Guides:

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}} ^(Usage).

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!

Infobox User

Addison at a Glance
Sage Ocean
Pirate	Addison
Crew Affiliation	Swordfighters of Sage
Crew Rank	Captain
Flag Affiliation	The Very Sexy Flag
Flag Rank	Prince
Ocean	Sage
Country	Canada
Edits Wikipedia	yes
Wikipedia account	Addihockey10
Last updated on 29 November, 2009

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}} ^(Usage) template. For your pirate, you can use the {{Infobox pirate}} ^(Usage) template. There's even an infobox for your flag! It's called {{Infobox flag}} ^(Usage). 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)

Template:Infobox flag/founded/

colspan="2" style="Template:Header" \| at a Glance
Ocean
Monarch	of
Member crew(s)
Allies
Wars
Last updated on Unknown,

User:Addison/Sandbox

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