Template talk:User COI

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On 2 September 2023, it was proposed that this page be moved to Template:User COI. The result of the discussion was Moved.

Bolding[edit]

I think that "conflict of interest" should be bolded, rather than "publicly declared". I'll make the change shortly if there are no objections. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 07:10, 27 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'd actually like to make some changes to the wording, too. It's currently This user has made a public declaration indicating that they have a conflict of interest with regard to the following Wikipedia article: X. I think it can be simplified to This user has publicly declared that they have a conflict of interest with the Wikipedia article X or, for multiple articles, This user has publicly declared that they have a conflict of interest with these Wikipedia articles: X Y Z. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 07:20, 27 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Code at Template:UserboxCOI/sandbox, with testcases showing no issues. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 08:32, 30 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Done. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 22:22, 30 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding pronouns in the userbox[edit]

Hi, I wanted to ask about this use of pronouns on this userbox template. I don’t see anything in the source code that replaces “they” with “he” or “she”, (e.g. this user is declaring he has a COI), but I’ve seen the change in action when I placed the userbox on my page. Is the ubx on the documentation page simply transcluded and outdated, or does the template replace g/n pronouns where possible? I don’t have much knowledge in regards to template editing, so I’d appreciate the clarification. Nordberg21205 (talk) 03:00, 28 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Nordberg21205, in the source code, there's Template:They have, which dynamically changes the text based on a user's gender, as indicated in their preferences. I hope that helps; feel free to lmk if you have any further questions! {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 08:06, 30 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 2 September 2023[edit]

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: Moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) SilverLocust 💬 22:12, 9 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Template:UserboxCOI → Template:User COI – Per WP:UBXNS, userboxes in template space should be prefixed by "User". CLYDE ^{TALK TO ME}/_{STUFF DONE} 16:54, 2 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nom.

Millows! | 🪧 17:39, 5 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Template-protected edit request on 9 September 2023[edit]

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Please move Template:UserboxCOI → Template:User COI per the above requested-move discussion. (No special page-mover stuff required.) SilverLocust 💬 22:19, 9 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done SWinxy (talk) 04:32, 10 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]