Template talk:Infobox football biography

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Short description

Why is the short description for this template "Rugby player"? Senior Captain Thrawn (talk) 16:15, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Senior Captain Thrawn: Because in the documentation, an example is given for the use of this template embedding/embedded in {{Infobox rugby biography}}. That rugby infobox automatically adds a short description if none is present, hence it gets added to this page. This could be fixed by adding a short description to Template:Infobox football biography/doc, or preventing {{Infobox rugby biography}} from adding short descriptions outside the mainspace. S.A. Julio (talk) 02:59, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request 8 September 2024

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Description of suggested change: Can add transfer money and assists?

Hainotdeptrai (talk) 03:23, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Can you add transfer money and assists to complete player information Hainotdeptrai (talk) 03:24, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You need to gain consensus for these changes first. From memory, including assists has been proposed before but rejected. It is probably worth making the proposals at WT:FOOTY for greater visibility. Cheers, Number 5 7 04:00, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Proposal

Can we add a nickname section to the infobox? I think if politicians and other figures have nicknames in their infoboxes (e.g Scomo) then so should soccer players (e.g CR7). Schestos (talk) 12:26, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No, this is a silly idea. Footballer nicknames are trivial and fan-led. Giant Snowman 14:41, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Norman 'Bites Yer Legs' Hunter ([1]). --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 16:49, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not always, some are used by players. Schestos (talk) 22:38, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]