Template:Designation/doc

Usage

This template is mainly used in conjunction with {{Infobox historic site}}, which is of interest to WikiProject Historic sites. This template tells the infobox how to display designations by passing along either a color or some text, which are dependent on the designation. The template is set up, however, so that anyone can use it as a stand-alone template to create tables, lists, and other articles throughout Wikipedia. The following is an explanation of how to use this template as a stand-alone template:

Template syntax

{{Designation|<designation>|<identifier>}}

• <designation> – tells the template which designation to use. (i.e. "NRHP", "World Heritage Site", "NYCL", etc.) This parameter is case-insensitive, so "world heritage site" will yield the same thing as "WoRlD HeRiTaGe SiTe". All supported designations are listed below.
• <identifier> – can be either of the following values:
  • colour (or color) – will return a hex code for the official color of <designation>
  • text – will return a link to the article talking about <designation>
  • divbox - will generate a bordered div block element version, consisting of the link to the article talking about <designation> (this is useful in various templates that use the {{Infobox}}}

Examples

• {{Designation/colour|World Heritage Site}} yields " #FFE978"
• {{Designation/text|Grade I}} yields "登录建筑－I级"
• {{Designation/divbox|National Historic Site of Canada}} yields:

加拿大国家历史遗产

未完成翻译的部分或本模板不包含的参数，均以“无效指定”显示。

支持的指定

全球指定

Designation	Bordered version	Scope	Count	Valid <designation> values (Callnames)
联合国教科文组织世界遗产	联合国教科文组织世界遗产	Global	874	World Heritage Site; WHS
IUCN Ia类（严格自然保护区）	IUCN Ia类（严格自然保护区）	Global	???	IUCN Category Ia; IUCN Ia; Category Ia; Nature Reserve
IUCN Ib类（荒野保护区）	IUCN Ib类（荒野保护区）	Global	???	IUCN Category Ib; IUCN Ib; Category Ib; Wilderness Area
IUCN II类（国家公园）	IUCN II类（国家公园）	Global	???	IUCN Category II; IUCN II; Category II; National Park
IUCN III类（天然纪念物）	IUCN III类（天然纪念物）	Global	???	IUCN Category III; IUCN III; Category III; Natural Monument
IUCN IV类（栖息地/物种管理区）	IUCN IV类（栖息地/物种管理区）	Global	???	IUCN Category IV; IUCN IV; Category IV; Habitat Management; Species Management
IUCN V类（受保护的陆地/海洋景观）	IUCN V类（受保护的陆地/海洋景观）	Global	???	IUCN Category V; IUCN V; Category V; Protected Landscape; Protected Seascape
IUCN VI类（受管理的资源保护区）	IUCN VI类（受管理的资源保护区）	Global	???	IUCN Category VI; IUCN VI; Category VI; Managed Resource Protected Area
濕地公約	濕地公約	Global	???	Ramsar; Ramsar Wetland; Ramsar Wetland of International Importance
无效指定	无效指定	Global	263	Civil Engineering Landmark; Historic Civil Engineering Landmark; HCEL
无效指定	无效指定	Global	259	Mechanical Engineering Landmark; Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark; HMEL

中华人民共和国

本模板为中华人民共和国提供了本地化方案，修改或翻译时请注意。

Designation	Bordered version	Scope	Count	Valid <designation> values (Callnames)
全国重点文物保护单位 中华人民共和国国务院公布	全国重点文物保护单位 中华人民共和国国务院公布	中国	???	全国重点文物保护单位
省级文物保护单位	省级文物保护单位	中国	???	省级重点文物保护单位
市级文物保护单位	市级文物保护单位	中国	???	市级重点文物保护单位
县级文物保护单位	县级文物保护单位	中国	???	县级重点文物保护单位
上海市人民政府公布 上海市优秀历史建筑	上海市人民政府公布 上海市优秀历史建筑	中国	???	上海市优秀历史建筑
天津市人民政府公布 天津市历史风貌建筑	天津市人民政府公布 天津市历史风貌建筑	中国	???	天津市历史风貌建筑
哈尔滨市人民政府公布 哈尔滨市保护建筑	哈尔滨市人民政府公布 哈尔滨市保护建筑	中国	???	哈尔滨市保护建筑
国家级风景名胜区	国家级风景名胜区	中国	???	国家级风景名胜区
国家级自然保护区	国家级自然保护区	中国	???	国家级自然保护区
国家级典型地震遗址	国家级典型地震遗址	中国	???	国家级典型地震遗址
国家地质公园	国家地质公园	中国	???	国家地质公园

National/regional designations

Designation	Bordered version	Scope	Count	Valid <designation> values (Callnames)
阿尔巴尼亚文化古迹	阿尔巴尼亚文化古迹	Albania	201	Cultural Monument of Albania; Albanian Cultural Monument; Albania; Monument Kulture
阿根廷国家历史古迹	阿根廷国家历史古迹	Argentina	~400	National Historic Monument of Argentina; Argentina Historic Monument; Argentina; NHMA
无效指定	无效指定	Australia	????	Australian national heritage list; Australia; ANHL
无效指定	无效指定	Australia	????	Commonwealth heritage list; Australian Commonwealth heritage list; Commonwealth; CWLTHL
无效指定	无效指定	Australia	????	Register national estate; register of the national estate; Australian register of the national estate; RNE
巴西国家历史遗产	巴西国家历史遗产	Brazil	1,047	National Historic Heritage of Brazil; Brazilian Historic Heritage; IPHAN; Brazil; NHHB
加拿大国家历史遗产	加拿大国家历史遗产	Canada	958	National Historic Site of Canada; Canadian National Historic Site; Canada; National Historic Site; NHSC; NHS
无效指定	无效指定	Canada	163	Heritage Railway Station of Canada; Canadian Heritage Railway Station; HRSC
克罗地亚受保护自然价值	克罗地亚受保护自然价值	Croatia	461	Protected Natural Value of Croatia; Croatian Protected Natural Value; Protected area of Croatia; Croatian Protected area; Croatia Natural; Spomenik prirode
克罗地亚文化物	克罗地亚文化物	Croatia	???	Cultural Good of Croatia; Croatian Cultural Good; Croatia Cultural; Spomenik kulture
国家历史公园和花园名录	国家历史公园和花园名录	England	???	National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens; Register of Historic Parks and Gardens; Historic Parks and Gardens; England Historic Park; England Historic Garden; English Historic Park; English Historic Garden
法国历史遗迹	法国历史遗迹	France	>43,000	Monument historique; France; French
爱尔兰自然古迹	爱尔兰自然古迹	Ireland	~1,000	Irish National Monument; National Monument of Ireland; Ireland Monument in State Care; Irish Monument in State Care; Ireland; Irish
日本国宝	日本国宝	Japan	1079	National Treasure of Japan; Japanese National Treasure; Japan
荷兰国家古迹	荷兰国家古迹	Netherlands	55,000+	Rijksmonument; Dutch National Monument; Netherlands National Monument; National Monument of the Netherlands; Netherlands; Dutch
新西兰遗产－I类	新西兰遗产－I类	New Zealand	???	Heritage New Zealand Category I; New Zealand Category I; NZ Category I
新西兰遗产－II类	新西兰遗产－II类	New Zealand	???	Heritage New Zealand Category II; New Zealand Category II; NZ Category II
葡萄牙国家古迹	葡萄牙国家古迹	Portugal	791	National Monument of Portugal; Portuguese National Monument; Monumento Nacional do Portugal; Portugal; IPPAR
罗马尼亚历史古迹	罗马尼亚历史古迹	Romania	29,540	National Register of Historic Monuments in Romania; Monument istoric; Romania; Romanian
塞尔维亚文化遗产	塞尔维亚文化遗产	Serbia	2,391	Cultural Heritage of Serbia; Serbia; Serbian
苏格兰公园及景观设计名录	苏格兰公园及景观设计名录	Scotland	~386	Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland; Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland; Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes
新加坡国家古迹	新加坡国家古迹	Singapore	???	National Monument of Singapore; Singapore National Monument; Singapore
西班牙文化財產	西班牙文化財產	Spain	~13,000	Spanish Property of Cultural Interest; Bien de Interés Cultural; BIC; Spain; Spanish
瑞士国家和区域重要文化财产名录	瑞士国家和区域重要文化财产名录	Switzerland	???	Swiss Cultural Property of National Significance; Swiss; Switzerland; Swiss Cultural Property
赞比亚国家古迹	赞比亚国家古迹	Zambia	>3000	National Monument of Zambia; Zambian National Monument; Zambia

State/provincial/local designations

Designation	Bordered version	Scope	Count	Valid <designation> values (Callnames)
无效指定	无效指定	Australia - New South Wales	????	New South Wales state heritage register; NSW state heritage register; New South Wales heritage register; NSW heritage register; NSW; NSW shr
无效指定	无效指定	Australia - Queensland	1692	Queensland Heritage Register; QHR
无效指定	无效指定	Australia - South Australia	????	South Australian heritage register; SA heritage register; South Australia; SAHR
无效指定	无效指定	Australia - Tasmania	????	Tasmanian heritage register; Tasmania; TASHR
维多利亚遗产名录	维多利亚遗产名录	Australia - Victoria	????	Victorian heritage register; Victoria (Australia); VICHR
无效指定	无效指定	Australia - Western Australia	????	Western Australia state register of heritage places; WA state register of heritage places; WASRHP; Western Australia
无效指定	无效指定	Canada - Alberta	???	Alberta Historic Resources Act; Alberta; AHRA
无效指定	无效指定	Canada - New Brunswick	???	New Brunswick Heritage Conservation Act; New Brunswick; NBHCA
无效指定	无效指定	Canada - Nova Scotia	???	Nova Scotia Heritage Property Act; Nova Scotia; NSHPA
安大略省文物法令	安大略省文物法令	Canada - Ontario	???	Ontario Heritage Act; Ontario
无效指定	无效指定	Canada - Prince Edward Island	???	Prince Edward Island; PEI; Heritage Places Protection Act
魁北克省文化遗产	魁北克省文化遗产	Canada - Quebec	???	Repertoire du Patrimoine Culturel du Quebec; Quebec; Cultural Heritage Register of Quebec
无效指定	无效指定	Canada - Saskatchewan	800+	Saskatchewan Heritage Property Act; Saskatchewan; SHPA
香港法定古蹟	香港法定古蹟	China – Hong Kong	92	Declared Monument of Hong Kong; Hong Kong Declared Monument; HK Declared Monument
香港歷史建築	香港歷史建築	China – Hong Kong	1154	Hong Kong Graded Building; HK Graded Building; Graded Building
香港歷史建築－I级	香港歷史建築－I级	China - Hong Kong	212	Hong Kong Grade I Historic Building; Hong Kong Grade I; HK Grade I
香港歷史建築－II级	香港歷史建築－II级	China - Hong Kong	366	Hong Kong Grade II Historic Building; Hong Kong Grade II; HK Grade II
香港歷史建築－III级	香港歷史建築－III级	China - Hong Kong	576	Hong Kong Grade III Historic Building; Hong Kong Grade III; HK Grade III
仰光城市地标	仰光城市地标	Myanmar – Yangon	188	Yangon City Heritage List; Yangon City Landmark; Yangon Landmark; Yangon City; Yangon
中華民國國家自然公園	中華民國國家自然公園	台灣	?	Taiwan National Natural Park; TWNNP
台灣自然保留區	台灣自然保留區	台灣	?	Taiwan Nature Reserve; TWNR
台灣地質公園	台灣地質公園	台灣	?	Taiwan Geopark; TWGP
台灣野生動物保護區	台灣野生動物保護區	台灣	?	Taiwan Wildlife Refuge; TWWR
台灣野生動物重要棲息環境	台灣野生動物重要棲息環境	台灣	?	Taiwan Major Wildlife Habitat; TWMWH
台灣自然保護區	台灣自然保護區	台灣	?	Taiwan Forest Reserve; TWFR

United Kingdom

Designation	Bordered version	Scope	Count	Valid <designation> values (Callnames)
在册古迹	在册古迹	United Kingdom	19,763	Scheduled Monument; Scheduled Ancient Monument; Ancient Monument; UK Scheduled Monument; UK Ancient Monument; Scheduled Historic Monument; UK Monument in State Care; UK Scheduled Ancient Monument; UK Scheduled Historic Monument
登录建筑	登录建筑	United Kingdom	>500,000	Listed Building; United Kingdom Listed Building; UK Listed Building
登录建筑－I级	登录建筑－I级	England & Wales	9,445	Grade I Listed Building; Grade I; United Kingdom Grade I; UK Grade I
登录建筑－II*级	登录建筑－II*级	England & Wales	22,164	Grade II* Listed Building; Grade II*; United Kingdom Grade II*; UK Grade II*
登录建筑－II级	登录建筑－II级	England & Wales	345,662	Grade II Listed Building; Grade II; United Kingdom Grade II; UK Grade II
登录建筑－A级	登录建筑－A级	Northern Ireland	???	Grade A Listed Building; Grade A; Northern Ireland Grade A
登录建筑－B+级	登录建筑－B+级	Northern Ireland	???	Grade B+ Listed Building; Grade B+; Northern Ireland Grade B+
登录建筑－B1级	登录建筑－B1级	Northern Ireland	???	Grade B1 Listed Building; Grade B1; Northern Ireland Grade B1
登录建筑－B2级	登录建筑－B2级	Northern Ireland	???	Grade B2 Listed Building; Grade B2; Northern Ireland Grade B2
登录建筑－A类	登录建筑－A类	Scotland	???	Category A Listed Building; Category A; Scotland Category A
登录建筑－B类	登录建筑－B类	Scotland	???	Category B Listed Building; Category B; Scotland Category B
登录建筑－C(S)类	登录建筑－C(S)类	Scotland	???	Category C Listed Building; Category C; Scotland Category C
英國註冊戰場	英國註冊戰場	United Kingdom	???	NHLE Battlefields; UK Registered Battlefields
无效指定	无效指定	United Kingdom	>100	UK Protected Wreck; UK Maritime Military Grave; UK Historic Wreck; NHLE Wreck
无效指定	无效指定	England	>10,000	England Conservation Area; English Conservation Area
无效指定	无效指定	United Kingdom	>20,000	UK Locally Listed; Local Listed Site UK; Locally Listed Building
无效指定	无效指定	England	>650,000	NHLE; NHLE List; NHLE Register; National Heritage List for England
国家历史公园和花园名录	国家历史公园和花园名录	England	1600	Historic garden; register of historic parks and gardens; historic parks and gardens; england registered parks and gardens

United States

Designation	Bordered version	Scope	Count	Valid <designation> values (Callnames)
美国国家史迹名录	美国国家史迹名录	United States	>80,000	National Register of Historic Places; NRHP
美国國家歷史名勝	美国國家歷史名勝	United States	~2,450	National Historic Landmark; U.S. National Historic Landmark; US National Historic Landmark; NRHP-NHL; NHL
美國歷史區	美國歷史區	United States	???	United States Historic District; U.S. Historic District; US Historic District; Historic District; NRHP-HD; HD
美國歷史區 貢獻性資產	美國歷史區 貢獻性資產	United States	???	United States Contributing Property; U.S. Contributing Property; US Contributing Property; Contributing Property; NRHP-CP; CP
美国国家历史名胜街区	美国国家历史名胜街区	United States	~200	U.S. National Historic Landmark District; US National Historic Landmark District; National Historic Landmark District; NRHP-NHLD; NHLD
美国国家纪念区	美国国家纪念区	United States	93	U.S. National Monument; US National Monument; National Monument; NRHP-NMON; NMON
美国国家历史遗址	美国国家历史遗址	United States	89	U.S. National Historic Site; US National Historic Site; National Historic Site; NRHP-NHS; NHS
美国国家纪念馆	美国国家纪念馆	United States	44	U.S. National Memorial; US National Memorial; National Memorial; NRHP-NMEM; NMEM
美国国家历史公园	美国国家历史公园	United States	42	U.S. National Historical Park; US National Historical Park; National Historical Park; NRHP-NHP; NHP
美国国家战场	美国国家战场	United States	11	U.S. National Battlefield; US National Battlefield; National Battlefield; NRHP-NB; NB
美国国家军事公园	美国国家军事公园	United States	9	U.S. National Military Park
美国国家自然地标	美国国家自然地标	United States	???	U.S. National Natural Landmark; US National Natural Landmark; National Natural Landmark; NNL
阿拉巴马州地标	阿拉巴马州地标	United States – Alabama	1396	Alabama Register; Alabama Landmark; Alabama; USAL; ARLH
加利福尼亞州歷史地標	加利福尼亞州歷史地標	United States – California	>1,000	California Historical Landmark; California; CHISL
无效指定	无效指定	United States - Colorado	>1700	Colorado State Register of Historic Properties; Colorado; CSRHP; USCO
无效指定	无效指定	United States - Indiana	~1900	Indiana Register of Historic Sites and Structures; Indiana; IRHSS; USIN
密歇根州立历史遗址	密歇根州立历史遗址	United States – Michigan	2730	Michigan State Historic Site; Michigan; MSHS
密西西比州地标	密西西比州地标	United States – Mississippi	890	Mississippi Landmark; Mississippi; USMS
内华达州历史标志	内华达州历史标志	United States - Nevada	266	Nevada Historical Marker; Nevada Marker; Nevada; USNV
无效指定	无效指定	United States - New Hampshire	~200	New Hampshire State Register of Historic Places; New Hampshire State Register; New Hampshire; NHSR; NHSRHP; USNH
无效指定	无效指定	United States - New Jersey	???	New Jersey Register of Historic Places; New Jersey; NJRHP; USNJ
无效指定	无效指定	United States - New Mexico	~2000	N.M. State Register of Cultural Properties; New Mexico State Register; New Mexico; NMSRCP; NMSR; USNM
无效指定	无效指定	United States - Texas	~6300	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark; Texas; RTHL; USTX
无效指定	无效指定	United States - Texas	???	Texas State Antiquities Landmark; Texas; TSAL; USTX
无效指定	无效指定	United States - Virginia	???	Virginia Landmarks Register; Virginia; VLR; USVA
无效指定	无效指定	United States – New Mexico – Albuquerque	20	Albuquerque Historic Landmark; Albuquerque; ALBHL
无效指定	无效指定	United States – California – Berkeley	~350	Berkeley Landmark; Berkeley; BERKL
芝加哥地标	芝加哥地标	United States – Illinois – Chicago	~200	Chicago Landmark; Chicago; CHICL
无效指定	无效指定	United States – Texas – Dallas	100	Dallas Landmark; Dallas
无效指定	无效指定	United States – Iowa – Davenport	~50	Davenport Register of Historic Properties; Davenport; DRHP
无效指定	无效指定	United States – California – Long Beach	114	Long Beach Historic Landmark; Long Beach; LBHL
洛杉矶历史文化古迹	洛杉矶历史文化古迹	United States – California – Los Angeles	886	Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument; Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument; Los Angeles; LAHCM
纽约市地标	纽约市地标	United States – New York – New York City	~23,000	New York City Landmark; NYC Landmark; New York City; NYC; NYCL
无效指定	无效指定	United States – Nebraska – Omaha	~100	Omaha Landmark; Omaha
牡蛎湾地标	牡蛎湾地标	United States – New York – Oyster Bay	40	Oyster Bay Landmark; Oyster Bay, New York; Oyster Bay, NY; Oyster Bay
无效指定	无效指定	United States – Pennsylvania	>2,000	Pennsylvania Historical Marker; Pennsylvania; PA Marker
无效指定	无效指定	United States – Pennsylvania – Philadelphia	???	Philadelphia Register of Historic Places; Philadelphia; PRHP
无效指定	无效指定	United States – Pennsylvania – Pittsburgh	>100	Pittsburgh Historic Designation; City of Pittsburgh; PGHL; CPHD
匹兹堡地标	匹兹堡地标	United States – Pennsylvania – Pittsburgh	66	Pittsburgh Historic Landmark; Pittsburgh Landmark; Pittsburgh; PHLF
无效指定	无效指定	United States – California – Riverside	~110	Riverside Landmark; Riverside; RIVL
圣路易斯地标	圣路易斯地标	United States – Missouri – St. Louis	121	St. Louis Landmark; St Louis Landmark; St. Louis; St Louis
无效指定	无效指定	United States – California – San Diego	~870	San Diego Historic Landmark; San Diego; SDHL
舊金山指定地標	舊金山指定地標	United States – California – San Francisco	~250	San Francisco Designated Landmark; San Francisco Landmark; San Francisco; SFDL
无效指定	无效指定	United States – California – Santa Monica	~90	Santa Monica Historic Landmark; Santa Monica; SMHL
无效指定	无效指定	United States – Washington – Seattle	~450	Seattle Landmark; Seattle

• See also: WikiProject National Register of Historic Places

Adding new designations

If you've created or contributed to a list-article or individual property articles of a designation or heritage register not listed above, you can suggest its addition to the template. To suggest a new designation for inclusion in this template, raise a question at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Historic sites.

Requirements

In order for a register to be added to this template, there are several criteria that must be met:

1. The register must be an official designation consisting of a reasonable number of sites. If a designation covers only a small community and contains only a handful of sites, it's probably not necessary to add it to this template.
2. There must be an article about the register on Wikipedia, and there should be at least an external link to a list of all sites on the register. Ideally, there should be a list article on Wikipedia containing links to all articles about sites on that register.
3. The register's scope must be identified. What exactly can become listed on this register? Is it confined to a small area such as a city or municipality? Perhaps a state or province? Or maybe even an entire nation or many nations? A designation can be classified as "Global", meaning any site in any nation can qualify, "National/regional", meaning only sites in a particular nation or group of nations (i.e. the United Kingdom or North America) can qualify, "State/provincial", meaning only sites in a particular region of a country (i.e. a state in the United States or an emirate in the United Arab Emirates) may qualify, or "Local", meaning only sites in a specific city, neighborhood, or community may qualify.
4. Text and a color scheme must be chosen for the designation. This template allows an editor freedom over the background color of the designation's bar in {{Infobox historic site}} as well as the text color. The text of the bar will link to the main article of the register in some way, and should contain sufficient information to uniquely identify the register.
5. Valid callnames must be chosen for the designation. Callnames are valid values for the <designation> parameter described at the top of this page. Callnames are unique to an individual register, so if another similar designation contains callnames that may conflict with the new register, some reconciliation will be needed (i.e. if Switzerland maintains two national designations and one is already in this template using the callname "Switzerland", that callname must be taken out to remove ambiguity before the second designation is added).

Through discussion, determine a color scheme for the designation and which text will appear in the infobox bar. Also, determine callnames, identifying any ambiguities or overlap between designations. Once the text, the color, and the callname(s) have been discussed, the designation can be incorporated into this template. Below are a few guidelines on how to choose these identifiers.

Color selection

While it's desirable for the colors to be related to the designation, accessibility is our first concern. Some users of Wikipedia may be fully or partially color blind, and certain color combinations can be hard for them to see. It may be necessary to modify the colors a little to accommodate these users; for more information see Wikipedia:Color.

In general, very light colors are preferred in order to have adequate contrast between the text and the background. The following colors are all acceptable choices:

#FFE978

#DACAA5

#CDE5B2

#BFFFBF

#B2E5CD

#A5CADA

#A8BDEC

#FFC0CB

The bordered div box versions (as used on {{Infobox historic site}}) do not have these accessibility issues, and thus use a different color palette.

Callname selection

In choosing callnames (valid <designation> values), choose names that are generally associated with the designation – not personal preferences (i.e. don't choose "My Hometown," "Family Vacation Spot," etc.). Be sure to include many different variations on word order (If you include "Canadian National Historic Site" then include "National Historic Site of Canada" as well). Callnames are case-insensitive, so there is no need for various capitalization changes.

You may use abbreviations, but use abbreviations that make sense. For Atlanta Landmarks, "AL" wouldn't be good because it may be confused with landmarks in Alabama; something like "ATL" would be better because more potential readers would associate that with Atlanta. For smaller cities it is wise to include country or state names too (such as "Oyster Bay, New York") because people are more likely to use state names than for larger, more well-known cities.

Care must also be taken to avoid overlap or ambiguity in choosing callnames. Common practice in this template's designations is to include the nation, state, or city's name as a potential callname for that designation. If a nation, state, or city maintains more than one historic register, though, things can get messy. When adding a new designation, check first to make sure that no other designations use the callnames you wish to attach to the new designation. If you were adding a new national designation for Switzerland, you would notice that the designation already in the template (Swiss Cultural Properties of National Significance) uses the callname "Switzerland". Since your new designation would also be a national designation of Switzerland, the "Switzerland" callname should be removed from the old designation, making sure to update any articles using that callname, before the new designation is added to the template.

Text selection

Be sure to provide adequate information to uniquely identify the designation.

When selecting the text that will be shown in the infobox bar, be sure to provide enough information to uniquely identify the designation. Many registers in this template are very similar, and some may even overlap in scope (i.e. a single area may be covered by more than one register). Make sure when selecting the text that will display in the designation's bar that enough information is given to remove all ambiguity. If you were adding a register about the National monuments of Singapore, you couldn't simply choose "National Monument" for the text bar because almost every single country contains its own national monuments. Generally a good idea is to include the nation, region, or area covered by the register in the text. Instead of "State Landmark", the text should read "California Landmark" or something similar.

The list article to which the text will point can be helpful in identifying the register, though it should not be a primary identifier. A reader should be able to read the text of the bar and know immediately which register the infobox is talking about. Secondary information such as intricacies of scope, requirements of addition, and explanations of labels (Grade I, Category C, Type IV, etc.) should be explained in the list article but not the text bar. While adequate information is needed in the text bar, make sure not to be overly descriptive so as not to overwhelm the infobox. If the bar's text takes up more than two lines, you should probably think about shortening it.

Designation incorporation

After colors, text, and callnames have been chosen, the designation is ready to be added to the template. You should probably ask someone at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Historic sites to do this for you, but if you feel up to it, you can dive into template code independently. Before editing anything, you may want to check out Help:Template.

The template is split up into three major code blocks:

• Template:Designation/text - the text
• Template:Designation/colour - the background colours
• Template:Designation/colour2 - the alternative colours for the bordered versions

To incorporate the designation's color into the template, find the appropriate scope-level (Global, national/regional, state/provincial, or local) section of the "color" block of code. The section is alphabetized according to scope. Nation's names are in alphabetical order, followed by states or provinces, followed by cities. Find the appropriate location in alphabetic order for your new designation and insert a new line. On this line, list the callname(s) selected for the designation, separated by vertical pipes ("|"). Be sure to add the callname(s) in all caps to remove case sensitivity; if a callname is not entered in all caps, it will not work. General practice is to not allow the callnames to exceed a certain point on a line to preserve readability, so if a designation passes the column of existing equal signs, it should be moved to a new line. At the end of the last line of callnames, add an equal sign and then the HEX value of the color chosen. In order for the wikisoftware to parse the color correctly, "& #35;" (without the space it renders a "#" sign) must be added to the front of the HEX color. Once this is done, repeat the procedure for the alternate colour template.

After the colors are added, you can simply copy/paste that entire line of code including all callnames down into the "text" block of code at the bottom of the template. Be sure to maintain the alphabetical order of the section by pasting into the same location in the text block that you pasted into the color block. After pasting, delete the HEX color and replace it with the text for the infobox bar. This text, as discussed above, should contain a link to the register's main list article. To change the text color of a link, a <span> element is used (See existing designations for examples).

After the colors and text have been added to the template, you are ready to save. Before clicking save, double check to see that nothing else other than what you added was changed (you can use the "Show changes" option if necessary) and save the page with the edit summary "Added _______ designation," inserting the name of the designation you just added.

After the color/text are added to the main template, you can either ask someone at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Historic sites to update the "Supported designations" page or update it yourself. To add your designation to the page, you'll have to find the correct scope-based subpage. If you want to add a global designation, append "/Global" to the end of the article name (i.e. Template:Designation/Supported designations/Global); for national/regional designations, it's /National; for state/provincial designations, it's /State; and for local/municipal designations, it's /Local. Once you've navigated to the correct subpage, simply click the edit button and add a new table row in the correct alphabetical order based on descending order of scope (So if you were adding New York State Landmarks, and Alabama/Ohio were already there, you would add New York between the two. If there was a Hong Kong landmark, it would be even before Alabama because "China" starts with C and "United States" starts with U). The simplest method of creating a new row is to copy/paste a pre-existing row and edit that. For more information on Wikipedia Tables, see Help:Table.

Don't change anything in the first column except the designation call. Change the former designation callname to one of your designation's callnames in both the "color" and "text" locations. The next cell is the scope of the designation. Scopes are generally in Country – State/province – City/municipality, etc. form, so for the New York State example, you would not just type "New York"; you would type "United States – New York" and for Hong Kong, you would type "China – Hong Kong." The next column is the approximate count of sites having that designation. No sources are needed on this list since the count will more than likely appear on the main article for that designation, a requirement to be supported by this infobox. The final cell is a list of all callnames that can be used to call that designation. You can copy and paste the callnames from the main template, but be sure to separate them by semicolons instead of leaving the vertical pipes, and make sure not to leave them in all caps. After you have added the new row, save the page with the same edit summary used when you updated the main template.