This template creates a header to be used with succession boxes for people occupying posts in diplomatic missions.

The template was designed to default to

Diplomatic posts

if no parameter is given. In the following table, the first column contains the header and the second column shows the template call used to create it.

Diplomatic posts			{{s-dip}}

There are no parameters in this template.

From the Benjamin Franklin article:

{{s-start}}
{{s-dip}}
{{s-new | reason = U.S. Independence}}
{{s-ttl | title = [[United States Ambassador to France|United States Minister to France]] | years = 1778–1785}}
{{s-aft | after = [[Thomas Jefferson]]}}
{{s-end}}

Diplomatic posts
New title U.S. Independence	United States Minister to France 1778–1785	Succeeded by Thomas Jefferson

• Documentation for creating succession boxes can be found at Template:S-start.