Template:Canadian monarch, current/doc

Usage
Assigning any value to a parameter (except since) returns information in the format indicated. (e.g.  yields the same results as  )

Examples
At Majesty's pleasure yields

At Her Majesty's pleasure or  At His Majesty's pleasure

, of Canada yields

, of Canada

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Related issue

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 * A number of articles use this template to assign the InfoBox image. The image is hard coded to be "title monarch name.jpg" using template calls similar to
 * For example, the image file  is a redirect to the consensus determined current best image of the monarch.  When a succession takes place, a redirect should immediately be created for "File:King/Queen&thinsp; Regent's name.jpg" (e.g. &thinsp;) to ensure that, prior to updating the values in , some image exists in order to prevent updating of the template causing all InfoBox images for the new regent being blanked (and editors quickly bypassing the global image declarations currently configured).
 * In the unlikely event that another image exists under the required filename, request a move of the existing image to another name, citing this  if necessary, and then change the redirect created by the move to point to an appropriate image.  Avoid uploading/moving another image to this ‘title name.jpg’ combination since the consensus image will undoubtedly change over time and utilizing a redirect ensures that future changes will be relatively hassle-free.
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 * In the unlikely event that another image exists under the required filename, request a move of the existing image to another name, citing this  if necessary, and then change the redirect created by the move to point to an appropriate image.  Avoid uploading/moving another image to this ‘title name.jpg’ combination since the consensus image will undoubtedly change over time and utilizing a redirect ensures that future changes will be relatively hassle-free.
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Changing the current monarch information
As mentioned in Related issue above, begin by making sure a redirect exists to the new monarch's image from the name "File:title&thinsp; Regent's name.jpg" (e.g. " "). This should be a redirect to another best image of the regent to ensure hassle-free revision as consensus changes, time passes, and new images become available.

Afterwards, edit the template, changing the values (a total of 7 of them) marked between the  and. The values, in the order they appear in the template, are: he/she her/his                         Note: Un capitalized Queen/King date of ascension to the throne The date standard for articles using this template is day-month-year (unpunctuated) Queen/King                      Repeat the information from above name of the monarch             The name is needed twice; once is used for unlinked, once for name of the monarch             linked (article & image are expected to exist under this name).