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Infobox Troubles
I'm editing a book. Specifically, Guide to The Lord of the Rings. I wanted to create a page for a character. I looked around to see how to make an infobox. Since this character is from Lord of the Rings, a work of Tolkien. I found an infobox template for Tolkien's fictional characters on Wikipedia. Here's a link to it:. I discovered that this doesn't work on Wikibooks. I searched for another one that would work on Wikibooks but the closest I could find was. Unfortunately, this isn't good because I need it to say the race. The closest thing is ethnicity which doesn't make much sense in that case. I would like to know how I can make custom infoboxes. I'm pretty sure it's possible since, for example: Harry Potter on Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter, has an infobox unique to it. If you go to, if you view its source, you'd see that the infobox name is "{{Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Character|" rather than "{{Infobox person".

In conclusion, is there a way to use Wikipedia's infobox templates on Wikibooks, or a way to make a unique infobox template?

Answers would be appreciated. Thanks. PhoenixTheTraveller (discuss • contribs) 07:25, 15 December 2013 (UTC)