Template:S-start

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S-Start is the initial component in a template series for succession boxes. It replaces the pervious formats for succession tables but still allows for most of their use.

Templates Discussed on this Page
This template is to be used in coordination with the following:
 * Template:s-start - Opens a new Wikitable
 * Template:s-bef - For listing predecessors
 * Template:s-aft - For listing successors
 * Template:s-ttl - For listing titles
 * Template:end or Template:end box - For closing Wikitables
 * Template:s-non - For no successors
 * Template:s-new - For new titles
 * Template:s-vac - For vacant titles (predecessor or successor)
 * Template:s-inc - For incumbants
 * Template:s-reg - For regents (to go with s-ttl)
 * Template:s-hou - For house/family information

Instructions for Use
To use, follow these instructions:
 * Enter the start field so the program recognizes the table
 * Enter the name of the predecessor
 * Enter the title of the person on whose page you are working.
 * Enter the name of the successor:
 * If they held additional titles after, place the following and repeat as necessary:
 * Once everything is done, type:
 * Enter the name of the successor:
 * If they held additional titles after, place the following and repeat as necessary:
 * Once everything is done, type:
 * Once everything is done, type:
 * Once everything is done, type:

S-start, s-bef, s-ttl, s-aft, end
That is how to do the most simple one. When it is done, it will look like this:

Which will look something like this:

Rows
A row marker can be created in nearly all the templates immediately following the "s-" field. They help designate if someone gained a position in office from another person, or lost a position while in office, as well as other more complex scenarios.

In most fields, simply type:

The number corresponds to the number of rows this name or title overlaps in regard to the other rows. Lists of title-holders are usually in order of the granting of the title, beginning with the oldest titles held.

Remember also to place: |- between every row on the list. This text is already imbedded into the Template:s-aft, Template:s-non, and Template:s-inc, but if you are ending with a different template, place these characters or the computer will not recognize a new row. It is used in the following example only to demonstrate its purpose.

An example of the code is as follows:



When complete, this form appears as thus:



S-non
To create a table for someone whose title expires, went extinct, or otherwise went into disuse upon their death, use the following:

Template:s-non (with others)

Which looks like:

S-new
To create a table that begins with a newly created title, use this:

Template:s-new (with others)

Which looks like:

S-vac
To create a table that begins with a vacant title, use this:

Template:s-vac (with others)

Which looks like:

S-inc
To create a table for someone who is the incumbant (current title holder), use the following:

Template:s-non (with others)

Which looks like:

S-reg
To create a table for someone ruled with the aide of another (regent, coruler, &c.), use the following: (Note: This form has no "rows" option.)

Template:s-reg (with others)

Which looks like:

S-hou
This template is for the top of a succession lis, directly beneath the s-start, and establishes which royal house a person is in, and gives their birth and death dates. If you do not know the day and month, leave a | and fill out the rest. For unknown birth or death dates, type Unknown; for living people, type Living'. To use, do the following:

Which will look something like this:

Chart noting all of these tables combined
Using the rows feature of the templates, very advanced tables can be created to help in situations with people who hold many posts, especially British Prime Ministers. The following is a hypothetical chart with at least one use of all the forms above: