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-hou - For house/family information

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-tul - For titular monarchs (legitimate but not ruling)

Template:s-ptd - For pretenders (unable to rule due to alternate power)

Instructions for Use

To use, follow these instructions:

Enter the start field so the program recognizes the table

{{s-start}}

Enter the name of the predecessor

{{s-bef|before=[['''Enter Predecessor here''']]}}

Enter the title of the person on whose page you are working.

{{s-ttl|title=[['''Enter Title here''']]

Also, enter the years during which they held that title.

|years=[['''Enter start date here''']]-[['''Enter end date here''']]}}

Enter the name of the successor:

{{s-aft|after=[['''Enter Successor here''']]}}

If they held additional titles after, place the following and repeat as necessary:

|-

Once everything is done, type:

{{end}}

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:

{{s-start}}

{{s-bef|before=[['''Enter Predecessor here''']]}}

{{s-ttl|title=[['''Enter Title here''']]

|years=[['''Enter start date here''']]-[['''Enter end date here''']]}}

{{s-aft|after=[['''Enter Successor here''']]}}

{{end}}

Which will look something like this:

Preceded by Martin

King of Europe 1492-1528

Succeeded by Robert

Advanced features for succession boxes

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:

{{s-...|row=INSERT NUMBER OF ROWS HERE|...}}

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. All successive titles should be noted, though titles tied together permanently can be listed in the same field.

Row separators

Remember to place |- between every row on the list. This text is already imbedded into most of the templates but if you are ending with Template:s-vac, place this character or the computer will not recognize a new row.

Predecesors

S-new

To create a table that begins with a newly created title, use this (entering the reason behind the title's creation is optional):

Template:s-new (with others)

{{s-start}}

{{s-new|reason=ENTER REASON FOR TITLE}}

{{s-ttl|title=TITLE OF PERSON|years=INSERT YEARS HERE}}

{{s-aft|after=INSERT PREDECESSOR HERE}}

{{end}}

Which looks like:

Template:S-new

King of Africa 1820-1830

Succeeded by Amal

S-inc

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

Template:s-non (with others)

{{s-start}}

{{s-bef|before=INSERT PREDECESSOR HERE}}

{{s-ttl|title=TITLE OF PERSON|years=INSERT START YEAR–present}}

{{s-inc}}

{{end}}

Which looks like:

Preceded by George

King of North America 2001-present

Titles and Offices

S-ttl

To create a table for someone ruled with the aide of another (regent, coruler, &c.), it is integrated into the standard s-ttl template. Entering a regent is always optional as is entering the title-holder's dates or when the regent(s) ruled. Currently this template supports up to three regents. Instructions:

Template:s-reg (with others)

{{s-start}}

{{s-bef|before=INSERT PREDECESSOR HERE}}

{{s-ttl|title=TITLE OF PERSON|years=INSERT YEARS HERE

|regent1=TITLE OF REGENT|years1=INSERT YEARS HERE}}

|regent2=TITLE OF REGENT|years2=INSERT YEARS HERE}}

|regent3=TITLE OF REGENT|years3=INSERT YEARS HERE}}

{{s-aft|after=INSERT SUCCESSOR HERE)}}

{{end}}

Which looks like:

Preceded by Philip

Queen of Antarctica 1889-1914 with Philip (1889-1893) Anthony (1893-1895) Elizabeth (1895-1897)

Succeeded by Margaret

S-tul

Titular rulers are people who legitimately deserve a title yet are somehow incapable of securing it, as in the case of Louis XVII of France, heir to the throne during the early years of the French Revolution. Titular rulers generally mean that their title will again be inherited by someone with power and remains only temporarily suspended. There is generally only one titular claimant to a title.

To use this code, do the following:

{{s-start}}

{{s-bef|before=PREDECESSOR}}

{{s-tul|title=TITLE|years=YEARS CLAIMED|reason=REASON WHY TITULAR}}

{{s-aft|after=SUCCESSOR}}

{{end}}

When complete, this form appears as thus:

Preceded by Andrew

Succeeded by Christian

S-ptd

Pretenders are people who may or may not have a rightful claim to a title, but regardless do not possess any legitimate authority. Bonnie Prince Charles, or Charles III to the Jacobites, is probably the most famous case of a pretender. While he was the legitimate heir to his father, the Glorious Revolution overruled that power in favour of his half-sister. Therefore, he lost his legitimacy to govern but still claimed his hereditary titles. Pretenders are not always successive, as titular leaders generally are, and there can be multiple pretenders at the same time (as in France's Legitimists and Orleanists).

To use this code, do the following:

{{s-start}}

{{s-bef|before=PREDECESSOR}}

{{s-tul|title=TITLE|years=YEARS CLAIMED|reason=REASON WHY PRETENDER}}

{{s-aft|after=SUCCESSOR}}

{{end}}

When complete, this form appears as thus:

Preceded by Marlin

Succeeded by Yasu

Successors

S-non

To create a table for someone whose title expired, went extinct, or otherwise went into disuse upon its abandonment or their death, use the following:

Template:s-non (with others)

{{s-start}}

{{s-bef|before=INSERT PREDECESSOR HERE}}

{{s-ttl|title=TITLE OF PERSON|years=INSERT YEAR HERE}}

{{s-non|reason=GIVE BRIEF REASON WHY NO MORE TITLE (eg. Extinct)}}

{{end}}

Which looks like:

Preceded by Chinggis

King of Asia 1263-1320

Predecessors and Successors

S-vac

Vacant titles are not currently held by anyone, often known as interregnum periods for monarchs. This table cell can go before or after the title of the individual and is meant to designate if they have no predecessor and/or successor, although the title is not extinct. If the last or next title holder are known, that information can be filled into the form.

Template:s-vac (with others) To create a table that begins with a vacant title, use this:

{{s-start}}

{{s-vac|last=LAST PERSON TO HOLD TITLE}}

{{s-ttl|title=TITLE OF PERSON|years=INSERT YEARS HERE}}

{{s-aft|after=INSERT SUCCESSOR HERE}}

{{end}}

Which looks like:

Template:S-vac

King of Madagascar 1620-1641

Succeeded by Windig

To create a table that ends with a vacant title, use this:

{{s-start}}

{{s-bef|before=INSERT PREDECESSOR HERE}}

{{s-ttl|title=TITLE OF PERSON|years=INSERT YEARS HERE}}

{{s-vac|next=NEXT PERSON TO HOLD TITLE}}

{{end}}

Which looks like:

Preceded by Naga

Dictator of Japan 1912-1934

Optional s- related templates

S-hou

This template is for the top of a succession list, 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:

{{s-start}}

{{s-hou|ENTER NAME OF HOUSE HERE|DAY AND MONTH OF BIRTH|YEAR OF BIRTH|DAY AND MONTH OF DEATH|YEAR OF DEATH}}

{{s-bef|before=[[INSERT PREDECESSOR HERE]]}}

{{s-ttl|title=[[ENTER TITLE HERE]]

|years=[[ENTER START DATE HERE]]-[[ENTER END DATE HERE]]}}

{{s-aft|after=[[INSERT SUCCESSOR HERE]]}}

{{end}}

Which will look something like this:

Template:S-hou

Preceded by Albert

King of Greenland 1972-1987

Succeeded by Francois

Complete example

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:

Template:S-houTemplate:S-newTemplate:S-vacTemplate:S-newTemplate:S-ptd

Queen of India 1972–1983 with Michael (1972–1975)	Succeeded by Arnold
Preceded by Elizabeth	Lady Supreme of Oceana 1975–1983
	Empress of Arabia 1975–1993	Grand Duchess of Europa 1975–1999	Succeeded by Felicia
	Chief Sultana of Africa 1993–1999
Great Khanna of Asia 1993–present
Preceded by Diane