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Addition of "child" parameter

Couldn't there be a "child" parameter so this template can be embedded inside another infobox template? For example, at the TBS Television (Japan) article, I tried to embed this template inside Template:Infobox television station, but the result looks weird because this template doesn't have a "child" parameter, so I had to do it the other way round. JSH-alive/^{talk/cont/mail} 14:36, 27 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

JSH-alive, it does, it's just called |embed=. Primefac (talk) 13:05, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Primefac: Well, it's missing in the main documentation. Anyway, thanks for your tip. JSH-alive/^{talk/cont/mail} 14:43, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Always happy to help. Feel free to update the /doc. Primefac (talk) 17:16, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Citation in Infobox

This discussion on citation inside of infobox may be of interest to editors here. Ckfasdf (talk) 00:07, 22 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Founders

With this edit I intended to remove the "Founders" line from the infobox for the article. Unfortunately, The line displays from Wikidata when the field is empty. There are multiple founders in Wikidata, but the label display "Founder". That need to be fixed so it says "Founders" when there are multiple founders. Can we also add an option to suppress the line as well? Richard-of-Earth (talk) 21:38, 28 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The |fetchwikidata= parameter can be set to "no" to disable calling WD, which I have done on the article. For the record though it is an all-or-nothing parameter, so turning it off removes all WD calls in the infobox. Primefac (talk) 17:37, 29 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Richard-of-Earth (talk) 02:56, 30 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Template-protected edit request on 4 July 2023

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Add a | headqaurters = parameter. 90.255.6.219 (talk) 11:52, 4 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: We already have |hq_location= and similar parameters. Primefac (talk) 13:27, 4 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Introduces more issues than it solves

@IceWelder: We really should make this template have its parameters aligned, so that when editors copy it, they copy it aligned, and so it will be aligned in more articles. This makes editing and reading the code much, much easier. I haven't met any editor who disagrees. What "issues" do you claim it causes, and why are you edit-warring your preference as well, while trying to accuse me of the same? $ɱ$ (talk) 13:56, 19 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Please see User talk:IceWelder/Archive 9#"Block spacing"? and Template talk:Infobox character/Archive 5#TemplateData format type for reference. Regarding your latter question, see WP:STATUSQUO. IceWelder [✉] 14:00, 19 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds like you're a singular adamant person acting against the will of other editors in those conversations, and arguing your way into succeeding. How does the spacing make it harder for mobile editors? No space makes everything intensely cluttered and jumbled, for mobile and desktop editors. Yet I can tell I won't persuade you.

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(talk) 14:04, 19 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]