User:Turangalila/sandbox/Infobox composer/doc

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Usage
This template is offered as and optional supplement to bios of composers and other creative artists. Please use only where information is clear and susceptable to summarization without distortion; and use only with editorial consensus. One may wish to mock up a proposed box and solicit comment on the article's talk page before adding it to the article itself.

If you have questions, or wish to move this template to the "Template:" namespace for transclusion into actual articles, please leave a note for Turangalila.

Placement
Insert the template at the top of the article &mdash; above the introduction or lead section, but below any maintenance tags, such as mergefrom or Unreferenced &mdash; using the "Cut-and-paste text" below. See the table at the bottom of this page for an explanation of the various parameters, and formatting advice.

Guide to parameters

 * REQUIRED parameters &mdash; must have a value entered.


 * OPTIONAL parameters &mdash; delete any parameters that are not applicable, too narrow, etc.

Fake example using all parameters

 * Obviously no actual article will use all parameters; this is just for testing. See below for examples of how the box might look in practice.


 * Markup:

"Real" Examples

 * Note: These are hypothetical exemplars showing the look of the template -- DO NOT copy onto the articles in question without great care.

Beethoven

 * Markup:

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Ellington

 * Markup

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Boulez

 * Markup:

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Vivaldi

 * Markup: