# Custom field for pronouns?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/custom-field-for-pronouns/134>\
**Category:** Forum Guide & Feedback\
**Created:** [August 15, 2023, 9:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/custom-field-for-pronouns/134 "2023-08-15T21:00:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![gwmngilfen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/gwmngilfen/32/6_2.png) [@gwmngilfen](https://forum.ansible.com/u/gwmngilfen)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 9:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/custom-field-for-pronouns/134/1 "2023-08-15T21:00:49Z")

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I’m seeing some pronouns coming up in Display names, which reminds me that we didn’t account for that.

Does it make sense to add a custom field to the user profile (I.e like Matrix ID and GitHub ID) for people to put this in? I’m fine with it in display names too, just thinking about options.

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**Author:** ![gotmax23](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/gotmax23/32/106_2.png) [@gotmax23](https://forum.ansible.com/u/gotmax23)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 10:21pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/custom-field-for-pronouns/134/2 "2023-08-15T22:21:56Z")

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Yeah, I’d like a free-form extra field for pronouns. Fedora’s Discourse has a drop-down for pronouns which I don’t particularly like, as it doesn’t allow for people such as myself who use multiple pronouns or folks who use neopronouns.

![Fedora pronouns dialogue 1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/1X/6798a7bb4d88aa150d50ac98e4a99cecf5c5d983.png)

 ![Fedora pronouns dialogue 2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/1X/dcc96107d10734b26b85bb59dcac28ece08d9748.png)

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**Author:** ![gwmngilfen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/gwmngilfen/32/6_2.png) [@gwmngilfen](https://forum.ansible.com/u/gwmngilfen)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2023, 8:24am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/custom-field-for-pronouns/134/3 "2023-08-16T08:24:20Z")

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Thanks @gotmax23 Added, go to [your preferences](https://forum.ansible.com/my/preferences/profile) to give it a try.

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**Author:** ![cybette](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/cybette/32/16_2.png) [@cybette](https://forum.ansible.com/u/cybette)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2023, 9:30am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/custom-field-for-pronouns/134/4 "2023-08-16T09:30:26Z")

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I was just about to suggest that if we include the pronouns field, it shouldn’t be a limited drop-down list. So 👍 on the free-form option.

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**Author:** ![gotmax23](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/gotmax23/32/106_2.png) [@gotmax23](https://forum.ansible.com/u/gotmax23)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2023, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/custom-field-for-pronouns/134/5 "2023-08-16T16:07:58Z")

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It worked! Thanks. I would change the help text from `Which personal pronouns do you prefer?` to `Which personal pronouns do you use?` or something similar. `prefer` isn’t really the right word here.

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**Author:** ![gwmngilfen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/gwmngilfen/32/6_2.png) [@gwmngilfen](https://forum.ansible.com/u/gwmngilfen)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2023, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/custom-field-for-pronouns/134/6 "2023-08-16T16:10:27Z")

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Done, thanks for the feedback!

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**Author:** ![gotmax23](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/gotmax23/32/106_2.png) [@gotmax23](https://forum.ansible.com/u/gotmax23)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/custom-field-for-pronouns/134/7 "2023-08-16T16:13:10Z")

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Cool. Thanks!‎‎‎‎‎‎‎