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| role          = Roles in the DWU portrayed by this actor
| role          = Roles in the DWU portrayed by this actor
| job title      = '''Main''' jobs in the DWU enjoyed by this crew member (don't go crazy though; JNT, for instance, should be listed as a producer and production unit manager — but ''not'' the minor role of floor assistant
| job title      = '''Main''' jobs in the DWU enjoyed by this crew member (don't go crazy though; JNT, for instance, should be listed as a producer and production unit manager — but ''not'' the minor role of floor assistant
| story          = '''Mainly for people who've had relatively limited involvement with the DWU'''.  List the stories in which they've worked.  Don't use for people who've had a regular gig. '''Can also be used for people who've had a wide range of contributions across several media''' — like a [[Mark Gatiss]] or [[Paul Cornell]].  Simply use this variable to point to the section of the article that details their CV. '''Do not''' use to list every single story in which David Tennant has appeared, or every single story [[Verity Lambert]] produced.  Again, it's mainly for people who've got less than 4 credits in the DWU, or for people who have so many credits in so many media that the only sensible thing an infobox can do is to point the reader to the bibliography section of the article.
| story          = '''Mainly for people who've had relatively limited involvement with the DWU'''.  List the stories in which they've worked.  Don't use for people who've had a regular gig. This is not the place to list every episode in which [[David Tennant]] appeared, or which [[Verity Lambert produced]] '''Can also be used for people who've had a wide range of contributions across several media''' — like a [[Mark Gatiss]] or [[Paul Cornell]].  Simply use this variable to point to the section of the article that details their CV. Again, it's mainly for people who've got less than 4 credits in the DWU, or for people who have so many credits in so many media that the only sensible thing an infobox can do is to point the reader to the bibliography section of the article.
| time          = Year span of principal involvement in the production of DWU stories. Don't go crazy with this. Keep it as simple as possible.  [[Peter Davison]] is best expressed as [[1981-1984]] (TV), "[[1999]]-present (audio)".  Paul McGann is best as "[[2001]]-present (audio)", with [[Doctor Who (1996)]] being listed under {{{story}}}.  Someone like [[Bill King]] might be "[[Season 6]]". Reunion or  multi-Doctor stories don't count, so Patrick Troughton is [[1966]]-[[1969]].  Try to be as economical as possible in your expression of the time period.  The article itself can explain anomalous appearances.  Think about the simplicity of a year range on a classic DVD cover.  It doesn't note all the times Troughton appeared on DW ''after'' 1969.   
| time          = Year span of '''principal''' involvement in the production of DWU stories. Don't go crazy with this. Keep it as simple as possible.  [[Peter Davison]] is best expressed as "[[1981]]-[[1984]] (TV), [[1999]]-present (audio)".  Paul McGann is best as "[[2001]]-present (audio)", with [[Doctor Who (1996)]] being listed under {{{story}}}.  Someone like [[Bill King]] might be "[[Season 6]]". Reunion or  multi-Doctor stories don't count, so Patrick Troughton is [[1966]]-[[1969]].  Try to be as economical as possible in your expression of the time period.  The article itself can explain anomalous appearances.  Think about the simplicity of a year range on a classic DVD cover.  It doesn't note all the times Troughton appeared on DW ''after'' 1969.   
| non dwu        = Main non-DWU productions in which this person was involved
| non dwu        = Main non-DWU productions in which this person was involved
| imdb          = The IMDb id, listed simply in terms of the numerical code for the person
| imdb          = The IMDb id, listed simply in terms of the numerical code for the person
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Revision as of 19:49, 23 March 2012

{{Infobox Person/doc}} is the infobox template which is to be used on all pages having to do with people from the real world. Actors, crew members, writers — all such people get {{Infobox Person/doc}}.

Usage

Copy and pate the entirety of the form below into your article, then fill out as appropriate:

{{Infobox Person
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| name           = 
| aka            = 
| birth date     = 
| death date     = 
| role           = 
| job title      = 
| story          =
| time           =
| non dwu        = 
| imdb           = 
| official site  = 
| twitter        = 
}}