Template:Connecticut Sticker

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Description

This sticker identifies and recognizes profiles of people who were or currently are part of Connecticut.

To add this sticker to a profile, place the string similar to the text in Code used: column of Examples table anywhere in the biography part of the profile. Usually you should put it next to the text describing a Sticker, but it should always be below the == Biography == heading and above the == Sources == heading.

Info

Name:	Connecticut Sticker
Type:	Sticker
Group:	National
Subgroup:	US
Status:	Approved
Project:	Project:Connecticut
Usage:	Pages using the template
Parameters usage stats:	Parameter usage on profiles
Map of Profiles:	WikiTree+ Maps
Edit:	Template Documentation

This sticker identifies and recognizes profiles of people who were or currently are associated with the U.S. state of Connecticut or its colonial predecessors. It does not place a profile into a category.

To add this sticker to the profile for a deceased person, place the string {{Connecticut Sticker}} in the profile text box in any location below the == Biography == heading.

If no optional parameters are used, the sticker will look like this:

... ... ... was a Connecticuter.

"Connecticuter" is the official demonym for Connecticut, as identified in this Wikipedia article. To use custom text in place of "a Connecticuter", enter a vertical line followed by your chosen text, like these examples:

{{Connecticut Sticker|an early settler in Connecticut}}
{{Connecticut Sticker|a Connecticut governor}}
{{Connecticut Sticker|a Connecticut Yankee}}
{{Connecticut Sticker|a Nutmegger}}

... ... ... was an early settler in Connecticut.

To change the word "was" to "is" in the basic (noncustomized) version of the sticker, use the string {{Connecticut Sticker|living=y}}

Examples

Code used:	Displays as:
{{Connecticut Sticker}}	... ... ... was a Connecticuter.
{{Connecticut Sticker\|an early settler in Connecticut}}	... ... ... was an early settler in Connecticut.
{{Connecticut Sticker\|living=y}}	... ... ... is a Connecticuter.

Parameters

Parameter	Usage	Type	Description	Example	Values
1 text	Optional	Text	replaces default text (following name of person, which is automatically added, and the verb [was or is])	an early settler in Connecticut
living	Optional	Text	changes text ("was" to "is")	y	y

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