Marvel Database:Character Template

Usage

Empty Syntax (Standard Options)

{{Marvel Database:Character Template
| Image                   = 
| RealName                = 
| CurrentAlias            = 
| Aliases                 = 
| Identity                = 
| Affiliation             = 
| Relatives               = 
| Universe                = 
| BaseOfOperations        = 

| Gender                  = 
| Height                  = 
| Weight                  = 
| Eyes                    = 
| Hair                    = 
| UnusualFeatures         = 

| Citizenship             = 
| MaritalStatus           = 
| Occupation              = 
| Education               = 

| Origin                  = 
| PlaceOfBirth            = 
| Creators                = 
| First                   = 

| HistoryText             = 

| Personality             = 

| Powers                  = 
| Abilities               = 
| Strength                = 
| Weaknesses              = 

| Equipment               = 
| Transportation          = 
| Weapons                 = 

| Notes                   = 
| Trivia                  = 
| Marvel                  = 
| Wikipedia               = 
| Links                   = 
}}

Always Present Fields

| RealName                = REAL NAME
| First                   = FIRST APPEARANCE

| HistoryText             = HISTORY / BIOGRAPHY

| Powers                  = POWERS
| Abilities               = ABILITIES
| Strength                = PHYSICAL STRENGTH
| Weaknesses              = WEAKNESSES

| Equipment               = EQUIPMENT
| Transportation          = MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION
| Weapons                 = WEAPONS

| Notes                   = NOTES
| Trivia                  = TRIVIA
| Marvel                  = CORRESPONDING ARTICLE ON MARVEL.COM
| Wikipedia               = CORRESPONDING ARTICLE ON EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG
| Links                   = LINKS AND REFERENCES

Optional Fields

| Image                   = FILENAME
| RealName2               = FOR REAL NAME CLARIFICATION
| RealNameRef             = REFERENCE FOR REAL NAME
| CurrentAlias            = CURRENT ALIAS
| CurrentAliasRef         = REFERENCE FOR CURRENT ALIAS
| Aliases                 = ALIASES
| EditorialNames          = FOR NAMES USED BY OUT OF UNIVERSE CREATORS FOR REFERENCE
| Identity                = OPTIONS : Public, Secret, No Dual, Known to Authorities
| Identity2               = FOR IDENTITY CLARIFICATION

| Affiliation             = AFFILIATION
| Relatives               = RELATIVES
| Universe                = UNIVERSE / REALITY
| Universe2               = FOR UNIVERSE CLARIFICATION
| UniverseRef             = FOR UNIVERSE REFERENCE
| BaseOfOperations        = BASE OF OPERATIONS
| CustomLabel             = CUSTOM LABEL
| Custom                  = CUSTOM

| Gender                  = MALE, FEMALE, OTHER OPTIONS SEE CATEGORY Characters by Gender
| Gender2                 = REFERENCE OR CLARIFICATION FOR GENDER
| Height                  = HEIGHT
| Height2                 = HEIGHT
| Weight                  = WEIGHT
| Weight2                 = WEIGHT
| Eyes                    = EYE COLOUR
| Eyes2                   = EYE COLOUR
| Hair                    = HAIR COLOUR
| Hair2                   = HAIR COLOUR
| UnusualSkinColour       = SKIN COLOUR (OTHER THAN NORMAL HUMAN COLOURS)
| UnusualSkinColour2      = FOR SKIN COLOUR CLARIFICATION
| UnusualFeatures         = UNUSUAL FEATURES   

| Citizenship             = COUNTRY OF CITIZENSHIP
| Citizenship2            = COUNTRY OF CITIZENSHIP
| MaritalStatus           = OPTIONS : Divorced, Engaged, Married, 
                                       Separated, Single, Widowed
| MaritalStatus2          = FOR MARITAL STATUS CLARIFICATION
| Occupation              = OCCUPATION
| Education               = EDUCATION

| Origin                  = ORIGIN OF POWERS / ABILITIES
| PlaceOfBirth            = PLACE OF BIRTH
| PlaceOfCreation         = PLACE OF CREATION
| PlaceOfDeath            = PLACE OF DEATH
| PlaceOfDestruction      = PLACE OF DESTRUCTION
| Creators                = MULTIPLE CREATORS   (Separate with ;'s)
| Creators2               = FOR CREATORS CLARIFICATION
| Last                    = LAST APPEARANCE
| Death                   = APPEARANCE OF DEATH

| Quote                   = QUOTE LINE ABOVE HISTORY
| Speaker                 = SPEAKER OF QUOTE

| Overview                = LEAD SECTION
| Personality             = PERSONALITY

| OtherMedia              = APPEARANCES IN OTHER MEDIA
| CustomSection1          = CUSTOM SECTION HEADER
| CustomText1             = CUSTOM SECTION TEXT
| CustomSection2          = CUSTOM SECTION HEADER
| CustomText2             = CUSTOM SECTION TEXT

Manual Overrides

| Title                   = DEFAULT : PAGENAME
| Gallery                 = DEFAULT : PAGENAME/GALLERY

| HistoryHeader           = DEFAULT : History
| PersonalityHeader       = DEFAULT : Personality
| PowersAbilitiesHeader   = DEFAULT : Powers and Abilities
| ParaphernaliaHeader     = DEFAULT : Paraphernalia
| NotesHeader             = DEFAULT : Notes
| TriviaHeader            = DEFAULT : Trivia
| OtherMediaHeader        = DEFAULT : Appearances in Other Media
| SeeAlsoHeader           = DEFAULT : See Also
| LinksHeader             = DEFAULT : Links and References

Category Magic

This template automatically categorizes articles that use it. The following is a list of categories handled:

* Always:
** Category:Characters

* If Defined:
** Category:{{{Gender}}} Characters
** Category:{{{Identity}}} Identity
** Category:{{{Eyes}}} Eyes
** Category:{{{Hair}}} Hair
** Category:{{{UnusualSkinColour}}} Skin
** Category:{{{UnusualFeatures}}} (Searches for applicable words, ie: Fur or wings)
** Category:{{{Origin}}} (Searches for applicable words, ie: Mutant or alien)
** Category:{{{Occupation}}} (Searches for applicable words, ie: Scientist or teacher)
** Category:{{{Citizenship}}}
** Category:{{{MaritalStatus}}} Characters
** Category:{{{Universe}}}
** Category:{{{AlienRace}}} (Auto changed to the pluralized form)

* If Not Defined:
** Category:Character Image Needed         (if {{{Image}}} is undefined) 
** Category:History Needed            (if {{{HistoryText}}} is undefined)

* If Doesn't Exist:
** Category:Appearances Category Needed  (if {{Category:{{PAGENAME}}/Appearances nonexistent)
** Category:Gallery Page Needed     (if {{PAGENAME}}/Gallery nonexistent)
** Category:Fan Art                 (if {{PAGENAME}}/Fan Art nonexistent)
** Category:Quotes Page Needed      (if {{PAGENAME}}/Quotes nonexistent)

* Special Cases:
** Category:Bald Characters      (if {{{Hair}}} is Bald)
** Category:No Hair              (if {{{Hair}}} is No Hair;No hair;None)
** Category:Deceased Characters  (if {{{PlaceOfDeath}}} AND {{{Death}}} are defined)
*** Category:Living Characters   (if {{{PlaceOfDeath}}} and {{{Death}}} are both undefined)

Note

* TODO: Handle: Sinister Six members (dynamic team memberships)
* TODO: Update internationalization docs... (out of date)

Internationalization