Template:InfoboxPerson

Renders the right-hand infobox card on a page about a person — including investigators, researchers, mediums, authors, filmmakers, writers, and media personalities. Formerly named Template:PersonInfobox — that name now redirects here. Please use {{InfoboxPerson}} going forward. Uses the same vault-infobox styling as {{InfoboxCase}}, {{InfoboxLocation}} and other Vault infobox templates. Note: requires the ParserFunctions extension for the conditionals. Important formatting notes:

Every row must stay entirely on a single line within its block — never split a <div>/<span> row across multiple lines, or MediaWiki's parser will auto-wrap it in a stray <p> tag and break the two-column grid layout.
There must also be no newlines between rows — every block must run directly into the next with no line break at all. If a field like died is left blank (very common on this template — most subjects are simply Living with no death field at all), its block evaluates to nothing, but a newline sitting on either side of that blank output still reads as a blank line to MediaWiki and renders as an empty paragraph — visible dead space wherever a field is omitted. Keeping the whole infobox body as one unbroken line guarantees a skipped field leaves nothing behind.
If editing this template, keep it as one continuous line to avoid reintroducing either issue.

Usage:

{{InfoboxPerson
|name=Gary JJ Spate
|image=Gary JJ Spate.jpg
|image_caption=Gary JJ Spate
|born=5 December 1981, Grimsby, Lincolnshire
|occupation=Filmmaker, writer, paranormal investigator
|known_for=Spirit Searchers Paranormal Research Society; Society of Paranormal Studies; The EERIE Files
|status=Living
}}

Place this at the very top of the page, before the article text.

Parameters

name — required
image — optional. Filename of an uploaded image (without File:)
image_caption — optional. Caption shown below the image
born — optional. Date and place of birth
died — optional. Date and place of death
occupation — recommended
known_for — recommended. The work, organisation or event they are most associated with
status — optional. e.g. Living, Deceased, Active, Retired