they
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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 |
((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 |