Template talk:Infobox Christian leader

Template-protected edit request on 1 March 2017

I added the "upright" parameter in the sandbox. I tested the outcome; it works. The parameter should be added. George Ho (talk) 10:37, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

 Done --Scott Davis ^Talk 13:30, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

Proposed changes

I am sort of new to Wikipedia so I do not know if this proposed change would be very difficult to implement, but I think it would be very beneficial.

One thing I have noticed as a major flaw of this infobox is that is that it only allows for detailed information to be presented related to the subject's most recent office. Unfortunately, a the infobox for a prelate who has been the ordinary of many dioceses/other equivalents only shows his appointment date, term end, successor, predecessor, etc for that office. Usually, his previous posts are just placed obscurely in the "Previous posts" parameter.

I propose changing this infobox to make it more similar to Template:infobox officeholder. This would allow for each office to be presented equally in the infobox with each position's relevant information like appointment dates and term end etc. The separate sections for "Orders" and "Personal information" could be kept as is. In addition to allowing all a prelate's offices to be presented, it would also make it possible for a Christian leader's secular positions (such as political offices) to be placed in the same infobox as his religious offices. This would allow for a more holistic view of a religious leader in an infobox. For example, the Paraguayan president Fernando Lugo currently has his former bishopric present in his infobox (template:infobox officeholder). Again, I don't know how difficult this would be to implement but I think it would be a very positive improvement to this infobox. Jgefd (talk) 02:27, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

That all sounds like quite a lot of work, and I'm not sure who could/would do it. If you want to start playing in Template:Infobox Christian leader/sandbox if you are able. Once you have a working template you can propose the change formally on this talk page. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 11:38, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 8 April 2017

I added the "retired" parameter for bishops who have retired because they have reached the retirement age but it's still not showing up on retired bishops(Bishops Emeritus) pages when I add it on. Is there something else that has to happen? Roberto221 (talk) 02:27, 9 April 2017 (UTC)

You only added it to the documentation; it has not been implemented in the template. Please establish a consensus for the parameter to be added to the template. — JJMC89 (T·C) 08:26, 9 April 2017 (UTC)

OK, what is the protocol for doing so? Roberto221 (talk) 08:29, 9 April 2017 (UTC)