User:ClaretAsh/Head of State/doc

This template is intended to standardise monarchical succession tables.

A full listing of parameters follows, with X being replaced by the appropriate row number. Functionality is currently set to a maximum of 30 rows.

{{User:ClaretAsh/Head of State
| nameX       = <!-- Mandatory otherwise entire row will not display. -->
| nicknameX   = 
| nativeX     = 
| lifeX       = 
| reignstartX = 
| reignendX   = 
| notesX      = 
| familyX     = 
| imageX      = Example.jpg
| altX        = 
}}

Name

The name parameter is mandatory when adding a new row otherwise the entire row will not display. If the name is unknown but other information is, simply enter "Unknown" as the name. It is recommended that the name by which the monarch is generally known be bolded.

Optional parameters

nicknameX

The person's main nickname. It is automatically italicised.

nativeX

The person's name in their native language or languages. Where appropriate, use a multilingual support template such as {{Lang-no}} or {{Lang-uz}}.

lifeX

For preference, use an age calculation template here rather than bare dates.

reignstartX

Date or year the person's reign commenced. Otherwise enter "unknown".

reignendX

Date or year the person's reign ended. Otherwise, enter "unknown" or "incumbent", as applicable.

notesX

This space is mainly for succession information, but other significant data can be added as long as it is succinct. For longer notes, either use ref tags to create a Notes section later in the article, or add it to the appropriate article rather than here.

Examples of information that can be added:

"Son of..."

"Elected after disputed succession"

"Second reign"

"First female sovereign"

familyX

Name of dynasty/house/family. Can be used in cases of elective succession as well as the commoner dynastic succession.

imageX

Image size is set at 80px. Square brackets are not needed.

altX

Alternative text for image.

All parameters

The template with all parameters numbered

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Examples

Basic examples of this template's usage follow. Note the use of the nickname and native parameters.

{{User:ClaretAsh/Head of State
| name1       = '''[[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]]'''
| nickname1   = The Virgin Queen
| life1       = {{Birth date|1533|9|7|df=y}} - {{Death date and age|1603|3|24|1533|9|7|df=y}}
| reignstart1 = 17 November 1558
| reignend1   = 1603
| notes1      = Daughter of [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]] and [[Anne Boleyn]]
| family1     = [[Tudor dynasty|Tudor]]
| image1      = Elizabeth I in coronation robes.jpg
| alt1        = Elizabeth I
| name2       = '''[[Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck|Jigme Khesar Namgyel]]'''
| native2     = {{lang-dz|འཇིགས་མེད་གེ་སར་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་དབང་ཕྱུག་}}
| life2       = b. 21 February 1980
| reignstart2 = 14 December 2006
| reignend2   = ''incumbent''
| notes2      = Son of [[Jigme Singye Wangchuck|Jigme Singye]]
| family2     = [[House of Wangchuck|Wangchuck]]
| image2      = 
| alt2        = 
}}

Name	Lifespan	Reign start	Reign end	Notes	Family	Image
Elizabeth I The Virgin Queen	(1533-09-07)7 September 1533 - 24 March 1603(1603-03-24) (aged 69)	17 November 1558	1603	Daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn	Tudor
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Dzongkha: འཇིགས་མེད་གེ་སར་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་དབང་ཕྱུག་	b. 21 February 1980	14 December 2006	incumbent	Son of Jigme Singye	Wangchuck