Template talk:Infobox government agency/Archive 2

Edit protected

Any proposed changes should be discussed below this line. --Markles 10:39, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

{{editprotected}} Please add interwiki link ja:Template:Infobox Government agency to doc subpage. --222.150.89.95 (talk) 15:20, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Done. --- RockMFR 18:12, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Has the dust settled yet?

Hey guys, I think the idea of this template is good, but has the dust settled yet? What is the outcome? Is there some WP:ODNT here? Peet Ern (talk) 21:30, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Eh, I just gave up and removed it from my watchlist. I also unprotected it since the dispute is over and I don't plan on making other edits. Feel free to do whatever you like though. --CapitalR (talk) 00:57, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Guidance

I and a few other editors are overhauling the CIA page, and have reached a bit of a quandry with our infobox. The CIA is overseen not only buy its director and deputy/assistant directors, but also by the Director of National Intelligence, who oversees all or most of the US intelligence community. Therefore, while the position of DNI is certainly an oversight position for the CIA, it is equally not an "agency executive". Right now the page uses the rather awkward field of "minister responsible" to list the current DNI, as the DNI position, being the next step down from the President in responsibility for the CIA, is in some way more akin to the ministerial level of responsibility than an agency executive. Would a "cabinet member responsible" optional field be inappropriate for this template? Any thoughts? (Morethan3words (talk) 09:06, 25 January 2008 (UTC))

Scaling of seals

Within the examples, and also within the National_Reconnaissance_Office article that promtped me to check the infobox topic, the seals are humongous, spanning half the page or more. Apparently, adding "| thumb" to it doesn't thumbnail it like the image tag. I don't know if this is just for SVG files or, for that matter, it's a matter of IE 7.0.5730.13 on Windows XP SP 2, but I figured I'd mention it here. -Fuzzy (talk) 16:57, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, and admin needs to fix this (United_States_Census_Bureau) ASAP. Aar☢n Bruce^Talk/_Contribs 12:43, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

WODUP's fix worked, at least for me. Thank you for the prompt attention. -Fuzzy (talk) 11:52, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

It appears that since the discussion of scaling seals above, an edit was made to limit all graphics within the template to 180 px. (I'm not sure who or when, but didn't have the time to go through the history in that much detail.) Therefore, I recently (September 2009) inserted a descriptive indicator on the instruction section for all "_width" fields for picture/seal/logo/map that specifies that their is a maximum of 180 px width. This would be helpful to editors using this template to know that if they enter anything larger than 180, their images will be limited to 180. StanfordHarvie1 (talk) 14:43, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

Annual Budget problem

"Annual budget" doesn't show in articles with this template. I tried to fix it, it did show up but the rest got messed up so I reverted my edit. Can this be fixed?--Avala (talk) 21:14, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

I just added an option to add coordinates under "Headquarters", in the same style as in Template:Infobox Country, but apparently missed a line at the end. It should work fine now though, sorry for the mess (I should have tested it more before I added it). /Slarre (talk) 21:41, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

Ministry fields

The current template requires that you enter a link to the minister's name, in order for the Ministry to show up. This is not sustainable from a maintenance perspective as you have to go through (manually or bot) and change every page every time the minister changes (which can be often in parliamentary systems; cabinet shuffles may occur yearly). The accountable ministry changes much, much less often than the minister - if I could just display the ministry that would solve the problem. In a perfect world, we could pull the current minister's name in some automated way from the ministry page itself. Rakerman (talk) 18:25, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Coordinates Display

Would it be possible for users to select whether to display coordinates

• in the infobox,
• at the top of the article, or
• both.

Awg1010 - 06:08, 9 March 2009

Though this ancient request did not offer any reasons, here are a few current ones:

1. "mysterious" anonymous coordinates at far right of page header, egs: FBI, NSA, DoD, etc. (but not CIA which somebody fixed, or DIA which nobody plotted) -- actually somewhat meaningless up there if agency has multiple important facilities like FDA#Regional_facilities and NASA#Facilities.
2. given #1, best to make "just infobox" the default but STILL allow pages to select the style if needed.

However, since the selection is not even controlled by this template but rather by the "display" parameter of the explicit template:coord call in the "coordinates" parameter [of this template], as per stated usage syntax/parameters/examples here, then all that is needed here is to remove all instances of the "title" param-value from said usage instructions. That just leaves having a bot do the same to all those other explicit coordinates-parameter coord-template calls out there. Wikicat (talk) 15:00, 28 March 2020 (UTC) -- Wikicat (talk) 21:00, 13 May 2020 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. You don't seem to be requesting a change to this template -- or, if you are, I don't understand what change you are trying to request. If you are asking for an edit to the documentation, you can do that yourself at Template:Infobox government agency/doc. If you are requesting the bot run, then {{edit template-protected}} is the wrong forum for it; post at Wikipedia:Bot requests. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 03:19, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

Map section

I added (September 2009) a section to this template to allow for a map area at the bottom of the infobox. Many government agencies are regional in nature and it would be helpful for them to have a place to put a map of the area at the bottom. I essentially copied the code from the picture/seal/logo code and changed it to say "map" instead of "picture/seal/logo". I also inserted a Map bar above the section by copying the other title bars in the code. Of course, like other options, if the map fields are left blank, nothing appears. Here is the code I inserted in the document subpage:

|map =
|map_width =
|map_caption =

Here is the code I inserted in the template itself:

{{#if:{{{map|}}}|
! colspan=2 style="background-color: #efefef; text-align: center" {{!}} Map
{{!}}-
{{!}} colspan=2 style="text-align: center" {{!}} [[file:{{{map}}}|{{#if:{{{map_width|}}}|{{{map_width}}}|180px}}]]
{{!}}-
{{#if:{{{map_caption|}}}|
{{!}} colspan=2 style="text-align: center" {{!}} {{{map_caption}}}
{{!}}-

I am open to the community's thoughts on this new field. It is used on Template:Geobox (especially for rivers) and is very helpful for readers to see the region covered. Of course, this won't be useful for all agencies (like those obviously associated with a specific jurisdiction), but it could be very helpful for these regional government agencies and commissions. StanfordHarvie1 (talk) 14:43, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

nativename italic

Why is |nativename= italic? This is not italic in prose so why is it in the infobox? _Xeworlebi ^(talk) 21:59, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

Good question. I would support removing the italics. Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 03:26, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

I've removed them. _Xeworlebi ^(talk) 18:33, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Type and Agency_type

There should be some changes to the "|type = " parameter so that the value does not alter the parent, child, preceding, superseding, and chiefs parameters. For example, the "US Department of Defense" would have a "|type = Department " parameter, but that would make "child departments" and in general, a department is he highest form of agency, therefore there is no "child department", also for example if the lets say "institute of soccer" uses "|type=Institute", the parent agency shouldnt say "Parent Institute" if it belongs to lets say the "Ministry of Sport".

And can someone explain what is the "|agency_type=" parameter, it doesnt seem to make any changes to the infobox so whats the use. mijotoba (talk) 11:18, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

New Field: Expenditure

While I'm a bit hazy on this kind of stuff, I believe that the current field, 'Budget', relates to a prediction at the beginning of the year in a political speech, while the government agency Annual Report at the end of the year shows the actual level of expenditure. As such, might it be informative to provide figures for both budgeted and actual expenditure? Thanks, BrekekekexKoaxKoax (talk) 09:12, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Should I attempt to make the changes to the template myself? Thanks,BrekekekexKoaxKoax (talk) 14:01, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

New Field: Audit Opinion

Can a new field also please be added for audit opinion, as is currently under discussion on the company infobox template. This could be populated with 'Unqualified', 'Qualified' (maybe subdivided into (1) probs with financial reporting (2) probs with underlying transactions), 'Withheld', 'Missing'. Thanks, BrekekekexKoaxKoax (talk) 09:15, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Similar to above, and please see company infobox talk for similar (and maybe United States Department of Defense) for how notable all this can be. BrekekekexKoaxKoax (talk) 14:05, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

Why executives and not Executives

When used for Philadelphia Parking Authority, this template shows the executives under "executives" rather than "Executives" but most templates use caps on entry items, as does this one for most items. Please change. --DThomsen8 (talk) 12:13, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

Increasing number of child agencies

Just about every Australian government department has more than 6 child agencies and editors are simply cramming several names into one field to get them to show. I have increased the number of child_agency fields to 25. eg. Attorney-General's Department (Australia) Maxious (talk) 05:57, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Jurisdiction parameter

The term "jurisdiction" has 4 separate meanings: 1. the right or authority to apply the law, as with courts of law; 2. the basic sovereign authority of a government; 3. the territory or area within which authority is granted or exercised; and 4. the political or judicial subdivisions of a governmental or sovereign authority. The template Description – "Name of the jurisdiction in which the agency resides" – implies a physical location, e.g., the territory, area, or nation where the agency is. But the template Value gives government entities as examples – "Text eg; [[Government of Western Australia]] or [[United States Government]]". I dare not change the template Field Name as I think doing so would probably screw thing up. But I think changing the Description to "Name of the government in which the agency operates" is a good idea. That way we avoid territory type (3) values, issues as to the right or power to apply the law (1 & 2), and it focuses better on the particular government (4) of which the agency is a part of. (I'll wait for some comments before making any changes.) – S. Rich (talk) 16:53, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

re-opened?

Ministry of the Interior and Justice

Agency overview
Formed	27 December 2002 (2002-12-27)
Preceding agencies	Ministry of the Interior Ministry of Justice and Law
Dissolved	11 August 2011 (2011-08-11)

Ministry of Justice and Law

Agency overview
Formed	11 August 2011 (2011-08-11)
Preceding agency	Ministry of the Interior and Justice

Ministry of Justice and Law

Agency overview
Formed	1993 (1993)
Preceding agency	Ministry of Justice

I'm wondering if it's possible to create new parameters for cases when a government agency has been dissolved but later reopened.

I'm having multiple issues with some Colombian government agencies that have reopened after some "experimental integration" due to budgetary reasons, so for example the Ministries of Justice, and the Ministry of the Interior were fused together to form the Ministry of the Interior and Justice, and were last year once again separated, I had initially created the Ministry of the Interior and Justice (Colombia) which reads that it was formed out of those two agencies and later and dissolved, but the Ministry of Justice and Law (Colombia) reads that it was formed just last year when in reality it was formed in 1993 but indicating that would erase the mention of that Interior and Justice merge. Just thought I'd asked to see if there can be a way to address this matter. mijotoba (talk) 00:14, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

Please add a parameter for flags

Please add a parameter for flags, as many governmental agencies have flags of their own. Thanks! Illegitimate Barrister (talk) 05:20, 20 April 2013 (UTC)

Superseding

Can parameters be added/changed to indicate that an agency was superseded by more than one agency, as in the case of the Ministry of Social Protection of Colombia that was dissolved and divided into two separate ministries, the Ministry of Labour and the Ministry of Health and Social Protection. Something like |superseding1=, |superseding2=, much like the |preceding1= |preceding2= fields that change the fieldname from "Preceding agency" to "Preceding agencies" so it would read "superseding agencies" as well. Thanks. mijotoba (talk) 15:58, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

 Done --Quest for Truth (talk) 13:41, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

Capitalisation of "agency"

If this template is used with parent_agency set, it displays "Parent Agency" in title case. (Example) However it should display sentence case, eg "Parent agency", per MOS:CAPS. Could someone familiar with template syntax fix it please. Mitch Ames (talk) 09:19, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

 Done. I also changed "Child Agency" to "Child agency" - Evad37 (talk) 12:28, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

Sister agency?

Many govt agencies may have a sister agency as well, IMHO a provision for this in the infobox would be quite useful.LegalEagle (talk) 11:07, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

EDIT REQUEST: Optional 1px borders

Please add an optional 1-pixel border to the "logo" and "picture" parameters. It should appear something like:

| logo_border = no/yes
| picture_border = no/yes

Or something of that sort. Thank you. Illegitimate Barrister (talk) 14:56, 31 December 2013 (UTC)

• Not done: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{edit semi-protected}} template. Technical 13 (talk) 03:16, 2 January 2014 (UTC)

Parameter for Anthem/March?

Some government agencies have anthems or marches used as a "theme song" for the agency, if you will. Should we add a parameter for that into the infobox to represent that? I'd like to hear some thoughts. Regards, Illegitimate Barrister 20:03, 30 January 2015 (UTC)

Use of start date template

In the documentation, {{start date}} is suggested to use in {{{formed}}}. How about using {{end date}} in {{{dissolved}}} ? --Quest for Truth (talk) 13:31, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

Departments/Ministries and Agencies

Of course I can see that the desire was for a common template that could be used for the enormously wide range of governmental structures that exist globally. I do find this a rather strange template, viewed from UK, where the expression "government agency" has a much more restrictive application, and certainly does not include ministries/departments. It gives the rather absurd result that a department can be preceded and succeeded by an agency. I can see that the appropriate type of agency for the main subject is facilitated by the |type= parameter but this is not carried through to the [preceding1= and |superseding= fields. On the face of it, this should be possible as it is already achieved with the |chief1_name= parameter. An alternative approach could be additional preceding_type= and superseding_type= parameters (which would default to "agency" if blank and would not consequently affect any existing infoboxes). Davidships (talk) 13:23, 30 November 2016 (UTC)

Problems with outcome when using this box

Hi I recently tried to change some names in the infobox for this article Board of Admiralty. For |type = Board it reads Board Overview instead of agency. This changed the officials to Board Executives instead of agency executives which is fine. However preceding this board was an (office) it now reads as preceding board. Superseding this board was another (board) it now reads (superseding agency) both of which are not the correct terms. You can see another example where its a division and the same type of problem occurs here: Anti-Submarine Division does anyone no how to correct this?--Navops47 (talk) 03:24, 29 March 2017 (UTC)

I have been told that it might require require an extension to the current definition and implementation of the Template so that I have the options to add next to preceding either, Board, Branch, Division, Council, Committee and the same for superseding.--Navops47 (talk) 09:47, 29 March 2017 (UTC)

Navops47, I fixed it for you. Frietjes (talk) 16:49, 14 May 2017 (UTC)

Hi Frietjes I have not visited this for a while and missed your reply and apologies for my very late response many thanks for attempting to resolve it, the problem I am still having which really affects all Royal Navy articles is shown in the infobox below. You will notice that the type is a Division (this is correct), preceding it is a Department not a preceding Division, superseding it is a Division not an Agency. The type field works fine however the options available to provide the correct term for what type of organisational structure precedes it or supersedes it, is incorrect. The problem with the Royal Navy it uses many different organisational descriptions such as Board, Branch, Committee, Council, Department, Division, Establishment, Office, Section. This is what needs changing.--Navops47 (talk) 02:43, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

Air Division

Division overview
Formed	1920
Preceding Division	Air Department
Dissolved	1964
Superseding agency	Naval Air Division, Naval Staff, Navy Department
Jurisdiction	Government of the United Kingdom
Headquarters	Admiralty Building Whitehall London
Parent department	Admiralty Naval Staff

Edit request

I know I can theoretically edit this myself, but I'd rather not as I'm not very familiar with template syntax. I would simply like the template to support an eighth responsible minister, needed by Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources (I know, it's absurd but it's true. Thanks in advance! Triptothecottage (talk) 23:57, 16 April 2017 (UTC)

Triptothecottage, added. Frietjes (talk) 16:56, 14 May 2017 (UTC)

Acronym parameter

Please add a parameter for Acronym, as all agencies & other government bodies are more recognised by their acronyms. Thanks! -Ninney (talk) 19:37, 13 August 2017 (UTC)

I agree with need for acronym parameters. - HugoHelp (talk) 23:24, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

I agree too. Could it be called "abbreviation", since about 400 pages are already trying to use that parameter (per Category:Pages using infobox government agency with unknown parameters)? Suelru (talk) 17:19, 2 February 2018 (UTC)

Agency ID

I've added an Agency ID parameter (agency_id) to the infobox. In Australia at least, departments and agencies change frequently, so records authorities like Public Record Office Victoria and State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales assign a unique identifier to agencies of their respective governments. I will hazard a guess that this occurs elsewhere, but for Australia at least, this is an effective form of disambiguation and authority control between agencies that may share similar names but be from different eras. For Victoria at least, I will be linking the ID to the appropriate record. Triptothecottage (talk) 12:01, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

@Triptothecottage: I'm not sure if we have this in the United States, but it looks like a good idea nonetheless.  — Mr. Guye (talk) (contribs)  21:26, 9 December 2017 (UTC)

@Mr. Guye: See Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (Victoria) for an example of how it looks. Triptothecottage (talk) 00:27, 10 December 2017 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 1 July 2018

Change

| 1 = {{{minister1_name|}}}{{#if:{{{minister1_pfo|}}}|, {{{minister1_pfo}}}}}

to

| 1 = {{#if:{{{minister1_name|}}}|{{{minister1_name|}}}{{#if:{{{minister1_pfo|}}}|, {{{minister1_pfo}}}}}|{{#if:{{{minister1_pfo|}}}|{{{minister1_pfo}}}}}}}

for all different numbers.

Make the equivalent change for deputyminister and chief.

As can be seen on Scottish Office, when there is no currently responsible minister, but there is a page for the minister who was historically responsible, the characters ", " precede the office.

See Template:Infobox government agency/testcases for examples. KingUther (talk) 15:01, 1 July 2018 (UTC)

 Not done: please make your requested changes to the template's sandbox first; see WP:TESTCASES.

KingUther, your request has sat unanswered for two weeks. I don't think I'm the only one to have left it alone because despite knowing (& demonstrating that you know) how to code the change you expect someone else to take it and do it

• for all different numbers, and
• for deputyminister and chief.

The request process is meant to ensure that there are two pairs of eyes on the change, not to save you the effort of writing and testing your change.

Eventually I spotted the missing comma in the testcases. The change looks to work OK. But you don't go out of your way to make it easy to help you. Regards, Cabayi (talk) 10:01, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for your response. Apologies if it appears I was being lazy in not making the changes in the sandbox myself, I am not entirely familiar with the procedure for editing templates. I have now made the changes to the sandbox for both deputyminister and chief. I believe I have already made clear the effect of the change in the testcases but let me know if I can make any further changes. Regards, --KingUther (talk) 11:54, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

KingUther, the change fixes the stray comma in Test 6 but loses the job titles in tests 3, 4, & 7. Cabayi (talk) 19:53, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

Cabayi, I believe I have fixed this now. I have replaced chief#_pfo with chief#_position. Apologies for my oversight and thanks for your correction. Regards, --KingUther (talk) 20:34, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

KingUther, that looks good.  Done Cabayi (talk) 20:54, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

Wikidata

Would it make sense to use (some) Wikidata information in these templates? There's a lot of basic information we store in information that could/would be better stored in Wikidata and pulled from there. For example, I've recently gone through and done a (rough around the edges) reorganisation of the ministries for Tanzania. Details like when a ministry was formed, dissolved, websites, etc are duplicated between here and Wikidata, which is time-consuming for rather simple data. --Lewis Cawte (Talk) 15:09, 19 January 2019 (UTC)

New parameter documentation

I've had a go at updating the documentation to include the distinction between |type and |agency_type, and to include |parent_agency_type. Thanks to all those who've worked on that messy stuff. However, I know what I've written isn't very clear, and it needs additional eyes to try and make it comprehensible. Triptothecottage (talk) 22:46, 21 January 2019 (UTC)

New Parameter Proposal: Responsibility

I propose a new Parameter:

• Responsibility

Values would be e.g.:

• Postal Services
• Defense
• Environmental Protection
• Aviation Safety

Etc. --RScheiber (talk) 17:08, 22 March 2019 (UTC)

• Oppose The vast majority of government agencies give a clear indication of their function in their name; in those cases where responsibilities are complex or not immediately obvious, the information is better presented in prose. Triptothecottage (talk) 00:38, 23 March 2019 (UTC)

Superseding agencies

Hello, when putting multiple superseding agencies of a different type (e.g. Government department) the template seems to still default to the word "agency". I think the code uses the word "service" instead of "type" (like the preceding agency code does). Is this an error or am I doing something wrong? Bookscale (talk) 03:35, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

Multiple parent agencies

For example, there could be situations where the agency would report to one department and also another. Viztor (talk) 02:48, 23 June 2019 (UTC)

• @Viztor: Got an example? In my editing dealing with agencies in Australia, lines of responsibility are generally strictly hierarchical. But if there's a use case, I see no reason not to add multiple parameters. We have them for everything else! Triptothecottage (talk) 11:26, 23 June 2019 (UTC)
  • For example, a city-level police department reports to the city council but also its superior provincial police department. Viztor (talk) 12:13, 23 June 2019 (UTC)

• A police department should be using {{Infobox law enforcement agency}}, but as I say, I see no reason this functionality shouldn't exist. Triptothecottage (talk) 12:19, 23 June 2019 (UTC)

Agency type parameters

The difference between type and agency_type is subtle and to be frank rather confusing. I find myself having to check which is which every time I write a new one of these boxes. I'd like to suggest changing the parameter names to short_type and full_type respectively, while obviously leaving the current names as aliases. Thoughts? Triptothecottage (talk) 01:22, 19 July 2019 (UTC)

Agreed. I've never been able to get this template to work, given its utterly confusing use of parameters. --Paul_012 (talk) 22:12, 19 November 2019 (UTC)

Horizontal images

May somebody please edit the template so that the images are displayed horizontally next to each other, like country infoboxes do with their flags and coats of arms? Would make it easier to read on wide displays and save some space. – Illegitimate Barrister (talk • contribs), 13:21, 23 December 2019 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 10 May 2020

Hello, please add:

 | image3 = {{#if:{{{image_coat|}}}{{{image_symbol|}}}{{{image_flag|}}}{{{image_flag2|}}}
  |{{infobox country/imagetable
    |image1a = {{#invoke:InfoboxImage|InfoboxImage|suppressplaceholder={{main other||no}}|image={{{image_flag|}}}|sizedefault=125px|size={{{flag_width|{{{flag_size|}}}}}}|maxsize=250|border={{yesno |{{{flag_border|}}}|yes=yes|blank=yes}}|alt={{{alt_flag|{{{flag_alt|}}}}}}|title=Flag of {{{name|{{{name|{{{linking_name|{{PAGENAME}}}}}}}}}}}}}
    |image1b = {{#invoke:InfoboxImage|InfoboxImage|suppressplaceholder={{main other||no}}|image={{{image_flag2|}}}|sizedefault=125px|size={{{flag_width|}}}|maxsize=250|border={{yesno |{{{flag2_border|}}}|yes=yes|blank=yes}}|alt={{{alt_flag2|{{{flag_alt2|}}}}}}}}
    |caption1= {{#ifexist:{{if empty |{{{flag_type_article|}}} |{{{flag|}}} | {{if empty |{{{flag_type|}}} |Flag}} of {{if empty |{{{linking_name|}}} |{{{name|}}} |{{{name|}}} |{{PAGENAME}} }} }} |[[{{if empty |{{{flag_type_article|}}} |{{{flag|}}} |{{if empty |{{{flag_type|}}} |Flag}} of {{if empty |{{{linking_name|}}} |{{{name|}}} |{{{name|}}} |{{PAGENAME}} }} }}|{{if empty |{{{flag_caption|}}} |{{{flag_type|}}} |Flag}}]] |{{if empty |{{{flag_caption|}}} |{{{flag_type|}}} |Flag}} }}
    |image2  = {{#invoke:InfoboxImage|InfoboxImage|suppressplaceholder={{main other||no}}|image={{if empty|{{{image_coat|}}}|{{{image_symbol|}}}}} |size={{{symbol_width|{{{coa_size|}}}}}}|sizedefault=85px|alt={{#if:{{{image_coat|}}}|{{{alt_coat|{{{coat_alt|}}}}}}|{{{alt_symbol|}}}}}|title={{{symbol_type|Coat of arms}}} of {{{name|{{{name|{{{linking_name|{{PAGENAME}}}}}}}}}}}}}
    |caption2= {{#ifexist:{{if empty |{{{symbol_type_article|}}} |{{{symbol|}}} |{{if empty |{{{symbol_type|}}} |Coat of arms}} of {{if empty |{{{linking_name|}}} |{{{name|}}} |{{{name|}}} |{{PAGENAME}} }} }} |[[{{if empty |{{{symbol_type_article|}}} |{{{symbol|}}} |{{if empty |{{{symbol_type|}}} |Coat of arms}} of {{if empty |{{{linking_name|}}} |{{{name|}}} |{{{name|}}} |{{PAGENAME}} }} }} | {{if empty |{{{symbol_type|}}} |Coat of arms}}]] |{{if empty |{{{symbol_type|}}} |Coat of arms}} }}
    }} }}

Also make sure to add | image_coat | image_flag | image_flag2 | image_symbol | to the unknown parameters check to prevent any categorization errors. Thanks. – Illegitimate Barrister (talk • contribs), 02:10, 10 May 2020 (UTC)

Per my comment on Template talk:Infobox organization, please provide a rationale for the change and demonstrate consensus — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 20:05, 10 May 2020 (UTC)

Correct logo_alt parameter

bsd. When logo_alt is not included in the infobox, it will show {{{logo_alt}}} when hovering over the logo (example). Please correct. Thanks in advance! --Ben Stone 15:24, 17 July 2020 (UTC)

Fixed. Thanks! Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 19:44, 18 July 2020 (UTC)

Changing "Child organisation" to "Daughter Organisation"

I believe the phrase "Child organisation" refers to subsidiaries, but the usage of Child organisation" is very rare/unheard of. I propose changing the phrase "Child organisation" to "Daughter Organisation" or "Subsidaries" or any of the synonyms mentioned in the wikipedia page, although the formers sounds better since we are already mentioning of "Parent organisation"--LostCitrationHunter (talk) 16:37, 1 December 2021 (UTC)

Merge Syrian ministries template

Can the Template:Syrian ministries be merged into this template at it offers same functionality as this one which is mostly used across articles. - DownTownRich (talk) 03:11, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

I have nominated it here; Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2022 April 3 DownTownRich (talk) 03:22, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

Edit request to complete TfD nomination

Template:Infobox government agency has been listed at Templates for discussion (nomination), but it was protected, so it could not be tagged. Please add:

{{subst:tfm|help=off|1=Syrian ministries}}

to the top of the page to complete the nomination. Thank you. DownTownRich (talk) 03:21, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

 Done Terasail^[✉️] 16:09, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

Edit request for unbulleted list readd an item_style parameter

Readd an |item_style= parameter to the data16 {{Unbulleted list}} for Agency executive/s. In a December 2015 edit, Comp.arch removed the item_style for Agency executive/s that had an indent. Unbulleted lists with the same item_style were added by user Izkala in a July 2015 edit (August 2015 user Quest for Truth added a new list). Data16 has 9 list items. Without the indent it has made it difficult to read articles with many list items such as United States National Security Council, National Emergency Management Agency (New Zealand) and North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.--Melbguy05 (talk) 10:54, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

 Done. P.I. Ellsworth - ed. ^put'r there 16:09, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 14 June 2022

Change "Headquarters" to "Headquarters address". TheodoreTurner (talk) 02:47, 14 June 2022 (UTC)

 Not done for now: This is actually a controversial edit, so you'll need to discuss first with other editors. Please open a new section here and start a discussion. – Jonesey95 (talk) 05:21, 14 June 2022 (UTC)

Undesirable display issues

See Scottish Register of Tartans. The infobox there has a run-together mess in the left column which reads:

Keeper of the Scottish
Register of Tartans
responsible
Parent Non-ministerial
department

This isn't really very parseable. As best I can make out, there should be some kind of division after "Tartans", and the rest should read "Responsible parent non-ministerial department", capitalised thus, but instead there is no initial capital letter, and there is senseless mid-phrase capitalisation on "Parent" and "Non-".  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  00:29, 17 July 2023 (UTC)

I have attempted to better utilize the infobox parameters in this edit: Special:Diff/1165732219. — Goszei (talk) 02:34, 17 July 2023 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 21 November 2023

I'd like to embed a child infobox inside of an {{infobox government agency}} using |module= a la WP:IEmbed. Could someone apply the following change, which would allow me to do so?

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}}{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown={{main other|[[Category:Pages using infobox government agency with unknown parameters|_VALUE_{{PAGENAME}}]]}}|preview=Page using [[Template:Infobox government agency]] with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| agency_id | agency_name | agency_type | budget | chief1_name | chief1_position | chief2_name | chief2_position | chief3_name | chief3_position | chief4_name | chief4_position | chief5_name | chief5_position | chief6_name | chief6_position | chief7_name | chief7_position | chief8_name | chief8_position | chief9_name | chief9_position | child | child1_agency | child10_agency | child11_agency | child12_agency | child13_agency | child14_agency | child15_agency | child16_agency | child17_agency | child18_agency | child19_agency | child2_agency | child20_agency | child21_agency | child22_agency | child23_agency | child24_agency | child25_agency | child3_agency | child4_agency | child5_agency | child6_agency | child7_agency | child8_agency | child9_agency | coordinates | deputyminister_type | deputyminister1_name | deputyminister1_pfo | deputyminister2_name | deputyminister2_pfo | deputyminister3_name | deputyminister3_pfo | deputyminister4_name | deputyminister4_pfo | deputyminister5_name | deputyminister5_pfo | deputyminister6_name | deputyminister6_pfo | deputyminister7_name | deputyminister7_pfo | deputyminister8_name | deputyminister8_pfo | dissolved | embed | employees | footnotes | formed | headquarters | image | image_caption |image_alt | image_map | image_size | italic title | jurisdiction | keydocument1 | keydocument2 | keydocument3 | keydocument4 | keydocument5 | keydocument6 | logo | logo_caption |logo_alt| logo_size | logo_width | map | map_alt | map_caption | map_dot_label | map_dot_mark | map_size | map_type | map_width | minister_type | minister1_name | minister1_pfo | minister2_name | minister2_pfo | minister3_name | minister3_pfo | minister4_name | minister4_pfo | minister5_name | minister5_pfo | minister6_name | minister6_pfo | minister7_name | minister7_pfo | minister8_name | minister8_pfo | motto | name | native_name | native_name_a | native_name_r | nativename | nativename_a | nativename_r | parent_agency | parent_agency_type | parent_department | picture | picture_caption | picture_width | preceding1 | preceding2 | preceding3 | preceding4 | preceding5 | preceding6 | region_code | seal |seal_alt | seal_caption | seal_size | seal_width | service | status | subbox | superseding | superseding1 | superseding2 | superseding3 | superseding4 | superseding5 | superseding6 | type | website }}

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| data99 = {{{module|}}} }}{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown={{main other|[[Category:Pages using infobox government agency with unknown parameters|_VALUE_{{PAGENAME}}]]}}|preview=Page using [[Template:Infobox government agency]] with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| agency_id | agency_name | agency_type | budget | chief1_name | chief1_position | chief2_name | chief2_position | chief3_name | chief3_position | chief4_name | chief4_position | chief5_name | chief5_position | chief6_name | chief6_position | chief7_name | chief7_position | chief8_name | chief8_position | chief9_name | chief9_position | child | child1_agency | child10_agency | child11_agency | child12_agency | child13_agency | child14_agency | child15_agency | child16_agency | child17_agency | child18_agency | child19_agency | child2_agency | child20_agency | child21_agency | child22_agency | child23_agency | child24_agency | child25_agency | child3_agency | child4_agency | child5_agency | child6_agency | child7_agency | child8_agency | child9_agency | coordinates | deputyminister_type | deputyminister1_name | deputyminister1_pfo | deputyminister2_name | deputyminister2_pfo | deputyminister3_name | deputyminister3_pfo | deputyminister4_name | deputyminister4_pfo | deputyminister5_name | deputyminister5_pfo | deputyminister6_name | deputyminister6_pfo | deputyminister7_name | deputyminister7_pfo | deputyminister8_name | deputyminister8_pfo | dissolved | embed | employees | footnotes | formed | headquarters | image | image_caption |image_alt | image_map | image_size | italic title | jurisdiction | keydocument1 | keydocument2 | keydocument3 | keydocument4 | keydocument5 | keydocument6 | logo | logo_caption |logo_alt| logo_size | logo_width | map | map_alt | map_caption | map_dot_label | map_dot_mark | map_size | map_type | map_width | minister_type | minister1_name | minister1_pfo | minister2_name | minister2_pfo | minister3_name | minister3_pfo | minister4_name | minister4_pfo | minister5_name | minister5_pfo | minister6_name | minister6_pfo | minister7_name | minister7_pfo | minister8_name | minister8_pfo | module | motto | name | native_name | native_name_a | native_name_r | nativename | nativename_a | nativename_r | parent_agency | parent_agency_type | parent_department | picture | picture_caption | picture_width | preceding1 | preceding2 | preceding3 | preceding4 | preceding5 | preceding6 | region_code | seal |seal_alt | seal_caption | seal_size | seal_width | service | status | subbox | superseding | superseding1 | superseding2 | superseding3 | superseding4 | superseding5 | superseding6 | type | website }}

For comparison, Special:Diff/1186133889 is me applying the same modification to {{infobox law firm}} (which wasn't template-protected). Thanks! DefaultFree (talk) 04:00, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

Actually, I see that there's already an |embed= parameter that would do what I need, although it's named contrary to WP:IEmbed conventions - usually you'd set |embed=yes when embedding this infobox inside another. Withdrawing this request. DefaultFree (talk) 04:15, 21 November 2023 (UTC)