Template talk:Infobox Wikipedia user/Archive 1

Archive 1

Archive 2

More colorful

How could we make this box more colorful? Like with an outline and stuff. PatPeter 18:37, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Merging this

There are only six users using this infobox, so I'm going to try merging it now. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 12:59, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

IQ of 0?

Wouldn't the example user featured on the example not be able to create an infobox if his IQ was 0? (He'd be profoundly mentally retarded.) Or is the Wikiworm (or what ever it's called) in a species all its own that doesn't have IQs? If so then his IQ could be written as "not applicable." Sorry, the zero just gets to me. Purplewowies (talk) 11:46, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar

A lot of users have barnstars, wouldn't a parameter for those be favorable? Rau's Speak Page 22:20, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

But they're huge... they simply wouldn't fit. — Edokter • Talk • 10:55, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

You an make versions of barnstars that are smaller.Just change the height and width percent.I've seeen people put it in their infoboxes. Mr. Green^{Hit Me Up}Userboxes 17:04, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Background colour

Is it possible to add a parameter for the background colour of the infobox? (Not the bar along the top, the entire infobox) xenocidic ( talk ¿ listen ) 15:31, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Now it is. Parameter name is "tablecolor". --- RockMFR 17:45, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

CoolyMr. Green^{Hit Me Up}About Me 17:56, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Problem with the userboxes view

I was thinking of putting this neat infobox to my userpage instead of Infobox Person, but the view of userboxes is spoiled in a way the inside of userboxes is moved upwards some 10 pixels, almost hovering each box with the one below it. I tried to check out the code, but eventually I had no good idea. I'd be glad if someone could check and fix this some time. Thanks.--Kochas (talk) 12:52, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

It seems it vertically realigns the text in the userbox from whatever it is set to and changes it to "top alignment". I too ran into this issue. Kochas, if someone doesn't respond to this within a day or so, you should echo the request at WP:VPT. –xenocidic (talk) 13:14, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

This is due to some userboxen being coded to just use a hand-hacked table instead of using the {{userbox}} template. This means that they're missing some ids which allow them to be styled properly. It's easy to migrate userboxen to use the {{userbox}} base template, which is the Right Way to fix this. I've already converted across most of the common language proficiency examples. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 13:37, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

Hrm, but the userbox template fails in other ways. cf User_talk:Xenocidic/Archive_5#Re:It.27s_been_a_while. –xenocidic (talk) 13:47, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

The solution to that is to fix {{userbox}} or the "messagebox-small" CSS class. It is not to abandon Wikipedia's templating system and go back to hand-hacking tables. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 21:27, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

two things that are beyond my expertise =) –xenocidic (talk) 13:15, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

External image?

Is it possible to set the "image" attribute of a Userbox to refer to an external image? Robert (talk) 18:18, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

No, you can't call external images on Wikipedia. –xeno^talk 18:20, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

Help exporting this template

I thought I could modify this template for use in another wiki, but I can't figure out how to make it "go" (sorry if that's too technical ;) - I'm just not as smart as I hoped I was. If anyone can/wants to take a look, I've put it here: http://www.ancestry.com/wiki/index.php?title=Template:Infobox_User Tad (talk) 15:31, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

Updates and fixes

Hi. I recently performed some updates and fixes, in an attempt to put things right. Let me know if I did wrong, or if you would like to suggest anything. Kind regards. Rehman⁽⁺⁾ 12:54, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

The "status" parameter doesn't seem to show up. But I'm not sure how to fix it... Aurora Illumina 00:49, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

Fixed. Kind regards. Rehman⁽⁺⁾ 01:04, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

Missing fields in Infobox

Bloodtype and Personalitytype fail to show up in the Infobox when a value is given. Can anyone verify and/or correct this? Thanks. -- Saaga (talk) 02:30, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

 Fixed, there was a _ missing. Kind regards. Rehman 08:50, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

header67 = ?

"header67 =" is located at the top. Error? --Another Believer _(Talk) 20:45, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

It was not implemented right. I've reverted the last change. — Edokter • Talk • 21:13, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

I added it on request by Darth Stabro. But is there any consensus to add such a field? — Edokter • Talk • 00:07, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

This is Infobox User, for fellow Wikipedians! Add whatever junk you want (be sensible though), if someone doesn't like a particular field, simple exclude it. ;) Rehman 02:01, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Fair enough :) — Edokter • Talk • 02:51, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Ancestral hometown parameter

please add on a parameter for ancestral hometowns, because this is important, if not more dear than the "hometown" (if different), in East Asian culture. --HXL 何献龙 14:20, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

You can yourself! e^xtra999 (talk) 07:02, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

I would do it if you explain me what should be displayed and the prefered location i the template. (above which parameter, etc.) mabdul 11:17, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

Some sections not working?

Infobox Wikipedia user

— Wikipedian —
Family and friends
Partner	This is a test
Children	This is a test
Education and employment
Occupation	This is a test

{{Infobox user

| relationship  = This is a test
| partner       = This is a test
| children      = This is a test
| occupation    = This is a test

| interests     = 
| userboxes     = 
}}

The title and example given says it all. Some of the entries don't actually show up at all... The "relationship" and "partner" entries don't show up, even though a parameter is given. (I didn't test every one, but I noticed this somewhere.) Aurora Illumina 03:14, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

The reason for that is that there isn't a |partner= parameter. mabdul 12:54, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

IQ?

Does anybody know why IQ is not visible in this infobox? I find that an annoying aspect of this template. If anybody has the answer let me know. Thanks. Lighthead...KILLS!! 00:36, 4 August 2012 (UTC)

Actually, nevermind. I guess I fixed it but it took some time for the changes to register (?) The point is I achieved what I was trying to do. Lighthead...KILLS!! 02:04, 4 August 2012 (UTC)

Formatting issues

seems to be an issue with the youtube field, it doesn't want to allow the URL to be formatted like the normal methods. tried checking to see if there was any documents on inserting a link to a youtube channel, but nothing showing a link to a youtube channel, just how to insert a video.Skarrd (talk) 20:22, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

Edit count

I honestly don't spend much time at the Village Pump, so what I say might not be true or anything, but here goes... So the Edit Count you get from the link in your contributions tab is hosted by labs, however in this infobox clicking the 'Edit count' field links to the toolserver. The toolserver's stats seem out of date, shouldn't the link be changed to link to labs? Thanks, DarkToonLink^Heyaah! 08:06, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

•  Done because yes, that was suppose to be updated. CyberPower678 (C678—Cyberpower678) must have missed it. :> Technical 13 (talk) 13:49, 23 August 2013 (UTC)

  :p—cyberpower ^Chat_Online 14:49, 23 August 2013 (UTC)

  Ah, thanks for that! DarkToonLink^Heyaah! 00:39, 24 August 2013 (UTC)

Inclusion of LinkedIn in contact info

Just a suggestion : Why not include LinkedIn in contact info! --Wiki.Gunjan (talk) 15:46, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

•  Done Technical 13 (talk) 16:52, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

Recent changes

I've added a |role= parameter, which defaults to "Wikipedian"; that can be changed to anything you like: Wikimedian, Wikignome, Inclusionist, or something more humorous.

I've also switched |gender= so that it displays as an icon (marked up as an abbreviation) next to that subheader. Doesanyone use this for a value other than "male" or "female"? Is there an icon for "other" or "gender-queer" that should be offered as a third choice? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 21:50, 14 August 2013 (UTC)

Andy, the symbol looks like for neutral/other/both/undefined... Technical 13 (talk) 18:31, 16 August 2013 (UTC)

Helpful, thank you. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 18:39, 16 August 2013 (UTC)

I had linked [[Male]] so it didn't work anymore. It's probably best to clarify in the documentation which values can be used for gender. SPQRobin (talk) 23:20, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

• Robin, any value "should" work. Thank you for reporting this, I will look into it and make it so that you can have the linked text instead of the symbol if that is what you prefer. :) Happy editing! Technical 13 (talk) 00:28, 23 August 2013 (UTC)

  Well, the symbol is nice. As long as it was text, I preferred a link :) I just thought it only accepted certain values now. SPQRobin (talk) 10:23, 23 August 2013 (UTC)

The template takes the values "m", "f" or "o". Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 10:57, 23 August 2013 (UTC)

• I actually did make the modification above and the template will take any input for gender. So, Robin's [[Male]] should now work. Also, Andy, the template gives icons for any of the values of f, female, m, male, o, or other which are case insensitive. :) Technical 13 (talk) 13:21, 23 August 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedian instead of Wikipedian Unknown by default

Wikipedian Unknown looks horrible. I've changed it. Now it's just Wikipedian if people don't use |gender= parameter. Nicolas Love (talk) 17:05, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

If there is no |gender= parameter value, then the display should be null, not "unknown". But you also appear to have removed the "other " option, discussed above. Perhaps @Technical 13: can fix that? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 21:23, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

•  Done "Other" restored. Technical 13 (talk) 23:31, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

Infobox Wikipedia user

— Wikipedian  —
Name	Any Person

@Technical 13: @Frietjes: Thank you. Unfortunately, it seems that the "other gender" image is not displaying; see above. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 10:44, 5 September 2013 (UTC)

Andy, Apparently {{Abbr}} doesn't accept images. I've modified it to use the html entity code instead. If this is unacceptable (I know it doesn't render in Windows Vista, but personally don't care), then we can "fake" it another way... Just let me know. Technical 13 (talk) 14:23, 5 September 2013 (UTC)

Not showing in WinXP, either. Raised at template talk:Abbr#Use with images. Alternatively, we could just use the "alt" attribute. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 14:33, 5 September 2013 (UTC)

We could use I guess... Technical 13 (talk) 17:24, 5 September 2013 (UTC)

{{abbr}} takes images just fine, but the code failed due to the equal sign ("style=") in the first parameter. Use 1=. — Edokter (talk) — 20:04, 5 September 2013 (UTC)

Why is male the default?

Resolved

Why is Wikipedian male the default? My Wikipedia userbox has started telling me I am male. I have never told wiki my gender. I have stopped using the template on my page, would prefer to not have to have a symbol.Clare. (talk) 00:44, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

Don't worry, I have worked it out: you need to put the gender value in, then leave blank:

Infobox Wikipedia user

— Wikipedian —
Name	Defaults to male when no gender value set

Infobox Wikipedia user

— Wikipedian —
Name	Defaults to 'null' when gender value left blank

Personally I would prefer that the box didn't default to male when no gender value set, but I don't know how to fix it so in the interim I will do this.Clare. (talk)

• Male is not the default. What ever your Preferences → User profile → How do you prefer to be described? is set to is the default... Technical 13 (talk) 02:23, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

I don't know how the userbox code would read that, but even if it can, why is it messing up on mine? (See boxes on right for example of what I mean)Clare. (talk) 13:05, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

• The boxes to the right aren't accurate because they are not on your user page. It works like this, the code that determines the default looks like:

{{#switch:{{lc:{{{gender|{{Gender:{{#titleparts:{{BASEPAGENAME}}|1}}|m|f|NONE}}}}}}} |male|m=&nbsp;{{abbr|<big>&#9794;</big>|male|class=gender|unicode}}[[Category:Male Wikipedians]] |female|f=&nbsp;{{abbr|<big>&#9792;</big>|female|class=gender|unicode}}[[Category:Female Wikipedians]] |other|o=&nbsp;{{abbr|1=<span style="line-height: 12px;">[[File:Gendersign.svg|x12px|<big>&#x26a5;</big>|link=]]</span>|2=other|class=gender}}|#default=}}

Which means that it pulls your username with {{#titleparts:{{BASEPAGENAME}}|1}} using #titleparts: based on BASEPAGENAME. It then uses the username to pull the gender of the user from whatever is on Preferences → User profile → How do you prefer to be described? using Gender:. I've added some code to make the default gender go away if not on the page of an existing user. I hope this explanation isn't overly technical. :) I took a few moments and went through and tested all of the settings on my user page and created a collage of screenshots that I merged and cropped into the screenshot below so you can see it working as intended.

(screenshot removed)

Happy editing! Technical 13 (talk) 13:45, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

Thank you, this is great.Clare. (talk) 09:05, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

Add a few more fields?

How about adding a few website fields like MySpace, Twitter, FaceBook, YouTube, etc. Or maybe just a field for "Other websites I'm part of". What's everyone think? Δnnuit Cœptis 04:32, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

Also, would it be a good idea to maybe add a section regarding Beliefs? I don't really think one field for Religion and one for Politics that are meant to be one-line answers are quite enough. Maybe make it similar to the Userboxes and Interests sections, where it's not a one-line answer, but a longer one. Δnnuit Cœptis 07:29, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

I just added fields for Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter. Hope no one cares. --Dudemanfellabra (talk) 23:25, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

Perhaps, Quotes should be added and Games. –Radudiscussion 23:03, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

HELLOOOOOOOO!!! What about MUSIC!!! Here are a few things I think should be added:

• Zodiac Sign (along with birthday and age) - helps voodo masters :D
• Nationality (replaced with country since its too restrictive) - People can be national of more than one country
• Ethnicity (along with country since it is less accurate) - Racism rox!!!
• Languages (very important, including computer languages like HTML)
• Weight and Height (matters to some - should be added)
• Laterality (left-handed or right-handed) - not too important
• Music (along with interests, books, movies bla bla)
• Food/Cuisine (we all love food, and its the most important too)
• Sports (it matters to some - can be added in interests so its optional)
• Games (talking about computer/video games here, not board games)
• Idols (like MIchael, Britney, Hillary Clinton - yeah right!)
• Magazines/Comics (optional)
• TV shows (need explanation?)
• Causes (environment, anti-terrorism, feminist, puppy-rights)
• Cell Phone model (just kidding, NO WAY)

Farjad0322 (talk) 06:30, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia user pages are not Facebook user pages. It isn't productive to further encourage people to treat them the same way. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 12:30, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

I never made facebook as an inspiration to my edit, but then why do you guys think MOVIES, BOOKS (seriously) and TV SHOWS can be added while FOOD, SPORTS and MUSIC cant be added...? Basically, we all know food, music and sports are more common/important...There are not userboxes for everything you know. Also, who gives a crap about BLOOD TYPE :S. And I have a point here, that people can be from more than one nationality so 'country' is not the right word. LANGUAGES are very important when it comes to wikipedia. So, take my advice, add languages, nationality, food, music and sports. (By the way personality test thing is way too ungeneral). Zodiac Sign and laterality (palmistry, better than blood type at least) are not important in your culture, but they are very important in different asian cultures - so it matters to people from culture to culture. Also, USER BOX is for user pages, and we can do WHATEVER (almost) we want to on our userpages, rules dont usually apply. Farjad0322 (talk) 14:16, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

It's arguable that this template already tries to do far too much. While we allow users a lot of leeway on their userspace, this does not imply that they should be jamming their user pages full of every bit of trivia about their personalities that they can; we've already got userboxes to handle that. I'd rather that we tried to keep the infobox sane, as adding options at will will result in it being ridiculously long. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 22:39, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

Very well! Since there are rules for user pages as well, we cant put our trivia, we need to remove the absolutely unecessary fields like TV Shows, Books, Movies etc and especially the IQ and personality type thing...We should not be needing hair, eyes (its not like a dating site, right?) and blood group (blood types are for medical emergencies only hence have no use on wikipedia). But I still insist that we add languages (its important on wikipedia) and nationality (replaced with 'country', we can be nationals of more than one country). Agreed? Farjad0322 (talk) 07:35, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

Let's concentrate on the additions first: the deletions will need a bit more discussion as people may be using them. Languages are covered by {{babel}}, but adding a nationality field sounds sensible. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 08:03, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

How about an authors field? There is the books field, but sometime people tend to really like an author in general, and not just one or more books by her/him. Paul2520 (talk) 05:59, 10 November 2013 (UTC)

Custom fields

How do I add more than one custom header and custom data to my user infobox because I tried numbering them and it down't work. Help?--Jacoblikesmetal (talk) 12:20, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

use the module parameters, I fixed your userpage for you. Frietjes (talk) 21:02, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

Userbox tables in infoboxes

I was wondering, is there any way to embed an expandable userbox table into the infobox without it margining when collapsed? For example:

Infobox Wikipedia user

— Wikipedian —
Name	Ivan Ivanivitch Ivanovsky
Userboxes
Wikipedia This user is not an administrator but sometimes seeing their excellent works and persuasive arguments you may confuse them as an admin. My Tech No iPod This user does not use an iPod and does not wish to own one.. About Me This user is an autodidact in a wide range of subjects that they never took in school or college.

Put the "Ivan Ivanovitch Ivanovsky" there to illustrate the margin. It has a huge margin when collapsed, then swallows it up when a table is expanded. How, if at all, can you get past this? Mystipedian (talk) 22:35, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

• I'm guessing you mean like:

Infobox Wikipedia user

— Wikipedian —
Name	Ivan Ivanivitch Ivanovsky
Userboxes
Wikipedia This user is not an administrator but sometimes seeing their excellent works and persuasive arguments you may confuse them as an admin. My Tech No iPod This user does not use an iPod and does not wish to own one.. About Me This user is an autodidact in a wide range of subjects that they never took in school or college.

{{Infobox user
| color = #900
| name = Ivan Ivanivitch Ivanovsky
| userboxes       = 
<table class="collapsible autocollapse" cellspacing="0" style="width:244px;background:transparent;color:inherit;">
<tr><th style="background:#ccf">Wikipedia</th></tr>
  <tr><td> 
    {{User:Rudra john cena/Userboxes/}}
</table>
<table class="collapsible autocollapse" cellspacing="0" style="width:244px;background:transparent;color:inherit;">
  <tr><th style="background:#ccf">My Tech</th></tr>
  <tr><td>
    {{User:Dollgash/Userboxes/noipods}}
  </td></tr>
</table>
<table class="collapsible autocollapse" cellspacing="0" style="width:244px;background:transparent;color:inherit;">
<tr><th style="background:#ccf">About Me</th></tr>
  <tr><td> 
    {{User:Mksmith/Autodidact}}
  </td></tr>
</table>
}}

In which I force a width for each sub-table of width:244px;. — {{U|Technical 13}} ^{(t • e • c)} 22:58, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

Thanks! Dont understand why I didnt think of that Mystipedian (talk) 23:10, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

@Mystipedian: you can also use {{navbox}} for a similar result.

Infobox Wikipedia user

— Wikipedian —
Name	Ivan Ivanivitch Ivanovsky
Userboxes

and there is also {{hidden}} and other collapsing shells. Frietjes (talk) 17:21, 10 April 2014 (UTC)

Redesigning the above section

Hi,

I've redesigned the above section in testcase page. What's your opinion? Is it good enough to set as default template? -- Alireza Eskandarpour Shoferi (talk) 15:39, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

Why are the sections collapsed? Also, the contrast between the red background and the text is too slight; see MOS:COLOUR. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 16:07, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

I think you're talking about next infobox (on the right side of this page), but that's not mine. I gave you a link to the template testcase page. Please follow this link to see my redesigned above section of the template. -- Alireza Eskandarpour Shoferi (talk) 16:25, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

I was; I've now put in a "clear" template. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 17:28, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

Thanks Andy. Now, what's your opinion about the redesigned template? -- Alireza Eskandarpour Shoferi (talk) 19:31, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

User groups

Hey Czarkoff, I see you started to add some usergroup specifics, and I kind of like that idea. Would you mind expanding it to include more groups (what I added to my userpage so far). What would be really cool is if there was a way to make a vertical timeline out of the data, but I'll have to mock that up in the sandbox and it will likely need its own toggle parameter so those that (don't) want it can turn it on/off. Once it is ready for use, we can have a discussion if it should be on/off by default. — {{U|Technical 13}} ^{(e • t • c)} 23:27, 11 July 2014 (UTC)

• By "vertical timeline" you mean something like this? It should not be difficult at all, but it has unpleasent loading time and insane server load I guess. — Dmitrij D. Czarkoff (talk•track) 00:07, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

Gender field

Would anyone mind if I changed this to show gender as part of the text rather than just an icon? This template currently provides no way to display a custom value, and that bothers me. I could not find any discussion of this specific point in the archives, though there was some talk about an icon. Alternatively, we could have it show a gender-neutral icon of some sort when a custom value was put in and have the tooltip show the exact text of it. ekips39❦talk 04:47, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

Yes. The template already accepts "o" for "Other". Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:39, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

By "a custom value" I meant being able to display a specific kind of "other", not just other. There are many different kinds of non-binary genders such as genderfluid, agender and bigender, and some people might want to specify those rather than being limited to saying they're non-binary. ekips39❦talk 19:05, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

Ekips39 and Pigsonthewing: I came to comment on this. I would like to see a field for pronouns, as well. = paul2520 21:48, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

Military service

Infobox Wikipedia user

— Wikipedian —
Name	foo
Military career
Allegiance	bar

Is there anyway to embed military service into this infobox? Or can someone make a way for that to be possible? It seems that {{Infobox military person}} can be embedded into {{Infobox person}}, but it doesn't seem to work with this template unfortunately. Freikorp (talk) 12:02, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

Freikorp, not sure what you are asking, seems to work per the example to the right. Frietjes (talk) 01:15, 14 November 2015 (UTC)

Late reply I know, but just for the record yes that is what I was trying to do, I just couldn't figure out how to do it. Cheers. Freikorp (talk) 12:16, 28 September 2016 (UTC)

Account statistics

I may have missed something obvious, but what exactly am I supposed to put in the fields like "reviewer" and "rollbacker" to indicate that i have said permissions? Freikorp (talk) 00:38, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

@Freikorp:, date for permission? Dan Koehl (talk) 00:19, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

Yeah that makes sense. Thanks. Freikorp (talk) 03:59, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

YouTube

Thoughts about changing YouTube link from https://youtube.com/user/ to https://youtube.com/c/, as some channels don't have a /user/, but every channel has a /c/ --Aaron McHale (talk) 23:08, 18 November 2015 (UTC)

@Aaron McHale: It seems indeed that, at least some YouTube channels currently can not be linked using the "|youtube=...", due to automatic redirect to http://www.youtube.com/user/... Nevertheless, simply changing that redirect to https://youtube.com/c/... will not solve the problem: this does not work for at least some YouTube channels, according to my attempts. Unless somebody has more knowledge about what single trail in the URL will allow access to any arbitrary YouTube channel, I suggest that all relevant parameters from Template:YouTube are enabled to be used inside the "|youtube=..." parameter of Template:Infobox Wikipedia user (which is currently not the case, according to my attempts). (Verheyen Vincent (talk) 06:16, 22 July 2016 (UTC))

Semi-protected edit request on 30 January 2016

{{Infobox user . .— .

parents  = 

. . . }} I supoose it would be great if we can add parents attribute also to user infobox.
Vikram Ojha (talk) 07:07, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

It would be great if you edited something other than your user page. At the moment it's ripe for a WP:CSD#U5 speedy deletion. Bazj (talk) 20:51, 2 February 2016 (UTC)

phonemodel?

What does the phonemodel variable do exactly? As far as I can tell, it doesn't really do anything. --MorbidEntree - _{(Talk to me! (っ◕‿◕)っ♥)}^(Contribs)(please reply using {{ping}},^{(unless this is on my own talk page)} otherwise I may not see your reply) 11:17, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

Actually, I looked at the source code of the template and it doesn't seem to be in there at all. Contemplating removing it from the documentation. --MorbidEntree - _{(Talk to me! (っ◕‿◕)っ♥)}^(Contribs)(please reply using {{ping}},^{(unless this is on my own talk page)} otherwise I may not see your reply) 11:21, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

VKontakte

Proposal to add VKontakte in the user infobox. David Aaron ^talk 17:34, 12 October 2016 (UTC)

Add New page reviewer?

Should New page reviewer be added now that it is a permission? I'm not very good with editing templates (infoboxes especially). _{(Please {{Ping}} me to respond)} JTP ^{(talk • contribs)} 23:24, 4 December 2016 (UTC)

Agree @NotTheFakeJTP:, and a couple of more rights should be added. Dan Koehl (talk) 02:15, 31 January 2017 (UTC)

I also suggest possibility to add a couple of project participation also. The danish user infobox has an interesting parameter: | samarbejdspartnere = which translates to cooperation partners. I kind of like that, and think that parameter could eventually stimulate users who share same interest and cooperate, to confirm in writing that they really assist each other. Dan Koehl (talk) 18:35, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 20 February 2017

Add new page reviewer right:
| label91 = [[WP:NPR|New page reviewer]] | data91 = {{{new page reviewer|}}}
I don't know if that's the exact code, but I followed the other listed permissions. JTP ^{(talk • contribs)} 21:41, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

Done Please update the documentation page. — Train2104 (t • c) 22:04, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 16 March 2017 (Please add support for gender parameter)

Please add support for the gender parameter. It's listed in the documentation, but yet it doesn't actually exist. Want to use it on my userpage, but I can't use it due it not being a real parameter. I'd really appreciate it if the gender parameter was added. Also, by parameter, I mean, add a label to the infobox that shows the gender instead of showing just an icon. :) - Kamran Mackey (talk to me · my contributions) 21:44, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

 Not done. The documented gender tag is used to place the user page in the appropriate gender-specific category and display the icon. Nothing in the documentation states that it is used to create a Gender label in the infobox itself. As making this change would change the appearance of any user pages using the |gender= parameter to display the icon, please gain consensus before using the {{edit template-protected}} template. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 14:59, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

If there is consensus, I could add a Gender label with the value {{#switch:{{{gender|}}}|m|male|f|female|o|other=|{{{gender|}}}}}, so it would only show up if it is a value not recognized by the code that produces the icon. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 15:14, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

Ahecht I would love to see your gender label added, because as of right now my gender is not covered by the icon code and I would like to have it displayed in this template. --Devin Murphy (talk) 03:26, 15 May 2017 (UTC)

@KamranMackey, Ahecht, and Realmdee: I support adding this gender label. = paul2520 (talk) 02:59, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

Again, I'm hesitant about potentially changing existing uses of the template. What about adding a new |custom_gender= parameter? --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 14:33, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

Would this allow for a separate Gender line in the infobox, at an appropriate place towards the top? So a user could include a wikilink, if desired? I like how this would enable more flexibility, but I'd like to see input from non-binary people. = paul2520 (talk) 15:52, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

Yes, it would. I mocked it up in the sandbox. I also changed the sandbox version so that if a non-recognized non-blank "gender" value is used, it displays the "other" icon with the specified text displayed in the pop-up (so |gender=agender would display but |gender= would still display no icon). --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 17:26, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

{{Infobox Wikipedia user/sandbox|name=Example User|gender=Other gender value|custom_gender=Custom gender|birthdate={{start date and age|1900|01|01}}|country=United States}}:

Infobox Wikipedia user

— Wikipedian  —
Name	Example User
Born	January 1, 1900 (1900-01-01)
Gender	Custom gender
Country	United States

It looks good to me! As I mentioned in a discussion above, it would be great to have a Pronouns field, as well. The user's preferred gender pronouns could be listed. Would it be possible to add this, too? = paul2520 (talk) 18:28, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

 Done --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 19:36, 18 May 2017 (UTC)

I was wondering if the pronoun field could be changed from saying "Preferred pronoun" to say simply "Pronoun", "Pronouns", or "Pronoun(s)" as some folks like me view our pronouns not as a chose, but rather as the only appropriate one or ones to be used when referring to us. --Devin Kira Murphy (talk) 03:25, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

Are Yahoo profiles (http://profiles.yahoo.com/<username>) still supported?

The template has a field which appears to be intended for a Yahoo profile at the URL http://profiles.yahoo.com/xxxxxxxxxx where xxxxxxxxxx is likely a Yahoo account or profile name. Wikipedia has a number of links to Yahoo profiles for this URL format. At the same time, it appears that a number of these profile links simply generate two HTTP 301 redirects and then a 404 error. On Wikipedia, a list of discontinued Yahoo services and sites mentions a "Yahoo! Profile" service. This Web Applications Stack Exchange question has answers indicating that the functionality at http://profiles.yahoo.com/ was shut down in January 2015. --Elegie (talk) 06:41, 20 June 2017 (UTC)

While I suppose this isn't technically an edit request, I've removed the Yahoo Profiles parameter from the IB. Primefac (talk) 00:03, 21 June 2017 (UTC)

With regard to Yahoo profiles, I was not sure as to whether support for profiles has been completely removed from Yahoo or whether profiles are, for instance, still supported on Yahoo but at a different URL. Removing the field for Yahoo profiles is probably a useful change to the template, particularly for now. --Elegie (talk) 04:44, 21 June 2017 (UTC)

Please use HTTPS for the template's LinkedIn link

The purpose of this edit is to provide increased privacy and security for users by having the template use HTTPS when generating links to LinkedIn. The LinkedIn site appears to support HTTPS; for example, see the page for User:Erik.Bjareholt and the page for User:Sunil_Bhanushali. (From what one understands, accessing a user's LinkedIn page may require signing into or signing up for LinkedIn, but at the same time, HTTPS URLs for LinkedIn user pages are functional.) In the template, please change http://www.linkedin.com/ to https://www.linkedin.com/ instead. Thanks. --Elegie (talk) 05:03, 21 June 2017 (UTC)

done. did ICQ at the same time. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 09:46, 21 June 2017 (UTC)

"Wikipedian" redirect

"Wikipedian" should probably rather redirect to Wikipedia community. Also, per WP:Consistency, I'm not sure the -- around "Wikipedian" is relevant. Chicbyaccident (talk) 12:39, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

Documentation of Contact info

After trial and error I found out that the username (or what's it called different places), just should be entered for some of the entries under Contact info (instead of a link/URL). It would be nice if this was documented somewhere, preferably both in the example and TemplateData (where there is no descriptions at all by the way). Is it documented elsewhere or should I (or someone else who likes to do it) add it? /PatrikN (talk) 02:08, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 2 September 2018

Change

| header74 = {{#if:{{{subpages|}}}|[[Special:Prefixindex/User:{{BASEPAGENAMEE}}|{{BASEPAGENAME}} subpages]]}}

to

| header74 = {{#if:{{{subpages|}}}|[[Special:Prefixindex/User:{{BASEPAGENAMEE}}|{{BASEPAGENAME}}/ subpages]]}}

As at the moment when looking at the Special:Prefixindex for any user, if another user page exists that is an extension of the current user page (i.e. Dreamy Jazz Bot and its subpages show up when looking at the subpages for Dreamy Jazz). Placing a slash after the name of the user will ensure that only that users subpages are shown. Dreamy Jazz 🎷 ^{talk to me | my contributions} 19:36, 2 September 2018 (UTC)

 Done Dreamy Jazz I put the "/" after the first {{BASEPAGENAMEE}} since that actually does what you want Galobtter (pingó mió) 19:44, 2 September 2018 (UTC)

Galobtter Thanks. Dreamy Jazz 🎷 ^{talk to me | my contributions} 20:02, 2 September 2018 (UTC)

Add ZooBank LSID?

How about adding Zoobank ZooBank LSID (identification number) to the template? Or maybe just a field for "Identification"? Dan Koehl (talk) 10:50, 16 September 2018 (UTC)

I made a sandbox test version with Linnean naturalist Carl Peter Thunberg~in order to show how it can look. I guess theres several different identifications that may be of relevance for Wikipedia users, like the present This user is identified to the Wikimedia Foundation. (verify), Committed identity (Template), and others. Dan Koehl (talk) 06:51, 17 September 2018 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 23 November 2018

Add a Discord field to the userbox as many people now are a part of the Wikipeda Discord channel. startTerminal {haha wow talk page | waste_of_space#4023 on discord} 02:43, 23 November 2018 (UTC)

Please be more specific. Where should the new line be placed in the infobox? Should the heading for it link to Discord (software)? Pretend I am a competent editor who doesn't know anything about Discord. Or, better, make the change you want in the template's sandbox. – Jonesey95 (talk) 05:13, 23 November 2018 (UTC)

 Done @StartTerminal: Please update the documentation and TemplateData. Izno (talk) 16:32, 23 November 2018 (UTC)

GitHub to contact section

Should GitHub be added to the template? Do you think you could do that Jc86035? --TheSandDoctor ^Talk 20:41, 22 November 2018 (UTC)

@TheSandDoctor: I've tested this in the sandbox. If that's fine you should be able to paste the changes into the main template (since you're an administrator). Jc86035 (talk) 09:53, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

 Done, thanks Jc86035! I had a feeling of how to do it, but wanted to double check. For future I will be able to do this sort of thing by myself now. Thanks! --TheSandDoctor ^Talk 17:17, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

Edit request 2019-03-06

Please add a parameter and row for the extended confirmed user access level. Qzekrom 💬 ^they_them 03:08, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

@Qzekrom:  Done; I also updated the documentation. Jc86035 (talk) 10:57, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

No ability to mention favourite music?

It is currently possible to mention your favourite movies and shows however not possible to mention your favourite music. Why? –Sullay (Let's talk about it) 05:55, 4 April 2019 (UTC)

Couldn't say why it wasn't there before (maybe no one thought of it), but it's there now. Primefac (talk) 13:11, 4 April 2019 (UTC)

Cheers a bunch! –Sullay (Let's talk about it) 16:58, 4 April 2019 (UTC)

Google+

I noticed there was a space in the infobox for users to place their Google+ account. Since Google+ has been shut down, should it remain an option? I don't know any user with this filled out, but won't the link just send you to a message from Google saying Google+ has been shut down, or do the profiles remain as a "read-only" profile? --Diriector Doc (talk) 13:20, 26 April 2019 (UTC)

It's still available for corporate/G Suite users, so... technically it's still a viable param? That being said, if it's unused I see no issue with removing it. Primefac (talk) 15:48, 26 April 2019 (UTC)

Video games

I vote that a video game field should be added. They're a pretty popular thing, you know. It would be nice to include them, rather than elsewhere on my profile.  GrendelNightmares  (talk) 02:41, 8 May 2019 (UTC)

I think it would be perfectly acceptible to add them under {{{interests}}} as it's own table. Consider this example and it's code:

Infobox Wikipedia user

— Wikipedian —
Interests
Video Games <!-- Your games here -->

{{Infobox Wikipedia user
 | interests =
  {{(!}}
  {{!}}-
  {{!}} '''Video Games''' {{!!}} <!-- Your games here -->
  {{!)}}
}}

It looks identical to the rest of the infobox. Would this be sufficient? --Diriector Doc (talk) 13:28, 8 May 2019 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 16 June 2019

Please wrap automatic categorization into users by gender categories in {{#ifeq:{{{nocat|false}}}|false| ... }}, the same way automatic categorization of location categories is wrapped. —⁠andrybak (talk) 09:57, 16 June 2019 (UTC)

 Done Primefac (talk) 15:31, 16 June 2019 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 12 August 2019

I suggest that the Google+ field from the infobox be removed, since it was shut down in early 2019, and is no longer a platform available to consumers to use. - Kamran Mackey (talk to me · my contributions) 05:26, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

 Not done: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{edit template-protected}} template. if no one objects in the next few days, I'll remove it DannyS712 (talk) 05:38, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

DannyS712, just do you know I've implemented this change, it's the second request to have this parameter removed with no other opposition. Primefac (talk) 14:02, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

@Primefac: thanks - I didn't see the one above DannyS712 (talk) 18:38, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

A 2nd custom header?

Is it possible to add a second custom header? I already used the other one, haha. BenevolentBeast (talk) 18:48, 17 August 2019 (UTC)

By custom header, do you mean title? Could you be more specific? Asking to clear up some ambiguity.--Diriector Doc (talk · contribs) 20:14, 17 August 2019 (UTC)

Literally a second custom header. Currently the template only supports |custom_header=. On the one hand, it is possible to add a second custom header. I'm not sure the usefulness of a second header,though, and I'd wonder where it should be placed; in other words, which two arbitrary custom labels should it be put between? Primefac (talk) 08:49, 18 August 2019 (UTC)

I was thinking of possibly adding nine new custom labels, because if it were to be placed in between one of the existing custom label/data spaces, it might distrupt some users' infobox (though I'm not completely sure). Thank you for all the help. BenevolentBeast (talk) 18:35, 18 August 2019 (UTC)

I'll implement whatever the consensus might be; if there's no further movement I might not add another nine custom labels but I can certainly add a few. Primefac (talk) 18:55, 18 August 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for your consideration! BenevolentBeast (talk) 19:18, 18 August 2019 (UTC)

This might work better:

Infobox Wikipedia user

— Wikipedian —
Foo
Bar
Baz	Qux
Quux	Quuz
Corge
Garply	Grault
Waldo

   {{Infobox Wikipedia user
     | custom_header       = Foo
     | custom_data         = Bar
     | custom_label1       = Baz
     | custom_data1        = Qux
     | custom_label2       = Quux
     | custom_data2        = Quuz
     | custom_data3        = {{Infobox
                               | child   = yes
                               | header1 = Corge
                               | data2   = Grault
                               | label2  = Garply
                               | data3   = Waldo
                             }}
   }}

It would save the hassle of adding more parameters and changing the documentation. Let me know what you think.--Diriector Doc (talk) 22:18, 18 August 2019 (UTC)

Wow, that works perfectly. Thank you for taking the time to come up with this (and sorry I responded so late). BenevolentBeast (talk) 23:16, 22 August 2019 (UTC)

Change links to LinkedIn

It seems the links to LinkedIn don't work anymore. Now I just think it's "https://www.linkedin.com/in/username/". /PatrikN (talk) 01:38, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Is anyone with edit access to this template planning to fix this? The current template code for LinkedIn is:

| label79     = [[LinkedIn]]
| data79      = {{#if:{{{linkedin|}}}|[https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?&name={{urlencode:{{{linkedin}}}}} {{{linkedin}}}]}}

It should be the following instead:

| label79     = [[LinkedIn]]
| data79      = {{#if:{{{linkedin|}}}|[https://www.linkedin.com/in/{{urlencode:{{{linkedin}}}}}/ {{{linkedin}}}]}}

-- Susam Pal (talk) 05:06, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

 Done, but next time use {{TPER}} so non-watchers who are also template-editors can see the request. Primefac (talk) 16:06, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

Image?

I used the infobox, and there is no 'Image' section available. I need to switch to source editing to be able to do it. Is it removed? Or what? GeraldWL 09:35, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

At some point |image= must have been removed from the TemplateData documentation; if it's re-added VE should be able to deal with it. Primefac (talk) 14:02, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

I have re-added the |image= parameter to the infobox's TemplateData. The image parameter should be able to be picked up by the VisualEditor now. - Kamran Mackey (talk to me · my contributions) 18:11, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on June 29, 2020: Remove AIM and G Talk options from the settable infobox fields

This suggestion may break any existing userpages that use these template fields, but due to the two services no longer being available for consumers to use, it would make sense in my opinion if the two options were removed from the available infobox fields. - Kamran Mackey (talk to me · my contributions) 00:10, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

It wouldn't "break" them, just wouldn't appear in the IB. Primefac (talk) 00:16, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

Ah, I'm not entirely educated on how infoboxes work (mainly because I've never created one from scratch myself), but good to know that removal of fields don't break the infobox. - Kamran Mackey (talk to me · my contributions) 00:19, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

As a note, I'm only "not doing" it for the moment because I'd like to wait and see if anyone has any strong opinions about removing it. Will give it a day or two and then implement if no objections. Primefac (talk) 01:35, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

@KamranMackey and Primefac: Which "two services" are being talked about here? Nardog (talk) 23:35, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

AIM and G Talk. Primefac (talk) 23:44, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

Agh, my bad. Nardog (talk) 23:50, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

Is there harm in keeping them? I think they're kinda cute, and they don't attempt to link anywhere. AIM gives me nostalgic warm fuzzies from the 1990s. – Jonesey95 (talk) 00:54, 2 July 2020 (UTC)

I wouldn't say there is any harm in leaving it. Primefac (talk) 00:58, 2 July 2020 (UTC)

I agree. Disclosure of screen names may have purposes outside contemporary use. Nardog (talk) 04:12, 2 July 2020 (UTC)

I unfortunately disagree. Nostalgia isn't entirely a valid reason for leaving fields of shut down services in the infobox. I'd like to think that the infobox is for containing valid fields. Google+ for example was removed from the available infobox fields back when it was first shut down, due to a lack of it simply not being online anymore. AIM / G Talk are no longer important and aren't active anymore. I mean, G Talk's servers may still be active via the XMPP protocol and chat applications supporting said protocol, but the service itself is still inactive and was replaced by Hangouts years ago, so I sadly don't see a point in keeping the fields. Anyways, as a decision was already reached as to whether or not to keep the fields, with the decision being "keep", I will respect the decision as there honestly isn't any harm in keeping them, whether or not the services are active. - Kamran Mackey (talk to me · my contributions) 21:17, 2 July 2020 (UTC)

 Not done please establish consensus for the change first. — xaosflux ^Talk 18:12, 2 July 2020 (UTC)

Change link of "Wikipedian."

Below our name is the word "Wikipedian," which somehow links to Wikipedia, when its supposed to link to Wikipedian. I suggest changing the link. GeraldWL 16:44, 25 July 2020 (UTC)

Should it link to Wikipedia:Wikipedians? Primefac (talk) 17:56, 26 July 2020 (UTC)

I think Wikipedia:Wikipedians is better, yes. --Diriector_Doc├─────┤^Talk_Contribs 18:47, 26 July 2020 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 27 August 2020

The {{{youtube}}} parameter is outdated: it links to "/user/{{{youtube}}}" even though that usage has been deprecated by YouTube. The "/user" part should be remove as YouTube redirects everything accordingly.  Nixinova   T   C   08:15, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

 Done Primefac (talk) 15:03, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

Suggestion to move Aliases to Lead Information

"Aliases" should go under "Contact" or "Lead Information" rather than under "Hobbies, favorites and beliefs". TheQuietLon3r (talk) 18:26, 26 September 2020 (UTC)