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Many Infoboxes can take another template, including another infobox, as a module (or child-, or sub-template).

Inversely, some infoboxes can have other templates, and other templates, are configured so that they may be embedded as a "child" or "module" infobox within another.

When embedding a template it is usually necessary to set |embed=yes (or |child=yes) in the embedded (child) template.

The child template is entered as the value of a parameter in the parent, usually |module= or |embedded=.

Converting an Infobox

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Sir
Fred Hoyle
Born(1915-06-24)24 June 1915
Died20 August 2001(2001-08-20) (aged 86)
Bournemouth, England
NationalityBritish
Children
Alma materEmmanuel College, Cambridge
Known for
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy
InstitutionsInstitute of Astronomy, Cambridge
Academic advisors
Doctoral students
Other notable studentsPaul C. W. Davies

In order to be configured for potential use as a module, an infobox must have a few adaptations, including modified styling, the suppression of the template's name display, and the addition of a subheading. Here is an example adaptation; results shown to the right; note the "Scientific career" subheading.

Infobox person

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{{Infobox person}} can have another biographical infobox (or infoboxes - up to six slots are available) as a Module. Those available are listed in Category:Biographical templates usable as a module (NB may not yet be fully populated). See, for example, this edit using {{Infobox scientist}} as the child template (results shown alongside).

{{Infobox person}} can also take other child templates, for example, {{Listen}}. See this example.

Example edits

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Embedded infoboxes

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Other embedded templates

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Categories

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See also

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