Template talk:Infobox Wikipedia user

Bug - Internal links in "Alignment" Parameter

This parameter is set to inlink to the relevant article. When the alignment "neutral good" is entered, the link is erroneously set to Neutral good (Economics), rather than Alignment (Dungeons & Dragons)#Neutral good.

I am not sure whether a similar error is reproduced with any other inputs. Doughbo (talk) 22:55, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

It shouldn't. Where do you see this happening? Primefac (talk) 11:04, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 28 May 2024

Please add Edit filter helper to the account statistics above Edit filter manager. Code should be something like:

| label103     = [[Wikipedia:Edit filter helper|{{color|{{{fontcolor|}}}|Edit filter helper}}]]
| data103      = {{{edit_filter_helper|}}}

Nobody (talk) 07:44, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

 Done Primefac (talk) 12:19, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

Thanks Primefac, I've gone ahead and updated the documentation with the addition. If you have the time please check if I did it right. Nobody (talk) 12:41, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

Seems okay. Primefac (talk) 12:56, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

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)

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)