Thread:Project:Support desk/Creating Infoboxes

I am attempting to create standard boxes like on most Wikipedia articles. They're usually on the right and have a picture of the person and basic details and so on.

I not really sure of the steps I need to take in order to create one. I want to use this template: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Infobox_ReligiousBio

I made a new page titled "Template:person" and copied the template data from that Wikipedia page. Then I tried to use it in the article by doing {{Template:person and putting all the fields in as is done in Wikipedia articles. But it comes up with a template loop error and doesn't work.

I don't think I'm on the right track at all. Where can I find the proper process for using Infoboxes on Mediawiki?

Thanks