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Executive Order Unknown
by President of the United States
Executive Order 2
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Signed by President

498944Executive Order UnknownPresident of the United States
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The Potus-eo template is a header template to use with United States presidential executive orders. Based on the number of the executive order, many of the standard header fields are automatically filled out.

Contents

  • 1 Usual parameters
  • 2 Possible parameters
  • 3 Usage
    • 3.1 Example one
    • 3.2 Example two
    • 3.3 Example three
  • 4 TemplateData

Not all executive orders have a normal number, especially for older orders; there are several historical quirks. The numbering system has been in effect only since 1907, but many previous executive orders were given numbers (starting with a Lincoln executive order). After the initial ordering was set, further older orders were discovered, and given "in-between" numbers like 9-2, 27-1, 330-B, etc. Even after the numbering system started, some orders were missed even as they were being signed, resulting in official titles like Executive Order 669½. This template supports such orders by overriding a few additional parameters.

Many old executive orders did not receive an official number (these are termed the "unnumbered series". This template does not (yet) support those orders, but may in the future.

Usual parameters

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{{Potus-eo
 | eo         = 
 | title      = 
 | section    = 
 | year       = 
 | month      = 
 | day        = 
 | fr-vol     = 
 | fr-page    = 
 | fr-year    = 
 | fr-month   = 
 | fr-day     = 
 | notes      = 
}}

Possible parameters

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{{Potus-eo
 | eo         = 
 | eo-potus   = 
 | title      = 
 | defaultsort=
 | author     = 
 | author-nolink = 
 | section    = 
 | previous   = 
 | next       = 
 | signed     = 
 | year       = 
 | month      = 
 | day        = 
 | cite       = 
 | fr-vol     = 
 | fr-page    = 
 | fr-year    = 
 | fr-month   = 
 | fr-day     = 
 | notes      = 
 | nocat      =
}}
This template automatically populates the Executive Order's citation URL once the [eo] number has been given; it should figure out the signing President for you too. If something errors out, try removing the entire field and refresh. Alternatively, visiting the automatically generated citation URL should give you most of the correct info to populate missing parameters.

Usage

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Example one

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  • Basic example, with just the eo, section, and year supplied; this allows automatic population of the president, and signing citation and URL on the left hand side of citation bar. Year, Month & Day preferred for proper layout.
  • Presence of ( cite = ) to turn off the normal Federal Register page and date citation that normally appears on the right hand side of citation bar.
{{Potus-eo
 | eo       = 7620
 | section  = Ordering Easier Templates for Mankind
 | year     = 1937
 | month    = 
 | day      = 
 | notes    = 
}}
OUTPUT:
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Executive Order 7619
Executive Order 7620 (1937)
by President of the United States
Ordering Easier Templates for Mankind
Executive Order 7621
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Signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt 1937

498944Executive Order 7620 — Ordering Easier Templates for Mankind1937President of the United States
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

Example two

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  • Typical example of a "lettered" executive order. The title, previous, next, and defaultsort parameters need to be overridden.
{{Potus-eo
 | eo        = 7784
 | title     = Executive Order 7784-A
 | previous  = Executive Order 7784
 | next      = Executive Order 7785
 | defaultsort = Executive Order 07784-A
 | section   = Designating Architect of the Capitol as... the Alley Dwelling Authority
 | year      = 1938
 | month     = 1
 | day       = 5
 | fr-vol    = 3
 | fr-page   = 63
 | fr-year   = 1938
 | fr-month  = 1
 | fr-day    = 12
 | notes     =
}}
OUTPUT:
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Executive Order 7784
Executive Order 7784-A (1938)
by President of the United States
Designating Architect of the Capitol as Member of the Alley Dwelling Authority
Executive Order 7785
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Signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt Wednesday, January 5, 1938

Federal Register page & date: 3 FR 63, Wednesday, January 12, 1938

498944Executive Order 7784-A — Designating Architect of the Capitol as Member of the Alley Dwelling Authority1938President of the United States
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

Example three

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  • Uses the {eo-potus = } field; this overides the auto president population in signing citation.
  • Ficticious Month, Day and Year for illustration of signing citation output.
  • added coments to note= field for illustrative purposes as well.
{{Potus-eo
 | eo       = 12620
 | eo-potus = Sarah Bachmann
 | title    = Executive Order 12620
 | section  = Renewing the Order Calling for Easier Templates for Mankind
 | year     = 2045
 | month    = 2
 | day      = 14
 | fr-vol   = 105
 | fr-page  = 2733
 | fr-year  = 2045
 | fr-month = 2
 | fr-day   = 17
 | notes    = Amended [[Executive Order 13502]]; Revoked [[Executive Order 13202]]
}}
OUTPUT:
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Executive Order 12619
Executive Order 12620 (2045)
by President of the United States
Renewing the Order Calling for Easier Templates for Mankind
Executive Order 12621
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more info.

Amended Executive Order 13502; Revoked Executive Order 13202

Signed by President Sarah Bachmann Tuesday, February 14, 2045

Federal Register page & date: 105 FR 2733, Friday, February 17, 2045

498944Executive Order 12620 — Renewing the Order Calling for Easier Templates for Mankind2045President of the United States
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.


TemplateData

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This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools.

Potus-eo

This template is custom designed for use on Executive Orders (U.S.) only. Please do not use otherwise.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers block formatting of parameters.

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
Numbereo

Just the number assigned to the order

Numberrequired
Titletitle

Formal, full designation using eo number --> Executive Order #####

Stringrequired
Sectionsection purpose

Subject or purpose titled with the EO

Stringoptional
Subsectionsubsect

Subdivision for Section param if needed

Stringoptional
Previousprevious

Prior EO issuance --> down by 1

Stringoptional
Nextnext

Next EO issuance --> up by 1

Stringoptional
Yearyear

Year signed in YYYY format

Numbersuggested
Monthmonth

Month signed in MM format

Numbersuggested
Dayday

Day signed in DD format

Numbersuggested
Federal Register volumefr-vol

Volume of the Federal Register the EO was published

Numberoptional
Federal Register page numberfr-page

Starting page number in said Federal Register volume

Numberoptional
Federal Register publication yearfr-year

Year published in the FedReg, YYYY

Numberoptional
Federal Register publication monthfr-month

Month of published year, MM

Numberoptional
Federal Register publication dayfr-day

Day of published month, DD

Numberoptional
Notesnotes

Pointers to relevant information, etc.

Lineoptional
President nameeo-potus

Overrides auto-president name

Stringoptional
NARA URLeo-url

Overrides generated NARA url

Stringoptional
signedsigned

Overrides left side of citation bar

Lineoptional
citecite

Overrides right-side of citation bar

Lineoptional
defaultsortdefaultsort

Forced sort for EOs with alpha-numeric designations

Stringoptional
authorauthor

Overrides default header param

Page nameoptional
nocatnocat

turns off auto-cat settings

Stringoptional
The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Potus-eo/doc. (edit | history)
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (edit | diff) and testcases (edit) pages.
Add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.
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