Template:Character

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

Contents 1 Usage 1.1 Characters With Known First and Last Names 1.2 Characters Without Last Names 1.3 Characters Without First Names 1.4 Characters That Don't Fit The Mold

Usage

Characters With Known First and Last Names

To use this template, put the following somewhere on the character page:

{{character|first=FirstName|last=LastName}}

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:

{{character|first=Hafidha|last=Gates}}

This will produce the following:

Hafidha Gates [[Category:Characters]] [[Category:Characters By Last Name|Gates, Hafidha]]

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):

{{character|First=Hafidha|last=Gates}}

This will produce the following:

{{{first}}} Gates [[Category:Characters]] [[Category:Characters By Last Name|Gates, {{{first}}}]]

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:

{{character|first=Amarilis}}

This will produce the following:

Amarillis (last name not currently known) [[Category:Characters]] [[Category:Characters By Last Name|Amarilis]]

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 {{character|last=Bulowski}}

to produce the following:

Agent Bulowski (first name not currently known) [[Category:Characters]] [[Category:Characters By Last Name|Bulowski]]

Characters That Don't Fit The Mold

For someone who just completely doesn't fit the mold, you can still manually add the [[Category:Characters]] and [[Category:Characters By Last Name]] markup.