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Add death_cause parameter that was added to documentation several months ago (and then removed after I pointed it out at the help desk) but not actually added to the template until now. See the sandbox edit I made here. Thank you (if I did this incorrectly, sorry my bad I'm new to this) I also tried to do the above person's request. :) PARAKANYAA (talk) 08:38, 20 October 2023 (UTC)
- We would normally ask for evidence of consensus for any new parameters in infoboxes. Has this new parameter been discussed anywhere? — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 10:25, 20 October 2023 (UTC)
- It's alright to include. These specialized infoboxes extend Template:Infobox person, and it's reasonable that any parameters there should carry over. SWinxy (talk) 21:44, 20 October 2023 (UTC)
- As SWinxy said, they're in infobox person as well, and I don't think it makes sense for a specialized version of that template to lack a basic field that one has. It's new to this template but not to other people infoboxes on wiki PARAKANYAA (talk) 23:07, 20 October 2023 (UTC)
Done * Pppery * it has begun... 00:05, 27 October 2023 (UTC)
I’m looking at the Robert Willis (hacker) page and as he has received an medal in his Infobox, I am not sure if it is appropriate to add this infobox below. His award came from his service in the Texas State Guard and there are other articles of their members without the military person infobox. If these qualify, I’d appreciate militia’s being acceptable in the documentation (the infobox documentation mentions government officials qualifying). Twillisjr (talk) 16:45, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
There is a discussion regarding the placement of "Sir" here in case anyone is interested. Cheers, --Omnipaedista (talk) 15:34, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
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Description of suggested change: I went to add Winfield W. Scott Jr. to the infobox of Winfield W. Scott III and noticed that this template doesn't have mother/father/parents parameters like Template:Infobox person. If anyone could help out by adding it, I think it would be a really useful addition. Thanks! Rockhead126 (talk) 01:40, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
- You could use the
|relations=parameter. Or you could add this line to the infobox: |module={{infobox person |embed=yes |father=[[Winfield W. Scott Jr.]]}}- The downside to either of these is that "relations" and "parent" are displayed at the bottom below all of the military carerr details.
- Alternatively, you could switch from using {{Infobox military person}} as the main infobox to using {{Infobox person}} with the
|module=parameter set to display {{Infobox military person}} with all of the associated parameters unique to that infobox. The look/style of the infobox will change slightly, but this approach has the benefit of having all of the "personal" details grouped together at the top and then everything else for the military career below. — Archer1234 (t·c) 03:33, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
Rockhead126 I'm going to mark this as declined and suggest you try one of the suggestions in Archer's comment. Alternately, it may not be the case that the family relation is a defining characteristic that should be mentioned in the infobox. Keep in mind MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE: "The less information it contains, the more effectively it serves [its] purpose, allowing readers to identify key facts at a glance." (t · c) buidhe 22:55, 5 February 2024 (UTC)
- buidhe It seems reasonable to me to have the parameter carry over from Template:Infobox person in this case. Obviously not every parameter is relevant for the average military person, but this is a key piece of biographical information, and there are a heck of a lot of notable military figures whose parentages are undoubtedly notable characteristics. Especially considering that there are already spouse and children parameters, I'd argue that including parent parameters makes more sense than just having the information go under relations or requiring editors to embed a module. Rockhead126 (talk) 23:45, 5 February 2024 (UTC)
Noticed that some parameters, including serviceyears and servicenumber, don't have underscores as required per INFOBOXNAME. Can that be corrected? QuietHere (talk | contributions) 09:03, 18 March 2024 (UTC)