Template:Character Data

Documentation

This template is used for character articles.

General Fields

• title: Displayed title. Defaults to page name.
• photo / photo 2: Filenames for images.
• caption / caption 2: Image captions.
• age: Approximate age.
• colony: Home colony (e.g., Caprica).
• birthplace: Use if born outside the Twelve Colonies.
• birthname: Full birth name.
• birthdate: Visual display of birth date.
• callsign: Pilot callsign.
• nickname: Other aliases.
• seen: First episode appearance (do not wikify).
• pseen: Custom display text for the "seen" episode link.
• lastseen: Last known episode appearance.
• death: Circumstances/Date of death.
• parents / siblings / children: Family members. Use `
  ` for lists.
• marital status: Single, Married, etc.
• role: Current occupation.
• rank: Military rank.
• serial: Military serial number.
• actor: Portraying actor. Wikify.

Genealogy Extension (Required for Family Trees)

To enable automated family trees via `<genealogy />`, use these "gen_" parameters:

• gender: M or F. (Crucial for icons).
• gen_parents: Clean comma-separated list of exact Page Names (e.g., Joseph Adama, Shannon Adama).
• gen_birthdate: Clean year/date for database (e.g., 69 BCH).
• gen_death: Clean year/date of death.
• familytree: Set to Y to show the "View" link in the infobox.

Cylon Toggles

Set these to Y to display specific banners:

• cylon: Standard Cylon indicator (changes "Name" label to "Human Name").
• 5cylon: Final Five indicator.
• hcylon: Human/Cylon Hybrid indicator.
• mcylon: Original Series Cylon indicator.

Continuity Fields

• sepcon / primecon: Set to Y if the character exists in an alternate or primary continuity.
• sepcon title / primecon title: The exact title of the related article.
• series: Acronym (TOS, 1980, RDM).

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Template parameters[Edit template data]

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
title	title	no description	Unknown	optional
photo	photo	no description	File	optional
photo 2	photo 2	no description	File	optional
caption	caption	no description	Unknown	optional
caption 2	caption 2	no description	Unknown	optional
Gender	gender	M or F. Required for Genealogy.	Unknown	suggested
age	age	no description	Unknown	optional
colony	colony	no description	Unknown	optional
birthplace	birthplace	no description	Unknown	optional
birthname	birthname	no description	Unknown	optional
birthdate	birthdate	no description	Unknown	optional
Clean Birth Date	gen_birthdate	no description	Unknown	optional
callsign	callsign	no description	Unknown	optional
nickname	nickname	no description	Unknown	optional
seen	seen	no description	Unknown	optional
pseen	pseen	no description	Unknown	optional
lastseen	lastseen	no description	Unknown	optional
plastseen	plastseen	no description	Unknown	optional
death	death	no description	Unknown	optional
Clean Death Date	gen_death	no description	Unknown	optional
parents	parents	no description	Unknown	optional
Clean Parents List	gen_parents	no description	Unknown	optional
siblings	siblings	no description	Unknown	optional
children	children	no description	Unknown	optional
marital status	marital status	no description	Unknown	optional
familytree	familytree	no description	Unknown	optional
role	role	no description	Unknown	optional
rank	rank	no description	Unknown	optional
serial	serial	no description	Unknown	optional
actor	actor	no description	Unknown	optional
cylon	cylon	no description	Unknown	optional
5cylon	5cylon	no description	Unknown	optional
hcylon	hcylon	no description	Unknown	optional
mcylon	mcylon	no description	Unknown	optional
sepcon	sepcon	no description	Unknown	optional
primecon	primecon	no description	Unknown	optional
series	series	no description	Unknown	optional
sortkey	sortkey	no description	Unknown	optional
spoilers	spoilers	no description	Unknown	optional