Difference between revisions of "Template:AuthorFields:DeathDate"

Latest revision as of 05:00, 16 December 2006

Death Date - The Death Date has the same format as the Birth Date, YYYY-MM-DD. If the author is known to be alive or if there is no reliable information about the author, leave the field blank. However, if the author was born more than 125 years ago and is therefore presumably dead, it is permissible to enter a death date of 0000-00-00 . Examples:

Revision as of 18:12, 24 November 2006 (view source) Mike Christie (talk \| contribs) (Create)		Latest revision as of 05:00, 16 December 2006 (view source) Ahasuerus (talk \| contribs) (Copyediting; a more specific defintion of "presumed dead"; removed references to the birth date so that the death date template could be used independently)
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−	*'''Death Date''' - The ~~death date~~ has the same format as the Birth Date ~~above~~. In the ~~case of~~ the ~~death date~~, it is permissible to enter a ~~deathdate~~ of 0000-00-00 ~~in cases where it is obvious that the author must be dead - for instance, if they were born in the late 1700's~~. Examples:	+	*'''Death Date''' - The Death Date has the same format as the Birth Date, YYYY-MM-DD. If the author is known to be alive or if there is no reliable information about the author, leave the field blank. However, if the author was born more than 125 years ago and is therefore presumably dead, it is permissible to enter a death date of 0000-00-00 . Examples:

	2005-07-04		2005-07-04