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Edit request 12 November 2023[edit]

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Currently, gender=Male produces the male symbol ♂, but |gender=Male produces the hermaphrodite symbol ⚥. Please can this be changed so that people who wikilink male and female get the gender symbols they expect. -- Toddy1 (talk) 15:21, 12 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done, see Special:Diff/1184781348 and Template:Infobox Wikipedia user/testcases#Gender. --Habst (talk) 16:06, 12 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks.-- Toddy1 (talk) 16:23, 12 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Template-protected edit request on 16 December 2023[edit]

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Restore |fontcolor= as per documentation. Edited code in the sandbox (test). Est. 2021 (talk · contribs) 09:40, 16 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Already done The color parameters are already implemented in the template. SWinxy (talk) 19:07, 16 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@SWinxy: No, not with the linked parameters, check the testcases. Est. 2021 (talk · contribs) 01:41, 17 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ah I see. I thought you meant the data, not the labels. I think it would be better to use the labelstyles parameter in the infobox rather than wrapping them individually. Reopening. SWinxy (talk) 03:47, 17 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Deactivating request as Est. 2021 is now a template editor so can edit the page themselves. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 03:33, 23 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Why is "blood type" a parameter?[edit]

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[edit]

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]