Template talk:Infobox organization

Unknown parameters "leader_title5" and "leader_name5"

Hello, all.

I was trying to set up this infobox on International Animated Film Association and I got a message that these two parameters are unknown. I copied the template from the documentation page, which does show these as valid parameters in the table - were these removed at some point and we need to update the documentation? Or is there an error in the template? ~ Matthewrb ^{Let's connect · Here to help} 16:14, 6 November 2024 (UTC)

Those unsupported parameters were added to the documentation incorrectly in 2023 by Hossam Azab. Editors sometimes do this when they do not understand how templates implement parameters. I have removed them from the documentation. – Jonesey95 (talk) 13:40, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

Sounds good, thank you for looking into that! ~ Matthewrb ^{Let's connect · Here to help} 04:00, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

I'm guessing the "President" field is the same thing, which is why I'm getting an "unknown parameter" warning when I try to use it? RoySmith (talk) 21:43, 16 November 2024 (UTC)

Yes. Removed. – Jonesey95 (talk) 03:40, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

A small flaw, a request to fix it if possible, and a request to move a date

Greetings and felicitations. First, when a leader_name is followed by a leader_title, and the leader_name field includes a reference, the result is "John Doe^[1], Title", which is a violation of MOS:CITEPUNCT. The format should be "John Doe,^[1] Title", and I'm wondering if this can be fixed, possibly by somehow moving the comma to the leader_name name field, but before any <ref> tags and embedded templates? I realize that this is likely difficult, for a small gain.

Second (reposted from 16 July 2023), I find the placement of |(year)= (e.g. staff (year)) under the field's title (as in the article OnPoint NYC) to be confusing. Would it possible to place the year fields on the same line as the |[something] number= fields, separated by a space? (I don't have the knowledge to make a specific edit request, and am also wondering how other people feel about this, thus this type of post.) —DocWatson42 (talk) 15:18, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

Please link to an affected article for the first problem. I don't see a comma in those parameters in the infobox code. If the reference and the comma are in the same parameter value as the name, the article itself needs to be fixed.

I have fixed the second problem. That formatting was non-standard. – Jonesey95 (talk) 03:46, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for the second item. As for the first, I'm having trouble finding an example, for which I'm sorry. I will keep looking, and post any that I find. —DocWatson42 (talk) 06:21, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

I found one—see the "Agency executives" in Drug Enforcement Administration. —DocWatson42 (talk) 14:37, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

That article is using {{Infobox law enforcement agency}}, not this infobox. There are built-in commas in the infobox code, so possible fixes in this case are to move the reference to |chief1position= or to move the reference to where the person is mentioned in the body of the article, per MOS:INFOBOXREF. – Jonesey95 (talk) 15:58, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

I'm sorry—I just assumed that Template:Infobox organization was the parent template for "Infobox law enforcement agency". As for the commas, I was hoping there is some sort of logic of an "If _ then _ else" in the template that could be implemented to take care of variations. —DocWatson42 (talk) 04:37, 21 November 2024 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 19 November 2024

SAZED SHALUK (talk) 15:21, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

There is no post such as Secretary General rather a member secretary in new interim convening committee

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. – Jonesey95 (talk) 15:55, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Request to seperate out "Main Organ" and "Publication"

Requesting that the |main_organ= be seperated from |publication= and allow both concurrently to be used within an infobox.

Currently they are bundled together as being a single para meant to represent "Organization's principal body (assembly, committee, board) or publication". As it stands that "or" is doing a fair bit of heavy lifting. The governing/principal body of an organisation is very different to a publication of such an organisation, with many organisations indeed having both a governing body, and an associated publication Bejakyo (talk) 03:08, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

 Completed. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 11:34, 23 November 2024 (UTC)

Edit request 3 December 2024

Description of suggested change: For the parameter "staff_year" can it be changed back to the way it used to work, i.e. displaying the year on the left side of the infobox - exactly the same way as "volunteers_year", "revenue_year", "budget_year", etc. It seems very odd for this one parameter to have been changed to work differently. Thanks. --10mmsocket (talk) 08:31, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

I think they should all be moved to the right side, where the rest of the parameter values live. See {{Infobox organization/testcases}}. – Jonesey95 (talk) 14:56, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

TBH that's a much better solution. 10mmsocket (talk) 15:13, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

I have made the changes to the live template. Please report any problems here. Thanks for pointing out this inconsistency. – Jonesey95 (talk) 19:56, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. The "Expenses" line is showing an error. 10mmsocket (talk) 21:12, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

Fixed. – Jonesey95 (talk) 16:03, 5 December 2024 (UTC)