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{{Tfm/dated|page=Gender|otherpage=Pronoun|link=Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2015 May 8#Template:Gender|type=tiny|help=off}}<includeonly>{{{{{|safesubst:}}}#switch: {{{{{|safesubst:}}}GENDER:{{{1|}}}|Male|Female|Unspecified}} |
<noinclude>{{Tfm/dated|page=Gender|otherpage=Pronoun|link=Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2015 May 8#Template:Gender|type=tiny|help=off}}</noinclude><includeonly>{{{{{|safesubst:}}}#switch: {{{{{|safesubst:}}}GENDER:{{{1|}}}|Male|Female|Unspecified}} |
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|Male = {{{{{|safesubst:}}}#switch:{{{2}}} |
|Male = {{{{{|safesubst:}}}#switch:{{{2}}} |
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|objective|object|oblique|accusative|dative|prepositional|him/her = him |
|objective|object|oblique|accusative|dative|prepositional|him/her = him |
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Revision as of 09:22, May 8, 2015
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
Typical:
Template:In5{{gender |Username |case }}
Vertical:
{{gender
|Username
|case
}}
Parameters
|Template:Varor|1=Template:Var– The username without theUser:prefix|2=or the second unnamed parameter – Optional parameter for giving the case of the pronoun. Possible values are listed below, and include linguistic terms (and their abbreviations) and "what I want it to say" versions:nominative,subject,subjective,sub,he/she, orthey– Returns "he", "she" or "they". This is the default value of the case parameter.accusative,object,oblique,objective,dative,prepositional,obj,him/her,him, orthem– Returns "him", "her", or "them".genitive,possessive,pos,his/her,his, ortheir– Returns "his", "her" or "their".genitive pronoun,possessive pronoun,poss,his/hers,hers, ortheirs– Returns "his", "hers" or "theirs".reflexive,intensive,himself/herself, orthemselves– Returns "himself", "herself" or "themselves".reflexive2,intensive2,himself/herself2, orthemself– Returns "himself", "herself" or "themself" (preferred by The Chicago Manual of Style and some other sources on singular they).
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 returnthey{{gender|ExampleMale|reflexive}}would returnhimself{{gender|ExampleNeutral|accusative}}would returnthem
See also
{{gender:}}magic word
