Template talk:Infobox professional wrestler

message: Some infobox images on wrestlers' pages, for example Rey Mysterio, Torrie Wilson, and Eddie Guerrero are far too small. You can't change this in the individuals infoboxes, so can somebody edit the template so this isn't the case? I don't know how to. HamishMacBeth 20:06, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Image size

message: I think the info box should include the name of the wrestler's theme song.--Hornetman16 20:22, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I second that. 83.233.58.34 00:37, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No it definitely shouldn't. ↪Lakes (Talk) 11:57, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: The info box

message: I've removed the "resides" field from the template because it fails WP:V, WP:CITE and WP:BIO. It's never sourced and could just be completely made up. I asked a while back on WP:PW and whilst nobody really supported it, nobody objected. BertieBasset 00:50, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: WP:PW has recently agreed to include countries in the infobox. In the case of wrestlers like Glen Jacobs and Shannon Spruill who were born outwith their current country of resides, the field is necessary to avoid confusion. Moreover, anything on Wikipedia is potentially "completely made up"; this is not a compelling rationale. McPhail 01:36, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: If you need compelling rationale, you could read the bit where it fails WP:V, WP:CITE and WP:BIO. To say it is necessary for the reason you give doesn't make sense, who would really assume that despite appearing weekly on American television, Jacobs still resides in Spain? BertieBasset 11:08, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: There are plenty of American/Canadian/Mexican wrestlers who regularly cross the border and wrestle in Canada/Mexico/America. WP:V, WP:CITE and WP:BIO could potentially be used to remove any field from the infobox. The field is optional, so it doesn't have to been included, but it makes sense to retain the option. McPhail 14:57, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Resides

message: I would like to add a "Current Championships" section to the bottom of the template.
I just figured I would ask opinions here first.
Obviously this section would only include championship belt(s) which are currently held by that wrestler.
* eg. Chavo Guerrero - ECW Championship
* eg. Kia Stevens - TNA Women's Championship and NWA World Women's Championship
This list would not get too big, wrestlers usually wont hold multiple belts at once for very long.
--Skyhawker666 (talk) 03:37, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I suggest bringing this up at WP:PW, where more people will see the discussion. TJ Spyke 00:53, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Skyhawker666's change was wrapped in a conditional, so it would only be seen in any article that actually used it (i.e. it would not "effect hundreds of articles".)  So what's the big deal?  — Andrwsc (talk · contribs) 01:08, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

text: The section would be either added or updated when the title changes hands. Thanks for your approval Andrwsc, however I appreciate the link to WP:PW I will bring it up there as well. Thankyou --Skyhawker666 (talk) 08:52, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Championships 

message: It would seem that "manager(s)" would be a good optional parameter to add to this infobox, along with "nickname(s)". Also, something similar to how Infobox actor approaches awards listing, there could be a championships parameter. This would cut down on the compulsion to use lists within the articles. Just suggestions, though. Chickenmonkey (talk) 14:46, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible parameters 

message: I think using John Cena as an example breaches Point of view. What do we do? --Kaizer13 (talk) 20:15, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  POV? 

message: Would a spouse section in the infobox be of interest?  This would allow easy reference to relationshps such as Chris Benoit and Nancy Sullivan, Tommy Dreamer and Beulah McGillicutty, Triple H and Stephanie McMahon, Brock Lesnar and Rena Mero, etc.  Poker Flunky (talk) 18:07, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spouse? 

message: The doc now advises use of , which requires a full date. However, as per WP:DOB the exact birth date should normally not be included in articles about living people unless it is widely published already, or has clearly been published with the approval of the person. Many editors seem to be automaically following this documetation and inserting full dates of birth where they should not. I have now included a warning about this and a suggestion to use  in the doc. DES (talk) 21:21, 27 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Date of birth 

message: Should cause of death be included? It's included in most other infoboxes. Just a thought. Crash Underride 12:34, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: It most definitely should UniNoUta (talk) 15:45, 4 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  New parameter 

message: Suggesting an addition of the Years Active parameter for wrestlers/announcers who passed while still under contract to an organization. The only option to indicate an end to a career is Retired but I don’t think that label fits in that situation. C.M. Andersen 20:44, 2 January 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Seems like a good idea.★Trekker (talk) 21:26, 2 January 2019 (UTC)
replies: text:  Sounds like a good idea. If we do that might want to get rid of debut and retired, and just have years active. A lot of wrestlers have passed away while they were still wrestling, so retired would be incorrect in those cases. This way if they didn't wrestle for a few years that can be shown there too. StaticVapor message me! 18:52, 28 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Years Active parameter needs to be added 

message: Could someone please put the Finishing Move as a Parameter into the Infobox? MkIc (talk) 19:46, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Finisher was removed in 2007 as unimportant clutter. Hoof Hearted (talk) 15:37, 19 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Finishing Moves 

message: Please add the parameter "Partner" after "Spouse". This can be used to include notable long-term unmarried relationships in articles. McPhail (talk) 13:39, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Please can you demonstrate consensus for this change? Should partner and spouse be mutually exclusive? Could the label be changed to Spouse/partner or is a separate row required? — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 11:30, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
replies: text:  the requested change is based on Template:Infobox person, which is the master template for biography articles. Template:Infobox person has "Spouse" and "Partner" as separate parameters. This change will bring biographical articles on professional wrestlers in line with biographical articles generally - there's no real reason to capture information on partners for everyone with a biographical article bar wrestlers. McPhail (talk) 15:45, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

text: Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the  template. While I see no issue with adding this extra parameter, Martin raises some good points that should be discussed. Just because  has the two parameters on different lines doesn't mean this template must follow suit. Basically, I'd like to see opinions on whether it should be an either/or situation; i.e. both on one row or different rows. Primefac (talk) 16:09, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

text: I've added the field to the sandbox version — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 08:59, 25 November 2021 (UTC)

text: .  would you mind updating the documentation? — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 08:41, 26 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adding "Partner" parameter 

message: Please add the parameter "Partner" after "Spouse", with "Partner" Wikilinked to the article Intimate relationship. This can be used to include notable long-term unmarried relationships in articles. As requested I have raised this at the Professional Wrestling WikiProject and there is support for adding the field. McPhail (talk) 10:48, 23 November 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I've added the field to the sandbox version — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 08:59, 25 November 2021 (UTC)

text: .  would you mind updating the documentation? — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 08:41, 26 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adding "Partner" parameter (redux) 

message: Please can the parameter "residence" be removed from this template. This was discussed here. The rationale is that (1) this is consistent with Template:Infobox_person fromm which this parameter has been removed (2) this information is inherently very difficult to reliably source (3) the inclusion of this information may given rise to privacy/security issues in certain cases. McPhail (talk) 09:10, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry to hijack, but can the editor also add the "partner" parameter to the unknown parameter check? This part of the process was overlooked months ago, so articles using it are incorrectly listed in :Category:Pages using infobox professional wrestler with unknown parameters. Prefall 10:42, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: All . P.I. Ellsworth - ed. put'r there 11:11, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
replies: text:  thank you. McPhail (talk) 15:49, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: my pleasure! Paine  16:10, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removal of "Residence" parameter