Amending the World War Two Sticker on Australian Profiles

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How to Amend the World War II Sticker

• See also: Military and War Categories and Stickers: Examples for Australian Profiles

All the landing level categories for the units have been renamed in the format <unit>, <branch>, <war> using the branch "Australian Army". eg, 15th Infantry Battalion, Australian Army, World War II and 2nd 16th Infantry Battalion, Australian Army, World War II. The categories are now compatible with using the World War II sticker.

Previously, in order to use the sticker, the |unit= parameter was not used, and the unit category was added manually. That was a "band-aid" measure, and placed the profile in an upper-level category, "Australian Army, World War II"

The aim is to amend the sticker so that the profile is removed from the upper-level category and is placed in their service unit category.

Note: Some units you might see in records as 2/16th Infantry Battalion or 2/16 Infantry Battalion. As we cannot use the forward slash in category names, these categories are named as 2nd 16th Infantry Battalion, Australian Army, World War II. There are quite a few of these type so watch for that when adding the unit to the sticker. Make sure the category already exists, (from the category picker) or ask for it to be created.

Steps to Amend Sticker

• Go to Category:Australian Army, World War II and choose "Limit to Watchlist" at the top of the category page, this will list your profiles in the upper-level category.
• If the unit category isn't already on the profile, check via the category picker to see if it already exists. If it doesn't, ask for it to be created, by adding the request to our category request page, before amending the sticker.
• The category will be named in 3 sections, separated by commas: Unit, Branch, World War II as an example, 15th Infantry Battalion, Australian Army, World War II
• The first and second sections of the category name, the unit and branch, must be exactly the same as the |unit= and |branch= parameters of the sticker, to add the category to the profile, (and not create an incorrect red category). and also keep the profile out of the top level category.
• The existing sticker will have: |branch=Australian Army and no |unit= parameter. The branch= parameter remains Australian Army and is not changed.
• ADD: |unit=15th Infantry Battalion (or whatever the first part of the category is)
• BOTH: |units= (plural) and |unit= are required.
• |units= parameter (units being plural) is a text parameter, and the text displays on the sticker. One or more units can be listed. It doesn't affect the category. If the sticker is already on the profile, and is being amended, it can be left as is.
• |unit= parameter needs to be added to add the category in conjunction with the branch parameter, but even if you have the category added manually, it's needed to prevent the sticker putting the profile into the top level category (Australian Army, World War II). this parameter probably isn't already there, it needs to be added. It must match exactly, the first section of the category name.
• After saving, please check the categories at the bottom of the profile, if there is a red category, or if the top level category (Australian Army, World War II) is showing as one of the categories, something is wrong. If you can't work out what's wrong, ask for help by posting a comment here or on the G2G post.
• If you would like help with the sticker, post a comment on the page or send me a message.