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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
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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==