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}}.
↑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
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.
{{Infobox rugby biography
| name =
| <!-- etc. -->
| module =
{{Infobox ABC
| embed = yes <!-- or child=yes / subbox=yes-->
| <!-- etc. -->
}}
}}
{{Infobox rugby biography
| name = Alev Kelter
| birth_name = Leyla Alev Kelter
| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|March 21, 1991}}
| birth_place = [[Tampa, Florida]], U.S.
| height = 5 ft 6 in
| weight = 165 lb
| ru_position = Centre
| repyears1 = 2016–present
| repteam1 = [[United States women's national rugby union team|United States]]
| repcaps1 = 9
| reppoints1 = 32
| ru_sevensnationalyears1 = 2014
| ru_sevensnationalteam1 = [[United States women's national rugby sevens team|United States]]
| ru_sevensnationalcomp1 = -
| medals =
{{MedalSport|Women's [[rugby sevens]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{USA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Rugby sevens at the Pan American Games|Pan American Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[Rugby sevens at the 2015 Pan American Games|2015 Toronto]]|[[Rugby sevens at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's tournament|Team competition]]}}
| module2 =
{{Infobox football biography | embed = yes | header-color = #b0c4de;
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| collegeyears1 = 2009–2013
| college1 = [[Wisconsin Badgers women's soccer|Wisconsin Badgers]]
| collegecaps1 =
| collegegoals1 =
| nationalyears1 = 2009
| nationalteam1 = [[United States women's national under-20 soccer team|United States U20]]
| nationalcaps1 =
| nationalgoals1 =
}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player | embed = yes
| position = [[Defenceman|Defense]]
| shoots = Right
| played_for = [[Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey|Wisconsin Badgers]]
| sex = f
| ntl_team = USA
| career_start = 2009
| career_end = 2013
}}
}}
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).
{{Infobox ABC
| name =
| <!-- etc. -->
| embedded = <!-- or module= -->
{{Infobox rugby biography
| embed = yes
| <!-- etc. -->
}}
}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Alev Kelter
| birth_name = Leyla Alev Kelter
| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|March 21, 1991}}
| birth_place = [[Tampa, Florida]], U.S.
| height = 5 ft 6 in
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| collegeyears1 = 2009–2013
| college1 = [[Wisconsin Badgers women's soccer|Wisconsin Badgers]]
| nationalyears1 = 2009
| nationalteam1 = [[United States women's national under-20 soccer team|United States U20]]
| module =
{{Infobox rugby biography | embed = yes
| ru_position = Centre
| repyears1 = 2016–present
| repteam1 = [[United States women's national rugby union team|United States]]
| repcaps1 = 9
| reppoints1 = 32
| ru_sevensnationalyears1 = 2014
| ru_sevensnationalteam1 = [[United States women's national rugby sevens team|United States]]
| ru_sevensnationalcomp1 = -
}}
}}
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.