Template:Character

The character template will automatically generate category tags for the given character in both the Category:Characters and Category:Characters By Last Name categories.

Characters With Known First and Last Names
To use this template, put the following somewhere on the character page:

 

substituting the character's first name for FirstName and the last name for LastName.

For example, if making a character page for Hafidha Gates, use the following:

 

This will produce the following:
 *  Hafidha Gates  

The Category tags will be rendered at the bottom of the page, just like any other category tags. Hafidha will be sorted in the "H"s on the Category:Characters page, and in the "G"s on the Category:Characters By Last Name page.

Important: The first= and last= parts of the template (the parameter names) are case-sensitive. If you accidentally start Hafidha's page like this (capitalizing first by mistake):

 

This will produce the following:
 *  Gates   

And Hafidha will not be amused.

Characters Without Last Names
For characters with no known last name (such as Chaz Villette's ex-girlfriend Amarilis), omit the "last=" parameter and use the following:

 

This will produce the following:
 *  Amarillis (last name not currently known)  

These characters will be listed under "?" on the Category:Characters By Last Name page.

Characters Without First Names
An upcoming feature - in other words, whenever someone gets around to it. It should work similarly to characters without first names, but we'll need a bit more template magic to make it work. We want this:

 Agent 

to produce the following:
 *  Agent Bulowski (first name not currently known)  </tt>

Characters That Don't Fit The Mold
For someone who just completely doesn't fit the mold, you can still manually add the and  markup.