Template talk:Infobox comics character

message: Changed "Supporting character of" to "supports" because the font size change threw the formatting off. --69.136.111.100 18:40, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I wonder if this will be the place will editors will be editing pro-registration/anti-registration/mutant independence now. --Chris Griswold  (☎☓) 19:59, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You might be right, that is such a terrifying thought I think I'm going to change it back. --69.136.111.100 02:38, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Changes 

message: Does this box really need a placeholder image?  Why can't the default be no image, instead of a placeholder?  --Phirazo 03:37, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Nutshell, it was suggested/noted/acted upon as a cross Comics imfobox item here: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Comics#Placeholder image. And it looks like it may be a moot issue with the direction that Wikipedia:Centralized discussion/Image placeholders is going. - J Greb (talk) 11:05, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Placeholder image 

message: The "Publisher" link has to be updated. "Category:Comic book publishing companies" was moved to "Category:Comics_publishing_companies"--Darknus823 (talk) 21:40, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Update Publisher

message: The placeholder image caption, "If this infobox is not supposed to have an image, please add "|noimage=yes".", is self-referential.  I'm turning it into a comment so that it can only be seen when the page is being edited.  See Wikipedia:Self-references to avoid for the reasons why.--ragesoss (talk) 01:15, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Self-referential

message: The "Supports" tag seem to imply the character is a supporting character. Should there be a "support"/"main" tag to include characters supporting a main character. 惑乱 Wakuran (talk) 09:18, 28 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Supports

message: I've created an alternate version of the template called Template:Infobox animated superhero for use on articles of characters on superhero animated series (e.g. Batman (DC animated universe), :Category:DC animated universe characters). I'm not the best with coding so any help on that or help on improving and applying the template is very appreciated.--Marcus Brute (talk) 05:41, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Template:Infobox animated superhero 

message: Please fix When looking at :Category:Character pop, I noticed that 'Mazing Man was sorted under "'" rather than "M", even thought the sort field was used as well as DEFAULTSORT. Can this be fixed? —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 21:18, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Done.  If this was intentional, please revert.  Thanks! Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 02:59, 26 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually it was since that is a tracking category for the articles not the content. - J Greb (talk) 03:18, 26 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sorting problem 

message: Like in the video game character infobox. --Niemti (talk) 09:20, 23 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Could someone change the color to just white? 

message: This template should not be using a placeholder image.  Such images were voted down by the community several years ago.  Cf. Wikipedia:Centralized discussion/Image placeholders, which concluded with a consensus of "Image placeholders should not be used on article pages." (Emphasis in original.) — SMcCandlish    Talk⇒ ɖ∘¿¤þ   Contrib.  23:35, 29 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: -- WOSlinker (talk) 19:59, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Could you please make the same change on the other templates that use this same image?  Thanks!  GoingBatty (talk) 20:32, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Done, except Template:Branding timeline/doc; but none of these were protected. --Redrose64 (talk) 11:49, 26 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Remove placeholder image 

message: I found this via . Shouldn't all such categories be named "deprecated" rather than "depreciated"? -- Trevj (talk) 18:44, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deprecated not depreciated? 

message: I'd like to propose the inclusion of two optional parameters: "originally portrayed by" and "first comic appearance" for characters that originated in other media, such as Phil Coulson and Harley Quinn. The parameters would only be used for characters first appearing outside the comics and would only list the original actor to play the part, who's importance I would consider on par with the creators of the characters. This would also completely eliminate the need for the animated superhero infobox which doesn't seem to be used on many pages and doesn't allow for characters first appearing in live action media. --DocNox (talk) 00:27, 29 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Characters originating in other media 

message: Is it possible to make this strict so that the labels aren't squashed onto another line? It seems to do this at the merest hint of the content in the content column touching its sides. It's not a technical thing just an aesthetic issue. Darkwarriorblake (talk) 03:09, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Width of the label column 

message: *Placeholder images have been deprecated project wide, per WP:IPH and common practice of the community over the last four years removing in excess of 50,000 uses of placeholder images. In the template, the element "" should be replaced by "" or similar to avoid use of :File:Comic image missing.svg. Thank you, --Hammersoft (talk) 18:45, 25 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Question: Surely :File:Blank.jpg is also a placeholder? --Redrose64 (talk) 20:43, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

text: *Not the same, as blank does nothing to change the appearance of the article. --Hammersoft (talk) 21:54, 25 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: It still takes up space though. --Redrose64 (talk) 21:58, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

text: *The remove it entirely if you like, or drop it to 1px. --Hammersoft (talk) 22:04, 25 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: A 1px image is still a placeholder: it occupies the place where the proper image would have appeared if it had been specified. . --Redrose64 (talk) 22:12, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

text: * Thank you! --Hammersoft (talk) 22:25, 25 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Per my request above, could someone please make the same change on the other templates that use this same image?  Thanks!  GoingBatty (talk) 00:34, 26 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Done, except Template:Branding timeline/doc; but none of these were protected. --Redrose64 (talk) 11:49, 26 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you, and sorry for not checking that they weren't protected.  GoingBatty (talk) 15:42, 26 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request to remove placeholder image 

message: Can we get an "|image_alt=" parameter, as per WP:ALTTEXT? Curly Turkey (gobble) 21:18, 10 September 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: It's a simple matter,  should do it. I used  for consistency with . Just need that to be tested, then consensus from the relevant WikiProject. --Redrose64 (talk) 22:39, 10 September 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: How's the "alt=" parameter coming, can we please add it soon? Prhartcom (talk) 22:17, 24 December 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I was kinda waiting for comments from a WikiProject, but none have been posted, so  - it's  and you would fill it in per WP:ALTTEXT. --Redrose64 (talk) 22:25, 24 December 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Works well, thank-you! Prhartcom (talk) 11:53, 5 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alt text for image 

message: I notice the Milestone characters have been divided into two subcats: Some of them are still listed as Milestone (e.g. Icon) and others are listed as DC (e.g. Static). This means that the  category has lots of missing characters. Is there a way to list both publishers? Should all the Milestone characters be moved to DC? (I haven't checked, but this might also affect WildStorm characters like Grifter, Apollo, Midnighter, etc.) Thanks. Aristophanes68 (talk) 17:29, 7 July 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: After looking around some more, it seems that most of the Milestone characters are now tagged as DC characters. Since there are only three characters left in the  cat, I'm going to switch them all to DC. Aristophanes68 (talk) 17:49, 7 July 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: But Wildstorm characters are mostly showing Wildstorm in the parameter. Can the parameter hold two different companies? If not, can we decide whether the parameter should go to the original or the current company? Thanks. Aristophanes68 (talk) 19:55, 7 July 2014 (UTC)

text: Okay, I just noticed the instructions for how to use the addcharcat# parameter: "Additional "<Publisher> <character type>" categories can be added with addcharcat#. Replace "#" with a number (currently the template is set up for 2 additional cats) and list the full category title. Please list the publishers in publication order." PROBLEM: I still can't get both categories to show up when I add |subcat2 = . Anyone here familiar with how to work the addcharcat# parameter? Aristophanes68 (talk) 21:09, 7 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Multiple publishers and the publisher subcat 

message: What is the purpose/right usage of the partners field? On superheros it seems redundant to the team affiliations field, and as someone has abused on Batman, ripe for misuse. Darkwarriorblake / SEXY ACTION TALK PAGE! 20:11, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: So are we content to remove this then? Seeing as noone wants to defend it? Darkwarriorblake / SEXY ACTION TALK PAGE! 22:11, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Partners 

message: It is possible to make it so that :Category:Misplaced comics infoboxes excludes articles in draftspace? I don't think a draft version of an article is a misplaced use of this template. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 13:48, 28 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[:Category:Misplaced comics infoboxes]] includes draft space 

message: Comic books are not known for being careful with terminology, and "alter ego" as used in older Superman comics is a bit of a stretch of the definition.  Looking at the Wikipedia page for alter ego, in the context of the Superman it can only be applied metaphorically, because "alter ego" in the literal sense refers to a split personality rather than a masquerade (the Hulk has an alter ego, but Superman doesn't).  I think "alter ego" should be replaced with "aliases", "other names", "AKA", or something like that.  Superman has a Kryptonian name (Kal-El), a legal American name (Clark Kent), an alias (Superman), and a bunch of nicknames (Man of Steel, Man of Tomorrow, etc.).  Few superheroes have an alter ego in any sense.  Spider-Man has a secret identity, but he doesn't project a fake personality when he is Peter Parker. BaronBifford (talk) 13:09, 27 July 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with this line of thought, though I have no strong preference for what the replacement parameter(s) are called. There is an "alias" parameter now, but it's lower in the box and is intended for a different purpose, I think. Argento Surfer (talk) 18:39, 27 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: "Alter ego" should just be "Other names"

message: I want to add a category to the template titled Relatives. Real people have them on their info boxes list off their parents, siblings, children, spouses, etc. so why not for comic book characters as well. So I was hoping to hear from someone about making this a reality and I hope this is one of those ways I can make it happen.
Fluffyroll11 (talk) 18:45, 30 July 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the  template. — JJMC89 (T·C) 22:56, 30 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Template-protected edit request on 30 July 2016 

message: How does one put Judge Anderson in :Category:Mega-City One judges and not the redundant supercategory :Category:Comics characters ? No combination of blank/nonblank cat and subcat seems to work; is there a "suppress" option? jnestorius(talk) 19:08, 17 March 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: User:Jnestorius, I fixed it for you. Frietjes (talk) 14:53, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thanks! Can someone add altcat to the template documentation? jnestorius(talk) 17:34, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cat and subcat 

message: Some preliminary input-validation is required. Just thought I'd leave my findings here.   ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf)  23:42, 21 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Template produces a visible error when non-numerics used in imagesize 

message: The imagesize parameter seems to have been deprecated. It seems to currently default to 250, so including it in the infobox is pointless. --Omnipaedista (talk) 22:22, 29 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request to remove the imagesize parameter 

message: copied from User talk:Zackmann08.
Regarding your edits to :Template:Infobox comics character, is there anyway to restore the default image width to 250 pixels? Your edit seems to have triggered automatic image scaling, resulting in extra negative space around the image and poorer image quality. Thank you.--TriiipleThreat (talk) 15:16, 11 February 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I believe that I have set the default image size to 250px. Please start a thread at Template talk:Infobox comics character with links to affected articles if you are still observing problems. – Jonesey95 (talk) 18:25, 11 February 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Seems to be all good. Thanks.--TriiipleThreat (talk) 19:42, 11 February 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I also set the max image size (width) to 250px, per the documentation. I did not attempt to replicate the complicated code that was setting the max height to 450px, so I deleted that note from the documentation. I expect there may be a couple of very tall images somewhere in articles. – Jonesey95 (talk) 20:09, 11 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Template:Infobox comics character 

message: There is a parameter "First appearance" in this template. Shouldn't there also need to be a "last appearance" parameter? I think it is useful to know when the character last appeared in a comic. 
I'mFeistyIncognito | Talk 19:10, 9 August 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: thank you for the positive suggestion. This seems to be something that needs the input of other editors who are also involved with this template, so...  Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the  template. Thanks again for your interest in this encyclopedia! P.I. Ellsworth  ed. put'r there 19:34, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: , Thank you for your response. How (and where) should I seek consensus for maximum likelihood of being answered? I'mFeistyIncognito | Talk 20:40, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  I don't know if Paine Ellsworth meant that a formal RfC is required or not (one could be opened right here, and propagate from there), but I'd recommend opening a discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Comics since that WikiProject would be the most frequent user of this template. -2pou (talk) 21:09, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

text:  whether or not to have an informal discussion or an RfC is up to the editor who wants the new parameter. The WikiProject's talk page would be an excellent place to discuss this and perhaps the best place to garner a consensus for this addition. P.I. Ellsworth  ed. put'r there 22:07, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  New parameter for last seen? 

message: There should be an epithets/nicknames section, since comic book characters often have epithets and so people wouldn't add epithets to the aliases section, a mistake I have noticed a lot in character articles
SinkingInMercury (talk) 03:20, 2 August 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the  template. DonIago (talk) 03:49, 2 August 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request to add epithets parameter 

message: Should there be an epithets parameter in the infobox?
I think there should be, since most comic book characters have epithets, and also to prevent people from mistaking epithets for aliases and putting them in the aliases section, a mistake I have seen frequently in character articles. Any thoughts?
SinkingInMercury (talk) 00:42, 3 August 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd like to see diffs of these frequent errors before adding additional fictional information to infoboxes, which are common points for bloated minutia. Argento Surfer (talk) 12:19, 3 August 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Batman:Two-Face:Harley Quinn:Superman:Green Arrow:Wonder Woman:SinkingInMercury (talk) 14:24, 3 August 2021 (UTC)

text: What limit is there on this? Do we include "Bats" because the Joker uses it a lot? It seems like something that will just be abused. Darkwarriorblake / SEXY ACTION TALK PAGE! 17:51, 5 September 2021 (UTC)
replies: text:  Should be limited to epithets that fit the definition from this website: "a word or phrase used in place of or in addition to a name to characterize the person, place, or thing. In fiction or nonfiction, it’s an effective device for evoking the subject’s qualities and for elegant variation." Examples of this are the epithets listed here. SinkingInMercury (talk) 03:18, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  RFC: new epithets parameter in infobox 

message: Regarding this edit, should the Species parameter be used even for humans? DonIago (talk) 15:29, 12 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Species param to be used for humans?