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The Usage section and the template data include the parameter "spouse", which is not mentioned in the Parameters section. Who wins?--Qgil (talk) 23:33, 11 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The template source code has a "spouse" parameter (example), so the TemplateData wins. I'll update the parameters. Guoguo12 (Talk)  03:07, 12 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

IT appears somewhere along the line the "active date" parameter has disappeared. I've been expanding the article for Sharaku, whose birth and death dates are unkown—it would be helpful to have an "active date" field to give some idea of what period he came from. Curly Turkey (gobble) 04:08, 15 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I could see adding |years_active= like we have in {{infobox musical artist}}. we should see if there are any objections. Frietjes (talk) 18:15, 15 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A project I'm running, and a related event in mid-January will soon add around a thousand recordings of article subjects' voices to their biographies. I'd like to embed those in the relevant infoboxes, as in this example (using {{Infobox person}}). Can we add the necessary |module= parameter to this template? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 16:37, 20 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

No, please - give them their own little box. Much too crufty and against WP:INFOBOX principles. Of course adding them is an excellent idea, but not in the main box. Johnbod (talk) 17:57, 20 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes please. Nobody except Johnbod would prefer an ugly separate box to an elegant integration within the infobox. It works well with {{infobox person}}, and it should be just as useful in this template. --RexxS (talk) 20:07, 20 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It would be helpful if <!-- and --> were added around the resting place coordinate template. Thanks! CaroleHenson (talk) 16:58, 30 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I've made the edit, though since this was only a change to the documentation page, Template:Infobox artist/doc, you could have done it yourself. -- John of Reading (talk) 17:03, 30 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, sorry, I meant to the template itself. I tried to edit it and was referred to this page. If a user, like me, copies the template

{{Infobox artist

| name =

| image =

| image_size =

| alt =

| caption =

| birth_name =

| birth_date =

| birth_place =

| death_date =

| death_place =

| resting_place =

| resting_place_coordinates = {{Coord|LAT|LON|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| nationality =

| spouse =

| field =

| training =

| alma_mater =

| movement =

| works =

| patrons =

| awards =

| elected =

| website =

| bgcolour =

}}

from the Template:Infobox artist page, a message: "Resting place LAT°N LON°ECoordinates: LAT°N LON°E Invalid arguments have been passed to the {{#coordinates:}} function: invalid latitude: invalid latitude" appears in the infobox. I should have been clearer.--CaroleHenson (talk) 23:07, 30 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

@CaroleHenson: My fault! I edited the documentation but did not remember to purge the template page. Without that step, my edit did not show on the template page itself, where it was needed. It should be OK now. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:11, 31 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

@John of Reading: Excellent, yes, it works fine now!--CaroleHenson (talk) 14:19, 31 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to suggest adding parameter to the infobox: | honorific_prefix =   ...which functions as with other person infoboxes. An example relates to Professor Willy Stöwer; I can only add this as an "award" which isn't really correct. ~:71.20.250.51 (talk) 20:49, 10 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I agree; and have added that and |honorific_suffix= based on the code in {{Infobox person}}, but without the legacy, underscore-free versions, and allowing for this template's use as an embedded module. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 23:05, 10 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Works fine. ~E:71.20.250.51 (talk) 23:57, 10 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to see the signatures of artists like Edgar Degas on the box but the box does not have this option right now. Please add this option to it, thanks. ماني a.k.a. [[User:Mani1]] (talk) 21:21, 18 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@ماني: see the most recent thread. Frietjes (talk) 01:27, 19 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please replace with the current sandbox. Although the code looks very different, there are only three changes: an alternate "titlebackground" variable (avoiding US/UK "colo/u/r"); a tweak in the labels' linewrap and spacing management; and an nbsp in label2. Thanks, Sardanaphalus (talk) 10:18, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• Not done: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{edit template-protected}} template. There are a lot of changes here, and some of them are controversial (adding variables are often objected to). Also, many of the extra formatting changes to the template source shouldn't be there, label and data need to have their own lines. I would clear out the sandbox, copy over the live template and only add the minimal to it for the functionality you request. — {{U|Technical 13}} ^{(t • e • c)} 12:56, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]