Template:Pronoun editnotice/doc

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Usage[edit]

This template may be used as an editnotice to alert editors that the subject of the article goes by certain gender pronouns. It is intended for biographies of transgender or non-binary people. See MOS:GENDERID for the relevant guidelines.

The template directs users to the article's talk page to gain consensus rather than pronoun-warring, in the hope that this will divert some amount of mainspace disruption. If there is a concern that this will do more harm than good, set the talk-link parameter to no to suppress that sentence.

Examples[edit]

{{pronoun notice
 |she/her
 |source = http://www.latimes.com/article_title
}}
{{pronoun notice
 |they/them or he/him
 |consistency=they/them
 |source = http://twitter.com/tweet
 |discussion = Talk:Example#Is this tweet a reliable source for pronouns?
 |talk-link = no <!-- frequent talkpage trolling -->
}}

Parameters[edit]

The first parameter in this table is required and the template will fail without it. All the other parameters are optional.

Parameter(s) Values Notes
  • First positional parameter (optionally |1=)
The pronoun or pronouns that the subject goes by For example, "they/them"
  • Second positional parameter (optionally |2=)
  • |source=
A URL for a source showing usage or preference by the subject
  • |discussion=
A link to a discussion among editors concluding that these are the correct pronouns. Just the link, not surrounding square brackets or pipe.

Useful especially for when no one crystal-clear source exists for the pronouns being used, but rather it has been inferred by editors.

  • |deceased=
  • yes
  • no (default)
If set to yes, will refer to the subject in the past tense.
  • |consistency=
A single set of pronouns used consistently in the article. For cases where a subject takes multiple sets of pronouns, but an editoral decision has been made to use one in particular.
  • |talk-link=
  • yes (default)
  • no
If set to no, suppresses the sentence "Please do not change these pronouns without a consensus on the talk page."

Categories[edit]

Editnotice pages that include this template are automatically added to Category:Pages with pronoun editnotice.

TemplateData[edit]

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Pronoun editnotice in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Pronoun editnotice

This template may be used as an editnotice to alert editors that the subject of the article goes by certain gender pronouns. It is intended for biographies of transgender or non-binary people.

Template parameters

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
Pronouns1

The pronoun or pronouns that the subject goes by

Suggested values
they/them she/her he/him
Example
they/them
Linerequired
Source2 source

URL for a source showing usage or preference by the subject

URLsuggested
Talkpage linktalk-link

If set to "no", suppresses the sentence "Please do not change these pronouns without a consensus on the talk page"

Suggested values
no
Default
yes
Booleanoptional
deceaseddeceased

Whether or not the subject is deceased

Default
no
Booleanoptional
consistencyconsistency

The set of pronouns the article has chosen to use for consistency, for use when the subject uses multiple pronouns

Suggested values
they/them she/her he/him
Unknownoptional
discussiondiscussion

Link to the discussion establishing the pronoun choice

Page nameoptional

See also[edit]