Template:Infobox rugby biography

Schalk Burger
	Burger in 2007
Full name	Schalk Willem Petrus Burger Jr.
Date of birth	13 April 1983 (age 42)
Place of birth	Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Height	193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	114 kg (251 lb; 17 st 13 lb)
School	Paarl Gimnasium
University	University of Stellenbosch
Notable relative(s)	Schalk Burger (father)
Occupation(s)	Rugby player
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Loose-forward
Current team	Saracens
Youth career
2002	Western Province
Senior career
Years	Team
2003–2014	Western Province
2004–2016	Stormers
2014–2016	Suntory Sungoliath
2016–present	Saracens
	Correct as of 23 July 2016
International career
Years	Team
2003	South Africa Under–21
2003–present	South Africa
2005	Southern Hemisphere XV
2014–2015	Springbok XV
	Correct as of 30 October 2015

*name*
	caption
Birth name	birth_name
Date of birth	birth_date
Place of birth	birth_place
Date of death	death_date
Place of death	death_place
Height	height ; or height_cm ; or height_ft and height_in
Weight	weight ; or weight_kg ; or weight_st and/or weight_lb
School	school
University	university
Notable relative(s)	relatives
Spouse	spouse
Children	children
Occupation(s)	occupation
	Height and weight correct as of weight_update
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	position
Current team	currentclub
Youth career
youthyears1	youthclubs1
...	...
youthyears5	youthclubs5
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team
amatyears1	amatteam1
...	...
amatyears10	amatteam10
	Correct as of ru_amupdate
Senior career
Years	Team
years1	clubs1
...	...
years20	clubs20
	Correct as of ru_clubupdate
Provincial / State sides
Years	Team
provinceyears1	province1
...	...
provinceyears10	province10
	Correct as of ru_provinceupdate
Super Rugby
Years	Team
superyears1	super1
...	...
superyears10	super10
	Correct as of superupdate
International career
Years	Team
repyears1	repteam1
...	...
repyears10	repteam10
	Correct as of ru_ntupdate
National sevens teams
Years	Team
repsevensyears1	repsevensteam1
...	...
repsevensyears10	repsevensteam10
	Correct as of ru_sevensupdate
Coaching career
Years	Team
coachyears1	coachteams1
...	...
coachyears20	coachteams20
	Correct as of ru_coachupdate
Refereeing career
Years	Competition
refereeyears1	refereecomps1
...	...
refereeyears10	refereecomps10
	Correct as of ru_refereeupdate
Official website
	website
	module
Medal record	medals
	medals
	module2

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This template is used on approximately 17,000 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

The design and content of biographical infoboxes must follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy, as well as infobox and biographical style guideline. All content displayed in this template must adhere to the biographies of living persons policy if applicable. Unsourced or poorly sourced contentious material must be removed immediately from the article and its infobox, especially if potentially libellous.

This template adds an automatically generated short description. If the automatic short description is not optimal, replace it by adding {{Short description}} at the top of the article.

This template uses Lua:

Usage and examples

All parameters (example)

All parameters (syntax)

DO NOT COPY THIS CODE VERBATIM. Note that there are multiple lines of ..., these indicate a gap in the numbering to save on space (e.g. from youthclubs1 to youthclubs5). If copying this entire block of code, please remove these lines before publishing.

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Typical usage

Schalk Burger

Burger in 2007

Full name

Schalk Willem Petrus Burger Jr.

Date of birth

13 April 1983 (age 42)

Place of birth

Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Height

193 cm (6 ft 4 in)

Weight

114 kg (251 lb; 17 st 13 lb)

School

Paarl Gimnasium

University

University of Stellenbosch

Notable relative(s)

Schalk Burger (father)

Occupation(s)

Rugby player

Rugby union career

Youth career
Position(s)	Loose-forward
Current team	Saracens
2002	Western Province
Senior career
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
2003–2014	Western Province	37	(35)
2004–2016	Stormers	123	(45)
2014–2016	Suntory Sungoliath	17	(25)
2016–present	Saracens	0	(0)
Correct as of 23 July 2016
International career
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
2003	South Africa Under–21	8	(20)
2003–present	South Africa	86	(80)
2004–2013	Barbarians	4	(0)
2005	Southern Hemisphere XV	1	(5)
2014–2015	Springbok XV	2	(0)
Correct as of 30 October 2015

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Parameter descriptions

General parameters

name: The commonly used name of the player, defaults to article name without disambiguation.
image: Image file name only (without square brackets and File: or Image:).
image_size: Size of the image (e.g. 220px).
alt: Alt text describing the image (see WP:ALT)
caption: Caption text to be displayed under image.

birth_name: the player's full birth name, if different than name displayed above
full_name: the player's full name, if different than name displayed above (does not display if birth_name is used)
birth_date: place the year month and day of player's birth. Use {{birth date and age}} (or {{birth date}} if deceased) with df=y if appropriate
birth_place: self-explanatory
death_date: place the year month and date of player's death. Use {{death date and age}} template.
death_place: self-explanatory

height

Use {{convert}} to add in the players height. The infobox also supports automatic conversion if the height is specified as "X m", "X cm", or "X ft Y in". As an alternative, the following parameters may be used:

height_cm: use this for auto-conversion to feet & inches
height_ft and height_in: use this for auto-conversion to centimetres

weight

Use {{convert}} to add in the players weight. The infobox also supports automatic conversion if the weight is specified as "X kg", "X lb", "X st", or "X st Y lb". As an alternative, the following parameters may be used:

weight_kg: use this for auto-conversion to pounds and stones & pounds
weight_st and/or weight_lb: use this for auto-conversion to kilograms and pounds or stones & pounds

school: the school which the player attended
university: the university which the player attended
relatives: notable relatives, link all
spouse: notable spouse
children: notable children
occupation: the players current occupation, if retired, state retired
website: If the individual has an official website, place the link here. Use {{URL}} as in {{URL|example.com}}.
medals or medaltemplates: All templates from the medal record infobox except {{MedalTableTop}} and {{MedalBottom}}. See the medal templates documentation for more details.
medals-expand or show-medals: If set to no, the medal table is collapsed. By default, it is expanded.

Rugby parameters

ru_currentposition: Person's current playing status or coach or playing position e.g. retired, coach or flanker
currentclub: Person's current team, if none, leave blank
position: A comma delimited list of the persons most common playing positions in rugby union.

Level	Year(s)^[a]	Team(s)^[b]	Appearances^[c]	Points^[d]	"Updated"^[e]
RU youth	youthyears1 ... youthyears5	youthclubs1 ... youthclubs5
RU amateur	amatyears1 ... amatyears10	amatteam1 ... amatteam10	amatapps1 ... amatapps10	amatpoints1 ... amatpoints10	amatupdate
RU pro/club^[f]	years1 ... years20	clubs1 ... clubs20	apps1 ... apps20	points1 ... points20	clubupdate
RU provincial/state	provinceyears1 ... provinceyears10	province1 ... province10	provinceapps1 ... provinceapps10	provincepoints1 ... provincepoints10	ru_provinceupdate
RU Super12/14	superyears1 ... superyears10	super1 ... super10	superapps1 ... superapps10	superpoints1 ... superpoints10	superupdate
RU national team	repyears1 ... repyears20	repteam1 ... repteam20	repcaps1 ... repcaps20	reppoints1 ... reppoints20	repupdate
RU sevens national team	repsevensyears1 ... repsevensyears10	repsevensteam1 ... repsevensteam10	repsevenscomp1 ... repsevenscomp10		ru_sevensupdate
RU coaches	coachyears1 ... coachyears20	coachteams1 ... coachteams20			ru_coachupdate
RU referees	refereeyears1 ... refereeyears10	refereecomps1 ... refereecomps10^[g]	refereeapps1 ... refereeapps10		ru_refereeupdate

^ Years that a player has participated on each team. Years should be listed in chronological order from earliest to latest
^ Team(s) of which the player has been a member
^ Appearances that the player has been awarded in all matches for each team
^ Points that the player has been awarded in all matches for each team
^ This is the date when the information was last updated. Place in the format day month year such as 1 January 1900. Do not wikilink.
^ The totals of this row can be displayed using totalyears, totalapps, and totalpoints respectively
^ Note that these parameters list the competition(s) a referee has overseen

Rugby league parameters

For players who have played rugby league as well as rugby union, use {{infobox rugby league biography}} in the |module= parameter with | set

Embedding

Embedding other templates

The module or module2 parameters are used for embedding other templates into this infobox (see Wikipedia:Infobox modules). The contents of module are displayed below the website and above the medals. The contents of module2 are displayed at the bottom of infobox, below the medals.


Template:Infobox ABC

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Example - embedded medals and module

Alev Kelter

Birth name

Leyla Alev Kelter

Date of birth

March 21, 1991 (age 34)

Place of birth

Tampa, Florida, U.S.

Height

5 ft 6 in (168 cm)

Weight

165 lb (75 kg)

Rugby union career

International career
Position(s)	Centre
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
2016–present	United States	9	(32)
National sevens team
Years	Team		Comps
2014	United States		-

Medal record

Women's rugby sevens

Representing United States
Pan American Games
	2015 Toronto	Team competition

Association football career
College career
Position(s)	Midfielder
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2013	Wisconsin Badgers
International career
2009	United States U20

**Ice hockey career**
Position	Defense
Shot	Right
Played for	Wisconsin Badgers
National team	United States
Playing career	2009–2013

Alev Kelter

Birth name

Leyla Alev Kelter

Date of birth

March 21, 1991 (age 34)

Place of birth

Tampa, Florida, U.S.

Height

5 ft 6 in (168 cm)

Weight

165 lb (75 kg)

Rugby union career

International career
Position(s)	Centre
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
2016–present	United States	9	(32)
National sevens team
Years	Team		Comps
2014	United States		-

Medal record

Women's rugby sevens

Representing United States
Pan American Games
	2015 Toronto	Team competition

Association football career
College career
Position(s)	Midfielder
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2013	Wisconsin Badgers
International career
2009	United States U20

**Ice hockey career**
Position	Defense
Shot	Right
Played for	Wisconsin Badgers
National team	United States
Playing career	2009–2013

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Use as a child template

The embed parameter should be set to yes when embedding this infobox into another (see the Template:Infobox documentation which explains embedding and subboxes).

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" style="overflow: auto;"> Template:Infobox ABC </syntaxhighlight>

Example - child template

Alev Kelter

Personal information

Birth name

Leyla Alev Kelter

Date of birth

March 21, 1991 (age 34)

Place of birth

Tampa, Florida, U.S.

Height

5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)

Position(s)

Midfielder

College career

Years

Team

Apps

(Gls)

2009–2013

Wisconsin Badgers

International career

2009

United States U20

Rugby union career

International career
Position(s)	Centre
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
2016–present	United States	9	(32)
National sevens team
Years	Team		Comps
2014	United States		-

Alev Kelter

Personal information

Birth name

Leyla Alev Kelter

Date of birth

March 21, 1991 (age 34)

Place of birth

Tampa, Florida, U.S.

Height

5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)

Position(s)

Midfielder

College career

Years

Team

Apps

(Gls)

2009–2013

Wisconsin Badgers

International career

2009

United States U20

Rugby union career

International career
Position(s)	Centre
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
2016–present	United States	9	(32)
National sevens team
Years	Team		Comps
2014	United States		-

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Style guide

Try to always consider that an infobox exists to support an article and provide a quick synopsis of important facts. This becomes vital when considering that the amount of space available within an infobox is significantly less than that available outside of it.

As per the manual of style entry on linking, years should not be linked as they do not provide much benefit to the user.

In order to keep the infobox from ballooning laterally, it is wise to keep date formats as compact as possible. Highly accurate dates are more useful in the article itself. Typically editors will use the 2005–2006 incarnation but when very pressed for space, 05–06 may be useful. Utilising the – character instead of a hyphen will help prevent line breaks creeping into the season.

If the start or end date of a players time at a club is unknown they should be aligned with the other years.

Microformat

The HTML markup produced by this template includes an hCard microformat, which makes the person's details parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue articles across Wikipedia or via a browser tool operated by a reader, to (for example) add the subject to an address book or database. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.

Sub-templates

Date-of-birth ("bday") information will only be included in the microformat if {{birth date}}, or {{birth date and age}} are used in the infobox. (Do not use these if the date is before 1583). Be cautious about using these if the person is still living, per WP:DOB.

To include a URL, use {{URL}}.

Please do not remove instances of these sub-templates.

Classes

hCard uses HTML classes including:

adr
agent
bday
birthplace
category
country-name
deathdate
deathplace
extended-address
family-name
fn (required)
given-name
honorific-prefix
honorific-suffix
label
locality
n
nickname
note
org
role
url
vcard

Please do not rename or remove these classes nor collapse nested elements which use them.

Tracking category

TemplateData

TemplateData documentation used by VisualEditor and other tools

See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Infobox rugby biography in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Infobox rugby biography

An infobox for a rugby biography.

Template parameters
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Name	`name`	The commonly used name of the player, defaults to article name without disambiguation. Default {{PAGENAME}}	String	optional
Image	`image`	Image file name only (without square brackets and File: or Image:). Default	Page name	optional
Image size	`image_size`	Size of the image (e.g. 220px). Default	Number	optional
Alt	`alt`	Alt text describing the image. Default	String	optional
Caption	`caption`	Caption text to be displayed under image. Default	String	optional
Full birth name	`birth_name`	The players full birth name. Default	String	optional
Birth date	`birth_date`	Place the year month and day of players birthday. Default	String	optional
Birth place	`birth_place`	The place where the player was born. Default	String	optional
Death date	`death_date`	Place the year month and date of players death. Use {{death date and age}} template. Default	String	optional
Death place	`death_place`	The place where the player died. Default	String	optional
Height	`height`	Use {{convert}} to add in the players height. Default	Number	optional
Height centimetres	`height_cm`	Use this for auto-conversion to feet & inches. Default	Number	optional
Height feet	`height_ft`	Use this for auto-conversion to centimetres Default	Number	optional
Height inches	`height_in`	Use this for auto-conversion to centimetres. Default	String	optional
Weight	`weight`	Use {{convert}} to add in the players weight. Default	Number	optional
Weight kilograms	`weight_kg`	Use this for auto-conversion to pounds and stones. Default	Number	optional
Weight stones	`weight_st`	Use this for auto-conversion to kilograms. Default	Number	optional
Weight lb	`weight_lb`	Use this for auto-conversion to kilograms and pounds. Default	Number	optional
School	`school`	State the school at which the player attended. Default	String	optional
University	`university`	State the university at which the player attended. Default	String	optional
Relatives	`relatives`	State any notable relatives, link all. Default	String	optional
Occupation	`occupation`	State the players current occupation, if retired, state retired Default	String	optional
Current position	`ru_currentposition`	A , Persons current playing status or coach or playing position is retired, coach or flanker etc. Default	String	optional
Current team	`ru_currentteam`	A , Persons current team, if none, leave blank. Default	String	optional
Rugby union position	`ru_position`	A , delimited list of the persons most common playing positions in rugby union. Default	String	optional
Website	`website`	If the individual has an official web page, place the link here with http:// included. Default	String	optional

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Infobox rugby biography/doc.
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox and testcases pages.
Add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.

[1] Years that a player has participated on each team. Years should be listed in chronological order from earliest to latest

[2] Team(s) of which the player has been a member

[3] Appearances that the player has been awarded in all matches for each team

[4] Points that the player has been awarded in all matches for each team

[5] This is the date when the information was last updated. Place in the format day month year such as 1 January 1900. Do not wikilink.

[6] The totals of this row can be displayed using totalyears, totalapps, and totalpoints respectively

[7] Note that these parameters list the competition(s) a referee has overseen

[a]

[b]

[c]

[d]

[e]

[f]

[g]

Usage and examples

Parameter descriptions

General parameters

Rugby parameters

Rugby league parameters

Embedding

Embedding other templates

Use as a child template

Style guide

Microformat

Sub-templates

Classes

Tracking category

See also

TemplateData