S-Start is the initial component in a template series for succession boxes. It replaces the previous formats for succession tables but still allows for most of their use indirectly. If anyone finds a succession template not in this standard, contact KuatofKDY.

Templates discussed on this page

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This template is to be used in coordination with the following:

Template:start or 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-hno — For only house 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 incumbents
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

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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

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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:

Saméméhna
Martin
King of Europe
14921528
Sanggeusna
Robert

Advanced features for succession boxes

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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

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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.

Predecessors

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S-new

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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:

Anyar
Conquest of Africa
King of Africa
182030
Sanggeusna
Amal

S-inc

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

Template:s-inc (with others)

{{s-start}}
{{s-bef|before=INSERT PREDECESSOR HERE}}
{{s-ttl|title=TITLE OF PERSON|years=INSERT START YEAR–present}}
{{s-inc|heir=DESIGNATED HEIR}}
{{end}}

Which looks like:

Saméméhna
George
King of North America
2001–present
'Ngajabat
Calon waris:
Wilfred

Titles and Offices

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S-ttl

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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:

Saméméhna
Philip
Queen of Antarctica
18891914
with Philip (188993)
Anthony (189395)
Elizabeth (189597)
Sanggeusna
Margaret

S-tul

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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:

Saméméhna
Andrew

Citakan:S-tul

Sanggeusna
Christian

S-ptd

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Pretenders are people who may or may not have a rightful claim to a title, but regardless do not possess any legitimate authority. Perhaps the most famous pretenders were Prince James Francis Edward Stuart and his son, Bonnie Prince Charles, who were respectively known to the Jacobites as James III and VIII and Charles III but nicknamed by others the Old Pretender and the Young Pretender. While James Stuart 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, as did his son. 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-ptd|title=TITLE|years=YEARS CLAIMED|reason=REASON WHY PRETENDER}}
{{s-aft|after=SUCCESSOR}}
{{end}}

When complete, this form appears as thus:

Saméméhna
Marlin

Citakan:S-ptd

Sanggeusna
Yasu

Predecessors and Successors

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S-non

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To create a table for someone whose title expired, went extinct, or otherwise went into disuse upon its abandonment or their death OR for a title that needs description but does not fall under the other predecessor or successor forms, use the following (this form requires |- if it is used in a complex table}:

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:

Saméméhna
Chinggis
King of Asia
12631320

Citakan:S-non

S-vac

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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:

Kosong
Gelar pangahirna dicekel ku
Alois
King of Madagascar
162041
Sanggeusna
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:

Saméméhna
Naga
Dictator of Japan
191234
Kosong
Gelar salajengna dicekel ku
Kyo
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S-hou

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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:

House of Lucanzzo
Cadet Branch of the House of Petre
Born: 18 March 1920; Died: 31 December 1987
Saméméhna
Albert
King of Greenland
197287
Sanggeusna
Francois

If you do not want the birth and death date information. An alternate table is Template:s-hno which will only ask for the house and the optional cadet branch information.

Complete example

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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:

House of San Miguel
Cadet Branch of the House of López
Born: 19 January 1958; Died: Living
Anyar
Dowry from father
Queen of India
197283
with Michael (197275)
Sanggeusna
Arnold
Saméméhna
Elizabeth
Lady Supreme of Oceana
197583
Kosong
Gelar salajengna dicekel ku
Jilian
Empress of Arabia
197593

Citakan:S-non

Grand Duchess of Europa
197599
Sanggeusna
Felicia
Kosong
Gelar pangahirna dicekel ku
Karl von Igorstein
Chief Sultana of Africa
199399
Anyar
Consolidation of Asia
Great Khanna of Asia
1993–present
'Ngajabat
Calon waris:
Marcus
Saméméhna
Diane

Citakan:S-ptd Citakan:S-aca Citakan:S-awards Citakan:S-bus Citakan:S-dip Citakan:S-ecc Citakan:S-gov Citakan:S-herald

Gelar kehormatan

Citakan:S-legal Citakan:S-media

Kalungguhan militér
Jabatan pulitik

Citakan:S-par Citakan:S-pol Citakan:S-ppo Citakan:S-pre Citakan:S-prec

Gelar jabatan

Citakan:S-sports