Usage

Empty Syntax (Standard Options)

{{Marvel Database:Character Template
| Image                   = 
| Name                    = 
| CurrentAlias            = 
| Aliases                 = 

| Affiliation             = 
| Relatives               = 
| MaritalStatus           = 

| CharRef                 = 
| Gender                  = 
| Height                  = 
| Weight                  = 
| Eyes                    = 
| Hair                    = 
| UnusualFeatures         = 

| Origin                  = 
| Reality                 = 
| PlaceOfBirth            = 

| Identity                = 
| Citizenship             = 
| Occupation              = 
| Education               = 
| BaseOfOperations        = 

| Creators                = 
| First                   = 

| History                 = 

| Personality             = 

| Powers                  = 
| Abilities               = 
| AdditionalAttributes    = 
| Weaknesses              = 

| Equipment               = 
| Transportation          = 
| Weapons                 = 

| Notes                   = 
| Trivia                  = 
| Links                   = 
}}

Always Present Fields

| Name                    = REAL NAME
| First                   = FIRST APPEARANCE

| History                 = HISTORY / BIOGRAPHY

| Powers                  = POWERS
| Abilities               = ABILITIES
| AdditionalAttributes    = ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL OR ANY OTHER ATTRIBUTES
| Weaknesses              = WEAKNESSES

| Equipment               = EQUIPMENT
| Transportation          = MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION
| Weapons                 = WEAPONS

| Notes                   = NOTES
| Trivia                  = TRIVIA
| Links                   = LINKS AND REFERENCES

Optional Fields

| Image                   = FILENAME
| Name                    = FOR REAL NAME CLARIFICATION
| NameRef                 = REFERENCE FOR REAL NAME
| CurrentAlias            = CURRENT ALIAS
| CurrentAliasRef         = REFERENCE FOR CURRENT ALIAS
| Codenames               = SUPER-HERO/VILLAIN NAMES - in alphabetical order
| EditorialNames          = OUT-OF-UNIVERSE OFFICIAL NAMES - in historical order
| Nicknames               = HUMOROUS REMARKS, AFFECTIONATE NAMES, AND WORD PLAYS ON REAL NAME OR CODENAME - in alphabetical order
| Impersonations          = SHAPESHIFTING IMPERSONATIONS, COSTUME IMPERSONATIONS AND BODY-SWAP IMPERSONATIONS  - in alphabetical order
| Aliases                 = OTHERS ALIASES - in alphabetical order

| Affiliation             = AFFILIATION - in chronological order (single/unaffiliated characters should not be included unless they're the master or pet owner of the character)
| Ancestors               = ANCESTORS - listed from the earliest to the latest generation
| Grandparents            = GRANDPARENTS
| Parents                 = PARENTS
| Siblings                = SIBLINGS - sorted by age (oldest first)
| Spouses                 = SPOUSES - chronological order
| Children                = CHILDREN - sorted by age (oldest first)
| Descendants             = DESCENDANTS - listed from the earliest to the latest generation
| InLaw                   = FAMILY-IN-LAW - relatives of character's spouse(s)
| Relatives               = RELATIVES - listed from the earliest to the latest generation. When above fields are used for relatives, this field is used for any additional relatives (for example, aunts, uncles, nephews, clones)
| Hosts                   = current or former HOST(S) of this character (for example, to list hosts of the Phoenix Force)
| HostOf                  = current or former characters that possessed this character (for example, for Jean Grey this field could be used to list Phoenix Force)
| MaritalStatus           = OPTIONS : Divorced, Engaged, Married, Separated, Single, Widowed

| CharRef                 = CHARACTERISTICS REFERENCE
| Gender                  = MALE, FEMALE, OTHER OPTIONS SEE CATEGORY Characters by Gender - several values could be used separated by ";"
| Height                  = HEIGHT - several values could be used separated by ";"
| Weight                  = WEIGHT - several values could be used separated by ";"
| Eyes                    = EYE COLOR - several values could be used separated by ";"
| Eyeballs                = EYEBALL (SCLERA) COLOR - several values could be used separated by ";"
| Hair                    = HAIR COLOR - several values could be used separated by ";"
| Skin                    = SKIN COLOR (OTHER THAN NORMAL HUMAN COLOURS) - several values could be used separated by ";"
| UnusualFeatures         = UNUSUAL FEATURES - features that were only present for an issue or small arc should not be included

| Origin                  = ORIGIN OF POWERS / ABILITIES
| Status                  = LIVING STATUS; DEFAULT: "Deceased" if 'Death' field is filled, otherwise "Alive". Could be manually overwritten with other options: Presumed Alive, Presumed Deceased, Ghost, Unknown
| Reality                 = REALITY
| Reality2                = FOR REALITY CLARIFICATION
| PlaceOfBirth            = PLACE OF BIRTH
| PlaceOfCreation         = PLACE OF CREATION
| PlaceOfDeath            = PLACE OF DEATH
| PlaceOfDestruction      = PLACE OF DESTRUCTION
| CauseOfDeath            = DESCRIPTION OF CHARACTER'S CAUSE OF DEATH (AND RETURN IF CHARACTER WAS RESURRECTED)
| KilledBy                = PAGE NAME OF CHARACTER'S KILLER - several values could be used separated by ";"
| Suicide                 = YES, if character committed suicide
| Sacrifice               = YES, if character died by sacrificing itself
| CasualtyOf              = NAME OF THE EVENT DURING WHICH CHARACTER DIED

| Identity                = OPTIONS : Public, Secret, No Dual, Known to Authorities
| Identity2               = FOR IDENTITY CLARIFICATION
| Citizenship             = COUNTRY OF CITIZENSHIP
| Occupation              = OCCUPATION - in chronological order
| Education               = EDUCATION
| BaseOfOperations        = BASE OF OPERATIONS - in chronological order

| Creators                = CREATORS - several values could be used separated by ";"
| Death                   = APPEARANCE OF DEATH

| Quotation               = QUOTE LINE ABOVE HISTORY
| Speaker                 = SPEAKER OF QUOTE
| QuoteSource             = QUOTE SOURCE

| Overview                = LEAD SECTION
| Personality             = PERSONALITY

| Marvel                  = CORRESPONDING ARTICLE ON MARVEL.COM
| Wikipedia               = CORRESPONDING ARTICLE ON EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG

Manual Overrides

| Title                   = DEFAULT : PAGENAME

Category Magic

This template automatically categorizes articles that use it. The following is a list of categories handled:

* Always:
** Category:Characters

* If Defined:
** Category:{{{Gender}}} Characters
** Category:{{{Identity}}} Identity
** Category:{{{Eyes}}} Eyes
** Category:{{{Hair}}} Hair
** Category:{{{Skin}}} Skin
** Category:{{{UnusualFeatures}}} (Searches for applicable words, ie: Fur or wings)
** Category:{{{Origin}}} (Searches for applicable words, ie: Mutant or alien)
** Category:{{{Occupation}}} (Searches for applicable words, ie: Scientist or teacher)
** Category:{{{Citizenship}}}
** Category:{{{MaritalStatus}}} Characters
** Category:{{{Universe}}}
** Category:{{{AlienRace}}} (Auto changed to the pluralized form)

* If Not Defined:
** Category:Character Image Needed         (if {{{Image}}} is undefined) 
** Category:History Needed            (if {{{HistoryText}}} is undefined)

* If Doesn't Exist:
** Category:Appearances Category Needed  (if {{Category:{{PAGENAME}}/Appearances nonexistent)
** Category:Gallery Page Needed     (if {{PAGENAME}}/Gallery nonexistent)
** Category:Fan Art                 (if {{PAGENAME}}/Fan Art nonexistent)
** Category:Quotes Page Needed      (if {{PAGENAME}}/Quotes nonexistent)

* Special Cases:
** Category:Bald Characters      (if {{{Hair}}} is Bald)
** Category:No Hair              (if {{{Hair}}} is No Hair;No hair;None)
** Category:Deceased Characters  (if {{{PlaceOfDeath}}} AND {{{Death}}} are defined)
*** Category:Living Characters   (if {{{PlaceOfDeath}}} and {{{Death}}} are both undefined)

Note

* TODO: Handle: Sinister Six members (dynamic team memberships)
* TODO: Update internationalization docs... (out of date)