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This documentation is transcluded from Template:Wikidata Infobox/sandbox/doc.

Note: This template is used on a lot of pages. In order not to put too much load on the servers, edits should be kept to a bare minimum. Please discuss proposed changes on the talk page first.

Afterwards, changes can initially be done at and tested with Template:Wikidata Infobox/sandbox.

Editing a template causes all pages that use the template to be re-rendered. If the template is used often, this can put a lot of load on the servers since it fills up the job queue.
Keep in mind that templates that are used on file description pages also show up on other wikis.

Uses Lua:

Module:Wikidata Infobox

This template uses TemplateStyles:

Template:Wikidata Infobox/styles.css (sandbox)

WikidataCon Award 2019

Includes a Wikidata-enabled infobox on category pages. See Commons:Wikidata infobox help for the FAQ.

The template automatically sets the following categories:

Interwikis from Wikidata
For people: given name(s) and surname(s), alive/deceased person/man/woman, years of birth and death, awards

Usage

{{Wikidata Infobox |qid= |defaultsort= |interwiki= |autocat= |trackingcats= }}

English: In most cases it can be used simply as {{Wikidata Infobox}}. The category page needs to be linked to through a sitelink on Wikidata (under 'other sites', add the correct sitelink to 'commons'). The Wikidata entry can either be directly about the category's topic, or include the category's main topic (P301).

This template should never be transcluded via another template, it should always be directly used in categories and galleries - doing otherwise will lead to duplicate uses of this template.

Common issues

If you see a Wikidata QID (a number, prefixed with "Q") instead of the correct title, then that means that the topic does not have a label in English – to fix this, add an English label on Wikidata. If you see content that's not in your own language, then that probably means that a label isn't available in your language – to fix this, add the appropriate label in your language on Wikidata.

If you spot a problem with the information displayed in the infobox, please first try to fix it on Wikidata. For further info see Commons:Wikidata infobox help, which also has extensive information about the many types of images desired on Wikidata. If that fails, ask on the template talk page.

If the infobox is empty, or it doesn't contain all of the information you think it should, then please expand the Wikidata entry. The infobox should grow accordingly, though the page on Wikimedia Commons might need purging to show very recent updates from Wikidata.

Customisation

If you do not want to see the infobox, then add #wdinfobox { display: none;} to Special:MyPage/common.css and it will not be displayed.

To display the infobox in a horizontal format, add the following to Special:MyPage/common.css. Note that this will only work in some browsers (Chrome and Safari should work, but Firefox won't):

#wdinfobox { width:100%!important; clear:both!important; display: block; -webkit-column-count: 4; -ms-column-count: 4; -moz-column-count: 4; column-count: 4; }

You can also use Javascript to change the settings by adding the following to Special:MyPage/common.js:

To auto-hide the whole infobox: $( "#wdinfobox" ).addClass( "mw-collapsed" );
To auto-hide the authority control: $( "#wdinfo_ac" ).addClass( "mw-collapsed" );
To auto-hide the taxon tree: $( "#wdinfo_taxon" ).addClass( "mw-collapsed" );
To never display the infobox: $( "#wdinfobox" ).addClass( "wdinfobox_hide" );
To display the infobox horizontally: $( "#wdinfobox" ).addClass( "wdinfobox_horizontal" );

Maintenance

Uses of this template are categorised into Category:Uses of Wikidata Infobox or Category:Uses of Wikidata Infobox with no item depending on whether the template can find a QID.

Template developers: please ensure that if you are nesting {{Wikidata Infobox}} inside another template that you are wrapping it accordingly, that is <includeonly>{{Wikidata Infobox}}</includeonly>, so that it doesn't categorise the template.

For past discussions about this template, see:

Would small Wikidata-enabled infoboxes be useful on category pages? (January 2018)
Proposal to bot-deploy Wikidata Infobox (February 2018)
Bot approval (March/April 2018)

For further help, see Commons:Wikidata infobox help

Template parameters

Parameter	Description		Default	Status
`qid`	QID	Q ID (number) of the topic; overrides lookup in the database for this ID.	Value of category's main topic (P301) if available, otherwise the ID of the connected Wikidata item	optional
`defaultsort`	Disable DEFAULTSORT	Set to “no” to disable auto-adding a {{DEFAULTSORT}}	y	optional
`interwiki`	interwiki	Set to “no” to disable auto-adding interwiki links using Module:Interwiki	yes	optional
`autocat`	automatic categorisation	Set to “no” to disable automatic categorisation under categories such as Category:Living people	yes	optional
`trackingcats`	tracking categories	Set to “no” to disable automatic addition of hidden categories such as Category:Uses of Wikidata Infobox	yes	optional
`spf` suppressfields	suppressfields	Comma-separated denylist of property IDs passed to WikidataIB, e.g. "P1923,P527"	empty	optional
`fwd` fetchwikidata	fetchwikidata	Comma-separated allowlist of property IDs passed to WikidataIB, e.g. "P31"	ALL	optional

Template data

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TemplateData

TemplateData is a way to store information about template parameters (the description of those and of the whole template) for both humans and machines. It is used by VisualEditor and possibly other tools like Upload Wizard.

Existing template documentation
At Wikimedia Commons, it is recommended to use {{TemplateBox}} with either ‎useTemplateData=1 or ‎useTemplateData=only on the ‎/doc subpage and transcluding it with {{Documentation}} into the template. ‎<nowiki>-tags can be wrapped around the arguments, if required, to avoid templates being expanded.

Newly created template documentation and imports
Another option, especially for imported templates, or for users with JSON experience, is placing raw ‎<templatedata>-tags into the Wikitext of the template, as described in various Wikipediae.

Discussion
There is an ongoing discussion about that matter. Feel invited to comment if you are experienced in either way, your time permits and if you like to share your opinion or to make a suggestion.

Wikipedia's help about TemplateData • Commons-specific information

Includes a Wikidata-enabled infobox on category pages. See https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wikidata_infobox_help for the FAQ.

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Template parameters
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
automatic categorisation	`autocat`	Set to “no” to disable automatic categorisation under categories such as “Living people” Default yes	Line	optional
Disable DEFAULTSORT	`defaultsort`	Set to “no” to disable auto-adding the default category sort key (i.e. {{DEFAULTSORT}}). Default y	Line	optional
fetchwikidata	`fwd` `fetchwikidata`	Comma-separated allowlist of property IDs passed to WikidataIB, e.g. "P31" Default ALL	Line	optional
interwiki	`interwiki`	Set to “no” to disable auto-adding interwiki links Default yes	Line	optional
QID	`qid`	Q ID (number) of the topic; overrides lookup in the database for this ID. Default Value of "category's main topic" (P301) if available, otherwise the ID of the connected Wikidata item	Line	optional
suppressfields	`spf` `suppressfields`	Comma-separated denylist of property IDs passed to WikidataIB, e.g. "P1923,P527"	Line	optional
tracking categories	`trackingcats`	Set to “no” to disable automatic addition of hidden categories such as “Uses of Wikidata Infobox” Default yes	Line	optional