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This template is used to place character info on a Buck Wiki article. It provides lower case parameters only.

Usage

{{Character Data
 | title=
 | photo=
 | photo 2=
 | caption=
 | caption 2=
 | age=
 | homeworld=
 | birthplace=
 | birthname=
 | birthdate=
 | callsign=
 | nickname=
 | seen=
 | pseen=
 | death=
 | parents=
 | siblings=
 | children=
 | marital status=
 | familytree=
 | role=
 | rank=
 | serial=
 | actor=
 | species=
 | sepcon=
 | primecon=
 | series=
 | name=
 | sortkey=
}}

Optional parameters

title: If different from the article name.
photo: The filename of the photo.
photo 2: The file name for a second photo, which goes on the bottom of the infobox.
caption: The caption of the first photo.
caption 2: The caption of the second photo.
age: The approximate age of the character.
homeworld: The character's homeworld.
birthplace: If they were born at a location that is more specific than a world. e.g. William "Buck" Rogers was born in Chicago, Illinois, which is located on his homeworld, Earth.
birthname: The full birthname of the character.
birthdate: The date of birth. Approximate. Link to a Timeline page if needed.
callsign: The character's "callsign," if they're a pilot.
nickname: The character's "nickname," if applicable.
seen: The episode in which the character first appears. Do not wikify.
pseen: If the episode name is different than the article name, this is what will displayed. Do not wikify.
death: When, Where, and How they died. Please wikify the episode.
parents: Who are their parents.
siblings: Who is related to them.
children: How many children does this character have.
marital status: What's their current marital status.
familytree: Set this to Y if they have a family tree. The section in the article should be Family tree.
role: Current job or position.
species: Individual's species.
rank: Current rank if in the military.
serial: Serial number, if in the military.
actor: Actor/actress who plays this character. Please wikify.
name: The person's actual name, if it differs from the name in the article.
sortkey: This tells the category system where this entry should go. (For Wilma Deering, the sortkey would be "Deering, Wilma"—without quotes—thus telling the software to alphabetize by his last name.)

Separate Continuity

sepcon: Insert Y to indicate that a separate continuity article is available on the subject.
sepcon title: The name of the article on the subject in the separate continuity. Do not encase in any link syntax.
- Note: Anything encased in parentheses will be "piped," thus anything including or after the "(" will be ignored when outputting a name, just like an automatically piped link. Example: Vella (TOS alternate reality) will only print Vella. It will not affect the actual link itself, only the printed output in the template.
series: Insert the series acronym that the separate continuity is a part of. Values are TOS, 1980, and RDM.

Note: This is only for articles where the name crosses more than one continuity. For instance, "Boxey" is both a character in the Original Series as well as the Re-imagined Series. So an article on Boxey in the separate continuity material for the Original Series would use the "TOS" acronym, and thus would facilitate a link to Boxey (TOS alternate).

Primary Continuity

This is meant for articles on separate continuity characters, i.e. William Rogers.

primecon: Insert Y to indicate that a primary continuity article is available on the subject.
primecon title: The name of the article on the subject in the primary continuity. Do not encase in any link syntax.
- Note: Anything encased in parentheses will be "piped," thus anything including or after the "(" will be ignored when outputting a name, just like an automatically piped link. Example: Adama (TOS) will only print Adama. It will not affect the actual link itself, only the printed output in the template.
series: Insert the series acronym that the primary continuity is a part of. Values are TOS, 1980, and RDM.

Note: This is only for articles where the name crosses more than one continuity. For instance, "Boxey" is both a character in the Original Series as well as the Re-imagined Series. So an article on Boxey in the primary continuity material for the Original Series would use the "TOS" acronym, and thus would facilitate a link to Boxey (TOS).