Template:Gender

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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.

Usage

Typical:
     {{gender |Username |case }}

Vertical:

{{gender
|Username
|case
}}

Parameters

• |Username or |1=Username – The username without the User: 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, or they – Returns "he", "she" or "they". This is the default value of the case parameter.
  • accusative, object, oblique, objective, dative, prepositional, obj, him/her, him, or them – Returns "him", "her", or "them".
  • genitive, possessive, pos, his/her, his, or their – Returns "his", "her" or "their".
  • genitive pronoun, possessive pronoun, poss, his/hers, hers, or theirs – Returns "his", "hers" or "theirs".
  • reflexive, intensive, himself/herself, or themselves – Returns "himself", "herself" or "themselves".
  • reflexive2, intensive2, himself/herself2, or themself – 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.

One parameter:

• {{gender|ExampleMale}} would return he
• {{gender|ExampleFemale}} would return she
• {{gender|ExampleNeutral}} would return they

Two parameters:

• {{gender|ExampleMale|reflexive}} would return himself
• {{gender|ExampleFemale|genitive pronoun}} would return hers
• {{gender|ExampleNeutral|accusative}} would return them

See also

• {{gender:}} magic word

Pronoun templates

Template	Male	Female	Not specified
{{they}}	he	she	they
{{them}}	him	her	them
{{their}}	his	her	their
{{theirs}}	his	hers	theirs
{{themself}}	himself	herself	themself
{{they are}}	he is	she is	they are
{{they're}}	he's	she's	they're
{{they were}}	he was	she was	they were
{{they have}}	he has	she has	they have
{{they've}}	he's	she's	they've
{{they do}}	he does	she does	they do
{{they verb}}	he {{{3}}}	she {{{3}}}	they {{{2}}}
{{he or she}}	he	she	he or she
{{him or her}}	him	her	him or her
{{his or her}}	his	her	his or her
{{his or hers}}	his	hers	his or hers
{{he/she}}	he	she	he/she
{{him/her}}	him	her	him/her
{{his/her}}	his	her	his/her
{{pronoun}}	(See template documentation for parameters)
{{gender}}	(See template documentation for parameters)
{{ucfirst:{{they}}}}	He	She	They
{{ucfirst:{{their}}}}	His	Her	Their
{{ucfirst:{{they are}}}}	He is	She is	They are
{{ucfirst:{{they were}}}}	He was	She was	They were
{{ucfirst:{{they have}}}}	He has	She has	They have
{{ucfirst:{{they do}}}}	He does	She does	They do
{{ucfirst:{{he or she}}}}	He	She	He or she
{{ucfirst:{{his or her}}}}	His	Her	His or her
{{ucfirst:{{he/she}}}}	He	She	He/she
{{ucfirst:{{his/her}}}}	His	Her	His/her

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