Template talk:Infobox pirate/embed

question...
Newly captured alleged pirate Abduhl Wali-i-Musi was using Infobox WoT detainees. It has been replaced with infobox pirate.

Someone else has suggested that calling him a "pirate" may not be appropriate -- because he has not been convicted.

But, over and above that concern the other template has room for aliases and alternate transliterations. Abduhl Wali-i-Musi has half a dozen redirects to alternate names and versions of his name. But this template is missing an alternate name field. Geo Swan (talk) 04:17, 22 April 2009 (UTC)


 * I've added a specific "alias" parameter, since "nickname" should only be used for colloquial names as "Blackbeard" or "Calico Jack". But a pirate may have been using an alias, e.g. "John Foster" to impersonate someone. De728631 (talk) 00:58, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

Flag image
Some notable pirates used to have their own flag, so I think we should have another image parameter to display it. Perhaps in a seperate section below the biographical list, something like "insignia" in the military unit box. De728631 (talk) 01:21, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

Lived to be converted to birth_date / death_date
For reasons of consistency I would like to replace lived with birth_date and death_date. There will be no changes in the visual result but it will help parameters standarrdisation between templates. Are there are objections to that? -- Magioladitis (talk) 15:24, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
 * A starting point would be to allow both, similar to the way it works in Template:Infobox military person. lived could then be deprecated before being removed. -- WOSlinker (talk) 17:26, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, I agree. -- Magioladitis (talk) 18:25, 23 May 2011 (UTC)