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 Paste the following code into the top of an article and then take out Bakari's info and put in your own character's information. Valid colors are '''<font color=maroon>Red</font>, <font color=darkgoldenrod>Gold</font>, <font color=steelblue>Blue</font>, <font color=teal>Teal</font>, <font color=purple>Violet</font>, <font color=black>Black</font>, <font color=dimgray>Silver</font>, <font color=darkgreen>Green</font>'''.
-Not all ranks are available in all colors. Use full rank names (except for Lieutenant JG and Lt. Commander, and Lt. Colonel). Pipstyle can be changed from '''Default''' to '''DS9''' or '''Slanted'''.
+Not all ranks are available in all colors. Use full rank names (except for Lieutenant JG and Lt. Commander, and Lt. Colonel).
+*Pipstyle can be changed from '''Default''' to '''DS9''' or '''Slanted'''. See [[Template:Pips]] for list of all styles.
+*If your character is a civilian or has a rank/title that isn't available as a pip graphic, you can specify pipstyle to '''None''', and the pip graphic will not be displayed.
 For date of birth, add a leading zero for single digit months and dates. The sidebar will automatically calculate your character's age as well.