Board Thread:New Features/@comment-24739709-20150518230347/@comment-24473195-20150816154334

SethFu wrote: @Dessamator As I mentioned in the other thread, the problem with using that default is that if someone leaves out values because they don't know them, using 0 by default would be misleading for readers since it would look like an intended value. As you can see, in this particular case the user wanted to display a question mark for omissions.

@Dianafa Thank you! That's a good point. A temporary alternative until this gets fixed is to use an interface template that simply links the portable infobox with the template that calls it, then you can preformat the value and send one that will be shown,e.g.:

Template:Temperature -> template:interface -> Template:PotBoxTemp

cold = 0 -> cold = .0 -> Displayinfobox

Once it gets fixed, it is a simple matter of restoring the content to what it was originally.