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Named after an unknown person
- The following documentation is located at Template:named-after/documentation.
- Useful links: subpage list • links • redirects • transclusions • errors (parser/module) • sandbox
Usage
Use this template in an etymology section of eponyms.
Parameters
1 (language)- the term’s language code.
2- the person’s name.
nationality or nat- the person’s nationality, such as French or German.
occupation or occ- the persons occupation, such as banker or soldier.
occupation2–5 or occ2–5- more occupations.
wplink (Wikipedia link)- The title of the Wikipedia page about the person. If the Wikipedia page’s title is the same as the person’s name, use the value =.
sc (script template)- the script in which the name is written. Only necessary if it’s not written in the Latin alphabet.
tr (transliteration)- transliteration of the name, if it’s not written in the Latin alphabet.
born- the year the person was born.
died- the year the person died.
nocap (no capitalization)- Displays “named” instead of “Named”.
nocat (no category)- prevents the entry from being added to Category:LANG eponyms.
alt (alternative text)- replaces “Named after nationality occupation”.
Examples
{{named-after|en|nationality=French|occupation=navigator|Louis Antoine de Bougainville|wplink=Louis_Antoine_de_Bougainville|nocat=1}}.
Named after French navigator Louis Antoine de Bougainville.
Possibly {{named-after|en|nocap=1|nationality=Greco-Egyptian|occupation=pharaoh|Κλαύδιος Πτολεμαῖος|wplink=Ptolemy|tr=Klaudios Ptolemaios|nocat=1}}.
Possibly named after Greco-Egyptian pharaoh Κλαύδιος Πτολεμαῖος (Klaudios Ptolemaios).