Wikipedia:WikiProject Succession Box Standardization/Guidelines
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[edit] General
Barring special cases to be enumerated, the "years=" parameter should consist of two years joined by an en-dash. For incumbents, the variant {{Incumbent succession box}} should be used, which takes a "years=" parameter consisting of one year.
[edit] Parliamentary offices (s-par)
S-par has the following parameters, at present:
- uk for Parliament of the United Kingdom
- gb for Parliament of Great Britain
- en for Parliament of England
- sct for Parliament of Scotland
- wal for National Assembly for Wales
- ni for Northern Ireland Assembly
- us for Congress of the United States of America
- ca for Parliament of Canada
- ie for Parliament of Ireland (to 1801); NB not to be used for Dáil Éireann or Seanad Éireann
- ie/oi for the Oireachtas (i.e. Dáil Éireann or Seanad Éireann)
- eu for the European Parliament
The following standards govern membership in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, Great Britain, and England (for membership in the House of Lords, see s-reg and s-rel):
- Members of Parliament for a given constituency in England before 1707, in England or Scotland before 1801, and in the United Kingdom after 1801 should have the correct header above the succession box for that constituency. Members of Parliament who served for one constituency before one of those dates and another (or the same, non-consecutively) after that date should have headers for both Parliaments, but the headers should only appear once. (For instance, a person serving in the Parliament of England for constituency 1 and the Parliament of Great Britain for constituencies 2 and 3 should have the following templates, in this order: s-par|en, succession (1), s-par|gb, succession (2), succession (3).) Members of Parliament serving for a single constituency in multiple Parliaments should have the heading of the later Parliament: for instance, a Member of Parliament representing an English constituency from 1689 until 1710 should have that succession box placed under an s-par|gb header.
- In constituencies which returned multiple members, all predecessors and successors should be listed, separated by a single <br />. Members of Parliament simultaneously representing the constituency should be listed after the name of the constitituency in small type. If one of the other members represented the constituency throughout the length of the subject's term, the date range may be omitted; otherwise, the years between which that member served should appear after the member's name.
- When a Member of Parliament is the first or last to represent a particular incarnation of a constituency, because it has just been created or abolished, the predecessor or successor should read (constituency abolished) or (constituency created).
- Years should be wikilinked to the election at which a given Member of Parliament was elected to the office, or at which a successor was chosen, e.g., 1983–1989. Note that in the second example, the Member of Parliament ceased to represent the constituency in 1989 (due to death), but the successor was not chosen until 1990, in a by-election.
Example (names and years have not been wikilinked):
| Parliament of Great Britain | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Richard Roe Lord Sunway |
Member of Parliament for Swevenham with Richard Roe 1689–1700 Thomas Atkins 1700–1710 1689–1710 |
Succeeded by (constituency abolished) |
| Preceded by (constituency created) |
Member of Parliament for Higham with Thomas Atkins 1710–1715 |
Succeeded by Thomas Atkins Richard Teague |
[edit] Political offices (s-off)
[edit] Offices which may be political or honorary (s-off, s-hon)
[edit] Honorary offices (s-hon)
Including e.g.
- Custodes Rutolorum
- Lord Lieutenantcies
- Grand Master of a Lodge
[edit] Heraldic offices (s-herald)
- Heralds
[edit] Party political offices (s-ppo)
[edit] Diplomatic posts (s-dip)
- Ambassadors
[edit] Military offices (s-mil)
Military offices include:
- Colonelcies of regiments
- Commanderships-in-chief
- Offices of the Board of Ordnance
It does not include military ranks as such.
[edit] Government offices (s-gov)
For non-political government offices, including:
- Appointed Governors of e.g. New South Wales but not elected Governors e.g. of the US states (these should be assigned to s-off)
- Civil servants (e.g. permanent secretaries, private secretaries etc)
- MI5/MI6/GCHQ (and other intelligence service) officers who were not serving officers in the armed forces
- Non-political offices of Parliament (e.g. Clerk of the Parliaments, Clerk of the House of Commons, Black Rod etc)
[edit] Legal offices (s-legal)
Posts include:
- Solicitor general
- Attorney general
- District attorney
[edit] Offices with the police (s-pol)
[edit] Religious offices (s-ecc)
Religious posts include:
- Deans
- Archdeans
- Bishops
- Archbishops
- Abbots
- Cardinals
[edit] Media Offices (s-media)
These are based in the following areas:
- TV and Radio (e.g. director-generals, controller)
- Magazines and Newspapers (e.g. editors, owner)
It does not include marginally notable or minor positions.
[edit] Business positions (s-bus)
Including, e.g.
- Chairman/president/manager
[edit] Titles of nobility and baronets (s-reg)
This encompasses titles in the various Peerages and Baronetages of the British Isles, and continental titles which belong to a single person at any given time. It does not include courtesy titles. See WikiProject Peerage for proper forms.
[edit] Peers
- uk is for the United Kingdom (after 1801)
- gb is for the Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1801)
- en is for the Kingdom of England (before 1707)
- sct is for the Kingdom of Scotland (before 1707)
- ie is for Ireland (until 1922)
- es is for Spain (after 1555)
[edit] Baronets
- ie-bt is for Baronets of Ireland (before 1801)
- uk-bt is for Baronets of the United Kingdom (after 1801)
- gb-bt is for Baronets of Great Britain (1707–1801)
- en-bt is for Baronets of England (before 1707)
- sct-bt is for Baronets of Nova Scotia (before 1707)
[edit] Sporting positions (s-sports)
Including, e.g.
- Winner of sport competitions or awards
[edit] Academic offices (s-aca)
Intended for the senior 'academic' offices such as Chancellor and Rector of a University or similar.
[edit] Other offices (s-other)
This tag should be used if it is unclear to which area an office can be charged or a correct area doesn't exist yet. For this reason it should be checked on Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:S-other from time to time, where the tag comes to application. Following a choice of the present uses:
- Chairman/president/manager of (CND / National Coal Board)
- Leader of the Inner London Education Authority
- President of the National Union of Students
- Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
- US Order of precedence
- Line of succession to the (British) throne
