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This template is used to configure the articles found in the Selected person or Selected biography section found on most Wikipedia Portal main pages. Use it on the article pages that are linked to the Selected person sub-page, e.g. Portal:Foo/Selected person/1. For the quickest and easiest way to create the Portal:Foo/Selected bar sub-page and related article links, use one of the {{Numbered subpages}} templates.
{{Selected biography
| image =
| size =
| side =
| caption =
| name = SM MOHIB
| born = <!--- Required if using "died" --->
| died =
| text = <!--- Required --->
| link = <!--- Required --->
| page =
| archive =
}}
Additionally, the following templates can be used in the born and died fields:
For the born field:
For the presents field:
It is unnecessary to include braces, quotation marks or other wiki-markup in the template. The |text= field does allow the use of wiki-markup at the contributor's discretion.
The long form of this template places the subjects name immediately to the left of the portrait and gives you the option of adding birth and death years. If the |born=
field is not included, the template will not include the |died=
field.
{{Selected biography
| image = Mark Twain, Brady-Handy photo portrait, Feb 7, 1871, cropped.jpg
| size =
| caption = Mark Twain, detail of photo by [[Mathew Brady]], February 7, 1871
| name = Samuel Langhorne Clemens
| born = {{birth date|1835|11|30}}
| died = {{death date and age|1910|4|21|1835|11|30}}
| text = Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by the [[pen name]] '''Mark Twain''', ...
| link = Mark Twain
}}
Will yield this:
Twain enjoyed immense public popularity, and his keen wit and incisive satire earned him praise from both critics and peers. American author William Faulkner called Twain "the father of American literature." (Full article...)
Because the |name=
field formats the subject's name so that it is in bold text, it is suggested that you do not put the subject's name in bold in the text of the article.
{{Selected biography
| image = Mark Twain, Brady-Handy photo portrait, Feb 7, 1871, cropped.jpg
| size =
| side = right
| caption = Mark Twain, detail of photo by [[Mathew Brady]], February 7, 1871
| text = '''Samuel Langhorne Clemens''', better known by the [[pen name]] '''Mark Twain''', ...
| link = Mark Twain
}}
Will yield this:
Twain enjoyed immense public popularity, and his keen wit and incisive satire earned him praise from both critics and peers. American author William Faulkner called Twain "the father of American literature." (Full article...)
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