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Template:Family name footnote is placed at the top of a biographical article to explain to readers which part of a name is the family name.
It should go immediately after the bolded name, before the parenthetical. It requires that the article include {{notelist}} or, if |reftype=
is used, another footnote template.
Parameter | Description | Status |
---|---|---|
|1=
|
The surname or family name of the subject. | Required |
|2=
|
Triggers different text based on the language (see below). | Required for |lang=Manchu ; optional for others.
|
|3=
|
For transliterated names or there are multiple name types. | Optional |
|nd=
|
Use for Dutch names when a marital name is involved | Conditional |
|lang=
|
The country or origin of the name; links to related articles if they exist. Note: language names must be spelled out, not ISO codes, for example Spanish not es. |
Optional |
There is no universal consensus on whether to use footnotes or hatnotes for family name explanations.[a] However, never use both.[b] For names that are clear to the average reader, such as Jeremy Lin, use no explanation.
Hatnotes are a high-emphasis method of name explanation, and have been used widely on Wikipedia for many years. Some editors argue that they are well-suited to articles where the name is particularly in need of clarification (such as when the name Foo Bar is one article and Bar Foo is another), or where a footnotes system would have to be introduced for the explanation.
Footnotes are a newer, lower-emphasis method of name explanation introduced in 2020. Some editors argue that they better avoid giving undue prominence to name explanations. Others argue that they fit name explanations better as they do not muddle the navigational purpose of hatnotes. They may be particularly well-suited to articles that already have other hatnotes (where another might induce banner blindness), or where there is a preexisting footnote system (and thus no need to introduce one).
The |lang=
parameter will trigger a link to <lang> name (for example, Arabic name) if the page exists. Exceptions are listed below:
Language | Article |
---|---|
Eastern Slavic | Eastern Slavic naming customs |
Hmong | Hmong people |
Ijebu | Ijebu Kingdom |
Lebanese | Lebanese Arabic |
Ottoman Turkish | Ottoman Turkish |
Romance | Romance language |
Toponymic | third parameter is linked |
Turkic | Turkic languages |
Regardless of language, this template requires a first parameter for the given surname. For instances where the language may not commonly use a family name, the text reflects this.
Language | Code | Example Output |
---|---|---|
No |lang= set
|
{{Family name footnote|Simpson}}
|
[c] |
Burmese | {{Family name footnote|Htang|lang=Burmese}}
|
[d] |
Dutch | {{Family name footnote|Van der Sar|lang=Dutch}}
|
[e] |
Ijebu | {{Family name footnote|Àjàyí|lang=Ijebu}}
|
[f] |
Mongolian | {{Family name footnote|Tsedenbal|lang=Mongolian}}
|
[g] |
Ottoman Turkish | {{Family name footnote|Namık Kemal|lang=Ottoman Turkish}}
|
[h] |
The second parameter triggers different wording depending on the language.
Language | Code | Example Output |
---|---|---|
Argentine | {{Family name footnote|Acosta|Benitez|lang=Argentine}}
|
[i] |
Basque | {{Family name footnote|Arana|Goiri|lang=Basque}}
|
[j] |
Bulgarian | {{Family name footnote|Ivanova|Georgieva-Kinova|lang=Bulgarian}}
|
[k] |
Cambodian[l] | {{Family name footnote|Sok|Narvaratt|lang=Cambodian}}
|
[m] |
Catalan | {{Family name footnote|Miró|Ferrà|lang=Catalan}}
|
[n] |
Chilean | {{Family name footnote|Ocampo|Soto|lang=Chilean}}
|
[o] |
Chinese | {{Family name footnote|Wang|De|lang=Chinese}}
|
[p] |
Chinese Indonesian | {{Family name footnote|Han|Su|lang=Chinese Indonesian}}
|
[q] |
Congolese | {{Family name footnote|Tshisekedi|Tshilombo|lang=Congolese}}
|
[r] |
Dutch | {{Family name footnote|Van der Sar|Sar|lang=Dutch}}
|
[s] |
Dutch (if |nd=y )
|
{{Family name footnote|Noordewier|Reddingius|nd=yes|lang=Dutch}}
|
[t] |
Eastern Slavic | {{Family name footnote|Aleksandrovitch|Imyarek|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
|
[u] |
Galician | {{Family name footnote|Núñez|Castillo|lang=Galician}}
|
[v] |
German | {{Family name footnote|Von Allmen|Allmen|lang=German}}
|
[w] |
Hmong[l] | {{Family name footnote|Kaying|Pha|lang=Hmong}}
|
[x] |
Korean | {{Family name footnote|Lee|Han|lang=Korean}}
|
[y] |
Lebanese Arabic | {{Family name footnote|Ali|Maatouk|lang=Lebanese}}
|
[z] |
Manchu[aa] | {{Family name footnote|Oboi|Gūwalgiya|lang=Manchu}}
|
[ab] |
Medieval | {{Family name footnote|Wolfram|von Eschenbach|lang=Medieval}}
|
[ac] |
Mongolian | {{Family name footnote|Tsedenbal|Yumjaagiin|lang=Mongolian}}
|
[ad] |
ni-Vanuatu | {{Family name footnote|Natapei|Rapi|lang=Ni-Vanuatu}}
|
[ae] |
Ottoman Turkish[af] | {{Family name footnote|Osman Hamdi|Bey|lang=Ottoman Turkish}}
|
[ag] |
Romance | {{Family name footnote|de Perier|Perier|lang=Romance}}
|
[ah] |
Slavic | {{Family name footnote|Wołkowski|Wolkowski|lang=Slavic}}
|
[ai] |
Spanish | {{Family name footnote|Gómez|Cruz|lang=Spanish}}
|
[aj] |
Turkic | {{Family name footnote|Bölükbaşı|Bolukbasi|lang=Turkic}}
|
[ak] |
Vietnamese[l][al] | {{Family name footnote|Phan|Khải|lang=Vietnamese}}
|
[am] |
All others (A, not B) |
{{Family name footnote|Wilson|Clark}}
|
[an] |
With the exception of |lang=Toponymic
, the third parameter is used for transliterated names or a second name type.
Language | Code | Example Output |
---|---|---|
Hong Kong[ao] | {{Family name footnote|Chan|Jackie|Kong-sang|lang=Hong Kong}}
|
[ap] |
Macau[ao][aq] | {{Family name footnote|Ho|Edmund|Hau Wah|lang=Macau}}
|
[ar] |
Manchu | {{Family name footnote|Hūlušun|Nara|Hulusun|lang=Manchu}}
|
[as] |
Ottoman Turkish | {{Family name footnote|Ali|Pasha|Çandarlı|lang=Ottoman Turkish}}
|
[at] |
Ottoman Turkish (if no title)[au] |
{{Family name footnote|Ali||Çandarlı|lang=Ottoman Turkish}}
|
[av] |
Toponymic | {{Family name footnote|London|Edward|English name|lang=Toponymic}}
|
[aw] |
Vietnamese | {{Family name footnote|Ngô|Diệm|Ngo|lang=Vietnamese}}
|
[ax] |
TemplateData for Family name footnote
Placed at the top of a biographical article to explain to readers which part of a name is the family name.
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Surname or family name | 1 | The primary element in the person's surname | String | required |
Additional name element | 2 | Secondary element in the person's surname (depending upon language) | String | suggested |
Additional name element | 3 | Tertiary element in the person's surname or transliteration (depending upon language) | String | suggested |
Language | lang | Language or naming convention. Note: Spell out the language name; do not use ISO codes
| String | suggested |
Dutch marital name | nd | Use only with Dutch surnames where the person's married name is to be specified | String | suggested |
Explanation type | type | Whether the explanation should be rendered as a footnote, a hatnote, or neither (default).
| String | optional |
Reference group type | reftype | Name of footnote template to use, such as efn, efn-lr, or NoteTag.
| Line | optional |
|2=
is not required, and will still add the explanatory note.
|3=
is given, the family name will be listed as well.
|3=
.
Chan|Jackie Chan|Chan Kong-sang
.
|2=
is left empty (note the double pipe, ||
), "the title is..." section is not included.