TenthFleet:Creating an echelon page - Revision history

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	<div class="tf-lead">This guide shows you how to create a page for an echelon: a fleet, squadron, division, or station. These are the organizational units above a single ship. The worked example here is [[Tenth Fleet]].</div>		<div class="tf-lead">This guide shows you how to create a page for an echelon: a fleet, squadron, division, or station. These are the organizational units above a single ship. The worked example here is [[Tenth Fleet]].</div>

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	# '''List the units''' underneath it, such as its squadrons and ships.		# '''List the units''' underneath it, such as its squadrons and ships.
	# '''Add a History section''' for how it was formed and how it has changed.		# '''Add a History section''' for how it was formed and how it has changed.
	# '''~~Categorize~~''' the page, for example <code><nowiki>[[Category:Echelons]]</nowiki></code> plus the relevant fleet or squadron category.		# '''Categorise''' the page, for example <code><nowiki>[[Category:Echelons]]</nowiki></code> plus the relevant fleet or squadron category.

	==The infobox==		==The infobox==
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	\| flagship = {{hms\|Callisto\|BC-722}}		\| flagship = {{hms\|Callisto\|BC-722}}
	\| ao = '''USA:''' AK, CA, ID, HI, OR, NV, WA<br>'''Canada:''' BC, YT		\| ao = '''USA:''' AK, CA, ID, HI, OR, NV, WA<br>'''Canada:''' BC, YT
	\| reportsto = ~~{{Flagged\|~~First Space Lord}}		\| reportsto = First Space Lord
	\| website = http://TenthFleet.org		\| website = http://TenthFleet.org
	}}</pre>		}}</pre>
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	<div class="tf-note"><span class="tf-lbl">The name comes from the page title</span><br>{{tl\|Infobox-echelon}} has no <code>name</code> field. It uses the page's own title, so name the page exactly as the echelon should appear.</div>		<div class="tf-note"><span class="tf-lbl">The name comes from the page title</span><br>{{tl\|Infobox-echelon}} has no <code>name</code> field. It uses the page's own title, so name the page exactly as the echelon should appear.</div>

	<div class="tf-tip"><span class="tf-lbl">~~Reporting-to flags~~</span><br>The ~~{{tl\|Flagged}} helper in the~~ <code>reportsto</code> ~~field marks~~ a ~~reporting line to a senior office~~. ~~Use it where~~ the ~~echelon answers to a flag officer or a Space Lord~~.</div>		<div class="tf-tip"><span class="tf-lbl">Keep the reporting line plain</span><br>The <code>reportsto</code> and <code>fleet</code> fields link themselves, so type a plain name such as <code>First Space Lord</code> or <code>Tenth Fleet</code>. Do not wrap the value in <code><nowiki>[[ ]]</nowiki></code> brackets, and do not add {{tl\|Flagged}} here; the template handles the link for you.</div>

	==Marking an echelon dissolved==		==Marking an echelon dissolved==

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	# '''List the units''' underneath it, such as its squadrons and ships.		# '''List the units''' underneath it, such as its squadrons and ships.
	# '''Add a History section''' for how it was formed and how it has changed.		# '''Add a History section''' for how it was formed and how it has changed.
	# '''~~Categorise~~''' the page, for example <code><nowiki>[[Category:Echelons]]</nowiki></code> plus the relevant fleet or squadron category.		# '''Categorize''' the page, for example <code><nowiki>[[Category:Echelons]]</nowiki></code> plus the relevant fleet or squadron category.

	==The infobox==		==The infobox==

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Create echelon-page how-to (Tenth Fleet example)

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<div class="tf-lead">This guide shows you how to create a page for an echelon: a fleet, squadron, division, or station. These are the organizational units above a single ship. The worked example here is [[Tenth Fleet]].</div>

An echelon page describes a formation and the units under it. Name the page after the echelon, for example [[Tenth Fleet]] or "Battle Squadron 21".

==Step by step==

# '''Create the page''' with the echelon's name.
# '''Add the infobox''' with {{tl|Infobox-echelon}} (skeleton below).
# '''Write the opening sentence.''' Put the name in bold and say what it is: ''The '''Tenth Fleet''' is one of the numbered [[fleet]]s within {{trmn}}.''
# '''Describe the echelon:''' who commands it, where it operates, and what reports to it.
# '''List the units''' underneath it, such as its squadrons and ships.
# '''Add a History section''' for how it was formed and how it has changed.
# '''Categorise''' the page, for example <code><nowiki>[[Category:Echelons]]</nowiki></code> plus the relevant fleet or squadron category.

==The infobox==
Use {{tl|Infobox-echelon}}. Filled in with the real details of [[Tenth Fleet]], it looks like this:
<pre>{{Infobox-echelon
| branch = [[RMN]]
| crest = TenthFleet.png
| flash = TenthFleetFlash.png
| co = [[RADM]] Edward Newton
| flagship = {{hms|Callisto|BC-722}}
| ao = '''USA:''' AK, CA, ID, HI, OR, NV, WA<br>'''Canada:''' BC, YT
| reportsto = {{Flagged|First Space Lord}}
| website = http://TenthFleet.org
}}</pre>

The fields you will use most:
{| class="wikitable"
! Field !! What it holds
|-
| <code>branch</code> || The branch, such as [[RMN]] or [[GSN]].
|-
| <code>co</code> || The commanding officer, with abbreviated rank.
|-
| <code>flagship</code> || The flagship, using the {{tl|hms}} helper.
|-
| <code>ao</code> || The area of operations, such as the states and provinces covered.
|-
| <code>reportsto</code> || The echelon or office it answers to.
|-
| <code>crest</code> and <code>flash</code> || The unit's crest and flash images.
|-
| <code>formed</code> and <code>status</code> || When it was formed, and whether it is active or dissolved.
|}

<div class="tf-note"><span class="tf-lbl">The name comes from the page title</span><br>{{tl|Infobox-echelon}} has no <code>name</code> field. It uses the page's own title, so name the page exactly as the echelon should appear.</div>

<div class="tf-tip"><span class="tf-lbl">Reporting-to flags</span><br>The {{tl|Flagged}} helper in the <code>reportsto</code> field marks a reporting line to a senior office. Use it where the echelon answers to a flag officer or a Space Lord.</div>

==Marking an echelon dissolved==
If an echelon is stood down, do not delete its page. Set <code>status</code> to show it is inactive and add it to <code><nowiki>[[Category:Defunct Echelons]]</nowiki></code>, but only when an order actually dissolved it.

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