Template:Gender/doc

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", "sub", and "he/she") – Returns "he", "she" or "they". This is the default value of the case parameter.
• "accusative" (also "object", "oblique", "objective", "dative", "prepositional", "obj", and "him/her") – Returns "him", "her", or "them".
• "genitive" (also "possessive", "pos", and "his/her") – Returns "his", "her" or "their".
• "genitive pronoun" (also "possessive pronoun", "poss", and "his/hers") – Returns "his", "hers" or "theirs".
• "reflexive" (also "intensive" and "himself/herself") – Returns "himself", "herself" or "themselves".

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 return he
• {{gender|ExampleFemale}} would return she
• {{gender|ExampleNeutral}} would return they
• {{gender|ExampleMale|reflexive}} would return himself
• {{gender|ExampleNeutral|accusative}} would return their

See also

• {{gender:}} magic word