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imported>Feminist (I accept that "her" is ambiguous, but "his" and "him" should be options) |
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| reflexive2|intensive2|himself/herself2|themself = {{{{{|safesubst:}}}gender:{{{1|.}}}|himself|herself|themself}} | | reflexive2|intensive2|himself/herself2|themself = {{{{{|safesubst:}}}gender:{{{1|.}}}|himself|herself|themself}} | ||
| genitive|possessive|pos|his/her|his|their = {{{{{|safesubst:}}}gender:{{{1|.}}}|his|her|their}} | | genitive|possessive|pos|his/her|his|their = {{{{{|safesubst:}}}gender:{{{1|.}}}|his|her|their}} | ||
| − | | genitive pronoun|possessive pronoun|poss|his/hers|theirs = {{{{{|safesubst:}}}gender:{{{1|.}}}|his|hers|theirs}} | + | | genitive pronoun|possessive pronoun|poss|his/hers|hers|theirs = {{{{{|safesubst:}}}gender:{{{1|.}}}|his|hers|theirs}} |
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Latest revision as of 17:34, 28 November 2020
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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.
Contents
Usage
Typical:
{{gender |Username |case }}
Vertical:
{{gender
|Username
|case
}}
Parameters
|Usernameor|1=Username– 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
| The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Gender/doc. (edit | history) Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (edit | diff) and testcases (edit) pages. Please add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template. |