Template:Births and deaths TOC/doc

This template is intended for use on the births and deaths sections of articles on specific years, e.g. 2014. Ideally, it should only be added at the end of the given year.

Births/deaths
The "births/deaths" section shows the ToC's title as "Births" or "Deaths" and adds the number 2 (births) or 3 (deaths) to the section titles in the links. This is because "Births" and "Deaths" are usually the second and third sections respectively in year articles, and leaving month titles without these numbers would direct users to months in the "Events" section.

The months parameter specifies the number of months to show or the limit of months shown on the template. For example, 9 would only show the months of January to September.

The unknown parameter adds a section called "Date unknown" to the list for people with unknown dates of birth included in the article.

Sections
In the event of a case where months have custom titles in either section, the section parameter can be used to specify the given number used in the months' titles.

Sometimes, a certain month section or a "Date unknown" section may have already been included more than twice or thrice. The individual section[n] and the sectionu (unknown section) parameters can be used to specify the given number used in these specific months' titles.

In the example below, August in the "Births" section would be the third such August section in the given year article, and the "Date unknown" section would be the second such section in the given year article.

Custom titles
The numbers 1–12 in the syntax above represent custom titles that can be inserted instead of January–December if the article contains custom month titles.