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Place this template alongside the bolded name at the beginning of a biographical article. It will generate a footnote to specify which part of the name is the given name, helping readers refer to the person correctly. It requires the article to include {}. This template includes one mandatory parameter and several optional parameters:
When a page is titled in the following form: "Name (given name)" where "Name" is any given name and "(given name)" is the parenthetical index identifier, use template "{{given name}}"; placed at the bottom of a page to identify it as a set index article and, without parameters, will render text in broad generalizations. For example, the ...
Placed at the top of a biographical article to explain to readers which part of a name is the family name. Template parameters [Edit template data] This template prefers inline formatting of parameters. Parameter Description Type Status Surname or family name 1 The primary element in the person's surname String required Additional name element 2 Secondary element in the person's surname ...
Placed at the top of a biographical article to explain to readers which part of a name is the family name. Template parameters [Edit template data] This template prefers inline formatting of parameters. Parameter Description Type Status Surname or family name 1 The primary element in the person's surname String required Additional name element 2 Secondary element in the person's surname ...
Wikipedia:Name pages – How-to guide for articles about surnames and given names {} – For given name pages or sections of disambiguation pages that list people by given names. Can also be used for pages with both given names and surnames {} – For disambiguation pages that list articles associated with the same personal name
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The template was introduced because such lists have become long, ugly and, what is most important, inconsistent over many articles. Typically, a template is per single occupation. However some occupations have overlapping meanings, both historically and across different languages.
This template may be used at the top of a biographical article to explain to readers which part of a name is the given name, which should be used to refer to the person. This template has one required parameter, and multiple optional parameters: |1=, required, the given name of the subject |2=, optional, the surname or family name of the subject