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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]

• Done, with the addition of an nbsp to label1 but without inclusion of the alternate "titlebackground" name. Please now implement. Sardanaphalus (talk) 20:00, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Done Okay, I've performed that change for you. I'm also not opposed to adding the alternate "titlebackground" name. Just code it in as simply as possible without moving a bunch of other stuff around. :) — {{U|Technical 13}} ^{(t • e • c)} 13:45, 2 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Sardanaphalus (talk) 00:49, 3 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

We are undertaking a project of linking Wikipedia records for Australian artists to their biographies in the Design and Art Australia Online repository of biographies. This is an academic project with government funding.

We considered subclassing the artists' infobox but after discussion with other editors it was decided to add a single extra field (daao_record) to the artists' infobox instead.

We have created a sample record at Mike_Parr to demonstrate the usage. We are working on a small sandbox project to test the automatic linking of appropriate records.

This would be better in the {{Authority control}} template, along with similar identifiers. At least for now - I have proposed that that template be merged into biographical infoboxes in the long run. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 10:25, 20 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Agree, re the first bit anyway. The "example" has no infobox, so I'm puzzled. This should also be raised at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Visual arts which gets more viewers than here. Johnbod (talk) 11:40, 20 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry I was called away ;) I'd not saved the edit on the example page. Thanks to both of you for your feedback. I'll follow those up. Queen Victoria (talk) 11:51, 20 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The value entered as |daao_record= in the Mike Parr article (after I fixed the formatting) is [http://www.daao.org.au/bio/mike-parr/biography/]. Since it uses his name rather than a UID sting, it may not be suitable as an {{Authority control}} identifier. How would they deal with another artist of the same name? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:20, 20 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I've added this as an issue to Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Visual_arts#Add_DAAO_record_field_to_infobox as you suggested. There I outline the issues with using the DAAO as an Authority control. Shall we continue over there? Queen Victoria (talk) 12:49, 20 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

PS: Thanks for the fixes ;) Queen Victoria (talk) 12:50, 20 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Change

| data1      = {{#if:{{{native_name|}}}|<span class="nickname" {{#if:{{{native_name_lang|}}}|lang="{{Check ISO 639-1|{{{native_name_lang}}}}}"}}>{{{native_name}}}</span>}}

to

| data1      = {{#if:{{{native_name|}}}|<span class="nickname" {{#if:{{{native_name_lang|}}}|lang="{{{native_name_lang}}}"}}>{{{native_name}}}</span>}}

to remove the ISO check. — lfdder 12:36, 26 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]