User:Addison/Sandbox

YPPedia flag pages:
This guide is meant to be used in-game.

Flag name
Please type a pirates name that you know is in the flag after /who and click the flag name on his/her pirate page. Then just type the flag name in with the correct spelling and capitalization.

Monarch
Does this flag have a monarch? If yes, fill in it's name between these  that links the page to the monarch's pirate page. If no, please add in |hasmonarch=no before the |monarch= parameter.

Monarchcrew
To find this, simply look what crew the monarch is in.

Membercrews
Scroll to the bottom of the page and look at which crews belong in the flag, please remember to link them by typing the crew's name between and.

Organized
Is the flag organized in a particular way? Does it vote for a new monarch every month? If so, mark yes. If not, mark no and skip the next parameter.

Organization
How is the flag organized? Please describe their organization briefly in a sentence or two.

Numberofislands
Does this flag have any islands? If no, mark the parameter with 0 and skip the next 4 parameters.

Islandname1
What's the first island name?

Islandname2
What's the second island name?

Islandname3
What's the third island name?

Islandname4
What's the fourth island name?

Oceanname
What's the name of the Ocean that the flag is on? (Please capitalize!!!)

Allies
Please add all alliances within the flag here.

Wars
Please add all wars within the flag here.

Founded
In 100% of cases this is yes, so just automatically mark this as yes.

Foundedday
What's the day that it was founded on? (Please mark with numbers (31))

Foundedmonth
What month was it founded? (Mark with numbers! (05))

Foundedyear
What year was it founded in? (Mark with numbers! (2005))

Updateday
What day did you update this on? Again mark with numbers.

Updatemonth
What month did you update it on? Mark with numbers.

Updateyear
What year did you update it on? Mark with numbers.

Finding flagids
For Beginners... First, you will like to find a name of a pirate that is in the flag, there are many methods proven to work but the one that is the "easiest" but slower you use /fwho on the ocean that it is on.

THEN.... type in http://OCEANNAME.puzzlepirates.com/yoweb/pirate.wm?target=PIRATENAME into your address bar, replacing PIRATENAME and OCEANNAME as needed. All the other required fields can be easily filled by looking at the flag page. If you are stuck with anything, just leave me a message on my talk page.

For advanced users... Go to the page Special:Whatlinkshere and enter the flag name into the text box. Then find a flag, pirate, OR crew that links to the flag page. Then go to that page and either click Flag Info, Crew Info, or the ocean name that the flag is on (see Addihockey for example). If you are stuck with anything, just leave me a message on my talk page.

See Template:Infobox flag for the complete infobox.

My little text after the flag infobox is:

 FLAG NAME  is a flag  on the  OCEANNAME Ocean. It was founded MONTH DAY, YEAR.

Again replacing FLAG NAME, OCEANNAME, and MONTH DAY, YEAR as needed.

I add the public statement and extended public statement just after the little text but before the flagstub...

Notes:

PLEASE write the article in third person (see wiktionary definition here), if you don't it makes more work for editors and administrators to change it to third person, like all encyclopedia articles are.

If a flag has a portrait, then fill in yes in the |portrait= parameter. Then save the page if all required fields are filled, to upload the image you go to the Flag Info option on the flag page (see on Fearless Privateers), save it to your files, go back to the page, click the red link * where the portrait should be and upload the appropriate file. DO NOT forget to attach the appropriate image tag. In this case, portrait image.

If you are making an article, feel free to use my strategy by copy and pasting the infobox and the text.

'' * There might be already a file of the same name on the YPPedia, if so, check to see if it matches the portrait it currently has. If so, your work is done. If not, then click on the portrait (on the flag page) scroll down, you will see a blue link saying "Upload a new version of this file". Click that link, pick the Destination File, and upload your new version.''

That concludes my guide to making a flag page. Fair winds!

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=Welcome Test=

Hello there; and thank you for you contributions! Welcome to YPPedia! Please familiarize yourself with the policies and guidelines and the style guide. I noticed that your articles are without an infobox. An infobox is a useful little box with some information about the subject in question. A great example of a crew with an infobox on their article is Shooting Stars of Sage. They use the Infobox crew template. For your pirate, you can use the Infobox pirate template. There's even an infobox for your flag! It's called Infobox flag. If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact me on my talk page. --Addihockey (talk•contribs) 03:23, 8 December 2009 (UTC)