Template:Wikidata Infobox/doc
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Includes a Wikidata-enabled infobox on category pages. See Commons:Wikidata infobox help for the FAQ.
The template automatically sets the following categories:
- Interwikis from Wikidata
- For people: given name(s) and surname(s), alive/deceased person/man/woman, years of birth and death, awards
Usage
{{Wikidata Infobox
|qid =
|defaultsort =
|interwiki =
|autocat =
|trackingcats =
}}
This template must never be transcluded via another template, it has to always be directly used in categories and galleries - doing otherwise will lead to duplicate uses of this template. It can be used on template documentation pages (use the 'qid' parameter to link it correctly), or by noinclude'ing it in the template so it just shows on the template page rather than transclusions. (find transclusions to remove)
Common issues
If you see a Wikidata QID (a number, prefixed with "Q") instead of the correct title, then that means that the topic does not have a label in English – to fix this, add an English label on Wikidata. If you see content that's not in your own language, then that probably means that a label isn't available in your language – to fix this, add the appropriate label in your language on Wikidata.
If you spot a problem with the information displayed in the infobox, please first try to fix it on Wikidata. For further info see Commons:Wikidata infobox help, which also has extensive information about the many types of images desired on Wikidata. If that fails, ask on the template talk page.
If the infobox is empty, or it doesn't contain all of the information you think it should, then please expand the Wikidata entry. The infobox should grow accordingly, though the page on Wikimedia Commons might need purging to show very recent updates from Wikidata.
Customisation
If you do not want to see the infobox, then add #wdinfobox { display: none;}
to Special:MyPage/common.css and it will not be displayed.
To display the infobox in a horizontal format, add the following to Special:MyPage/common.css. Note that this will only work in some browsers (Chrome and Safari should work, but Firefox won't):
#wdinfobox { width:100%!important; clear:both!important; display: block; -webkit-column-count: 4; -ms-column-count: 4; -moz-column-count: 4; column-count: 4; }
You can also use Javascript to change the settings by adding the following to Special:MyPage/common.js:
- To auto-hide the whole infobox:
$( "#wdinfobox" ).addClass( "mw-collapsed" );
- To auto-hide the authority control:
$( "#wdinfo_ac" ).addClass( "mw-collapsed" );
- To auto-hide the taxon tree:
$( "#wdinfo_taxon" ).addClass( "mw-collapsed" );
- To never display the infobox:
$( "#wdinfobox" ).addClass( "wdinfobox_hide" );
- To display the infobox horizontally:
$( "#wdinfobox" ).addClass( "wdinfobox_horizontal" );
Maintenance
Uses of this template are categorised into Category:Uses of Wikidata Infobox or Category:Uses of Wikidata Infobox with no item depending on whether the template can find a QID.
Template developers: please ensure that if you are nesting {{Wikidata Infobox}} inside another template that you are wrapping it accordingly, that is <includeonly>{{Wikidata Infobox}}</includeonly>
, so that it doesn't categorise the template.
For past discussions about this template, see:
- Would small Wikidata-enabled infoboxes be useful on category pages? (January 2018)
- Proposal to bot-deploy Wikidata Infobox (February 2018)
- Bot approval (March/April 2018)
Template parameters
Parameter | Description | Default | Status | |
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qid | QID | Q ID (number) of the topic; overrides lookup in the database for this ID. | Value of category's main topic (P301) if available, otherwise the ID of the connected Wikidata item | optional |
defaultsort | Disable DEFAULTSORT | Set to “no” to disable auto-adding a {{DEFAULTSORT}} | y | optional |
interwiki | interwiki | Set to “no” to disable auto-adding interwiki links using Module:Interwiki | yes | optional |
autocat | automatic categorisation | Set to “no” to disable automatic categorisation under categories such as Category:Living people | yes | optional |
trackingcats | tracking categories | Set to “no” to disable automatic addition of hidden categories such as Category:Uses of Wikidata Infobox | yes | optional |
spf suppressfields | suppressfields | Comma-separated denylist of property IDs passed to WikidataIB, e.g. "P1923,P527" (note that some properties cannot be hidden) | empty | optional |
fwd fetchwikidata | fetchwikidata | Comma-separated allowlist of property IDs passed to WikidataIB, e.g. "P31" | ALL | optional |
<templatedata>JSON</templatedata> ./. {{TemplateBox}}
TemplateData is a way to store information about template parameters (the description of those and of the whole template) for both humans and machines. It is used by VisualEditor and possibly other tools like Upload Wizard. Existing template documentation Newly created template documentation and imports Wikipedia's help about TemplateData • Commons-specific information Includes a Wikidata-enabled infobox on category pages. See https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wikidata_infobox_help for the FAQ.
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Additional information
The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: the Category namespace
The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: no user group specified
Placement: At the top of the page
Relies on:
Module:WikidataIB; Module:Wikidata4Bio; Module:Taxontree; Module:Coordinates; {{Unbulleted list}}; {{SuperFallback}}; {{Dir}}
Localization
This template makes use of {{Autotranslate}} and the translate extension.
Wikidata properties
Copying this template to other wikis
- Import dependencies Module:WikidataIB and Template:Unbulleted list
- Import w:Template:Wikidata Infobox/i18n/getMsg and w:Module:Wikidata Infobox/i18n from Wikipedia
- Import d:Template:Wikidata Infobox/core and d:Template:Wikidata Infobox/styles.css from Wikidata
- Import Module:Wikidata Infobox from Commons
- Import Template:Wikidata Infobox and configure it to your liking
Ask Mike Peel or LennardHofmann if you need help.
Core and sandboxes
The principal template is now a wrapper for the core code. This facilitates internationalisation by making parameter names easier to adapt.
Both templates have sandbox versions:
- Template:Wikidata Infobox
- Template:Wikidata Infobox/core
- Template:Wikidata Infobox/sandbox
- Template:Wikidata Infobox/core/sandbox
Issues
There are known issues, for which we invite suggested fixes:
- Date ordering; see Death date before
- Date ranges for journals; YYYY (YYYY-YYYY)