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

ਡਿਪਲੋਮੈਟਿਕ ਪੋਸਟ

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.

ਡਿਪਲੋਮੈਟਿਕ ਪੋਸਟ {{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}}
ਡਿਪਲੋਮੈਟਿਕ ਪੋਸਟ
ਨਵਾਂ ਸਿਰਲੇਖ
U.S. Independence
United States Minister to France
1778–1785
ਅਗਲਾ
Thomas Jefferson