MediaWiki:Gadget-Gender.js

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// If on a user or user talk page, and not a subpage...
if ((mw.config.get('wgNamespaceNumber') == 2 || mw.config.get('wgNamespaceNumber') == 3) &&
    !/\//.test(mw.config.get('wgTitle'))) {
  // add a hook to...
  $(function() {
    // init AJAX and request the user's gender from the API
    $.getJSON(
      mw.util.wikiScript( 'api' ),
      {
        format: 'json',
        action: 'query',
        list: 'users',
        ususers: escape(mw.config.get('wgTitle').replace(/ /, "_")),
        usprop: 'gender'
      },
      function( response ) {
        var genderText = response.query.users[0].gender;

        // U+2640 and U+2642 are female and male signs respectively.
        var genderSymbol = "";
        if (genderText == "female") {
          genderSymbol = "<span class=\"female-icon\">&#x2640;</span>";
        } else if (genderText == "male") {
          genderSymbol = "<span class=\"male-icon\">&#x2642;</span>";
        }

        // if gender was specified, append the symbol
        if (genderSymbol != "") {
          document.getElementById("firstHeading").innerHTML += 
            "&nbsp;" + genderSymbol;
        }
      }
    );
  });
}