Template:Article pronouns

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This template may be included on the talk pages of biographical articles and articles related to an individual in cases where the associated person's gender might be questioned to alert other editors that the indicated personal pronouns are used.

Talk page usage

This template is descriptive, not prescriptive; that is, it follows the style already in use at the article. If the article pronoun usage changes, then the template should be adjusted to follow suit.

{{Article pronouns|she|her|hers|source=text link}}

This template categorizes pages into one of five categories, depending on the value of param 1, and corresponding to the values "he", "she", "they", "none", and "other" (and aliases of these values). A container category is at Category:Articles tagged for gendered pronoun usage.

Examples

{{Article pronouns|she|her|hers|source=[[Leslie Feinberg#Pronoun usage|Leslie Feinberg]]}} generates:

You can easily reference a discussion on the Talk page using the |source= param with template {{slink}}:

{{Article pronouns|no pronouns|source={{slink||Pronoun usage}}}}

For an example of this usage, see Talk:Public Universal Friend.

Parameters

Three positional and one named parameters; the first positional parameter is required.

1. a pronoun (required), normally, the subject pronoun (he, she, they, none, etc.)
2. a pronoun (optional), normally, the object pronoun (him, her, them...)
3. a pronoun (optional), normally, the possessive pronoun (his, her, their...)
source (optional) identifies the source where pronoun choices may be verified
related (optional) if = "yes", alters the text 'biographical article' to 'article related to an individual'

Note: This specifies what pronouns are used in the article. Sometimes, an individual uses two sets of pronouns, for example, she/her and they/them; if the article just uses she/her, then the template should match that. If the article uses both sets, the template can be used twice, one for each set of pronouns used in the article.

Usage note

Parameters are usually given in doublets or triplets:

{{Article pronouns|she|her}} or {{Article pronouns|she|her|hers}}
{{Article pronouns|they|them}} or {{Article pronouns|they|their}}

You can indicate that no pronouns are used in the article, or that they are avoided as much as feasible:

{{Article pronouns|none}} or {{Article pronouns|no pronouns}} (also, avoid, or avoid pronouns).

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Article pronouns in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Article pronouns

Talk page template to alert other editors that the indicated personal pronouns are used for the person associated with a biographical article.

Template parameters[Edit template data]
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Pronoun 1	`1`	Subject pronoun used Example he	Line	required
Pronoun 2	`2`	Object pronoun used Example him	Line	suggested
Pronoun 3	`3`	Possessive pronoun used Example his	Line	optional
Source	`source`	Source of information which verifies the given pronouns	String	suggested
Related	`related`	Is this a non-biography which is related to an individual Example yes	Boolean	optional

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Article pronouns/doc.
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox and testcases pages.
Add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.