Template:Family name hatnote
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Template:Family name hatnote is placed at the top of a biographical article to explain to readers which part of a name is the family name.
Usage
Parameter | Description | Status |
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|1=
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The surname or family name of the subject. | Required |
|2=
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Triggers different text based on the language (see below). | Required for |lang=Manchu ; optional for others.
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|3=
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For transliterated names or there are multiple name types. | Optional |
|nd=
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Use for Dutch names when a marital name is involved | Conditional |
|lang=
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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 |
Footnotes vs. hatnotes
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.
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Supported languages
The |lang=
parameter will trigger a link to <lang> name (for example, Arabic name) if the page exists. Exceptions are listed below:
Language | Article |
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Eastern Slavic | Eastern Slavic naming customs |
Hmong | Hmong people |
Ijebu | Ijebu Kingdom |
Lebanese | Lebanese Arabic |
Ottoman Turkish | Ottoman Turkish |
Romance | Romance language
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Toponymic | third parameter is linked |
Turkic | Turkic languages |
Examples
First parameter only
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 |
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No |lang= set
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{{Family name hatnote|Simpson}}
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Burmese | {{Family name hatnote|Htang|lang=Burmese}}
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Dutch | {{Family name hatnote|Van der Sar|lang=Dutch}}
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Ijebu | {{Family name hatnote|Àjàyí|lang=Ijebu}}
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Mongolian | {{Family name hatnote|Tsedenbal|lang=Mongolian}}
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Ottoman Turkish | {{Family name hatnote|Namık Kemal|lang=Ottoman Turkish}}
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Second parameter
The second parameter triggers different wording depending on the language.
Language | Code | Example Output |
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Argentine | {{Family name hatnote|Acosta|Benitez|lang=Argentine}}
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Basque | {{Family name hatnote|Arana|Goiri|lang=Basque}}
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Bulgarian | {{Family name hatnote|Ivanova|Georgieva-Kinova|lang=Bulgarian}}
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Cambodian[c] | {{Family name hatnote|Sok|Narvaratt|lang=Cambodian}}
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Catalan | {{Family name hatnote|Miró|Ferrà|lang=Catalan}}
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Chilean | {{Family name hatnote|Ocampo|Soto|lang=Chilean}}
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Chinese | {{Family name hatnote|Wang|De|lang=Chinese}}
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Chinese Indonesian | {{Family name hatnote|Han|Su|lang=Chinese Indonesian}}
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Congolese | {{Family name hatnote|Tshisekedi|Tshilombo|lang=Congolese}}
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Dutch | {{Family name hatnote|Van der Sar|Sar|lang=Dutch}}
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Dutch (if |nd=y )
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{{Family name hatnote|Noordewier|Reddingius|nd=yes|lang=Dutch}}
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Eastern Slavic | {{Family name hatnote|Aleksandrovitch|Imyarek|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
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Galician | {{Family name hatnote|Núñez|Castillo|lang=Galician}}
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German | {{Family name hatnote|Von Allmen|Allmen|lang=German}}
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Hmong[c] | {{Family name hatnote|Kaying|Pha|lang=Hmong}}
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Korean | {{Family name hatnote|Lee|Han|lang=Korean}}
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Lebanese Arabic | {{Family name hatnote|Ali|Maatouk|lang=Lebanese}}
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Manchu[d] | {{Family name hatnote|Oboi|Gūwalgiya|lang=Manchu}}
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Medieval | {{Family name hatnote|Wolfram|von Eschenbach|lang=Medieval}}
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Mongolian | {{Family name hatnote|Tsedenbal|Yumjaagiin|lang=Mongolian}}
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ni-Vanuatu | {{Family name hatnote|Natapei|Rapi|lang=Ni-Vanuatu}}
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Ottoman Turkish[e] | {{Family name hatnote|Osman Hamdi|Bey|lang=Ottoman Turkish}}
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Romance | {{Family name hatnote|de Perier|Perier|lang=Romance}}
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Slavic | {{Family name hatnote|Wołkowski|Wolkowski|lang=Slavic}}
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Spanish | {{Family name hatnote|Gómez|Cruz|lang=Spanish}}
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Turkic | {{Family name hatnote|Bölükbaşı|Bolukbasi|lang=Turkic}}
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Vietnamese[c][f] | {{Family name hatnote|Phan|Khải|lang=Vietnamese}}
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All others (A, not B) |
{{Family name hatnote|Wilson|Clark}}
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Third parameter
With the exception of |lang=Toponymic
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Language | Code | Example Output |
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Hong Kong[g] | {{Family name hatnote|Chan|Jackie|Kong-sang|lang=Hong Kong}}
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Macau[g][h] | {{Family name hatnote|Ho|Edmund|Hau Wah|lang=Macau}}
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Manchu | {{Family name hatnote|Hūlušun|Nara|Hulusun|lang=Manchu}}
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Ottoman Turkish | {{Family name hatnote|Ali|Pasha|Çandarlı|lang=Ottoman Turkish}}
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Ottoman Turkish (if no title)[i] |
{{Family name hatnote|Ali||Çandarlı|lang=Ottoman Turkish}}
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Toponymic | {{Family name hatnote|London|Edward|English name|lang=Toponymic}}
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Vietnamese | {{Family name hatnote|Ngô|Diệm|Ngo|lang=Vietnamese}}
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TemplateData
TemplateData for Family name hatnote
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 | |
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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 |
Notes
- ^ See Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/Archive 188 § Method of surname clarification.
- ^ List of articles to fix.
- ^ a b c For Cambodian, Hmong, or Vietnamese,
|2=
is not required, and will still add the explanatory note. - ^ The second parameter is required for this language
- ^ For Ottoman Turkish, if
|3=
is given, the family name will be listed as well. - ^ Vietnamese has a "transliterated" message similar to Slavic and Turkic, but is triggered by
|3=
. - ^ a b If the full Western- and Chinese-style name is desired, it must be included in the second and third parameter in the proper order; for example
Chan|Jackie Chan|Chan Kong-sang
. - ^ Also works with the spelling Macao.
- ^ For Ottoman Turkish, if
|2=
is left empty (note the double pipe,||
), "the title is..." section is not included.
Tracking categories
See also
- WP:SUR
- {{Bhutanese name}}
- {{British barrelled name}}
- {{Dinka name}}
- {{Ethiopian name}}
- {{Fijian name}}
- {{Given name hatnote}}
- {{Icelandic name}}
- {{Indian patronymic}}
- {{Indonesian name}}
- {{Malay name}}
- {{Norse name}}
- {{Patronymic name}}
- {{Pakistani name}}
- {{Philippine name}}
- {{Portuguese name}}
- {{Spanish colonial name}}
- {{Spanish married name}}
- {{Traditional Norwegian name}}
- {{Western name order}} (primarily relevant to Hungarian names)
- {{Western Slavic name}}