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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 {{magic word|GENDER}} magic word.

===Usage===

Typical:<br />
{{in5}}{{tlx|gender&nbsp;|<var>Username</var>&nbsp;|<var>case</var>&nbsp;}}

Vertical:
 <nowiki>{{</nowiki>gender
 {{!}}<var>Username</var>
 {{!}}<var>case</var>
 <nowiki>}}</nowiki>

===Parameters===
* <code>{{!}}{{var|Username}}</code> or <code>{{!}}1={{var|Username}}</code> – The username without the <code>User:</code> prefix
* <code>{{!}}2=</code> or the second unnamed parameter – Optional parameter for giving the [[Noun case|case]] of the pronoun. Possible values are listed below, and include linguistic terms (and their abbreviations) and "what I want it to say" versions:
** <code>nominative</code>, <code>subject</code>, <code>subjective</code>, <code>sub</code>, <code>he/she</code>, or <code>they</code> – Returns "he", "she" or "they". This is the default value of the case parameter.
** <code>accusative</code>, <code>object</code>, <code>oblique</code>, <code>objective</code>, <code>dative</code>, <code>prepositional</code>, <code>obj</code>, <code>him/her</code>, <code>him</code>, or <code>them</code> – Returns "him", "her", or "them".
** <code>genitive</code>, <code>possessive</code>, <code>pos</code>, <code>his/her</code>, <code>his</code>, or <code>their</code> – Returns "his", "her" or "their".
** <code>genitive pronoun</code>, <code>possessive pronoun</code>, <code>poss</code>, <code>his/hers</code>, <code>hers</code>, or <code>theirs</code> – Returns "his", "hers" or "theirs".
** <code>reflexive</code>, <code>intensive</code>, <code>himself/herself</code>, or <code>themselves</code> – Returns "himself", "herself" or "themselves".
** <code>reflexive2</code>, <code>intensive2</code>, <code>himself/herself2</code>, or <code>themself</code> – Returns "himself", "herself" or "themself" (preferred by ''[[The Chicago Manual of Style]]'' and some other sources on [[Singular they|singular ''they'']]).

=== Examples ===
In these examples, the hypothetical users User:ExampleMale, User:ExampleFemale and User:ExampleNeutral are supposed to be male, female and of unspecified gender, respectively.

* <code><nowiki>{{gender|ExampleMale}}</nowiki></code> would return <code>he</code>
* <code><nowiki>{{gender|ExampleFemale}}</nowiki></code> would return <code>she</code>
* <code><nowiki>{{gender|ExampleNeutral}}</nowiki></code> would return <code>they</code>
* <code><nowiki>{{gender|ExampleMale|reflexive}}</nowiki></code> would return <code>himself</code>
* <code><nowiki>{{gender|ExampleNeutral|accusative}}</nowiki></code> would return <code>them</code>

==See also==
* <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Help:Magic_words#Formatting|gender:]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code> magic word
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