Template talk:Infobox person/Mergers

Mergers
Is it still the intention that, where possible, other biographical infoboxes be merged in to this one, as was discussed last year? Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 15:42, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Sounds good to me. Anything that reduces the profusion of infoboxes is probably wise. —  SMcCandlish  &#91;talk&#93; &#91;cont&#93; ‹(-¿-)› 20:29, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
 * OK, how do we proceed? Infobox Scientist seems another likely contender. Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 22:41, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Is there any interest in pursuing this? Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 19:28, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
 * @Andy how is the status? Can I/we help? mabdul 11:33, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

Saudibox_*
Someone might want to have a look at the Saudibox family and see whether they could be replaced with Infobox Person. Andy Mabbett | Talk to Andy Mabbett 22:15, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

"Infobox comics creator" merge proposal
I think people here didn't notice that I added a "merge" notice at the top of this page. Discussion is stalled, with only five participants; two in favour and three against. Please comment at the above address. Thank you. Andy Mabbett (aka Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy Mabbett; Andy Mabbett's contributions 09:17, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Please note that this discussion, which had stalled, is now active once more. Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 15:19, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
 * The discussion was archived as failed to achieve a consensus. in January 2009, with a suggestion to reopen after six months or so`. Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 11:44, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

Infobox Gunfighter
Further to the above, I've nominated Infobox Gunfighter for deletion,. There are only six instance, and its only unique parameter is "notable opponents". I suggest that the latter be added to Infobox Person, as it can apply in a number of other cases, too.
 * Yeah, that could be used for politicians, etc. —  SMcCandlish  &#91;talk&#93; &#91;cont&#93; ‹(-¿-)› 20:29, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

Update: Also. Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 21:10, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

Update: All instances now replaced. Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 21:23, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

Update: ✅ Now merged. Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 19:46, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

Infobox Scientist
Fields used in Infobox Scientist and not Infobox Person are:


 * box_width
 * fields
 * workplaces
 * doctoral_advisor
 * academic_advisors
 * doctoral_students
 * notable_students
 * author_abbrev_bot
 * author_abbrev_zoo
 * influences
 * influenced
 * awards


 * Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 22:46, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Resolved by converting it to a wrapper, see Infobox scientist/sandbox -- Pankaj Jain Capankajsmilyo (talk · contribs · [//tools.wmflabs.org/xtools-ec/?user=Capankajsmilyo&project=en.wikipedia.org count])  03:17, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

Infobox Writer
Fields used in Infobox Writer and not Infobox Person are:


 * period (use "years_active")
 * genre (use "style"; perhaps make label editable)
 * subject
 * movement
 * notableworks
 * spouse
 * partner
 * children
 * relatives
 * influences
 * influenced
 * awards
 * portaldisp

and the following do not have underscores:


 * imagesize
 * notableworks
 * pseudonym
 * birthname
 * birthdate
 * birthplace
 * deathdate
 * deathplace


 * Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 00:12, 27 September 2008 (UTC)


 * converted this as well in the relevant sandbox. Plz see Template talk:Infobox writer. Thanks -- Pankaj Jain Capankajsmilyo (talk · contribs · [//tools.wmflabs.org/xtools-ec/?user=Capankajsmilyo&project=en.wikipedia.org count])  18:37, 4 September 2017 (UTC)

Infobox actor
Infobox actor uses no parameters not in this template, save for these underscored/ variant parameter names:


 * imagesize
 * birthname
 * birthdate
 * birthplace
 * deathdate
 * deathplace
 * othername
 * yearsactive
 * domesticpartner


 * Andy Mabbett (User: Pigsonthewing ); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 13:50, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
 * As noted in more detail here Template talk:Infobox actor/Archive 7 there are several fields in the infobox person that consensus has removed/deactivate from the infobox actor. While I think that this merger is a good idea for some infoboxes larger projects like the "Wikiproject Actors/Filmmakers" needs flexibility to change their infobox without impacting on the wider use person infobox. MarnetteD | Talk 01:50, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

This was done some time ago. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:22, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

Infobox Engineer

 * discipline
 * institutions
 * practice_name
 * significant_projects
 * significant_design
 * significant_advance
 * significant_awards (use 'awards')


 * Andy Mabbett (User: Pigsonthewing ); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 22:59, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

Other
Fields in other templates which could be merged here (copy of info from summer 2007; may be out-of-date):


 * Infobox Criminal - alias (use "other_names"), charge, penalty & status (e.g. "in prison", "executed", "released").
 * Infobox Pope - Papacy began, Papacy ended, Predecessor, Successor, other ("other popes named...")
 * merging into Infobox Christian leader instead.
 * Infobox Gunfighter - years_active, notable_opponents
 * Infobox Chef - style, education, restaurants, prevrests, television
 * Infobox journalist - ethic(ethnicity; renaming proposed), alias (use "other_names"), credits (use "known_for"), agent, status (used for "marital status") - redirected

Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 22:54, 25 September 2008 (UTC)


 * These should be generalized as much as possible, then the specific templates can simply be modified to accept the canonical field names or the historical ones. E.g. "Papacy began" and the like (maybe a reign_began field for heads of state, and so on) can be generalize into some kind of began field. Or the pope template code can be modified to combine Papacy began and Papacy ended into a years_active range. the Infobox Snooker Player template, for example, could have its "professional" field be a years_active range, maybe. There would just need to be some field for what output the years_active parameter would give (Papacy, etc.) Some fields should probably just be dropped (i.e. their values ignored in deployed instances, and their code and documentation removed), e.g. "ethnicity" - too PoV. "Restaurants" can be generalized into an "organizations" field, for any kind of employment/ownership. —Preceding unsigned comment added by SMcCandlish (talk • contribs)


 * Good ideas. Perhaps "service began" ? Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 10:30, 27 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Infobox Astronaut - width (of image), type, status, current_occupation, previous_occupation, rank, time, selection, mission, insignia, Date of ret,
 * Infobox Aviator - first flight aircraft, first flight date, f-flights (stands for "famous flights" - equals "known for"?), license date, license place, air force, battles, rank. Circa 30 transclusions.

Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 21:05, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Standardising
Where templates can't be merged, it's still worth thinking about standardising common parameters, as suggested by Amalthea. Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 11:27, 25 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm all for it. —  SMcCandlish  &#91;talk&#93; &#91;cont&#93; ‹(-¿-)› 15:51, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I also agree. --Kumioko (talk) 16:56, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you, both. However, greater community input is needed. Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 15:42, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

Infobox comics creator TfD
Further to the above, Infobox comics creator is now nominated for deletion, with a view to merging here. Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 21:40, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

Infobox chef TfD
Infobox chef is now nominated for deletion, with a view to merging here. Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 22:01, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

Suggestions
Both the above have failed.

However I have suggested a number of ways of merging, the simplest using the version now in the sandbox, is illustrated here, and with the template Infobox chef2

Regards, Rich Farmbrough, 06:50, 8 September 2009 (UTC).


 * I've modifed the Twitter link; trust that's OK. Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 11:57, 9 September 2009 (UTC)