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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 <nowiki>{{GENDER}}</nowiki> [[:m:Help:Magic words|magic word]].
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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 <nowiki>{{GENDER}}</nowiki> [[mw:Help:Magic words|magic word]].
  
 
===Usage===
 
===Usage===
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===Parameters===
 
===Parameters===
;Username : The user's username without the User: prefix
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; Username : The user's username without the User: prefix
;Case : Optional parameter for giving the case of the pronoun. Possible values are listed below:
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; 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.
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:* "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".
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:* "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".
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:* "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".
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:* "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".
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:* "reflexive" (also "intensive" and "himself/herself") – Returns "himself", "herself" or "himself/herself".
  
 
=== Examples ===
 
=== 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.
 
In these examples, the hypothetical users User:ExampleMale, User:ExampleFemale and User:ExampleNeutral are supposed to be male, female and of unspecified gender, respectively.
  
*<code><nowiki>{{gender|ExampleMale}}</nowiki></code> would return <code>he</code>
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* <code><nowiki>{{gender|ExampleMale}}</nowiki></code> would return <code>he</code>
*<code><nowiki>{{gender|ExampleFemale}}</nowiki></code> would return <code>she</code>
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* <code><nowiki>{{gender|ExampleFemale}}</nowiki></code> would return <code>she</code>
*<code><nowiki>{{gender|ExampleNeutral}}</nowiki></code> would return <code>he/she</code>
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* <code><nowiki>{{gender|ExampleNeutral}}</nowiki></code> would return <code>he/she</code>
*<code><nowiki>{{gender|ExampleMale|reflexive}}</nowiki></code> would return <code>himself</code>
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* <code><nowiki>{{gender|ExampleMale|reflexive}}</nowiki></code> would return <code>himself</code>
*<code><nowiki>{{gender|ExampleNeutral|accusative}}</nowiki></code> would return <code>him/her</code>
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* <code><nowiki>{{gender|ExampleNeutral|accusative}}</nowiki></code> would return <code>him/her</code>
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==

Revision as of 23:15, 11 August 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

{{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 return he
  • {{gender|ExampleFemale}} would return she
  • {{gender|ExampleNeutral}} would return he/she
  • {{gender|ExampleMale|reflexive}} would return himself
  • {{gender|ExampleNeutral|accusative}} would return him/her

See also

Template:Pronoun templates