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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.
Typical:
{{
gender |Username |case }}
Vertical:
{{gender |Username |case }}
|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).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 them
{{
gender:}}
magic wordTemplate | 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 do}} | he does | she does | they do |
{{ they use}} | he uses | she uses | they use |
{{ 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 |