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Edit request 3 February 2024

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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. Sahaib (talk) 08:23, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Add parameters criminal charges to officeholder template

Is it possible to add the criminal parameters from the Template:Infobox person to the officeholder template for someone who has been convicted and sentenced for a felony and is a current officeholder?

| criminal_charges   = 
| criminal_penalty   = 
| criminal_status    =

Space4TCatHerder 🖖 18:45, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

As noted previously, this can be done via module. Nikkimaria (talk) 01:36, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nikkimaria, I had tried that, but it didn't seem to work. I just noticed that the parameters are added below "Cabinet", no matter where I place the module. Maybe I just overlooked them. Space4TCatHerder 🖖 13:18, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nikkimaria, embedding the module works here, but still doesn't work in infobox of Donald Trump. Worked it out — the problem was another module. The parameters ended up below all "officeholder" parameters. Space4TCatHerder 🖖 13:26, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This may prove to be problematic, particularly if there's a certain BLP in mind. GoodDay (talk) 16:53, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

GoodDay, ya think

? The discussion which resulted in consensus item 66 took place in May and June 2024, after Trump was convicted by the jury but before he was sentenced, and it was about using the "criminal" infobox instead of "officeholder". Citing the closing: The question of whether to add the conviction to the current infobox (as suggested by ARandomName123 and Sr Desayuno) is not answered in this RfC. Space4TCatHerder 🖖 13:16, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I've no objections to adding such parameters. GoodDay (talk) 15:39, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Constlk

Template:Infobox officeholder makes use of Template:Constlk, which, according to its documentation, should be substituted. I'm inexperienced in these matters, and I fear breaking things. Can or should it be substituted in this instance? Jean-de-Nivelle (talk) 12:14, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It transcludes {{constlk}}, which means that it's not used directly in the article, so substitution isn't necessary. ‑‑Neveselbert (talk · contribs · email) 19:02, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I meant to say, should it be substituted in {{Infobox officeholder/office}}? My understanding (perhaps mistaken) is that a template is either transcluded or substituted, and this one specifies that it should be substituted. Jean-de-Nivelle (talk) 20:10, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No, because then it would not work when transcluded. A transclusion is different from ordinarily including a template within an article, as it's done indirectly through the use of another template. ‑‑Neveselbert (talk · contribs · email) 20:26, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Elon Musk: Infobox officeholder or Infobox person?

You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Elon Musk § RfC: Should we use the officeholder infobox?. Some1 (talk) 14:41, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]