Template talk:Infobox Wikipedia user

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Why is "blood type" a parameter?

I see no reason to have this as a parameter for the infobox. Why is it there? QuicoleJR (talk) 13:38, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Also, I'm not sure if having a parameter for politics is a good idea. It could get really controversial. QuicoleJR (talk) 13:41, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Here's a list of user pages that use the blood_type parameter. Maybe ask one of them? – Joe (talk) 13:45, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Looking at the userpages, it seems like everyone who uses this parameter uses all of them, which probably means something. QuicoleJR (talk) 13:57, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I suspect it has something to do with blood type personality theory. Primefac (talk) 14:22, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Video games" parameter

Hi everyone, I am attempting to revive a discussion previously posted on this talk page (now found in Archive 2) on 29 April 2022 by @SlySabre:. We think it would be a good idea to include a "video games" parameter in this infobox. Does anyone else agree? Does anyone disagree? Lotsw73 (talk) 12:27, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

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

Template-protected edit request on 28 May 2024

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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)[reply]

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

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)[reply]

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

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]