Revision as of 19:07, 27 December 2025

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This template is used to place character info on a Battlestar Wiki article.

Usage

{{Character Data
 | title=
 | photo=
 | photo 2=
 | caption=
 | caption 2=
 | gender=
 | age=
 | colony=
 | birthplace=
 | birthname=
 | birthdate=
 | callsign=
 | nickname=
 | seen=
 | pseen=
 | lastseen=
 | plastseen= 
 | death=
 | parents=
 | siblings=
 | children=
 | marital status=
 | familytree=
 | role=
 | rank=
 | serial=
 | actor=
 | cylon=
 | 5cylon=
 | hcylon=
 | mcylon=
 | sepcon=
 | primecon=
 | series=
 | name=
 | sortkey=
}}

Optional parameters

gender: M or F. Required for correct Genealogy tree rendering.
parents: List of parent page names, comma-separated (e.g., Joseph Adama, Evelyn Adama).
birthdate: Use YYYY-MM-DD for best results with Extension:Genealogy.
familytree: Set to Y if a family tree section exists. Use <genealogy /> in that section.

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Creates an infobox for characters with Genealogy extension support.

Template parameters[Edit template data]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
title	`title`	no description	Unknown	optional
photo	`photo`	no description	File	optional
caption	`caption`	no description	Unknown	optional
name	`name`	no description	Unknown	optional
Gender	`gender`	Required for Genealogy extension (M or F).	String	suggested
cylon	`cylon`	no description	Unknown	optional
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`	Format: YYYY-MM-DD for genealogy indexing.	Unknown	optional
callsign	`callsign`	no description	Unknown	optional
nickname	`nickname`	no description	Unknown	optional
seen	`seen`	no description	Unknown	optional
seenref	`seenref`	no description	Unknown	optional
pseen	`pseen`	no description	Unknown	optional
lastseen	`lastseen`	no description	Unknown	optional
lastseenref	`lastseenref`	no description	Unknown	optional
plastseen	`plastseen`	no description	Unknown	optional
death	`death`	Date/Episode of death.	Unknown	optional
parents	`parents`	Comma-separated list of parent page names.	Unknown	optional
siblings	`siblings`	no description	Unknown	optional
children	`children`	no description	Unknown	optional
marital status	`marital status`	no description	Unknown	optional
familytree	`familytree`	Set to Y to enable genealogy tree features.	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
5cylon	`5cylon`	no description	Unknown	optional
hcylon	`hcylon`	no description	Unknown	optional
mcylon	`mcylon`	no description	Unknown	optional
archives	`archives`	no description	Unknown	optional
media	`media`	no description	Unknown	optional
sepcon	`sepcon`	no description	Unknown	optional
primecon	`primecon`	no description	Unknown	optional
sepcon title	`sepcon title`	no description	Unknown	optional
series	`series`	no description	Unknown	optional
primecon title	`primecon title`	no description	Unknown	optional
photo 2	`photo 2`	no description	File	optional
caption 2	`caption 2`	no description	Unknown	optional
sortkey	`sortkey`	no description	Unknown	optional
spoilers	`spoilers`	no description	Unknown	optional

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-<includeonly>{{#if:{{{gender|}}}|{{#genealogy:gender|{{{gender}}}}}}}{{#if:{{{gen_birthdate|{{{birthdate|}}}}}}|{{#genealogy:birth_date|{{{gen_birthdate|{{{birthdate}}}}}}}}}}{{#if:{{{gen_death|{{{death|}}}}}}|{{#genealogy:death_date|{{{gen_death|{{{death}}}}}}}}}}{{#if:{{{gen_parents|{{{parents|}}}}}}|{{#genealogy:parents|{{{gen_parents|{{{parents}}}}}}}}}}{| class="infobox" cellspacing="5"
+<includeonly>{| class="infobox" cellspacing="5"
+|-
+| colspan="2" style="display:none;" |
+{{#if:{{{gender|}}}|{{#genealogy:gender|{{{gender}}}}}}}
+{{#if:{{{gen_birthdate|{{{birthdate|}}}}}}|{{#genealogy:birth_date|{{{gen_birthdate|{{{birthdate}}}}}}}}}}
+{{#if:{{{gen_death|{{{death|}}}}}}|{{#genealogy:death_date|{{{gen_death|{{{death}}}}}}}}}}
+{{#if:{{{gen_parents|{{{parents|}}}}}}|{{#genealogy:parents|{{{gen_parents|{{{parents}}}}}}}}}}
 |- class="infoboxheader"
-| colspan="2" |
+| colspan="2"|
 {|
 |- style="text-align: left; font-size: larger;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"
@@ Line 86: / Line 92: @@
 |- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;" class="hiddenStructure{{#if:{{{mcylon|}}}|Y|}}"
 | colspan="2" | {{{title|{{PAGENAME}}}}} is an Original Series Cylon
-|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;" class="hiddenStructure{{#if:{{{archives|}}}{{{{media|}}}|Y|}}"
+|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;" class="hiddenStructure{{#if:{{{archives|}}}{{{media|}}}|Y|}}"
 ! class="infoboxheader" colspan="2" | Related Media
 |- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;" class="hiddenStructure{{#if:{{{archives|}}}|Y|}}"