Template:Infobox philosopher/doc

This template is used to provide biographical information on anyone who might be considered a philosopher. If the philosopher held or holds a political or other public office (e.g. Alan Greenspan), Infobox officeholder is probably more suitable.

Usage


To use this template, copy the text above to the top of a biography article. Note that parameter names are lowercase.

Parameters
All parameters are optional, and if left blank will not appear in the infobox:
 * era should be selected from Category:Philosophy by period
 * region should be selected from Category:Philosophy by region
 * school_tradition should be selected from Category:Philosophical traditions or List of schools of philosophy
 * Entries in influences, influenced, and notable ideas should be explained in the main text of one of the articles. Those that are not mentioned in the main text may be deleted.
 * For living people supply only the year for birth date unless the exact date is already WIDELY published, as per WP:DOB. Treat such cases as if only the year is known, so use birth year and age or a similar option.

Tracking categories

 * – Used by Module:InfoboxImage to track articles where an infobox uses image syntax in the format |image=[[File:Example.jpg]] . To exclude articles from this category, change it to undefined.
 * – Used by Template:Wikidata image to track articles where an infobox has no image but Wikidata has an image name. To exclude articles from this category, add an image or yes to the infobox.

Embedding
End of Infobox person

Alternatively infobox philosopher may be embedded within infobox person, using |module in the latter, as shown here. This allows the use of more fields by drawing on both infoboxes. For an example, see Hannah Arendt.