Template talk:Infobox Wikipedia user

broken: doesn't show gender, etc.

I set 'nocat=false' but it still doesn't show my 'gender' which I'm also wondering if using 'custom_gender' I can change that field's name to 'sex'? Category names aren't proper nouns and as such shouldn't be capitalized (ungrammatical). AIM was shutdown years ago and ICQ was earlier this season.--dchmelik☀️🦉🐝🐍(talk|contrib) 05:03, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

At User:Dchmelik, you have |gender= commented out, so this template uses your Preferences to show the gender icon; it appears that you have selected "Use masculine terms when possible". There is no parameter |sex=, but there are custom labels, so you could do something like |custom_label1=Sex and |custom_data1=Owl. As for category names, I don't see any inappropriate capitalization in the category names assigned by this template, but if you list the exact category names that you think are wrong, we can take a look.

One more thing: it appears that somehow you got a pipe character (the vertical bar) into your signature. You need to replace that with | as soon as possible; having that character in your signature can break pages. – Jonesey95 (talk) 05:15, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. It's not commented out... at least I don't see any HTML comment-out when editing... any commenting out (I can't see viewing my user page sourcecode) is a result of the template design automatically commenting out gender and location unless you set 'nocate=false', as stated in the template and above (but didn't work). They're all wrong other than ones that are proper names (none) or titles (I wrote 'maybe' after, because may depend on where/how they're used), or acronyms, namely the following aren't proper nouns/names so are bad grammar to capitalize (any normal British schoolkid knows this well before age 12): name, born, name in real life, gender, pronouns, nationality, country, current location, languages, time zone, current time, ethnicity, race, height, weight, hair, eyes, handedness, blood type, sexuality, personality type, alignment, family and friends, marital status, spouse, girlfriend, boyfriend, children, siblings, parents, pets, education and employment, occupation, employer, education, primary school, intermediate school, high school, college, university, classes, 'hobbies, favourites and beliefs', hobbies, religion, politics, aliases, movies, shows, books, music, interests, contact info, website, blog, email, account statistics, joined, first edit, autoconfirmed, extended confirmed, Account Creator (maybe), autopatrolled, File Mover (maybe), New Page Reviewer (maybe), Page Mover (maybe), Pending Changes Reviewer (maybe), Rollbacker (maybe), Template Editor (maybe), Edit Filter Helper (maybe), Edit Filter Manager (maybe), Administrator (maybe), Bureaucrat (maybe), CheckUser (maybe), Oversighter (maybe, but if these titles are capitalized it should be all/both their words), edit count, permissions, signature, userboxes.--dchmelik☀️🦉🐝🐍(talk|contrib) 05:57, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

With respect to capitalization, it sounds like you are talking about the labels in the infobox, not any categories that are assigned by the infobox. Infobox labels always have their first letter capitalized on Wikipedia and are rendered in bold. – Jonesey95 (talk) 14:00, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

I am also noticed it does not show gender in the infobox,but it did add me into the category....it also does not show at all custom detail UnsungHistory (talk) 16:19, 5 November 2024 (UTC)

The |gender= parameter is explained in the documentation. – Jonesey95 (talk) 14:55, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 10 September 2024

Remove icq, aim and gtalk since they no longer exist. I don't know if the mac thing exists. Frap (talk) 18:42, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{Edit template-protected}} template. I'd prefer it if we kept them for the purpose of preserving old user pages. What do we gain by removing these parameters? —⁠andrybak (talk) 18:50, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

Okay, makes sense that you want to keep them for the purpose of preserving old user pages. We make it easier on new users by removing them so it is simplier and doesn't contain so many irrelevant parameters that are of no use. Perhaps you could keep the parameters but remove them from the template documentation? -- Frap (talk) 19:59, 21 September 2024 (UTC)

Editor Frap, the /doc page is unprotected, but rather than remove unneeded parameters from it, you could label them as deprecated and no longer used. Other editors who see that they still persist in the template code will then understand why they are still there. Wouldn't that be better? P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 05:21, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

Thank you. I've edited the /doc page set some paramaters as deprecated. Frap (talk) 10:08, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

Happy to help, and thank you! P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 13:47, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

Edit request 21 September 2024 - games property

Description of suggested change: There are parameters for movies, music and books, so I was thinking perhaps there could be a parameter for games? Frap (talk) 20:02, 21 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{Edit template-protected}} template. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 00:09, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

RFC: Add "games" parameter

There are parameters for movies, music and books, so I was thinking perhaps there could be a parameter for games? Frap (talk) 10:12, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

I'm going to BOLDly remove the RFC tag. Ahecht, this is a user-facing template and likely doesn't need to get consensus for what appears to be a relatively minor change. Unless someone can come up with some opposition to the request above, I'd say we should just do it. Primefac (talk) 11:42, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

@Primefac: Fair enough. I usually don't answer Infobox edit requests for additional fields without consensus, but I can see how this could be a special case. I've marked the request as unanswered so another template editor can feel free to pick it up. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 15:10, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

 Done Sohom (talk) 04:19, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

Add partner parameter?

Hi, I'm in a relationship with someone who is also a girlfriend, but the term is a little restricting. Can "| partner =" be added? Between either spouse/girlfriend or boyfriend/children. Carlinal (talk) 21:31, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

Why is it important to share this information on Wikipedia? – Joe (talk) 08:34, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

Why not? Carlinal (talk) 12:12, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

Joe, I'm sorry, I must've acted a little rude. I just woke up then and had to rush to work that morning, so I'll elaborate. The proposed parameter probably wouldn't be any different compared to the rest of the family and friends section in the template. But it wouldn't be much of the same either. Partner is a unisex term and has a different weight compared to girlfriend or wife, and while my personal perspective isn't a good initial reason (gotta be impersonal, I think), the suggested term best suits the current relationship I'm in.

As for importance...this is about as important as posting my favorite video games. The detail I'm requesting is tiny for whatever average size a userpage can be. But I don't see why I shouldn't ask over something like this considering how personable a lotta userpages are and can be. And to kill the question; last time a partner parameter was asked was in 2012. More than needs a revisit. Maybe this parameter is so minor I shouldn't have made a section here and just edit the template. But said template is too common, I don't think DIYing would work, and some consensus would always be more appropriate.

In a personal sense, I'm not braggadocious with my current relationship at all. (Though I admit to being incredibly happy. Young love!) I try to keep my ego low and my responsibility high. But my partner's influence on me as an editor is such that I feel it remiss to not credit her properly, even if it's just a tiny shout-out. We're also pretty open books, and responsibly-added personal details on this website aren't uncommon. That's it. Carlinal (talk) 01:20, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

It would take us from four parameters about an editor's relationship status to five, and as you say all of them are as utterly irrelevant to Wikipedia editing as what video games you like. And how many gradations are enough? Do we need friend-with-benefits, levirate-concubine, and estranged-spouse? If I understand correctly, your problem with the current template is that it does not reflect the precise nature of your relationship. A better solution to that problem than adding one more parameter is to remove the other four, and with them the idea that the precise nature of your relationship is something that needs to be reflected on your user page. – Joe (talk) 07:44, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

So much chatter without looking at the code. The |partner= parameter was already present as an alias for |spouse= (possibly since 2010). I have adjusted the code so that the label "Partner" will be shown when that parameter is used instead of |spouse=. – Jonesey95 (talk) 15:00, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

Huh. Well, consider my comments as partially from a novice then.

As for Joe, I don't mean to overcomplicate things, and maybe a generalization of the relationship parameters would've been better. But I don't see any other need for a change after Jonesey's comment. I'll be on my way now. Carlinal (talk) 15:11, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

Not working

I am trying to insert an infobox for myself on my user page and copy-pasting all that code is not working UnsungHistory (talk) 21:29, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

What's not working? It seems to be showing properly on the page. Primefac (talk) 13:03, 5 November 2024 (UTC)

@Primefac, That is because i used a different method to insert it,the tool "Insert" in edit mode rather then copying and pasting wikitext,i resorted to that,but how come the wikitext is not working....vandalism?a glitch? UnsungHistory (talk) 16:23, 5 November 2024 (UTC)

@UnsungHistory, you seem to be using Visual editor. To insert a template (such as Template:Infobox Wikipedia user), please follow the instructions at Help:VisualEditor#Editing templates.

If you want to copy-paste the sample wikitext from template's documentation, you're going to need to use the source editor (opposite of the Visual editor). —⁠andrybak (talk) 16:53, 5 November 2024 (UTC)

Okay.... but it has worked before on visual editor.... UnsungHistory (talk) 16:57, 5 November 2024 (UTC)

Is there an option to make this template use American English

The template is on my profile but at one point it says "Hobbies, favourites and beliefs", which is correct in both spelling and grammar in British English, but I want to change it to "Hobbies, favorites, and beliefs", since that is correct in American English. BombCraft8 ^{(talk) (contributions)} 15:36, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

Reworded to avoid the matter entirely. Primefac (talk) 16:50, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

Ok. However, the template doesn't use the Oxford comma after "interests" and I wish it did BombCraft8 ^{(talk) (contributions)} 23:36, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

It does now. Primefac (talk) 12:49, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

tysm BombCraft8 ^{(talk) (contributions)} 16:13, 12 November 2024 (UTC)