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;Username : The user's username without the User: prefix |
;Username : The user's username without the User: prefix |
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;Case : Optional parameter for giving the case of the pronoun. Possible values are listed below: |
;Case : Optional parameter for giving the case of the pronoun. Possible values are listed below: |
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:*"nominative" (also "subject", "subjective", and "he/she") |
:*"nominative" (also "subject", "subjective", and "he/she") – Returns "he", "she" or "he/she". This is the default value of the case parameter. |
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:*"accusative" (also "object", "oblique", "objective", "dative", "prepositional", and "him/her") |
:*"accusative" (also "object", "oblique", "objective", "dative", "prepositional", and "him/her") – Returns "him", "her", or "him/her". |
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:*"genitive" (also "possessive" and "his/her") |
:*"genitive" (also "possessive" and "his/her") – Returns "his", "her" or "his/her". |
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:*"genitive pronoun" (also "possessive pronoun" and "his/hers") |
:*"genitive pronoun" (also "possessive pronoun" and "his/hers") – Returns "his", "hers" or "his/hers". |
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:*"reflexive" (also "intensive" and "himself/herself") |
:*"reflexive" (also "intensive" and "himself/herself") – Returns "himself", "herself" or "himself/herself". |
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=== Examples === |
=== Examples === |
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*<code><nowiki>{{gender|ExampleMale|reflexive}}</nowiki></code> would return <code>himself</code> |
*<code><nowiki>{{gender|ExampleMale|reflexive}}</nowiki></code> would return <code>himself</code> |
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*<code><nowiki>{{gender|ExampleNeutral|accusative}}</nowiki></code> would return <code>him/her</code> |
*<code><nowiki>{{gender|ExampleNeutral|accusative}}</nowiki></code> would return <code>him/her</code> |
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Revision as of 06:53, December 7, 2011
This is a documentation subpage for Template:Gender. It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page. |
This template returns the correct third person singular pronoun to refer to a given user, based on what the user has set as their gender in their preferences. It uses the {{GENDER}} magic word.
Usage
{{Gender |Username |Case }}
Parameters
- Username
- The user's username without the User: prefix
- Case
- Optional parameter for giving the case of the pronoun. Possible values are listed below:
- "nominative" (also "subject", "subjective", and "he/she") – Returns "he", "she" or "he/she". This is the default value of the case parameter.
- "accusative" (also "object", "oblique", "objective", "dative", "prepositional", and "him/her") – Returns "him", "her", or "him/her".
- "genitive" (also "possessive" and "his/her") – Returns "his", "her" or "his/her".
- "genitive pronoun" (also "possessive pronoun" and "his/hers") – Returns "his", "hers" or "his/hers".
- "reflexive" (also "intensive" and "himself/herself") – Returns "himself", "herself" or "himself/herself".
Examples
In these examples, the hypothetical users User:ExampleMale, User:ExampleFemale and User:ExampleNeutral are supposed to be male, female and of unspecified gender, respectively.
{{gender|ExampleMale}}
would returnhe
{{gender|ExampleFemale}}
would returnshe
{{gender|ExampleNeutral}}
would returnhe/she
{{gender|ExampleMale|reflexive}}
would returnhimself
{{gender|ExampleNeutral|accusative}}
would returnhim/her
See also