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- Template:Categories will allow us to enter a person's Surname, birth year, and death year much quicker. If the birth year is not entered, it will result in Category:Year of birth missing. If a death year is not entered, it will result in Category:Year of death missing. If a surname is not entered, it will result in Category:Unknown Surname. In addition, for the birth and death year only, it will sort them by Last, First. I will add to the template so we can enter the People of, People from, etc. categories. Any thoughts? -AMK152(Talk • Contributions 02:00, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
- Everyone is of course entitled to use whatever template they wish and the fact is that most won't use anything. If we get people in the habit of using the person template, then assuming your goal is to get massive coverage of birth and death dates, then that is the best solution. Reason why is a bot can easily auto create year cats and for the most part, surnames (ok, except wonky Noble names- who cares about them anyway).~ Phlox 03:51, 21 September 2007 (UTC)