User:Pdebee/My sandbox2

Introduction

The purpose of this page is for my use as a personal sandbox, to develop article content without running the risk of either interfering with main space articles in any way, or of causing edit conflicts.

At the moment, I am using it solely to develop a new infobox (no prose) for the article on the Thirteen Colonies, initially by merging selected fields from two existing infoboxes: British America and British North America, and perhaps other infoboxes if necessary.

Current infobox from the 'British America' article

British America and the British West Indies
1607–1783
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British colonies in North America which were part of British America (red) at its peak, and other dependencies held by the British Crown at the time (pink)
Status	Colonies of England (1607–1707) Colonies of Great Britain (1707–1783)
Capital	Administered from London, England
Common languages	English, French, many indigenous languages
Religion	Anglicanism, Protestantism, Judaism, Roman Catholic, Native American religion
Government	Constitutional monarchy
Monarch
• 1607–1625	James I & VI (first)
• 1760–1783	George III (last)
History
• Roanoke Colony	1585
• Virginia Colony	1607
• New England	1620
• King Charles II charter for Rhode Island and Providence Plantations	1663
• Rupert's Land	1670
• Treaty of Utrecht	1713
• Treaty of Paris	1763
• Treaty of Paris	1783
Currency	Pound sterling, Spanish dollar, colonial money, bills of credit, commodity money and many local currencies
Preceded by Succeeded by New Netherland New France Spanish Florida British North America British West Indies United States Spanish Florida
Today part of	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Bermuda British Virgin Islands Canada Cayman Islands Dominica Grenada Guyana Honduras Jamaica Mexico Montserrat Nicaragua Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos United States

Current infobox from the 'British North America' article

British North America
1783–1907
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Status	Colonies of Great Britain (1783–1800) Colonies of the United Kingdom (1801–1907)
Capital	Administered from London, England
Common languages	English, French
Religion	Anglicanism
Monarch
• 1783–1820	George III
• 1820–1830	George IV
• 1830–1837	William IV
• 1837–1901	Victoria
• 1901–1907	Edward VII
History
• Treaty of Paris	1783
• Treaty of 1818	1818
• British North America Act	1867
• Rupert's Land Act	1868
• British Columbia Terms of Union	1871
• Prince Edward Island Terms of Union	1873
• 1907 Colonial Conference	1907
Currency	Pound sterling, Canadian pound, Canadian dollar
Preceded by Succeeded by British America Canada Dominion of Newfoundland
Today part of	Canada United States

References

Draft infobox to add to the 'Thirteen Colonies' article

This section is for the development of the new infobox, during the next few days.
Patrick. ツ Pdebee.^{(talk)(guestbook)} 00:15, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

 Done ツ Pdebee.^{(talk)(guestbook)} 12:01, 16 January 2016 (UTC)

Thirteen Colonies
1607–1783
Flag
Map of present-day USA with the thirteen original colonies highlighted.
Status	Colonies of England (1607–1707) Colonies of Great Britain (1707–1783)
Capital	Administered from London, England
Common languages	English, French, many indigenous languages
Religion	Anglicanism, Protestantism, Judaism, Roman Catholic, Native American religion
Government	Constitutional monarchy
Monarch
• 1607–1625	James I & VI (first)
• 1760–1783	George III (last)
History
• Roanoke Colony	1585
• Virginia Colony	1607
• New England	1620
• King Charles II charter for Rhode Island and Providence Plantations	1663
• Rupert's Land	1670
• Treaty of Utrecht	1713
• Treaty of Paris	1763
• Treaty of Paris	1783
Currency	Pound sterling, colonial money, bills of credit, commodity money.
Preceded by New Netherland
Today part of	United States

Experiment: Telling a story with userboxes ツ

Yesterday, I wondered whether it might be possible to use various userbox features as a basic form of storyboard, to tell a short story. Both sideboxes could be used for setting the scene and background, including picture files, while the 'info' tags can be used for the script.
The little story (below, right) shows an experimental example, which was quite fun to do and came together very quickly.
Patrick. ツ Pdebee.^{(talk) (guestbook)} 11:04, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

Tag: [[User:Pdebee/My sandbox2#Experiment: Telling a story with userboxes ツ|here]]

Note: See Help:Collapsing for a different solution, for subtitling.

A Visit in Wikiland... ツ

(Tea for Two )
A short story in userboxes ツ Door: Knock-knock! Elle: Who could this be, knocking at my door? Elle: Hello Louis!! What a nice surprise! Come in... Aw - they're lovely, thanks! Elle: Bla-bla-bla? (slurp!... munch-munch!) Louis: Bla-bla-bla! (slurp!... munch-munch!) Elle: Farewell! (waving & smiling) Louis: Goodbye! (waving & sailing away) The End Cast Elle (as herself) Louis (as himself)