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Surname/tag: 1776
Current Activity: Revision of 1776 Project Box and Sticker.
Project Box Template Doc
Box: {{Template:1776 Project|needs=|needs1=|needs2=}}
- Change "Categories" to be in two:
- 1776 Project (adding)
- Project Boxes (already there)
KMS: not done
- Change "Description" 1st paragraph to:
Done
This template is for use on profiles managed by the American Revolutionary War (1776) project. If it is displayed on a profile, the project account, WikiTree-13, should be a manager or co-manager of the profile.
- Add "Description" 3rd paragraph:
See also: Template:1776 Sticker.
Isn't this just restating what is already on the page? The wording we have there is pretty standard for template (minus the second sentence which was added by request previously).
KMS: The wording is confusing/incorrect:
1) The 2nd sentence (To add unit/service…) is mixing apples and oranges on this page. It is talking about adding a sticker to a profile or a category link in order to categorize a profile, but we are on the Project Box page. The Project Box is not related to doing either of these. I think this wording is a carry over from the original, now deprecated, {{1776|category|needs=…}} template which took a category parameter which is equivalent to the sticker unit parameter. The project members have been confused about this for some time. A few days ago, there were many profiles still using the category parameter, but with the current 1776 Project Box. This categorization is better dealt with on the Sticker Template page, hence the "See also: …" I included.
2) The Military and War Project Account is not added to 1776 Project managed profiles, the 1776 Project Account is.
- Change "Info":
- Change "Group:" to "Projects" (missing "s" at the end)
- Add "Timeframe:" 1773–1789
Done
- Change "Examples" (3rd) to:
- {{1776 Project|needs=Biography|needs1=Category|needs2=Connection}}
- Change "Category added" to match above change:
Done
- Change "Parameter" Descriptions (all three) to:
- Adds "1776 Project Needs…" category on the profile.
Done
- Change "Parameter" Examples (all three) to:
- needs: Biography
- needs1: Category
- needs2: Connection
Done
- Change "Parameter" Values (all three) to:
- Additional Sources, Biography, Biography Development, Category, Connection
- so adding "Additional Sources", deleting "PPP", and deleting "Project added as PM"
Done
Project Sticker Template Doc
Sticker: {{Template:1776 Sticker|image=|unit=|rank=}}
- Change "Categories" to be in two:
- 1776 Project (adding)
- Stickers (already there)
Added 1776 Project. military and War Stickers is also present
- Change "Description" 1st through 3rd paragraphs to:
This sticker is for all persons who have been identified as being involved in the American Revolutionary War from 16 December 1773 (Boston Tea Party) to 21 June 1789 (ratification of The Constitution of the United States).
The sticker has one required parameter, unit, text containing either:
- the category name of the primary military unit served with, or
- one of the following specified values: Patriotic Service, Civil Service, Loyalist, United Empire, Founding Father
See American Revolution category to find existing military unit categories and civilian service categories for use in the unit parameter.
Done
- Keep "Description" 4th paragraph ("To add this sticker …) as is.
This is auto-generated and cannot be changed anyways :)
- Question on "Info": should "Group:" be "Military and War"?
'Military' is correct
- Change "Examples" Code Used (the last 3):
- {{1776 Sticker|image=Flags-3.jpg|unit=Loyalist}}
- {{1776 Sticker|image=Flags-3.jpg|unit=United Empire}}
- {{1776 Sticker|image=Thornton-1863-4.jpg|unit=Founding Father}}
This is a change to the template itself, not the documentation, and will need to be proposed and approved before changes can be made.
KMS: Not requesting that the template be changed. It already takes "unit" (required) and "image" (optional); Just changing the examples to showing examples of using the optional image parameter the way it is normallly used: changing to British flag for British "units", and Constitution for Founding Fathers.
- Change "Parameters" Description (3rd) to:
- the rank of the soldier to display on the sticker, otherwise the profile Prefix field is used
Done
- Change "Parameters" Values (2nd) to:
- Patriotic Service, Civil Service, Loyalist, United Empire, Founding Father (just adding spaces)
Done
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