Template:S-new/sandbox

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This template creates a single succession box column to be used with succession boxes.

Usage

The format is {{s-new|parameter}}, where parameter is replaced by one of the parameter names shown in the following table. The use of a parameter is optional.

value	Replaces "New title" with...
award	New award
assembly	New assembly
championship	New championship
chart	New chart
command	New command
constituency	New constituency
convention	New convention
creation	New creation
diocese	New diocese
district	New district
division	New division
first	First
forum	New forum
institution	New institution
loss	Loss of title
minister	New ministerial post
office	New office
parliament	New parliament
post	New post
party	New political party
regiment	New regiment
seat	New seat
show	New show
sports	New sporting event
tv	New television show

Note: Only one parameter can be used in a single line of code.

In addition, the parameter, reason, may be used to designate the reason(s) for the title (or loss); enter a short explanation after entering this parameter, if necessary.

This template allows for multiple row-spans using the parameter |rows=| between the template name and the first parameter.

Example 1

From the James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton article:

{{s-start}}
{{s-reg|gb}}
{{s-new | creation}}
{{s-ttl | title  = [[Duke of Brandon]] | years = 1711–1712}}
{{s-aft | after  = [[James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton|James Douglas-Hamilton]]}}
{{s-end}}

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:S-new in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for S-new

Indicates creation of a new title, show etc. or loss of a title. Takes 1 table column.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers block formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Type	1	The type of creation one of: award, championship, chart, command, constituency, creation, diocese, district, division, first, institution, minister, office, parliament, party (for new political party), post, regiment, seat, show, sports (for new sporting event), tv (for new television show). Use 'loss' for Loss of title.	String	optional
reason	reason	Reason for office creation	String	optional
rows	rows	Number of table rows to span.	String	optional

See also

Documentation for creating succession boxes can be found at Template:s-start/doc.

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:S-new/doc. (edit | history)
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (edit | diff) and testcases (create) pages.
Add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.