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profile badges

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What is your question?

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Hi! Sorry, I was trying to learn more about badges by doing a G2G search, think I hit the wrong button. However, since I got your attention...Can you tell me if there are also "badges" that attach to profiles when one is discovered to be a Revolutionary War soldier?

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That would be a sticker, not a badge. 

You can add stickers / templates to profiles and fill in what the military information is (unit / war / whatever) depending on the sticker / template.  (American wars are not my thing, so someone else will need to fill in the details.) 

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This community is so cool.  

Thank you for pointing me in the right direction, Melanie.

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Colleen, if you edit your question, you can add tags such as: american_revolutionary_war 

1776

united_states

military_and_war

(you need the underscores)

This way folk who follow those tags will see your question and better be able to assist regards specifics.

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Ok got it, I am so happy to learn the nuances of how the site works.

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Well, that is optimistic! 

Edit:  But please continue to ask when you have questions.  I'm not sure anyone has ever said that WikiTree is easy.

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Okay, I used the {{1776|Category=American Revolution}} just under the box line what says IN EDIT MODE

 == Biography ==
{{1776| Category = American Revolution}}

and voila, a sticker tag label template whatsis appeared on his profile (James Howell-8262) and D.A.R. / S.A.R. has the details of his record thereof ...

I used to have them but that was back before three computer crashes

Answer 1

This will work (I just tried it).  Input it at the top of the Biography section using edit mode.

{{1776| category = American Revolution}}

Edit:  See Linda Peterson's answer for another option.

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Success! That was fun, thanks Julie

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You'll find more information here:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:United_States_of_America%2C_American_Revolution

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Melanie, it seems odd because the sticker I added says it's a category.  I'm not sure how the interaction works.  When I go to the link you provided, my ancestor is not there, but if I click on the sticker, it takes me to a new category.  Usually stickers don't reference categories.  Can you clarify?

Edit: Sorry, I didn't mean that I clicked on the sticker.  But when I added the stickers to two of my Revolutionary ancestors, that also added a category:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:American_Revolution

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Some stickers do also add categories.

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Now I see that we have two different categories for the American Revolution.  Maybe someone can explain.  I know the categories are complicated!

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@ Julie .. categories SCARE me!    I only add what I know, or can easily find.

(I think, but may be wrong, that the stickers that add categories are called templates.  A lot of the Military and War "stickers" are templates.)

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No, they're still called stickers.

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This is why I stay away from them! 

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I think stickers are one form of template.  As far as categories go, I would suggest another G2G thread if I thought it would do any good.  But it seems that WikiTree's categories are a jungle.  A few months ago, when I was new to WikiTree, I spent hours scrolling around the categories to see how they worked.  It helped, somewhat.

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adding 1776 sticker will add a category, so an additional category is not needed. Which category will be added is explained in the 1776 sticker Usage instructions page.

Answer 2

This is the Help page for all the Wars or Veteran Recognitions, I think, that have stickers, etc.  I keep this page bookmarked.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Stickers_for_Veterans

It looks like the 1776 Usage instructions got dropped, so here is that page

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Template:1776

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Bookmarking now, thank you, Linda 

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Linda's second link is to a page explaining a more detailed Revolutionary War sticker that includes service branch, rank, and dates of service.

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They fixed the Veterans sticker page so the 1776 usage instructions are now included on that page, so you only need that one to get to all of them.