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First visit

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A first-hand account of a first visit to a venue: what it looked like, what it felt like, who was there. Any length, from a couple of sentences upwards.

For testimony about events, organisations or people, use Template:Recollection instead. The two divide by subject rather than by length: recollections record what happened, first visits record what a place was like.

Usage on an article page, all on one line:

{{First visit | text = What you remember of walking in. | name = Contributor name or initials | year = 1987 }}

Gather these under a heading such as "Personal memories" at the foot of a venue article. A page may carry many of them.

See LGBT History Project:Editorial Policy §2.9.

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-<div style="background:#f2f8f9; border-left:3px solid #2E7D8F; border-radius:0 4px 4px 0; padding:0.5em 0.9em; margin:0.4em 0;"><span style="font-style:italic;">{{{text}}}</span> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#555;">— {{{name}}}, {{{year}}}</span></div><noinclude>
+<div style="background:#f2f8f9; border:0.5px solid #cfe3e7; border-left:4px solid #2E7D8F; border-radius:0 6px 6px 0; padding:0.8em 1.1em; margin:1em 0;"><div style="font-size:0.85em; font-weight:bold; color:#1c5f6e; margin-bottom:0.4em;">First visit</div><div style="font-style:italic; line-height:1.6;">{{{text}}}</div><div style="font-size:0.85em; color:#555; border-top:0.5px solid #cfe3e7; margin-top:0.7em; padding-top:0.5em;">– {{{name}}}, {{{year}}}</div></div><noinclude>
-A compact box for short personal memories of a venue, most often a first visit. For longer testimony about events, use [[Template:Recollection]] instead. See [[LGBT History Project:Editorial Policy]] §2.9.
+A first-hand account of a first visit to a venue: what it looked like, what it felt like, who was there. Any length, from a couple of sentences upwards.
-Usage on an article page:
+For testimony about events, organisations or people, use [[Template:Recollection]] instead. The two divide by subject rather than by length: recollections record what happened, first visits record what a place was like.
-<pre>{{First visit | text = The first gay pub I ever went to. | name = A.B. | year = 1992 }}</pre>
-All three parameters are required. Gather these in a section at the foot of a venue article, under a heading such as "Personal memories". A page may carry many of them.
+Usage on an article page, all on one line:
+<pre>{{First visit | text = What you remember of walking in. | name = Contributor name or initials | year = 1987 }}</pre>
+Gather these under a heading such as "Personal memories" at the foot of a venue article. A page may carry many of them.
+See [[LGBT History Project:Editorial Policy]] §2.9.
 [[Category:Templates]]
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