Template:Character Data

Documentation

This template is used to place character info on a Battlestar Wiki article. It provides lower case parameters only.

Usage

{{Character Data
 | title=
 | photo=
 | photo 2=
 | caption=
 | caption 2=
 | age=
 | colony=
 | birthplace=
 | birthname=
 | birthdate=
 | callsign=
 | nickname=
 | seen=
 | pseen=
 | seenref=
 | lastseen=
 | plastseen= 
 | lastseenref=
 | death=
 | parents=
 | siblings=
 | children=
 | marital status=
 | familytree=
 | role=
 | rank=
 | serial=
 | actor=
 | cylon=
 | 5cylon=
 | hcylon=
 | mcylon=
 | archives=
 | media=
 | sepcon=
 | primecon=
 | sepcon title=
 | primecon title=
 | series=
 | series 2=
 | series 3=
 | name=
 | sortkey=
 | spoilers=
}}

Required parameters

None. All parameters are optional.

Optional parameters

• title: If different from the article name.
• photo: The filename of the photo (without File: prefix).
• photo 2: The file name for a second photo, which goes on the bottom of the infobox.
• caption: The caption of the first photo.
• caption 2: The caption of the second photo.
• age: The approximate age of the character.
• colony: The character's home colony.
• birthplace: If the character was not born on one of The Twelve Colonies, then use this parameter instead of "colony".
• birthname: The full birthname of the character.
• birthdate: The date of birth. Approximate. Link to a Timeline page if needed.
• callsign: The character's "callsign" if he or she is a pilot.
• nickname: The character's "nickname" if applicable.
• seen: The episode in which the character first appears. Do not wikify.
• pseen: If the episode name is different than the article name, this is what will displayed. Do not wikify.
• seenref: Custom reference for first appearance (overrides seen/pseen).
• lastseen: The episode in which the character last appears. Do not wikify.
• plastseen: If the last seen episode name is different than the article name, this is what will displayed. Do not wikify.
• lastseenref: Custom reference for last appearance (overrides lastseen/plastseen).
• death: When, Where, and How they died. Please wikify the episode.
• parents: Who are their parents.
• siblings: Who is related to them.
• children: How many children does this character have.
• marital status: What's their current marital status.
• familytree: Set this to Y if they have a family tree. The section in the article should be Family tree.
• role: Current job or position.
• rank: Current rank if in the military.
• serial: Serial number, if in the military.
• actor: Actor/actress who plays this character. Please wikify.
• name: If the character is a Cylon, this is their human name. For example, "Sharon Valerii" for Number Eight.
• sortkey: This tells the category system where this entry should go. (For William Adama, the sortkey would be "Adama, William"—without quotes—thus telling the software to alphabetize by his last name.)
• spoilers: Set to Y to enable spoiler mode for sensitive information.

Series Icons

• series: Insert the series acronym for the primary series. Values are TOS, 1980, and RDM.
• series 2: Insert the series acronym for a secondary series icon.
• series 3: Insert the series acronym for a tertiary series icon.

RDM

• cylon: Insert Y to indicate that this character is a Cylon.
• 5cylon: Insert Y to indicate that this character is a member of the Final Five.
• hcylon: Insert Y to indicate that this character is a Cylon Hybrid.

TOS

• mcylon: Insert Y to indicate that this character is a Cylon.

Media Parameters

• archives: Insert Y to show link to photo gallery.
• media: Insert media identifier to show link to BW Media.

Separate Continuity

• sepcon: Insert Y to indicate that a separate continuity article is available on the subject.
• sepcon title: The name of the article on the subject in the separate continuity. Do not encase in any link syntax.
  • Note: Anything encased in parentheses will be "piped," thus anything including or after the "(" will be ignored when outputting a name, just like an automatically piped link. Example: Vella (TOS alternate reality) will only print Vella. It will not affect the actual link itself, only the printed output in the template.

Primary Continuity

This is meant for articles on separate continuity characters, i.e. Daniel Novacek.

• primecon: Insert Y to indicate that a primary continuity article is available on the subject.
• primecon title: The name of the article on the subject in the primary continuity. Do not encase in any link syntax.
  • Note: Anything encased in parentheses will be "piped," thus anything including or after the "(" will be ignored when outputting a name, just like an automatically piped link. Example: Adama (TOS) will only print Adama. It will not affect the actual link itself, only the printed output in the template.

Changes Made

This improved version includes:

• **Fixed table structure** - Proper opening and closing tags
• **Improved error handling** - Template existence checks with fallbacks
• **Better accessibility** - Added alt attributes for images
• **Cleaner conditional logic** - Simplified spoiler and collapsible handling
• **Standardized parameters** - Consistent use of parameter defaults
• **Enhanced documentation** - Clearer parameter descriptions and relationships
• **Added CSS classes** - For better styling control
• **Improved link generation** - Better handling of episode links with display names

Creates an infobox for Battlestar Galactica characters with improved error handling and accessibility.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
title	title	Character name if different from article name	Unknown	optional
photo	photo	Main character image filename	File	optional
caption	caption	Caption for main photo	Unknown	optional
photo 2	photo 2	Secondary character image filename	File	optional
caption 2	caption 2	Caption for secondary photo	Unknown	optional
name	name	Human name if character is a Cylon	Unknown	optional
cylon	cylon	Set to Y if character is a Cylon	Boolean	optional
5cylon	5cylon	Set to Y if character is a Final Five Cylon	Boolean	optional
hcylon	hcylon	Set to Y if character is a Human/Cylon Hybrid	Boolean	optional
mcylon	mcylon	Set to Y if character is an Original Series Cylon	Boolean	optional
age	age	Character's age	Unknown	optional
colony	colony	Home colony	Unknown	optional
birthplace	birthplace	Birth location if not from the Twelve Colonies	Unknown	optional
birthname	birthname	Full birth name	Unknown	optional
birthdate	birthdate	Date of birth	Unknown	optional
callsign	callsign	Pilot callsign	Unknown	optional
nickname	nickname	Character nickname	Unknown	optional
seen	seen	First appearance episode	Unknown	optional
pseen	pseen	Display name for first appearance if different from episode title	Unknown	optional
seenref	seenref	Custom reference for first appearance (overrides seen/pseen)	Unknown	optional
lastseen	lastseen	Last appearance episode	Unknown	optional
plastseen	plastseen	Display name for last appearance if different from episode title	Unknown	optional
lastseenref	lastseenref	Custom reference for last appearance (overrides lastseen/plastseen)	Unknown	optional
death	death	Information about character's death	Unknown	optional
parents	parents	Character's parents	Unknown	optional
siblings	siblings	Character's siblings	Unknown	optional
children	children	Character's children	Unknown	optional
marital status	marital status	Current marital status	Unknown	optional
familytree	familytree	Set to Y if article has a family tree section	Boolean	optional
role	role	Current job or position	Unknown	optional
rank	rank	Military rank	Unknown	optional
serial	serial	Military serial number	Unknown	optional
actor	actor	Actor who portrays the character	Unknown	optional
series	series	Primary series (TOS, 1980, RDM)	Unknown	optional
series 2	series 2	Secondary series icon	Unknown	optional
series 3	series 3	Tertiary series icon	Unknown	optional
archives	archives	Set to Y to show photo gallery link	Boolean	optional
media	media	Media identifier for BW Media link	Unknown	optional
sepcon	sepcon	Set to Y if separate continuity article exists	Boolean	optional
sepcon title	sepcon title	Title of separate continuity article	Unknown	optional
primecon	primecon	Set to Y if primary continuity article exists	Boolean	optional
primecon title	primecon title	Title of primary continuity article	Unknown	optional
sortkey	sortkey	Category sort key (Last, First format)	Unknown	optional
spoilers	spoilers	Set to Y to enable spoiler hiding functionality	Boolean	optional