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Archive 15 | ← | Archive 18 | Archive 19 | Archive 20 | Archive 21 | Archive 22 | → | Archive 25 |
Note: It has been requested to review the closure which is the subject of this RfC, see the
pertaining thread at AN.
Kraxler (
talk) 16:12, 27 February 2015 (UTC) Withdrawn.
Kraxler (
talk) 14:02, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
An RfC
Template_talk:Infobox_officeholder/Archive_18#RfC_on_successor.2Fpredecessor_where_a_district_is_not_reasonably_viewed_as_the_same_after_redistricting was closed with "Consensus is reasonably clear that successor or predecessor should not be used in infoboxes where significant redistricting has taken place. Useitorloseit did raise a valid concerns about POV over what level of redistricting is needed to render these parameters unusable" on 28 June 2014
The RfC asked: Where the use of "same district number" is used for determining "predecessor" and "successor" n any office, but where the area is so altered as to make such a "predecessor" or "successor" of little or no biographical value, should the infobox be deprecated for such redistricting changes?
An RfC Template_talk:Infobox_officeholder#RfC_Congressmen.27s_tenures_in_infoboxwas closed with "Consensus is in favour, but the group expressing opinion is small given the breadth of scope and the arguments against are rather strong, so it is hard to call this anything other than a vote in favour rather than an actual consensus. I advise against wholesale implementation of any decision and instead advocate a limited trial with examples proposed by opposers to see just how workable it is or is not in practice, with real-world examples" on 25 February 2015.
The RfC contains In the infobox of a US representative, the tenure should not be split if the person has been continuously sitting in Congress, disregarding the redistricted numbers. The predecessor and/or successor should show the actual previous or next officeholder, if the subject defeated/was defeated by the other person, or succeeded/was succeeded without redistricting. In all other cases, the parameter should be omitted. If the representative is still sitting, "currently representing the Xth District" should be added.
Did the second RfC close invalidate or void in any way any part of the prior RfC? Does the wording of the second RfC imply or state in any way that the prior RfC would be voided or invalidated? Would edits made incompliance with the first RfC close be properly voided or invalidated or properly changed under the second RfC close? Collect ( talk) 16:44, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
This arose as a result of [1] made in accord with first RfC, [2] with edit summary changed box under instructions from the closing rationale at Template talk:Infobox officeholder#RfC Congressmen's tenures in infobox my edit [3] your claim that the extant RfC was voided is exceedingly weak and finally the piece de resistance [4] see talk page, this was done according to the expressly stated instructions in the closing rationale, one more revert and the thing goes to ANI, directly. Frankly if this is the modus operandi anticipated by the closer, I would be quite amazed. If this was the actual original intent of the RfC proposer above, I urge that we state here and now that it fails as a method of editing on Wikipedia. Collect ( talk) 16:44, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
Note The above RfC has become moot with the proposal, and informal adoption, of the format shown here below, in the next thread. Please do not add any comments here, discuss (if necessary) below. Kraxler ( talk) 13:13, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
We need the field "other_names". Women have their maiden names or a different surname if they were married more than once. Men may be known as "W.W. Smith" or "William W. Smith" or "W. Wallace Smith". -- Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) ( talk) 19:53, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
When any of the order (order2, etc.) fields are filled in, I find that double square brackets print around the following office name (see Jerome Wiesner). (They don't appear if order is left blank.) I can't think of any good reason why this would be desired behavior, so I think it's a hack. Am I correct? JustinTime55 ( talk) 14:19, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
|order=
is used in conjunction with |office=
to state that the officeholder is the nth holder of the office, for example "2nd President of Mauritius". If |order=
is not specified, the value of |office=
can be
wikilinked in the usual way, for example, "[[Ministry of Defence (Singapore)|Minister for Defence]]
". However, if |order=
is specified together with |office=
, the value of |office=
is automatically linked to a Wikipedia article of the same name, whether such an article exists or not. Wikilinking cannot be used to redirect the link elsewhere, but a
piped link can be created like this: "Ministry of Defence (Singapore){{!}}Minister for Defence
" (note that the double square brackets have been omitted)."
Ebonelm (
talk) 14:41, 12 March 2015 (UTC)|title=
if the wikilinking is a problem.
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talk) 16:54, 12 March 2015 (UTC)This
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For some reason, this template links to the office only when an order is specified. For example, if the parameter 'office' is set to 'President of the United States' and the parameter 'order' is set to '44th', the office will be linked, but if the order is not specified it wont be. This is really inconvenient when the office is something like 'Member of Parliament for Morley and Outwood', because there most likely won't be a page for the office of the MP from that specific constituency, and nor should there be. I think it would be better if this whole feature was removed, but that would require manually adding links to hundreds of pages with this infobox, so instead I request that a parameter be added to turn this off, such as 'links' which could be set to no. Liam987 (talk) 18:05, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
Member of Parliament{{!}}Member of Parliament for Morley and Outwood
". While of course I understand that the example you gave may only be a hypothetical it is worth pointing out that for members of the British Parliament the order function isn't really appropriate due to changing boundaries, bye-elections etc. which makes listing the order of the office held irrelevant and mildly misleading.
Ebonelm (
talk) 18:53, 15 March 2015 (UTC)I started a version based on {{ infobox}}, now in the sandbox. it still requires more extensive testing, but should be ready soon. Frietjes ( talk) 17:56, 30 January 2015 (UTC)
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Currently, {{{honoric_suffix}}}
is displayed between {{{name}}}
and {{{native_name}}}
fields, leading to a semantically correct but rather ugly result (see
here). To fix the display style,
some editors repeatedly roll the {{{native_name}}}
into the {{{name}}}
field which semantically however isn't optimal. I therefore propose switching the two parameters and slightly adjusting the latter in size, as accomplished in the template's
sandbox.
Regards, --
PanchoS (
talk) 18:24, 22 March 2015 (UTC)
There are perennial complaints that First Ladies are not officeholders and that their infoboxes should not have a legend of 'In office' above the dates. For the latest such posts see Talk:Nancy Reagan#"In office"? but there have been a number of other such complaints over the years. In most respects the officeholder infobox template is appropriate, since First Ladies have start and end dates, predecessors and successors, and so on. But the position is really more of a role than an office. Therefore, this is a request to change {{ Infobox First Lady}} such that it has a legend of 'In role' rather than 'In office'. Thanks. Wasted Time R ( talk) 14:17, 3 May 2015 (UTC)
|officeX=
parameters.
Frietjes (
talk) 14:47, 9 May 2015 (UTC)
|officeX=
parameters.
Frietjes (
talk) 16:30, 10 May 2015 (UTC)
Started a discussion regarding part of the MoS, and concerning the use of links within this infobox template at the Village pump. Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)#RfC: Should the holder of a political office be linked within an infobox more than once (i.e. as the successor), when they have already been linked (e.g. as the vice president, predecessor, lieutenant, etc.)?. — Godsy( TALK CONT) 07:47, 21 May 2015 (UTC)
I notice that infobox officeholder does not support the parameter death_cause. Is this an oversight? Infobox person does support it. Seems like an interesting and relevant data point. - Kzirkel ( talk) 10:50, 23 May 2015 (UTC)
I attempted to use the "ward" parameter but it seems like it's been removed? Per /info/en/?search=Template_talk:Infobox_officeholder/Archive_15#Ward it was agreed that it would be added, but it doesn't work when I try. I'm trying to use it to add to the infoboxes on the new batch of UK MPs who were previously local councillors, and ward is more accurate than councillor. Any help? LaSeandre ( talk) 21:01, 24 May 2015 (UTC)
Many veteran politicians have cabinet positions held included in this infobox. In many cases this makes the infobox, in my opinion, extremely and unnecessarily long for the articles (see for example Lloyd Axworthy, Jean Chretien, Lou Hyndman, etc). I think mention in the prose of the article as well as in navboxes is sufficient for this - I'm wondering if there's any other views on this? Connormah ( talk) 13:53, 4 May 2015 (UTC)
I have started an RfC regarding how spouse names should appear in biography infoboxes. I am notifying here because discussion that prompted the RfC was on Talk:Bill Clinton. You can find the discussion at Template_talk:Infobox_person#RfC:_Spouse_parameter. Thank you. EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{ re}} 20:58, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
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In Australia, the title of Governor-General has a hyphen in it, yet in this infobox it appears as "Governor General". Is it possible for it to be fixed? AtHomeIn神戸 ( talk) 01:46, 1 July 2015 (UTC)
|governor-general=
hyphenated. Happy endeavours!
Alakzi (
talk) 13:06, 6 July 2015 (UTC){{Infobox officeholder|governor_general=Abc}}
→
Infobox officeholder/Archive 20 | |
---|---|
Governor General | Abc |
{{Infobox officeholder|governor-general=Def}}
→
Infobox officeholder/Archive 20 | |
---|---|
Governor‑General | Def |
Pls. see Hasnain Mirza. What's wrong? - üser:Altenmann >t 22:38, 16 August 2015 (UTC)
Would it be possible for someone to add a cause of death section in the person info bit of the infobox (|death_cause = is used in infobox person) please?
Thanks,
Gotha☭ Talk 15:06, 27 August 2015 (UTC)
Gotha☭ Talk 15:06, 27 August 2015 (UTC)
Hi, I noticed some recent changes in the font size of the field "native name" and for the Chinese language this renders the text unreadable (or at least, too small) on some platforms. Could whoever made this change kindly revert it, or make a setting to increase the size of Chinese text? Not sure if user @ Zanhe: finds this change equally unappealing. 21:47, 28 August 2015 (UTC)
Could someone please respond to this item? Colipon+( Talk) 19:02, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
Propose adding new personal property to template.
twitter = { { twitter | account } } as an optional property in the personal section for Office holders / MPs to allow links to their verified accounts, which often are highly active and relevant.
PoliticalSocialMediaLink ( talk) 00:30, 19 September 2015 (UTC)
See article Barbara Snelling. The info box officeholder nearly duplicates the info in the succession boxes. The bio is short and the article looks a bit silly as a result. IMO, the duplicate material in the info box should be rm. Shorten the info box information for readability. Detracts from the article and renders the succession boxes irrelevant IMO. This should be worked out as a policy for all officeholders IMO. Student7 ( talk) 15:25, 10 November 2015 (UTC)
Could someone add a "notes" parameter to this infobox such as the one in Template:Infobox military conflict? There's currently a "footnotes" parameter here, but the style is different from "notes" in that the former does not have a line separating it from the rest of the infobox. It doesn't seem like a controversial request, and I would've added the parameter myself, but I cannot figure out how to. -- Al Ameer ( talk) 04:34, 24 November 2015 (UTC)
What do you do with an officeholder-elect who is taking office where there's no particular person being succeeded? The specific use case I'm asking about is for
David Wecht, who was elected to one of three vacant seats on the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. I've looked and it doesn't appear that the seats are designated in terms easily convertible to predecessor/successor. Is there a way to do essentially what the succeeding
parameter does without naming a predecessor to come? —/
Mendaliv/
2¢/
Δ's/ 01:44, 21 December 2015 (UTC)
There is an RfC at Template talk:Infobox#RfC: Religion in infoboxes concerning what What should be allowed in the religion entry in infoboxes. Please join the discussion and help us to arrive at a consensus on this issue. -- Guy Macon ( talk) 19:39, 2 January 2016 (UTC)
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|predecessor = Barack Obongo change to Barack Obama
198.0.237.251 ( talk) 23:40, 16 January 2016 (UTC)
I was bold and deleted Elizabeth II from the infoboxes of the Welsh & Scottish First Ministers. I did this so they would be consistent with the Northern Irish First Ministers & deputy First Ministers. GoodDay ( talk) 22:35, 17 January 2016 (UTC)
A recent RfC about the use of this template requires some more input - especially as it is in a politically difficult area ---- Snowded TALK 11:12, 26 December 2015 (UTC)
If we're going to continue to include the monarch in the infoboxes of English, Scottish & Welsh politicians? Then we must continue to do so for Northern Irish politicians. AFAIK, Northern Ireland is still a part of the United Kingdom, just like England, Scotland & Wales. GoodDay ( talk) 14:27, 27 December 2015 (UTC)
No reason has been given for making NI infoboxes, or other monarchy infoboxes, different from others. We routinely provide the head of state in a politician infobox, regardless of the country and regardless of the political system. Consider Dick Cheney, who was US defense secretary (that section of his infobox lists Bush Sr, who appointed him) and US vice president (that section of his infobox lists Bush Jr, with whom he served). Or consider Junichirō Koizumi, whose infobox includes Emperor Akihito, who doesn't have any powers, even nominally. Or consider Joseph Boakai, whose infobox lists current President Sirleaf. And on and on and on...there's no reason to remove this field from the NI politicians' infoboxes when the same setup is used with politicians worldwide. Nyttend ( talk) 23:48, 27 December 2015 (UTC)
There's nothing wrong with the status quo. The argument is that the Monarch did not appoint the NI officials. However, that argument has no grounds, as the template does not have the monarch as appointer. GoodDay ( talk) 14:01, 28 December 2015 (UTC)
OK I see four in favour of a change to Head of State from Monarch/President? No opposes and Ouime23 not responding to the specific question. If that is the case we can make the request and then go through the UK articles to get them all in line. ---- Snowded TALK 23:05, 28 December 2015 (UTC)
Well, if we've participants refusing to recognise the nature of Northern Ireland or the nuanced compromise that nature requires, who am I to agree to one? Striking earlier support for compromise. Remove what is in any case a non-compulsory field, per Scolaire, Ouime23, Gob Lofa, and Blue-Haired Lawyer. Bastun Ėġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ! 00:14, 31 December 2015 (UTC)
Remove. I see no compelling case for including the UK head of state in the infoboxes for NI politicians, nor for any other politicians for that matter. I note the head of state is omitted from the infoboxes of Northern Ireland Assembly and First Minister and deputy First Minister, where a better case could be made. In my view, a head of state listing is more suited to the infobox of an office than a person. Daicaregos ( talk) 12:00, 31 December 2015 (UTC)
Remove - from all FMs & DFMs of Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland. Keep out of FMs & DFMs of England aswell, if England should form its own devolved Parliament. GoodDay ( talk) 13:57, 31 December 2015 (UTC)
Remove. Forgive an unrepentant republican...but in all the cases noted above, twas the voters who actually appointed them. And by the way I wouldn't be surprised if User:GoodDay is waiting to say that Canadian etc such pages should also require removal. Such a trouble maker. :) Juan Riley ( talk) 20:26, 1 January 2016 (UTC)
Though I briefly reverted Ouime23's deletions today on the Norther Ireland-based articles-in-question, I later restored those deletions with further corrections. We appear to have a consensus to exclude the monarch.
Now, I've reverted Ouime23's additions of Scottish Parliament as nominator, to the infoboxes of Scottish FMs. Do we need to have a Rfc on that topic? GoodDay ( talk) 17:40, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
There is a discussion at Talk:Jeanne_Sauvé#Speakership_succession_box_in_main_sidebar on whether a lower office, specifically Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons should be included in the officeholder infobox for a governor general or whether it's the "standard" to exclude such offices. Alexander's Hood ( talk) 01:12, 30 January 2016 (UTC)
There is a current RfC underway regarding the Religion field in the infobox on Bernie Sanders. The RfC is at Talk:Bernie Sanders. -- Softlavender ( talk) 07:12, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
There is currently an RFC going on regarding whether the "resting place" parameter should be used for "cremation". See Template_talk:Infobox_person#RfC:_Should_resting_place_include_cremation. -- Ricky81682 ( talk) 08:32, 10 February 2016 (UTC)
Please allow to use parameters |father= and |mother=, results can however be displayed in a combined head parents. -- Pankaj Jain Capankajsmilyo ( talk · contribs · count) 17:27, 4 March 2016 (UTC) @ Frietjes Can you please help? -- Pankaj Jain Capankajsmilyo ( talk · contribs · count) 17:37, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
|relatives=
, since this this is used for positions in some countries that are reserved for members of ruling families. Where was there a consensus to disable these specific basic features of {{
Infobox person}} here?
WP:EDITING is policy, and page protection is a non-normal impediment to it, that we erect only to prevent vandalism or massive disruption. Thus, a good-faith edit-protected request to do something this routine and not-possibly-disruptive should be honored by default, absent objections (current or in the consensus record) that raise concerns that override it for legitimate countervailing policy reasons, or undeniable common-sense/practicality ones. In particular, the decision by an admin to protect a template for cascading reasons (i.e., because it is a high-use template or because of its use in many protected articles that are frequent vandalism targets) is a technical rationale for protection and has nothing to do with the template's actual content and configuration. This template only has template-editor, not full, protection anyway, and Frietjes himself routinely edits it. The template-editor privilege isn't a "
first-class editor" right, it's just a matter of technical and policy competence. PS: The original enabling of only |parents=
made for poor output: "Parents:
Jane Doe" isn't grammatical. —
SMcCandlish ☺
☏
¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼ 20:53, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
I'm wondering why there is no Denomination parameter. (There is for Infobox person.) Most infoboxes (that I've seen) have the denomination in parentheses following "Christianity". So, instead of having parenthedicals, why not just have a parameter for denomination? -- Musdan77 ( talk) 19:34, 3 February 2016 (UTC)
|religion=
, as in
George H. W. Bush,
Harry Reid,
David Cameron, and a host of others. There's no need to list the main religion and the denomination both. –
Philosopher
Let us reason together. 16:53, 24 February 2016 (UTC)This
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Please sync with Template:Infobox officeholder/sandbox. This (a) copies from {{ Infobox person}} the new code for religion/denomination - test cases at Template:Infobox officeholder/testcases#Religion/denomination; (b) repairs the implementation of the "unit" parameter, which was accidentally broken by the edit on 5 March.
Technically I have the permission to make this edit myself, having the template editor user right. But given the contentious nature of religion in infoboxes, I would like a second opinion on whether the change has sufficient support. -- John of Reading ( talk) 09:57, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
I added |module0=
after seeing an attempt to wedge the module above the personal information section in
Katharine Abraham (e.g., see fix
here). but, it's possible that it was just a misunderstanding of how to use the module parameter. are the modules currently in the best place, or should we move them up?
Frietjes (
talk) 15:44, 16 April 2016 (UTC)
In the source code of this template, the line
{{Infobox officeholder/office|color={{#ifeq:{{lc:{{{embed}}}}}|yes|#eee|lavender}}
appeared a handful of times, however {{{color}}}
is not found in {{
Infobox officeholder/office}}. So what happened? --
Quest for Truth (
talk) 15:22, 16 May 2016 (UTC)
Can someone please tell me what is the difference in the context of this infobox? thanks -BLACK FUTURE ( tlk2meh) —Preceding undated comment added 16:18, 27 April 2016 (UTC)
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Parameters name change: Relatives
→ relatives
in data37.
Naughty Jeffrey (
talk) 07:25, 17 May 2016 (UTC)
Can somebody edit the template for senator elects that don't specifically succeed a specific person. In the Philippines, 12 senators were proclaimed as Senator-elect today. They are set to replace 12 of the current 24 senators. However, they don't represent a specific province or national subdivision, they are elected by the whole national electorate. For example, Manny Pacquiao's page says that he already assumed office in June 30, 2016, which is a date set in the future. "Incumbent" is also displayed which contradicts the Senator-elect title. Hariboneagle927 ( talk) 08:48, 19 May 2016 (UTC)
I have added error tracking for unsupported parameters to this template. See Category:Pages using infobox officeholder with unknown parameters. A red error message appears when you Preview the article, between the edit screen and the rendered preview. In the category, the articles are sorted by the name of the parameter that is unsupported.
If I have made any mistakes in coding, or if template changes are desired, please let me know. – Jonesey95 ( talk) 22:31, 11 June 2016 (UTC)
The following discussion 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.
Should Elizabeth II be in the infoboxes of Scottish & Welsh First Ministers?
Note, Elizabeth II was removed from the Northern Ireland First Ministers & deputy First Ministers bios infoboxes, many weeks ago. Also, she's not in the Scottish & Welsh Deputy First Ministers infoboxes.
GoodDay (
talk) 21:48, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
−
Some guidelines as to when to use each parameter might be helpful. There is currently a disagreement ( Talk:Julia Gillard#Inclusion of monarch and governor-general in infobox) about whether the monarch and governor-general should be included in {{ infobox prime minister}}. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mitch Ames ( talk • contribs) 13:21, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
Needs to be included. Normally gender-neutral although there can be a vicereine. 213.205.198.194 ( talk) 16:00, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
This template was removed (using TW?) from the Satoru Iwata article. I personally think mistakenly, but apparently there are people who insist that this template only be used for government offices? What's the appropriate template for non-governmental titles (like president of a company?) Why is it that this cannot be used in such a fashion? McKay ( talk) 06:32, 16 June 2016 (UTC)
There are many cricketers who hold notable positions post retirement. It would be good to create a merged infobox of Cricketer and Officeholder or adding parameters of one to other. I have already initiated a discussion on Template talk:Infobox cricketer. -- Pankaj Jain Capankajsmilyo ( talk · contribs · count) 09:40, 20 July 2016 (UTC)
I have no idea how this edit would work however I was wondering if it was possible to add a parameter for an individual to be recognised as a 'presumptive' successor to an officeholder. For example at this moment Theresa May is the presumptive successor to David Cameron as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom which is expected to take place on 13 July 2016, 2 days from now. Constitutionally the term 'designate' which appears under the office name of 'Prime Minister' is incorrect as one can only become Prime Minister if invited to form a government by the Queen, and a few editors are complaining. It is not possible to be designated to this position however it is presumed that May will be asked to form a government. Put simply: can we please have a paramter identical to the one which currently produces the word 'designate' that produces the word 'presumptive'? Ebonelm ( talk) 22:29, 11 July 2016 (UTC)
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Can someone put a {{
break}} in the field | state_house =
(or whatever the officer holder's title is) so that it is on one whole line? It looks horrible the way it looks now... wrapping around to the next line. A few examples are listed below:
John Doe
Member of the |
John Doe
54th Speaker of the |
John Doe
15th Chancellor of the
|
Corkythe hornetfan 02:16, 21 July 2016 (UTC)
Partly done: Rather than adding a forced line break before House of Representatives (and similar) links generated by the infobox, as in your first example, I've used an old CSS trick to discourage line breaks within the links.
For example,
Barack Obama, Member of the [[Illinois Senate]]<br>from the 13th district
, remains unchanged.
Paul Ryan, Member of the [[U.S. House of (break) Representatives]]<br>from Wisconsin's 1st district
, is now Member of the (break) [[U.S. House of Representatives]]<br>from Wisconsin's 1st district
.
In your second and third examples, the infobox doesn't generate those links, it just displays whatever is given in the |office=
parameter. Editing articles directly, to add line breaks inside the |office=
parameter as needed, should work.
Matt Fitzpatrick (
talk) 09:22, 21 July 2016 (UTC)
John Doe
Member of the
Kansas House |
John Doe
54th Speaker of the
Kansas House |
John Doe
Central Oklahoma
|
|order=
is given, |office=
is automatically linked and is hard to adjust. It isn't documented, but using |title=
in place of |office=
should give a more flexible result.
Matt Fitzpatrick (
talk) 09:57, 22 July 2016 (UTC)Where someone has more than one alma mater the infobox should say 'almae matres' instead. [6] Dubbin u | t | c 21:52, 24 May 2016 (UTC)
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A place for a Verified Social Media handle (twitter, .. ) should be added to the template. If it makes sense we have a place for an official's personal website, I think we're far enough into social media age that a twitter handle for instance makes more sense. it could be for Facebook or flicker if it was a photographer, Instagram for that kind of celebrity and all of that is open for discussion, but right now I think it's time to allow we add verified twitter handles! -- In Allah We Trust ( talk) 01:35, 24 August 2016 (UTC)
Should a Social Media handle like twitter be added to Infobox?
I've Switched into a question/vote format, as it seems this is the discussion place for the infobox. -- In Allah We Trust ( talk) 14:19, 28 August 2016 (UTC)
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Periods of office should be separated by unspaced n-dashes, surely? Turkeyphan t 14:24, 27 August 2016 (UTC)
Is there a way to suppress the "Personal details" heading when Infobox officeholder is used as a module in Infobox person? In particular, I would like the Political Party to be displayed with the parliamentary position, rather than under another heading, as in Gary Rowe. -- Scott Davis Talk 02:26, 8 September 2016 (UTC)
Hi, what's the appropriate formatting for |native_name_lang=
? Is it "Malayalam" for someone whose name appears in Malayalam script? or is it the two-letter
ISO 639-1 code for Malayalam: "ml"?
Template:Infobox person seems to favor the latter (although I don't know why, since the language name doesn't appear in the infobox. Kinda think that's a waste of an entry.)
Cyphoidbomb (
talk) 19:10, 14 September 2016 (UTC)
Hello, I tried to reproduce this template by copying and adapting it on the kabyle Wikipedia but I am having a problem with the "ambassador_from" field who display "Ambassador to" even if the person is not an ambassador (ex: here). Maybe I forgot something but as I am not an expert on the Wikipedia language I am unable to locate where is the mistake.
I have another problem of adapting this template. In the kabyle language the order come after the title, example :
- in english : 33rd President of the United States
- in kabyle : Aselway n Iwunak Yeddukklen wis33
I would like to express in advance my appreciation for any assistance you may offer. -- SalemB ( talk) 21:28, 23 September 2016 (UTC)
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Can
template:nowwrap be placed around the 'Governor General' and 'Governor-General' functions please, ie, so rather than: | governor-general = {{{governor-general2|}}}
it instead reads: |governor-general = {{nowrap|{{{governor-general2|}}}}}
. Many
Commonwealth article infoboxes refer to the Governor-General however because they're not wrapped most opt to use the |1blankname
and |1namedata
functions with the wrap function as without the wrapping function it makes the pages look weird. For example see
Justin Trudeau and
Malcolm Turnbull both of which have infoboxes referring to the Governor-General but don't use the function itself because of its compromised design.
Ebonelm (
talk) 21:20, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
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Archive 15 | ← | Archive 18 | Archive 19 | Archive 20 | Archive 21 | Archive 22 | → | Archive 25 |
Note: It has been requested to review the closure which is the subject of this RfC, see the
pertaining thread at AN.
Kraxler (
talk) 16:12, 27 February 2015 (UTC) Withdrawn.
Kraxler (
talk) 14:02, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
An RfC
Template_talk:Infobox_officeholder/Archive_18#RfC_on_successor.2Fpredecessor_where_a_district_is_not_reasonably_viewed_as_the_same_after_redistricting was closed with "Consensus is reasonably clear that successor or predecessor should not be used in infoboxes where significant redistricting has taken place. Useitorloseit did raise a valid concerns about POV over what level of redistricting is needed to render these parameters unusable" on 28 June 2014
The RfC asked: Where the use of "same district number" is used for determining "predecessor" and "successor" n any office, but where the area is so altered as to make such a "predecessor" or "successor" of little or no biographical value, should the infobox be deprecated for such redistricting changes?
An RfC Template_talk:Infobox_officeholder#RfC_Congressmen.27s_tenures_in_infoboxwas closed with "Consensus is in favour, but the group expressing opinion is small given the breadth of scope and the arguments against are rather strong, so it is hard to call this anything other than a vote in favour rather than an actual consensus. I advise against wholesale implementation of any decision and instead advocate a limited trial with examples proposed by opposers to see just how workable it is or is not in practice, with real-world examples" on 25 February 2015.
The RfC contains In the infobox of a US representative, the tenure should not be split if the person has been continuously sitting in Congress, disregarding the redistricted numbers. The predecessor and/or successor should show the actual previous or next officeholder, if the subject defeated/was defeated by the other person, or succeeded/was succeeded without redistricting. In all other cases, the parameter should be omitted. If the representative is still sitting, "currently representing the Xth District" should be added.
Did the second RfC close invalidate or void in any way any part of the prior RfC? Does the wording of the second RfC imply or state in any way that the prior RfC would be voided or invalidated? Would edits made incompliance with the first RfC close be properly voided or invalidated or properly changed under the second RfC close? Collect ( talk) 16:44, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
This arose as a result of [1] made in accord with first RfC, [2] with edit summary changed box under instructions from the closing rationale at Template talk:Infobox officeholder#RfC Congressmen's tenures in infobox my edit [3] your claim that the extant RfC was voided is exceedingly weak and finally the piece de resistance [4] see talk page, this was done according to the expressly stated instructions in the closing rationale, one more revert and the thing goes to ANI, directly. Frankly if this is the modus operandi anticipated by the closer, I would be quite amazed. If this was the actual original intent of the RfC proposer above, I urge that we state here and now that it fails as a method of editing on Wikipedia. Collect ( talk) 16:44, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
Note The above RfC has become moot with the proposal, and informal adoption, of the format shown here below, in the next thread. Please do not add any comments here, discuss (if necessary) below. Kraxler ( talk) 13:13, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
We need the field "other_names". Women have their maiden names or a different surname if they were married more than once. Men may be known as "W.W. Smith" or "William W. Smith" or "W. Wallace Smith". -- Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) ( talk) 19:53, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
When any of the order (order2, etc.) fields are filled in, I find that double square brackets print around the following office name (see Jerome Wiesner). (They don't appear if order is left blank.) I can't think of any good reason why this would be desired behavior, so I think it's a hack. Am I correct? JustinTime55 ( talk) 14:19, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
|order=
is used in conjunction with |office=
to state that the officeholder is the nth holder of the office, for example "2nd President of Mauritius". If |order=
is not specified, the value of |office=
can be
wikilinked in the usual way, for example, "[[Ministry of Defence (Singapore)|Minister for Defence]]
". However, if |order=
is specified together with |office=
, the value of |office=
is automatically linked to a Wikipedia article of the same name, whether such an article exists or not. Wikilinking cannot be used to redirect the link elsewhere, but a
piped link can be created like this: "Ministry of Defence (Singapore){{!}}Minister for Defence
" (note that the double square brackets have been omitted)."
Ebonelm (
talk) 14:41, 12 March 2015 (UTC)|title=
if the wikilinking is a problem.
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talk) 16:54, 12 March 2015 (UTC)This
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For some reason, this template links to the office only when an order is specified. For example, if the parameter 'office' is set to 'President of the United States' and the parameter 'order' is set to '44th', the office will be linked, but if the order is not specified it wont be. This is really inconvenient when the office is something like 'Member of Parliament for Morley and Outwood', because there most likely won't be a page for the office of the MP from that specific constituency, and nor should there be. I think it would be better if this whole feature was removed, but that would require manually adding links to hundreds of pages with this infobox, so instead I request that a parameter be added to turn this off, such as 'links' which could be set to no. Liam987 (talk) 18:05, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
Member of Parliament{{!}}Member of Parliament for Morley and Outwood
". While of course I understand that the example you gave may only be a hypothetical it is worth pointing out that for members of the British Parliament the order function isn't really appropriate due to changing boundaries, bye-elections etc. which makes listing the order of the office held irrelevant and mildly misleading.
Ebonelm (
talk) 18:53, 15 March 2015 (UTC)I started a version based on {{ infobox}}, now in the sandbox. it still requires more extensive testing, but should be ready soon. Frietjes ( talk) 17:56, 30 January 2015 (UTC)
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Currently, {{{honoric_suffix}}}
is displayed between {{{name}}}
and {{{native_name}}}
fields, leading to a semantically correct but rather ugly result (see
here). To fix the display style,
some editors repeatedly roll the {{{native_name}}}
into the {{{name}}}
field which semantically however isn't optimal. I therefore propose switching the two parameters and slightly adjusting the latter in size, as accomplished in the template's
sandbox.
Regards, --
PanchoS (
talk) 18:24, 22 March 2015 (UTC)
There are perennial complaints that First Ladies are not officeholders and that their infoboxes should not have a legend of 'In office' above the dates. For the latest such posts see Talk:Nancy Reagan#"In office"? but there have been a number of other such complaints over the years. In most respects the officeholder infobox template is appropriate, since First Ladies have start and end dates, predecessors and successors, and so on. But the position is really more of a role than an office. Therefore, this is a request to change {{ Infobox First Lady}} such that it has a legend of 'In role' rather than 'In office'. Thanks. Wasted Time R ( talk) 14:17, 3 May 2015 (UTC)
|officeX=
parameters.
Frietjes (
talk) 14:47, 9 May 2015 (UTC)
|officeX=
parameters.
Frietjes (
talk) 16:30, 10 May 2015 (UTC)
Started a discussion regarding part of the MoS, and concerning the use of links within this infobox template at the Village pump. Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)#RfC: Should the holder of a political office be linked within an infobox more than once (i.e. as the successor), when they have already been linked (e.g. as the vice president, predecessor, lieutenant, etc.)?. — Godsy( TALK CONT) 07:47, 21 May 2015 (UTC)
I notice that infobox officeholder does not support the parameter death_cause. Is this an oversight? Infobox person does support it. Seems like an interesting and relevant data point. - Kzirkel ( talk) 10:50, 23 May 2015 (UTC)
I attempted to use the "ward" parameter but it seems like it's been removed? Per /info/en/?search=Template_talk:Infobox_officeholder/Archive_15#Ward it was agreed that it would be added, but it doesn't work when I try. I'm trying to use it to add to the infoboxes on the new batch of UK MPs who were previously local councillors, and ward is more accurate than councillor. Any help? LaSeandre ( talk) 21:01, 24 May 2015 (UTC)
Many veteran politicians have cabinet positions held included in this infobox. In many cases this makes the infobox, in my opinion, extremely and unnecessarily long for the articles (see for example Lloyd Axworthy, Jean Chretien, Lou Hyndman, etc). I think mention in the prose of the article as well as in navboxes is sufficient for this - I'm wondering if there's any other views on this? Connormah ( talk) 13:53, 4 May 2015 (UTC)
I have started an RfC regarding how spouse names should appear in biography infoboxes. I am notifying here because discussion that prompted the RfC was on Talk:Bill Clinton. You can find the discussion at Template_talk:Infobox_person#RfC:_Spouse_parameter. Thank you. EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{ re}} 20:58, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
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In Australia, the title of Governor-General has a hyphen in it, yet in this infobox it appears as "Governor General". Is it possible for it to be fixed? AtHomeIn神戸 ( talk) 01:46, 1 July 2015 (UTC)
|governor-general=
hyphenated. Happy endeavours!
Alakzi (
talk) 13:06, 6 July 2015 (UTC){{Infobox officeholder|governor_general=Abc}}
→
Infobox officeholder/Archive 20 | |
---|---|
Governor General | Abc |
{{Infobox officeholder|governor-general=Def}}
→
Infobox officeholder/Archive 20 | |
---|---|
Governor‑General | Def |
Pls. see Hasnain Mirza. What's wrong? - üser:Altenmann >t 22:38, 16 August 2015 (UTC)
Would it be possible for someone to add a cause of death section in the person info bit of the infobox (|death_cause = is used in infobox person) please?
Thanks,
Gotha☭ Talk 15:06, 27 August 2015 (UTC)
Gotha☭ Talk 15:06, 27 August 2015 (UTC)
Hi, I noticed some recent changes in the font size of the field "native name" and for the Chinese language this renders the text unreadable (or at least, too small) on some platforms. Could whoever made this change kindly revert it, or make a setting to increase the size of Chinese text? Not sure if user @ Zanhe: finds this change equally unappealing. 21:47, 28 August 2015 (UTC)
Could someone please respond to this item? Colipon+( Talk) 19:02, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
Propose adding new personal property to template.
twitter = { { twitter | account } } as an optional property in the personal section for Office holders / MPs to allow links to their verified accounts, which often are highly active and relevant.
PoliticalSocialMediaLink ( talk) 00:30, 19 September 2015 (UTC)
See article Barbara Snelling. The info box officeholder nearly duplicates the info in the succession boxes. The bio is short and the article looks a bit silly as a result. IMO, the duplicate material in the info box should be rm. Shorten the info box information for readability. Detracts from the article and renders the succession boxes irrelevant IMO. This should be worked out as a policy for all officeholders IMO. Student7 ( talk) 15:25, 10 November 2015 (UTC)
Could someone add a "notes" parameter to this infobox such as the one in Template:Infobox military conflict? There's currently a "footnotes" parameter here, but the style is different from "notes" in that the former does not have a line separating it from the rest of the infobox. It doesn't seem like a controversial request, and I would've added the parameter myself, but I cannot figure out how to. -- Al Ameer ( talk) 04:34, 24 November 2015 (UTC)
What do you do with an officeholder-elect who is taking office where there's no particular person being succeeded? The specific use case I'm asking about is for
David Wecht, who was elected to one of three vacant seats on the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. I've looked and it doesn't appear that the seats are designated in terms easily convertible to predecessor/successor. Is there a way to do essentially what the succeeding
parameter does without naming a predecessor to come? —/
Mendaliv/
2¢/
Δ's/ 01:44, 21 December 2015 (UTC)
There is an RfC at Template talk:Infobox#RfC: Religion in infoboxes concerning what What should be allowed in the religion entry in infoboxes. Please join the discussion and help us to arrive at a consensus on this issue. -- Guy Macon ( talk) 19:39, 2 January 2016 (UTC)
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|predecessor = Barack Obongo change to Barack Obama
198.0.237.251 ( talk) 23:40, 16 January 2016 (UTC)
I was bold and deleted Elizabeth II from the infoboxes of the Welsh & Scottish First Ministers. I did this so they would be consistent with the Northern Irish First Ministers & deputy First Ministers. GoodDay ( talk) 22:35, 17 January 2016 (UTC)
A recent RfC about the use of this template requires some more input - especially as it is in a politically difficult area ---- Snowded TALK 11:12, 26 December 2015 (UTC)
If we're going to continue to include the monarch in the infoboxes of English, Scottish & Welsh politicians? Then we must continue to do so for Northern Irish politicians. AFAIK, Northern Ireland is still a part of the United Kingdom, just like England, Scotland & Wales. GoodDay ( talk) 14:27, 27 December 2015 (UTC)
No reason has been given for making NI infoboxes, or other monarchy infoboxes, different from others. We routinely provide the head of state in a politician infobox, regardless of the country and regardless of the political system. Consider Dick Cheney, who was US defense secretary (that section of his infobox lists Bush Sr, who appointed him) and US vice president (that section of his infobox lists Bush Jr, with whom he served). Or consider Junichirō Koizumi, whose infobox includes Emperor Akihito, who doesn't have any powers, even nominally. Or consider Joseph Boakai, whose infobox lists current President Sirleaf. And on and on and on...there's no reason to remove this field from the NI politicians' infoboxes when the same setup is used with politicians worldwide. Nyttend ( talk) 23:48, 27 December 2015 (UTC)
There's nothing wrong with the status quo. The argument is that the Monarch did not appoint the NI officials. However, that argument has no grounds, as the template does not have the monarch as appointer. GoodDay ( talk) 14:01, 28 December 2015 (UTC)
OK I see four in favour of a change to Head of State from Monarch/President? No opposes and Ouime23 not responding to the specific question. If that is the case we can make the request and then go through the UK articles to get them all in line. ---- Snowded TALK 23:05, 28 December 2015 (UTC)
Well, if we've participants refusing to recognise the nature of Northern Ireland or the nuanced compromise that nature requires, who am I to agree to one? Striking earlier support for compromise. Remove what is in any case a non-compulsory field, per Scolaire, Ouime23, Gob Lofa, and Blue-Haired Lawyer. Bastun Ėġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ! 00:14, 31 December 2015 (UTC)
Remove. I see no compelling case for including the UK head of state in the infoboxes for NI politicians, nor for any other politicians for that matter. I note the head of state is omitted from the infoboxes of Northern Ireland Assembly and First Minister and deputy First Minister, where a better case could be made. In my view, a head of state listing is more suited to the infobox of an office than a person. Daicaregos ( talk) 12:00, 31 December 2015 (UTC)
Remove - from all FMs & DFMs of Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland. Keep out of FMs & DFMs of England aswell, if England should form its own devolved Parliament. GoodDay ( talk) 13:57, 31 December 2015 (UTC)
Remove. Forgive an unrepentant republican...but in all the cases noted above, twas the voters who actually appointed them. And by the way I wouldn't be surprised if User:GoodDay is waiting to say that Canadian etc such pages should also require removal. Such a trouble maker. :) Juan Riley ( talk) 20:26, 1 January 2016 (UTC)
Though I briefly reverted Ouime23's deletions today on the Norther Ireland-based articles-in-question, I later restored those deletions with further corrections. We appear to have a consensus to exclude the monarch.
Now, I've reverted Ouime23's additions of Scottish Parliament as nominator, to the infoboxes of Scottish FMs. Do we need to have a Rfc on that topic? GoodDay ( talk) 17:40, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
There is a discussion at Talk:Jeanne_Sauvé#Speakership_succession_box_in_main_sidebar on whether a lower office, specifically Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons should be included in the officeholder infobox for a governor general or whether it's the "standard" to exclude such offices. Alexander's Hood ( talk) 01:12, 30 January 2016 (UTC)
There is a current RfC underway regarding the Religion field in the infobox on Bernie Sanders. The RfC is at Talk:Bernie Sanders. -- Softlavender ( talk) 07:12, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
There is currently an RFC going on regarding whether the "resting place" parameter should be used for "cremation". See Template_talk:Infobox_person#RfC:_Should_resting_place_include_cremation. -- Ricky81682 ( talk) 08:32, 10 February 2016 (UTC)
Please allow to use parameters |father= and |mother=, results can however be displayed in a combined head parents. -- Pankaj Jain Capankajsmilyo ( talk · contribs · count) 17:27, 4 March 2016 (UTC) @ Frietjes Can you please help? -- Pankaj Jain Capankajsmilyo ( talk · contribs · count) 17:37, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
|relatives=
, since this this is used for positions in some countries that are reserved for members of ruling families. Where was there a consensus to disable these specific basic features of {{
Infobox person}} here?
WP:EDITING is policy, and page protection is a non-normal impediment to it, that we erect only to prevent vandalism or massive disruption. Thus, a good-faith edit-protected request to do something this routine and not-possibly-disruptive should be honored by default, absent objections (current or in the consensus record) that raise concerns that override it for legitimate countervailing policy reasons, or undeniable common-sense/practicality ones. In particular, the decision by an admin to protect a template for cascading reasons (i.e., because it is a high-use template or because of its use in many protected articles that are frequent vandalism targets) is a technical rationale for protection and has nothing to do with the template's actual content and configuration. This template only has template-editor, not full, protection anyway, and Frietjes himself routinely edits it. The template-editor privilege isn't a "
first-class editor" right, it's just a matter of technical and policy competence. PS: The original enabling of only |parents=
made for poor output: "Parents:
Jane Doe" isn't grammatical. —
SMcCandlish ☺
☏
¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼ 20:53, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
I'm wondering why there is no Denomination parameter. (There is for Infobox person.) Most infoboxes (that I've seen) have the denomination in parentheses following "Christianity". So, instead of having parenthedicals, why not just have a parameter for denomination? -- Musdan77 ( talk) 19:34, 3 February 2016 (UTC)
|religion=
, as in
George H. W. Bush,
Harry Reid,
David Cameron, and a host of others. There's no need to list the main religion and the denomination both. –
Philosopher
Let us reason together. 16:53, 24 February 2016 (UTC)This
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Please sync with Template:Infobox officeholder/sandbox. This (a) copies from {{ Infobox person}} the new code for religion/denomination - test cases at Template:Infobox officeholder/testcases#Religion/denomination; (b) repairs the implementation of the "unit" parameter, which was accidentally broken by the edit on 5 March.
Technically I have the permission to make this edit myself, having the template editor user right. But given the contentious nature of religion in infoboxes, I would like a second opinion on whether the change has sufficient support. -- John of Reading ( talk) 09:57, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
I added |module0=
after seeing an attempt to wedge the module above the personal information section in
Katharine Abraham (e.g., see fix
here). but, it's possible that it was just a misunderstanding of how to use the module parameter. are the modules currently in the best place, or should we move them up?
Frietjes (
talk) 15:44, 16 April 2016 (UTC)
In the source code of this template, the line
{{Infobox officeholder/office|color={{#ifeq:{{lc:{{{embed}}}}}|yes|#eee|lavender}}
appeared a handful of times, however {{{color}}}
is not found in {{
Infobox officeholder/office}}. So what happened? --
Quest for Truth (
talk) 15:22, 16 May 2016 (UTC)
Can someone please tell me what is the difference in the context of this infobox? thanks -BLACK FUTURE ( tlk2meh) —Preceding undated comment added 16:18, 27 April 2016 (UTC)
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Parameters name change: Relatives
→ relatives
in data37.
Naughty Jeffrey (
talk) 07:25, 17 May 2016 (UTC)
Can somebody edit the template for senator elects that don't specifically succeed a specific person. In the Philippines, 12 senators were proclaimed as Senator-elect today. They are set to replace 12 of the current 24 senators. However, they don't represent a specific province or national subdivision, they are elected by the whole national electorate. For example, Manny Pacquiao's page says that he already assumed office in June 30, 2016, which is a date set in the future. "Incumbent" is also displayed which contradicts the Senator-elect title. Hariboneagle927 ( talk) 08:48, 19 May 2016 (UTC)
I have added error tracking for unsupported parameters to this template. See Category:Pages using infobox officeholder with unknown parameters. A red error message appears when you Preview the article, between the edit screen and the rendered preview. In the category, the articles are sorted by the name of the parameter that is unsupported.
If I have made any mistakes in coding, or if template changes are desired, please let me know. – Jonesey95 ( talk) 22:31, 11 June 2016 (UTC)
The following discussion 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.
Should Elizabeth II be in the infoboxes of Scottish & Welsh First Ministers?
Note, Elizabeth II was removed from the Northern Ireland First Ministers & deputy First Ministers bios infoboxes, many weeks ago. Also, she's not in the Scottish & Welsh Deputy First Ministers infoboxes.
GoodDay (
talk) 21:48, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
−
Some guidelines as to when to use each parameter might be helpful. There is currently a disagreement ( Talk:Julia Gillard#Inclusion of monarch and governor-general in infobox) about whether the monarch and governor-general should be included in {{ infobox prime minister}}. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mitch Ames ( talk • contribs) 13:21, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
Needs to be included. Normally gender-neutral although there can be a vicereine. 213.205.198.194 ( talk) 16:00, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
This template was removed (using TW?) from the Satoru Iwata article. I personally think mistakenly, but apparently there are people who insist that this template only be used for government offices? What's the appropriate template for non-governmental titles (like president of a company?) Why is it that this cannot be used in such a fashion? McKay ( talk) 06:32, 16 June 2016 (UTC)
There are many cricketers who hold notable positions post retirement. It would be good to create a merged infobox of Cricketer and Officeholder or adding parameters of one to other. I have already initiated a discussion on Template talk:Infobox cricketer. -- Pankaj Jain Capankajsmilyo ( talk · contribs · count) 09:40, 20 July 2016 (UTC)
I have no idea how this edit would work however I was wondering if it was possible to add a parameter for an individual to be recognised as a 'presumptive' successor to an officeholder. For example at this moment Theresa May is the presumptive successor to David Cameron as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom which is expected to take place on 13 July 2016, 2 days from now. Constitutionally the term 'designate' which appears under the office name of 'Prime Minister' is incorrect as one can only become Prime Minister if invited to form a government by the Queen, and a few editors are complaining. It is not possible to be designated to this position however it is presumed that May will be asked to form a government. Put simply: can we please have a paramter identical to the one which currently produces the word 'designate' that produces the word 'presumptive'? Ebonelm ( talk) 22:29, 11 July 2016 (UTC)
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Can someone put a {{
break}} in the field | state_house =
(or whatever the officer holder's title is) so that it is on one whole line? It looks horrible the way it looks now... wrapping around to the next line. A few examples are listed below:
John Doe
Member of the |
John Doe
54th Speaker of the |
John Doe
15th Chancellor of the
|
Corkythe hornetfan 02:16, 21 July 2016 (UTC)
Partly done: Rather than adding a forced line break before House of Representatives (and similar) links generated by the infobox, as in your first example, I've used an old CSS trick to discourage line breaks within the links.
For example,
Barack Obama, Member of the [[Illinois Senate]]<br>from the 13th district
, remains unchanged.
Paul Ryan, Member of the [[U.S. House of (break) Representatives]]<br>from Wisconsin's 1st district
, is now Member of the (break) [[U.S. House of Representatives]]<br>from Wisconsin's 1st district
.
In your second and third examples, the infobox doesn't generate those links, it just displays whatever is given in the |office=
parameter. Editing articles directly, to add line breaks inside the |office=
parameter as needed, should work.
Matt Fitzpatrick (
talk) 09:22, 21 July 2016 (UTC)
John Doe
Member of the
Kansas House |
John Doe
54th Speaker of the
Kansas House |
John Doe
Central Oklahoma
|
|order=
is given, |office=
is automatically linked and is hard to adjust. It isn't documented, but using |title=
in place of |office=
should give a more flexible result.
Matt Fitzpatrick (
talk) 09:57, 22 July 2016 (UTC)Where someone has more than one alma mater the infobox should say 'almae matres' instead. [6] Dubbin u | t | c 21:52, 24 May 2016 (UTC)
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A place for a Verified Social Media handle (twitter, .. ) should be added to the template. If it makes sense we have a place for an official's personal website, I think we're far enough into social media age that a twitter handle for instance makes more sense. it could be for Facebook or flicker if it was a photographer, Instagram for that kind of celebrity and all of that is open for discussion, but right now I think it's time to allow we add verified twitter handles! -- In Allah We Trust ( talk) 01:35, 24 August 2016 (UTC)
Should a Social Media handle like twitter be added to Infobox?
I've Switched into a question/vote format, as it seems this is the discussion place for the infobox. -- In Allah We Trust ( talk) 14:19, 28 August 2016 (UTC)
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Periods of office should be separated by unspaced n-dashes, surely? Turkeyphan t 14:24, 27 August 2016 (UTC)
Is there a way to suppress the "Personal details" heading when Infobox officeholder is used as a module in Infobox person? In particular, I would like the Political Party to be displayed with the parliamentary position, rather than under another heading, as in Gary Rowe. -- Scott Davis Talk 02:26, 8 September 2016 (UTC)
Hi, what's the appropriate formatting for |native_name_lang=
? Is it "Malayalam" for someone whose name appears in Malayalam script? or is it the two-letter
ISO 639-1 code for Malayalam: "ml"?
Template:Infobox person seems to favor the latter (although I don't know why, since the language name doesn't appear in the infobox. Kinda think that's a waste of an entry.)
Cyphoidbomb (
talk) 19:10, 14 September 2016 (UTC)
Hello, I tried to reproduce this template by copying and adapting it on the kabyle Wikipedia but I am having a problem with the "ambassador_from" field who display "Ambassador to" even if the person is not an ambassador (ex: here). Maybe I forgot something but as I am not an expert on the Wikipedia language I am unable to locate where is the mistake.
I have another problem of adapting this template. In the kabyle language the order come after the title, example :
- in english : 33rd President of the United States
- in kabyle : Aselway n Iwunak Yeddukklen wis33
I would like to express in advance my appreciation for any assistance you may offer. -- SalemB ( talk) 21:28, 23 September 2016 (UTC)
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Can
template:nowwrap be placed around the 'Governor General' and 'Governor-General' functions please, ie, so rather than: | governor-general = {{{governor-general2|}}}
it instead reads: |governor-general = {{nowrap|{{{governor-general2|}}}}}
. Many
Commonwealth article infoboxes refer to the Governor-General however because they're not wrapped most opt to use the |1blankname
and |1namedata
functions with the wrap function as without the wrapping function it makes the pages look weird. For example see
Justin Trudeau and
Malcolm Turnbull both of which have infoboxes referring to the Governor-General but don't use the function itself because of its compromised design.
Ebonelm (
talk) 21:20, 2 October 2016 (UTC)