Template:Marriage/doc

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Usage

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Intended for use in Infoboxes, specifically {{Infobox person}} and templates calling Infobox person. {{Marriage}} takes up to three unnamed parameters (name, start date, end date) plus an optional named parameter "end=" to provide the reason for the end of the marriage.

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
Spouse's name1

Name of the person to whom the subject married. May be omitted, typically for remarriages to the same spouse.

Stringsuggested
Date married2

Date the marriage began.

Datesuggested
Date ended3

Date the marriage was dissolved or the spouse of the article's subject died.

Dateoptional
Reason marriage endedend reason

Reason for marriage's end. Suggested reasons are automatically abbreviated. If the marriage ended due to death of article's subject, do not provide a reason.

Suggested values
died divorced separated annulled
Stringoptional

Examples and usage notes

Spouses
John Smith
(m. 1895⁠–⁠1905)
John Doe
(m. 1885; died 1888)
Jane Doe
(m. 2002)
John Q. Public
(m. 2002⁠–⁠2010)
John Q. Citizen
(m. 2002; div. 2010)
(m. 2012)
John Q. Taxpayer
(m. 2002, divorced)
Joe Blow
(div. 2010)
Joe Bloggs
(before 2010)
Joe Sixpack
(until 2010)
Joe Schmo
(divorced)
Juan Perez
(after 2010)

Infoboxes already reduce text size to 88%, and MOS:FONTSIZE sets a lower limit for text size at 85% of the normal page font size, so it is not appropriate to use font size reduction when this template is used in an infobox. The example here is produced by: <syntaxhighlight style="font-size:small;" lang="wikitext">

Marriage/doc
Spouses
John Smith
(m. 1895⁠–⁠1905)
John Doe
(m. 1885; died 1888)
Jane Doe
(m. 2002)
John Q. Public
(m. 2002⁠–⁠2010)
John Q. Citizen
(m. 2002; div. 2010)
(m. 2012)
John Q. Taxpayer
(m. 2002, divorced)
Joe Blow
(div. 2010)
Joe Bloggs
(before 2010)
Joe Sixpack
(until 2010)
Joe Schmo
(divorced)
Juan Perez
(after 2010)

</syntaxhighlight>

  • None of the parameters are required on their own, but if a template is missing all three of start date, end date, and reason, an error message will be displayed.
  • Use of the first two parameters with |end= (|reason=) will cause a line break between the name and the start date.
  • Use of Template:Dc or Template:Dc for this purpose has been deprecated (see discussion).
  • If the marriage ended with the death of the article's subject, Template:Insource.
  • For either date parameter, only the year will be displayed; if a full date is provided, it is included via a tooltip; i.e., Template:Tla.

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