Template talk:Infobox comedian

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Can someone add Citizenship to this template, please?

Per WP:INFONAT, nationality is a deprecated parameter, and occasionally citizenship is needed, but it does not appear to be supported in this template. Laterthanyouthink (talk) 06:59, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Add citizenship parameter, like in {{Infobox person}}. _signed, SpringProof ^talk 06:35, 18 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

How is it useful to list the citizenship (or nationality, which is discouraged but present in this template) of a comedian in the infobox? – Jonesey95 (talk) 14:52, 18 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Jonesey95: I was editing Jimmy Kimmel, and I noticed that someone had added to his infobox (with a reliable source) that he had gained Italian citizenship, but it wasn't showing up in the article because the comedian infobox hadn't been updated. I couldn't change his infobox to the person infobox because his had different parameters. I'm not sure what other articles that use the comedian infobox still use the nationality parameter, so that's why I'm asking for citizenship to be added instead of swapped. ^signed, SpringProof _talk 00:57, 23 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That sort of trivia is fine to have in the body of the article. It is not a key fact about Jimmy Kimmel. I will repeat: How is it useful to list the citizenship (or nationality, which is discouraged but present in this template) of a comedian in the infobox? See MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE. – Jonesey95 (talk) 01:33, 23 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Jonesey95: Got it. Thanks. It is not essential, so I retract my edit request. ^signed, SpringProof _talk 03:46, 23 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Infobox person has an RfC

Template:Infobox person has an RfC for possible consensus regarding the removal of color from person infoboxes. A discussion is taking place. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. — Zackmann (^{Talk to me}/_{What I been doing}) 18:30, 2 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]