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== Edit request 5 April 2025 ==

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'''Description of suggested change:''' I request that the formatting of {{code|native_name}} be updated from bold to roman and the use of {{tl|nobold}} be made obsolete here. I have yet to see a page that does not use that template inside it.

another person would likely need to automate the removal of the template if this request goes through.  [[User:JnpoJuwan|Juwan]] ([[User talk:JnpoJuwan|talk]]) 21:36, 5 April 2025 (UTC)
:[[File:X mark.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] '''Not done for now''': please establish a [[Wikipedia:Consensus|consensus]] for this alteration '''[[Wikipedia:Edit requests#Planning a request|before]]''' using the {{Tlx|Edit template-protected}} template.<!-- Template:ETp -->
:First of all, would you mind clarify what you mean "to roman"? Could you please implement this change in [[Template:Infobox officeholder/sandbox|the sandbox]]?
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:Here are examples of usages of the template without {{tl|nobold}}, that I [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=hastemplate%3A%22Template%3AInfobox+officeholder%22+insource%3A%2Fnative_name+*%3D++*%5B%5E%7B%7C%5D%2F&title=Special%3ASearch&profile=advanced&fulltext=1&ns0=1 found using an insource search]:
:* [[Jim Thorpe]] – no template at all, but additional formatting is present due to parameter {{para|native_name_lang|sac}}
:* [[Chiang Kai-shek]] – uses a different template, {{tl|langn}}
:* [[Joseph Stalin]] – uses {{tl|Plainlist}}
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:Template {{tl|Infobox officeholder}} is used more than on a quarter million pages. This change will need a wider consensus. I recommend notifying [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Politics|WikiProject Politics]], [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Infoboxes|WikiProject Infoboxes]], and [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography|WikiProject Biography]] of this discussion. —⁠[[User:Andrybak|andrybak]] ([[User talk:Andrybak|talk]]) 12:33, 27 April 2025 (UTC)

== Caption not displaying ==

Hi, I added a caption to the template's use at [[Marwan Barghouti]], but for reasons that I cannot figure out, the caption is not displaying. Any help would be appreciated. [[User:Green Montanan|Green Montanan]] ([[User talk:Green Montanan|talk]]) 16:25, 28 April 2025 (UTC)
:Another editor [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marwan_Barghouti&diff=next&oldid=1287809897 fixed it for you] by removing a duplicate, and empty, {{para|caption}} parameter. That's a tricky one. – [[User:Jonesey95|Jonesey95]] ([[User talk:Jonesey95|talk]]) 14:09, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

== Template-protected edit request on 28 April 2025 ==

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Unlink [[Template:Infobox people]], there is not disappearance parameters. Now I can't add disappearance date and place on [[Dhirendranath Datta]]. Please add "disappeared_place" and "disappeared_date" parameters like infobox people. [[User:Mehedi Abedin|Mehedi Abedin]] 20:44, 28 April 2025 (UTC)
:[[File:X mark.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] '''Not done for now''': please establish a [[Wikipedia:Consensus|consensus]] for this alteration '''[[Wikipedia:Edit requests#Planning a request|before]]''' using the {{Tlx|Edit template-protected}} template.<!-- Template:ETp --> That article is not a great example; the person's disappearance is neither sourced nor discussed in the article.  – [[User:Jonesey95|Jonesey95]] ([[User talk:Jonesey95|talk]]) 14:10, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
::@[[User:Jonesey95|Jonesey95]] Where can I start discussion for consensus? [[User:Mehedi Abedin|Mehedi Abedin]] 00:48, 2 May 2025 (UTC)
:::This talk page is a good place to start. This template is used on 251,000 pages. How many pages would  {{para|disappeared_date}} be used on? Can you provide ten examples? If not, you probably won't get support. In the meantime, you can use {{para|module}} to embed a different infobox that supports {{para|disappeared_date}} if you have an article that contains sourced information about the disappearance of an officeholder. – [[User:Jonesey95|Jonesey95]] ([[User talk:Jonesey95|talk]]) 03:14, 2 May 2025 (UTC)


== Edit request 3 February 2025 ==

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A "chiefminister" field should be added as there is many chief ministers such as [[Chief Minister of the Isle of Man]], [[Chief Minister of Jersey]], [[Chief Minister of Guernsey]]. It would be used on the infoboxes of government ministers such as those on [[Council of Ministers of the Isle of Man]]. [[User:Sahaib|Sahaib]] ([[User talk:Sahaib|talk]]) 08:23, 3 February 2025 (UTC)
: Bump to prevent archival. [[User:Pppery|* Pppery *]] [[User talk:Pppery|<sub style="color:#800000">it has begun...</sub>]] 20:06, 10 May 2025 (UTC)
:{{Not done}}: please make your requested changes to the template's sandbox first; see [[Wikipedia:Template sandbox and test cases|WP:TESTCASES]].<!-- Template:ETp --> – [[User:Jonesey95|Jonesey95]] ([[User talk:Jonesey95|talk]]) 14:00, 18 May 2025 (UTC)

== Edit request 3 June 2025 ==

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'''Description of suggested change:'''

The formatting of native names in this infobox is inconsistent with that of other biographical infoboxes (e.g. infobox person) -- as far as I can see, only officeholder bolds them; they are usually in regular type. 

Demonstration provided (person on top, officeholder below). Could this template be changed for consistency? ''[[User:UndercoverClassicist|<b style="color:#7F007F">UndercoverClassicist</b>]]'' <sup>[[User talk:UndercoverClassicist|T]]·[[Special:Contributions/UndercoverClassicist|C]]</sup> 11:34, 3 June 2025 (UTC)

{{infobox person
| name = Example Person
| native_name = Persona Exempla
| occupation = Exemplary person
}}

{{infobox officeholder
| name = Example Person
| native_name = Persona Exempla
| office = Exemplary office
}}