only the image name.", "type": "wiki-file-name", "required": false, "example": "ABBA - TopPop 1974 5.png" },		"image_size": { "label": "Image size", "description": "Should only be specified if the image is smaller than 220 pixels width. Enter the width in pixels without 'px'.", "type": "string", "required": false, "example": "150", "deprecated": "image_upright should be used instead" },		"image_upright": { "label": "Image upright", "description": "Scales the image thumbnail from its default size 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%).", "type": "string", "required": false },		"landscape": { "label": "Landscape", "description": "Set to yes when using wide, short images.", "type": "line", "required": false, "autovalue": "yes", "suggestedvalues": [ "yes" ]		},		"alt": { "label": "Image alt text", "description": "Alt text for the image, for visually impaired and other readers who cannot see the image.", "type": "string", "required": false },		"caption": { "label": "Image caption", "description": "Caption for the image.", "type": "string", "required": false },		"native_name": { "label": "Native name", "description": "The artist's name in their own language.", "type": "string", "required": false },		"native_name_lang": { "label": "Native name language (code)", "description": "ISO 639-2 code e.g. 'fra' for French. If more than one, use for native_name instead", "type": "line", "required": false, "example": "fra" },		"birth_name": { "label": "Birth name", "description": "The person's name at birth.", "type": "string", "required": false },		"alias": { "label": "Alias", "description": "Official stage names, legal names, or other officially authorized names. Not for nicknames.", "type": "string", "required": false },		"birth_date": { "label": "Birth date", "description": "The artist's date of birth; it is preferable to use .", "type": "string", "required": false, "example": "December 31, 1949", "autovalue": "YYYY" },		"birth_place": { "label": "Birth place", "description": "The artist's place of birth. e.g. 'Lubbock, Texas, U.S.'.", "type": "string", "required": false },		"origin": { "label": "Origin", "description": "The city from which the singer or group originated.", "type": "string", "required": false, "example": "Aston, Birmingham, England" },		"death_date": { "label": "Death date", "description": "The artist's date of death use ", "type": "string", "required": false, "autovalue": "YYYY" },		"death_place": { "label": "Death place", "description": "Place of death.", "type": "string", "required": false },		"genre": { "label": "Genre", "description": "The genre or genres of music performed by the act. Genres should be wikilinked and separated by using commas, flatlist or hlist", "type": "string", "required": false, "example": "Rock · synth-pop · house|undefined"		},		"discography": {			"label": "Discography",			"description": "Link to an article or articles about the musician's or group's discography",			"type": "string",			"required": false,			"example": "[[ABBA discography"		},		"years_active": {			"label": "Years active",			"description": "Years artist/group was active.",			"type": "string",			"required": false,			"example": "1993–2004, 2005–present"		},		"label": {			"label": "Record label",			"description": "The record label or labels to which the act has been signed, as a comma- or flatlist-separated list. Omit dates.",			"type": "string",			"required": false,			"example": "Universal"		},		"current_member_of": {			"label": "Current member of",			"description": "The groups/bands of which the artist is currently part of. Name of the groups/bands should be separated by using commas, Flatlist, or Hlist.",			"type": "string"		},		"past_member_of": {			"label": "Past member of",			"description": "The groups/bands of which the artist is formerly part of. Name of the groups/bands should be separated by using commas, Flatlist, or Hlist.",			"type": "string"		},		"spinoffs": {			"label": "Spinoffs",			"description": "Groups which have spun off from this group. For example, sub-units. Name of the groups/bands should be separated by using commas, Flatlist, or Hlist.",			"type": "string"		},		"spinoff_of": {			"label": "Spinoff of",			"description": "A group from which this group has spun off.",			"type": "string"		},		"spouse": {			"label": "Spouse(s)",			"description": "Name of spouse(s), followed by years of marriage. Use the format Name (married 1950–present) for a current spouse, and Name (married 1970–1999) for former spouse(s). Separate entries using Template:Plainlist or Template:Unbulleted list. For deceased persons still married at time of death, do not include an end year. may be used.",			"type": "string",			"required": false		},		"partner": {			"label": "Partner(s)",			"description": "For unmarried life partners in a domestic partnership (of any gender or sexual orientation), not business partners. Use the format Name (1950–present) for current partner and Name (1970–1999) for former partner(s).",			"type": "string",			"required": false		},		"website": {			"label": "Website",			"description": "The single web address for the act's primary official website, example.com or ",			"type": "string",			"required": false,			"example": "blacksabbath.com"		},		"current_members": {			"label": "Current members",			"description": "Name of current members of the group, listed in order of joining. Separate multiple entries using * list markup, one per line.",			"type": "string",			"required": false		},		"past_members": {			"label": "Past members",			"description": "Past members of the group, listed in order of joining. Separate multiple entries using * list markup, one per line. If a group is inactive, all members should be listed here, and none in the 'current_members' field.",			"type": "string",			"required": false		},		"embed": {			"label": "Embedded",			"description": "Set to 'yes' if embedded in another infobox template.",			"type": "line",			"required": false,			"autovalue": "yes",			"suggestedvalues": [				"yes"			]		},		"module": {			"label": "Module",			"description": "Used for embedding other infoboxes into this one.",			"type": "string",			"required": false		},		"module2": {			"label": "Module 2",			"description": "Used for embedding other infoboxes into this one.",			"type": "string",			"required": false		},		"module3": {			"label": "Module 3",			"description": "Used for embedding other infoboxes into this one.",			"type": "string",			"required": false		},		"background": {			"label": "Background",			"description": "Currently only used to track if it's a single person or a group for hCard microformat.",			"example": "person",			"type": "line",			"suggestedvalues": [				"person",				"group_or_band"			]		},		"occupation": {			"label": "Occupation(s)",			"description": "Roles the artist has fulfilled (e.g. musician, songwriter, producer, etc). For artists who have participated in forms of entertainment outside of music (such as acting), these occupations can be included if notable.",			"type": "string"		},		"occupations": {			"deprecated": true		},		"instruments": {			"deprecated": true		},		"instrument": {			"label": "Instrument(s)",			"description": "General classes of instruments played by the artist, e.g. guitar or violin. Include singing, rapping, beatboxing and/or scat singing if relevant. Separate multiple entries by using commas, flatlist or hlist. Instruments listed in the infobox should be limited to only those that the artist is primarily known for using.",			"type": "string"		},		"associated_acts": {			"deprecated": "Replace with (1) current_member_of / past_member_of for persons or (2) spinoffs / spinoff_of for groups"		}	},	"format": "\n",	"paramOrder": [		"honorific_prefix",		"background",		"name",		"honorific_suffix",		"image",		"image_size",		"image_upright",		"landscape",		"alt",		"caption",		"native_name",		"native_name_lang",		"birth_name",		"alias",		"birth_date",		"birth_place",		"origin",		"death_date",		"death_place",		"genre",		"occupation",		"instrument",        "discography",		"years_active",		"label",		"current_member_of",		"past_member_of",		"spinoffs",		"spinoff_of",		"spouse",		"partner",		"current_members",		"past_members",		"website",		"embed",		"module",		"module2",		"module3",		"occupations",		"instruments",		"associated_acts"	] }