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MyWikiBiz, Author Your Legacy — Thursday November 28, 2024
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I've been posting comments under your Directory listing. [[User:Centiare|Centiare]] 08:52, 3 December 2006 (PST)
I've been posting comments under your Directory listing. [[User:Centiare|Centiare]] 08:52, 3 December 2006 (PST)
==Copy from Gregory J. Kohs discussion==
The residence link in the infobox_person was missing - the template wasn't as well constructed as infobox_company. I went through the template and tuned it up + made a few modifications. Let me know what you think.
If you'd like, feel free to create new attributes for birth_date, birth_place, death_death and death_place. [[User:Centiare|Centiare]] 08:32, 3 December 2006 (PST)
: I ended up creating these attributes for [[Directory:Carl Sagan|Carl Sagan]]. Feel free to update your site using the respective attributes.
: Note: the first birthday/deathday reference includes month/day -> we want that reference style so that days are sub-pages of months (for almanac reports eg births, deaths, etc). However, to search specific attributes, month & day have to be treated separately. That's why the last category 'reference' is used as a placeholder to record specific values. [[User:Centiare|Centiare]] 12:30, 3 December 2006 (PST)
==Edit notes==
You'll notice that the {{flagicon|US}} is placed after locations in infobox_person (instead of before as in _company). That's because birth location is below birth date - the flag looked weird hanging out in the open. Play around with the placement if you'd like. [[User:Centiare|Centiare]] 08:39, 3 December 2006 (PST)
==Legal notes==
Note that persons within Directory listings using infobox_person should provide contact & reference information. That because even if they're dead, by definition, if they're within the Directory namespace, that means they have commercial value; ergo there should be contact info + reference information.
For example, [[Directory:Carl Sagan|Carl Sagan]] has a link to his estate that generates licensing revenue from his name/works/image. OTOH, Newton is public domain, so he shouldn't be listed under Directory - rather, he should be included within Main page articles.
I guess we (interested?) could create another infobox_person for Main page entries - ie no longer any commercial rights. There's a lot of stuff in infobox_person that could be cleaned up/removed to create a new version for non-commercial public figures. [[User:Centiare|Centiare]] 12:30, 3 December 2006 (PST)
