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Biographies of incumbents (monarchs, popes, presidents, prime ministers) are often linked together by boxes, including the predecessor and successor. For other series of articles, see Wikipedia:Article series.
A sample from Moritz Leuenberger, as discussed on Talk:List of members of the Swiss Federal Council:
Source:
{{s-start}} {{s-bef|before= [[Otto Stich]]}} {{s-ttl|title= [[Member of the Swiss Federal Council]]|years=1995-}} {{s-aft|after= ''n.a. (still in office)''}} {{s-end}}
This structure can also work for any long chain of items:
Source:
{{s-start}} {{s-bef|before= [[Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution|20th Amendment]]}} {{s-ttl|title= Amendments<br>[[United States Constitution]]}} {{s-aft|after= [[Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution|22nd Amendment]]}} {{s-end}}