User:JackSchmidt/Lived/doc

Usage
This template should always be substituted. The arguments can be named by "b", "d", and "s", or they can be given in the order b, d, s. The type of information created by this template depends both on whether the person is alive and on how much we know about their birth and death years.

The b parameter should be: The default value is "missing".
 * "missing" if the birth year is not known to the editor, but could be found
 * "unknown" if the birth year is not known and cannot be found
 * "skip" if birth information is not desired
 * the year if the birth year is known

The d parameter should be: The default value is "living".
 * "living" if the person is presumably still alive
 * "missing" if the person is dead, the death year is unknown to the editor, and the death year could be found
 * "unknown" if the person is dead, but noone knows the exact year
 * "skip" if death information is not desired
 * the year if the death year is known

The s parameter should be the value to be passed to DEFAULTSORT. It can also be called "key" for backwards compatibility.

Here are some samples:


 * If the person is presumably still alive, and the birth year is known:
 * 1941
 * 1941
 * If the person is presumably still alive, but the birth year is not known:
 * missing
 * missing
 * missing
 * missing


 * If birth and death years are both known:
 * 1941
 * If the person has died, and the birth date is not yet known, but can be found:
 * 1984
 * missing
 * If the person has died, and the birth date will probably never be known:
 * unknown
 * If the person has died, and the death year may never be known:
 * 1723
 * unknown
 * If the person has died, and the death year may never be known:
 * 1723
 * 1723