Template talk:Infobox actor
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Othername
I've presumed that the othername category, described as "any other name the person has been known by" means widely known, and not merely something one person or another might have called the person, i.e., a spousal nickname, or the name of a character the actor might have played. Would it not be helpful to clarify this? I've heard people (usually fans) call famous actors by their character name, but that wouldn't qualify as "othername", would it? To throw the net wide enough to include such things would, I think, open infoboxes to enormous clutter. Thoughts? Monkeyzpop (talk) 22:02, 11 July 2010 (UTC)
- Have you seen anyone try to use this parameter for character names? Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 10:10, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
- Yes. That was the reason for my original post. It's been nearly a month and I've forgotten who, but I had a bit of back and forth with someone who swore that a certain actor's character name in some film should be included in his othername category. I went to the template guide and was surprised to see there was no clearly-defined definition and thought there ought to be, thus the request for discussion. Monkeyzpop (talk) 16:14, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
- It wouldn't hurt to explicitly state this in the documentation, so I was bold and did so. PC78 (talk) 16:36, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
- Yes. That was the reason for my original post. It's been nearly a month and I've forgotten who, but I had a bit of back and forth with someone who swore that a certain actor's character name in some film should be included in his othername category. I went to the template guide and was surprised to see there was no clearly-defined definition and thought there ought to be, thus the request for discussion. Monkeyzpop (talk) 16:14, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
Origin
Is it possible for anyone to add an "origin" field to this infobox as per the musical artist one? Very helpful to add info if someone grew up somewhere other than where they were born.
Thanks.
92.3.174.204 (talk) 11:54, 12 July 2010 (UTC)
- Better to replicate the birth_place/ residence/ nationality/ ethnicity parameters from {{Infobox person}}, on the interests of standardisation. Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 10:07, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
categorization
We should place this template under Category:Actors. --Scriberius (talk) 20:34, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
- No, because it's a template, not an actor. Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 10:08, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
Additional hCard microformat parameter
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Please add |class4 = category
. Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 23:56, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
Not done for now: Can you please explain why? --ANowlin: talk 01:55, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
- As per the heading above; to add an additional parameter to the template's hCard microformat. Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 10:03, 3 August 2010 (UTC)