Revision as of 19:18, 27 December 2025

Documentation

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

Genealogy Extension Features

This template integrates with Extension:Genealogy. To ensure family trees work correctly, use the "gen_" parameters to provide "clean" data (page names only, no icons or extra text).

gender: M or F. Required for correct tree rendering.
gen_parents: A comma-separated list of exact Page Names for the parents (e.g. Joseph Adama, Shannon Adama).
gen_birthdate / gen_death: A clean year or date (e.g. 69 BCH) without extra text like "approx" or "(31YR)".

Usage

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

Optional parameters

title: If different from the article name.
photo: The filename of the photo.
gender: M or F. Critical for Genealogy extension icons.
birthdate: The date as it should appear in the infobox (e.g. c. 69 BCH (31YR)).
gen_birthdate: The clean date for the database (e.g. 31 BCH).
parents: The parents as they appear in the infobox (e.g. Joseph Adama (father)).
gen_parents: Clean comma-separated list of page names for the tree engine.
familytree: Set this to Y if they have a family tree. Use the <genealogy /> tag in the article's Family Tree section.

Infobox for character data with integrated 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
Gender	`gender`	M or F. Required for Genealogy extension trees.	String	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`	Visual birthdate display.	Unknown	optional
Clean Birthdate	`gen_birthdate`	Clean year/date for Genealogy engine (e.g. 69 BCH).	String	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`	Visual death info display.	Unknown	optional
Clean Death Date	`gen_death`	Clean year/date for Genealogy engine.	String	optional
parents	`parents`	Visual parents display (allows tags/icons).	Unknown	optional
Clean Parents List	`gen_parents`	Comma-separated page names for Genealogy engine (e.g. Joseph Adama, Shannon Adama).	String	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 show the 'View' link.	Unknown	optional
role	`role`	no description	Unknown	optional
rank	`rank`	no description	Unknown	optional
serial	`serial`	no description	Unknown	optional
actor	`actor`	no description	String	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
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 105: / Line 105: @@
 |- class="hiddenStructure{{#if:{{{photo 2|}}}|Y|}}"
 | colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | [[File:{{{photo 2|}}}|300px|{{{title|{{PAGENAME}}}}}]] {{#if:{{{caption 2|}}}|<br/> {{{caption 2|}}}|}}
-|}{{#if:{{{sortkey|}}}|{{DEFAULTSORT:{{{sortkey}}}}}}}</includeonly><noinclude>
+|}{{#if:{{{sortkey|}}}|{{DEFAULTSORT:{{{sortkey}}}}}}}</includeonly>
+<noinclude>
 = Documentation =
 This template is used to place character info on a Battlestar Wiki article.
+== Genealogy Extension Features ==
+This template integrates with '''[[Extension:Genealogy]]'''. To ensure family trees work correctly, use the "gen_" parameters to provide "clean" data (page names only, no icons or extra text).
+* '''gender''': M or F. Required for correct tree rendering.
+* '''gen_parents''': A comma-separated list of exact Page Names for the parents (e.g. <code>Joseph Adama, Shannon Adama</code>).
+* '''gen_birthdate / gen_death''': A clean year or date (e.g. <code>69 BCH</code>) without extra text like "approx" or "(31YR)".
 == Usage ==
@@ Line 123: / Line 131: @@
   | birthname=
   | birthdate=
+ | gen_birthdate=
   | callsign=
   | nickname=
@@ Line 130: / Line 139: @@
   | plastseen=
   | death=
+ | gen_death=
   | parents=
+ | gen_parents=
   | siblings=
   | children=
@@ Line 152: / Line 163: @@
 === Optional parameters ===
-* '''gender''': M or F. Required for correct Genealogy tree rendering.
+* '''title''': If different from the article name.
-* '''parents''': List of parent page names, comma-separated (e.g., Joseph Adama, Evelyn Adama).
+* '''photo''': The filename of the photo.
-* '''birthdate''': Use YYYY-MM-DD for best results with Extension:Genealogy.
+* '''gender''': '''M''' or '''F'''. Critical for Genealogy extension icons.
-* '''familytree''': Set to '''Y''' if a family tree section exists. Use <code><genealogy /></code> in that section.
+* '''birthdate''': The date as it should appear in the infobox (e.g. <code>c. {{YR|31}}</code>).
+* '''gen_birthdate''': The clean date for the database (e.g. <code>31 BCH</code>).
+* '''parents''': The parents as they appear in the infobox (e.g. <code>[[Joseph Adama]] (father)</code>).
+* '''gen_parents''': Clean comma-separated list of page names for the tree engine.
+* '''familytree''': Set this to '''Y''' if they have a family tree. Use the <code><genealogy /></code> tag in the article's Family Tree section.
-... [Rest of your documentation here] ...
+[[Category:Infobox|Character]]
+[[Category:Templates using ParserFunctions|{{PAGENAME}}]]
 <templatedata>
@@ Line 164: / Line 180: @@
 		"title": {},
 		"photo": {
+			"type": "wiki-file-name"
+		},
+		"photo 2": {
 			"type": "wiki-file-name"
 		},
 		"caption": {},
-		"name": {},
+		"caption 2": {},
 		"gender": {
 			"label": "Gender",
-			"description": "Required for Genealogy extension (M or F).",
+			"description": "M or F. Required for Genealogy extension trees.",
 			"type": "string",
 			"suggested": true
 		},
-		"cylon": {},
 		"age": {},
 		"colony": {},
@@ Line 180: / Line 198: @@
 		"birthname": {},
 		"birthdate": {
-			"description": "Format: YYYY-MM-DD for genealogy indexing."
+			"description": "Visual birthdate display."
+		},
+		"gen_birthdate": {
+			"label": "Clean Birthdate",
+			"description": "Clean year/date for Genealogy engine (e.g. 69 BCH).",
+			"type": "string"
 		},
 		"callsign": {},
 		"nickname": {},
 		"seen": {},
-		"seenref": {},
 		"pseen": {},
 		"lastseen": {},
-		"lastseenref": {},
 		"plastseen": {},
 		"death": {
-			"description": "Date/Episode of death."
+			"description": "Visual death info display."
+		},
+		"gen_death": {
+			"label": "Clean Death Date",
+			"description": "Clean year/date for Genealogy engine.",
+			"type": "string"
 		},
 		"parents": {
-			"description": "Comma-separated list of parent page names."
+			"description": "Visual parents display (allows tags/icons)."
+		},
+		"gen_parents": {
+			"label": "Clean Parents List",
+			"description": "Comma-separated page names for Genealogy engine (e.g. Joseph Adama, Shannon Adama).",
+			"type": "string"
 		},
 		"siblings": {},
@@ Line 200: / Line 231: @@
 		"marital status": {},
 		"familytree": {
-			"description": "Set to Y to enable genealogy tree features."
+			"description": "Set to Y to show the 'View' link."
 		},
 		"role": {},
 		"rank": {},
 		"serial": {},
-		"actor": {},
+		"actor": {
+			"type": "string"
+		},
+		"cylon": {},
 		"5cylon": {},
 		"hcylon": {},
 		"mcylon": {},
-		"archives": {},
-		"media": {},
 		"sepcon": {},
 		"primecon": {},
-		"sepcon title": {},
 		"series": {},
-		"primecon title": {},
-		"photo 2": {
-			"type": "wiki-file-name"
-		},
-		"caption 2": {},
 		"sortkey": {},
 		"spoilers": {}
 	},
-	"description": "Creates an infobox for characters with Genealogy extension support.",
+	"description": "Infobox for character data with integrated Genealogy extension support.",
 	"paramOrder": [
 		"title",
 		"photo",
 		"caption",
-		"name",
 		"gender",
-		"cylon",
 		"age",
 		"colony",
@@ Line 236: / Line 260: @@
 		"birthname",
 		"birthdate",
+		"gen_birthdate",
 		"callsign",
 		"nickname",
 		"seen",
-		"seenref",
 		"pseen",
 		"lastseen",
-		"lastseenref",
 		"plastseen",
 		"death",
+		"gen_death",
 		"parents",
+		"gen_parents",
 		"siblings",
 		"children",
@@ Line 254: / Line 279: @@
 		"serial",
 		"actor",
+		"cylon",
 		"5cylon",
 		"hcylon",
 		"mcylon",
-		"archives",
-		"media",
 		"sepcon",
 		"primecon",
-		"sepcon title",
 		"series",
-		"primecon title",
 		"photo 2",
 		"caption 2",
@@ Line 270: / Line 292: @@
 	]
 }
-</templatedata></noinclude>
+</templatedata>
+</noinclude>