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== CFBHOF_id unknown parameter? ==

Hi, editing references for [[Alex Moffat (American football)]] there's an error message "Warning: Page using Template:Infobox college football player with unknown parameter "CFBHOF_id" (this message is shown only in preview)." but the parameter is listed on the template. [[User:Quuux|Quuux]] ([[User talk:Quuux|talk]]) 07:06, 27 September 2019 (UTC)

== Question about the formatting ==

Is there any reason the "Personal Life" section isn't the first group of parameters listed? It's inconsistent with basically every other infobox about a sportsperson. ~ [[User:Dissident93|''Dissident93'']] ([[User talk:Dissident93|''talk'']]) 16:18, 14 June 2021 (UTC)
:Or should we just merge to [[Template:Infobox NFL biography]], which most notable college players end up using at some point. Some editors just insisted on college being unique.—[[User:Bagumba|Bagumba]] ([[User talk:Bagumba|talk]]) 17:18, 14 June 2021 (UTC)
::{{u|Bagumba}}, doing that would cut down on a lot of maintenance since we'd no longer have to replace them with NFL infoboxes post-draft, but it also brings up potential issues such as bowl games being listed for NFL players (assuming that the parameter for that would be kept). But I suppose a fix could be either omitting that outright in a merge ''or'' having it (and other college-specific parameters such as class) be hidden via a flag that triggers when the player's team is no longer listed as a college team. That way we'd avoid any edit-warring. But unless we get a consensus for that, I see no reason why my original proposal shouldn't be applied to the current template. ~ [[User:Dissident93|''Dissident93'']] ([[User talk:Dissident93|''talk'']]) 19:00, 14 June 2021 (UTC)
:::{{u|Dissident93}}: I have no objection. It just seemed like to me in the past that some college editors just wanted things different for the sake of being different.—[[User:Bagumba|Bagumba]] ([[User talk:Bagumba|talk]]) 02:56, 15 June 2021 (UTC)

== Can we make it so that you can add parameters for collegiate careers? ==

Some MLB players played college baseball before going pro, some even winning national championships or significant college awards. We should have parameters allowing bare info on collegiate baseball careers to be listed for players such as [[Barry Bonds]], [[Bryce Harper]], and [[Jeff Samardzija]] without the need to sloppily embed a separate template

Can this be done? [[User:SecretName101|SecretName101]] ([[User talk:SecretName101|talk]]) 18:36, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

:@[[User:Dissident93|Dissident93]] @[[User:Goszei|Goszei]] @[[User:Politicsfan4|Politicsfan4]] @[[User:Eagles247|Eagles247]] [[User:SecretName101|SecretName101]] ([[User talk:SecretName101|talk]]) 05:42, 17 April 2025 (UTC)
::{{re|SecretName101}} This should probably be brought up at [[Template talk:Infobox baseball biography]] instead of here. [[User:Eagles247|Eagles]] [[User talk:Eagles247|24/7]] [[Special:Contribs/Eagles247|(C)]] 17:18, 17 April 2025 (UTC)
:{{tqq|... without the need to sloppily embed a separate template ...}}: That always seems like a sneaky way to bypass establishing a new consensus.—[[User:Bagumba|Bagumba]] ([[User talk:Bagumba|talk]]) 17:47, 17 April 2025 (UTC)
::@[[User:Eagles247|Eagles247]] Exactly where I meant to post this. Clumsy me [[User:SecretName101|SecretName101]] ([[User talk:SecretName101|talk]]) 16:34, 18 April 2025 (UTC)

== [[:Template:Infobox person]] has an [[WP:RFC|RfC]]==

<div class="floatleft" style="margin-bottom:0">[[File:Information.svg|48px|alt=|link=]]</div>'''[[: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 '''[[Template talk:Infobox person#Should color headings be removed from all person infoboxes|the discussion page]]'''. Thank you. — '''[[User:Zackmann08|Zackmann]]''' ([[User_talk:Zackmann08|Talk to me]]/[[Special:Contributions/Zackmann08|What I been doing]]) 18:30, 2 October 2025 (UTC)

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