C :: Declare A Struct Then Pass It As A Parameter Into Function

I have some code here where I try to declare a struct then pass it as a parameter into a function to do something to it:

Code:
struct _user {
char * initial[3];
int pos;
} user;
int initial_add (struct user * initial_list, int initials, char * buffer) {

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I get the error :
server2.c:15: warning: "struct user" declared inside parameter list
server2.c:15: warning: its scope is only this definition or declaration, which is probably not what you want

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