Template:VaultProfileBrief

Template:VaultProfileBrief

Creates a full-width profile assessment panel for The Vault articles.

Formerly named Template:VaultProfileAssessment — that name now redirects here. Please use {{VaultProfileBrief}} going forward.

This template is designed for:

• People
• Authors
• Researchers
• Paranormal investigators
• Organisations
• Cultural figures

Unlike {{VaultBrief}}, this template does not assess the evidence for a phenomenon. Instead, it explains the subject's relevance and connection to paranormal research, folklore, unexplained phenomena, or related fields.

The template should normally appear near the end of an article, before the "See also" and "References" sections.

Formatting note: the entire template body is written as one unbroken line, with no line breaks between rows. Splitting rows across multiple lines causes MediaWiki to wrap them in stray <p> tags, breaking the layout; leaving line breaks between rows (even with each row correctly on one line) causes blank fields to leave visible gaps. Keep any future edits to this template on one continuous line. (This template's previous version had both issues — every row was split across multiple lines with blank lines between them.)

Usage

{{VaultProfileBrief
|category=Author / Cultural Figure
|relevance=High
|connection=Supernatural fiction, ghosts and paranormal themes
|assessment=Stephen King has significantly influenced popular perceptions of supernatural concepts through his fiction, although his works are fictional rather than evidence of paranormal events.
}}

Parameters

category

The subject's classification.

Examples:

Author / Cultural Figure
Paranormal Researcher
Investigator
Organisation
Witness

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relevance

How relevant the subject is to The Vault.

Suggested values:

Low
Moderate
High
Significant

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connection

Explains the relationship between the subject and The Vault.

Examples:

Research into extrasensory perception and parapsychology

Supernatural fiction and cultural influence on paranormal beliefs

Investigation of UFO reports and unexplained phenomena

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assessment

A neutral summary explaining the subject's importance.

This should not make claims about whether paranormal phenomena are real.

Example:

The subject has played an important role in documenting and investigating paranormal claims, although individual cases remain debated.

Examples

Author

{{VaultProfileBrief
|category=Author / Cultural Figure
|relevance=High
|connection=Supernatural fiction, ghosts and horror
|assessment=The subject has had a major influence on public interest in paranormal themes through fictional works.
}}

Researcher

{{VaultProfileBrief
|category=Parapsychology Researcher
|relevance=Significant
|connection=Scientific investigation of psychic phenomena
|assessment=The subject contributed to the development of research methods within parapsychology, although conclusions remain debated.
}}