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This Sandbox page is to experiment with using forms to create tables

For background see: Help:Use the template format to create tabular output

Step One: Create query as normal

{{#ask: [[Category:Semantic biography]]
 |?Firstname
 |?Lastname
 |?Occupation
 |?Birth place
 |format=table
 |sort=Lastname
 |order=ascending
}}

Step two: Creating a template

See Help:Semantic templates

See useful Youtube video on creating templates: Kristin McMurray, Creating Templates
See useful Youtube video on different types of templates: Peter Forsyth, Introduction to templates on Wikipedia

In the first video a simple template called "Template:Sample1" is created.

The template displays text in red.

The template is referred to as {{Sample1}}

Here are the results of the template:
This is red text. It is very pretty.

In the second video a simple template is created, which I have called "Template:Sample2"

The template displays text about Semantic biographies in large font size

The template is referred to as {{Sample2}}

Here are the results of the template:
Semantic biographies are an experimental series of biographies of deponents who were witnesses in the High Court of Admiralty in the 1650s. They are being prepared by {{{Name}}}.

The template can be used with the name inserted by using the following code

{{Sample2
 |Name=Colin Greenstreet
}}

Here are the results of using the template with the addition of the name:
Semantic biographies are an experimental series of biographies of deponents who were witnesses in the High Court of Admiralty in the 1650s. They are being prepared by Colin Greenstreet.