This is a documentation subpage for Template:User grieving. It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

• {{User grieving}}
• {{User grieving|name|pronoun}}
• {{User grieving | name | pronoun | image = | imageright = | style = | textstyle = | short = | message = | includeRIP = | birthDate = | deathDate = | includeAge = }}

{{User grieving}} produces

User grieving has recently suffered a significant loss and is currently grieving. As such, their ability to work on Wikipedia and their time available to do so may be reduced – a wikibreak is also possible. There may be delays in responding to messages or e-mails, so your patience is requested, as well as compassion and understanding during this difficult time of mourning. Thank you.

{{User grieving|short=yes}} produces

User grieving has recently suffered a significant loss and is currently grieving. As such, their ability to work on Wikipedia and their time available to do so may be reduced. Thank you.

{{User grieving|Jon Doe|his}} produces

Jon Doe has recently suffered a significant loss and is currently grieving. As such, his ability to work on Wikipedia and his time available to do so may be reduced – a wikibreak is also possible. There may be delays in responding to messages or e-mails, so your patience is requested, as well as compassion and understanding during this difficult time of mourning. Thank you.

{{User grieving|Jane Doe|her|image=[[File:A Silhouette of Sadness.jpg|50px|link=WP:WB]]|imageright=[[File:Genova-Staglieno-DSCF8984.JPG|100px|link=Grief]]|style=background-color: black;|textstyle=color: white;|message = Rest in peace John Doe, you will be missed.|includeRIP=yes|birthDate=January 12, 1996|deathDate=October 8, 2024|includeAge=yes}} produces

Jane Doe has recently suffered a significant loss and is currently grieving. As such, her ability to work on Wikipedia and her time available to do so may be reduced – a wikibreak is also possible. There may be delays in responding to messages or e-mails, so your patience is requested, as well as compassion and understanding during this difficult time of mourning. Specifically, User grieving would like to add the following customized message: "Rest in peace John Doe, you will be missed." Thank you. 12 January 1996 — 8 October 2024 (aged 28 years, 8 months and 26 days) R.I.P.

List of all parameters:

{{User grieving
| name 
| pronoun 
| image = 
| imageright = 
| style = 
| textstyle = 
| short = 
| message = 
| includeRIP = 
| birthDate = 
| deathDate = 
| includeAge = 
}}

name

name is your username or the name by which you wish to be known; if nothing is specified, the base page name (here "User grieving") is used

pronoun

pronoun is typically either "his", "her", or "their" (your gender-appropriate third-person possessive determiner) – if no pronoun is specified but the user has indicated their gender in their settings here, then the appropriate pronoun is used; otherwise, the gender-neutral form "their" is used.

short

Optional; passing any value to |short= will remove everything after "may be affected" in the message.

image

No parameter = If no image parameter is given the template uses the default image, [[File:Sunset at Huntington Beach.jpg]].

An image = Should be an image with usual wiki notation. For example:

image = [[File:A Silhouette of Sadness.jpg|40px|link=WP:WB]]

imageright

No parameter = If no image parameter is given the template uses the default image, [[File:Evstafiev-bosnia-sarajevo-funeral-reaction.jpg]].

An image = Should be an image with usual wiki notation. For example:

image = [[File:Genova-Staglieno-DSCF8984.JPG|100px|link=Grief]]

style

Optional CSS values used by the entire message box table. Without quotation marks " " but with the ending semicolons ;. For example:

style = background-color: black;

textstyle

Optional CSS values used by the text cell. For example:

textstyle=color: white;

message

Optional customized message that the user would like to append. For example:

Rest in peace John Doe.

includeRIP

Optional parameter to add "RIP" text. Requires the use of both birthDate and deathDate.

includeRIP = yes

birthDate and deathDate

Optional strings of text that are converted into a Date. Using both is required if includeRIP is set to yes.

includeAge

Whether or not to also add the age of the deceased in days, months and years.

includeAge = yes