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'''{{NAMESPACE}}:{{BASEPAGENAME}}''' will return a living person's date of birth and age. Using this template rather than simply inserting the date into articles allows for the inclusion of hidden [[metadata]] about the date. This metadata can be used by web browsers and other software tools to extract the details, and display them using some other website or mapping tool, index, or search them. | '''{{NAMESPACE}}:{{BASEPAGENAME}}''' will return a living person's date of birth and age. Using this template rather than simply inserting the date into articles allows for the inclusion of hidden [[metadata]] about the date. This metadata can be used by web browsers and other software tools to extract the details, and display them using some other website or mapping tool, index, or search them. | ||
This template is intended for use in an article about a living person. For an article about a dead person, use {{tlp|Birth date}} with {{tlp|Death date and age}}. | This template is intended for use in an article about a living person. For an article about a dead person, use {{tlp|Birth date}} with {{tlp|Death date and age}}. | ||
{{notice|heading=Is the displayed age incorrect?|The age displayed was calculated when the page was last [[Wikipedia:Purge|purged]]. If a particular article is showing the wrong age, edit the whole page and publish the edit without making any change and with no edit summary. That will update the age.}} | |||
== Usage == | == Usage == | ||