Difference between revisions of "Help:Templates"

You see the <code>foo=</code> part? That's a named argument, and is used for special parameters, such as the [[Template:Infobox|infobox]] field names.

 

The {{t|Infobox}} templates are placed at the start of the article, and show a list of information down the right side of the article.

*{{t|Book}} includes information on the publisher and ISBN of a book

*{{t|Character}} includes information regarding the character

*{{t|Place}} information on a place, region, or building.

 

These templates are usually placed at the bottom of a page to allow people to find related content.

*{{t|Cosmere}} inserts a table of links relating to [[Adonalsium]] and the [[Cosmere]] at large.

*{{t|Books}} inserts a table of books and series' by [[Brandon Sanderson]].

*{{t|MetallicArts}} inserts a table of the magics found on [[Scadrial]].

 

*{{t|Race}} is used to convert a country or state's name into the colloquial name for it's people.

*{{t|Aon}} creates a link that describes the Aon requested

*{{t|World}} will convert book title's to the world on which the book is set.

 

{{t|Ref}} generates a reference which may use one of the below templates to generate it's content.

*{{t|bws}} links to a page on {{bws|link=}}

*{{t|bref}} links to a book or a specific chapter, page or section of a book

*{{t|Wotdb}} links to a specific entry in the interview database.

 

These templates insert boxes or emphasised phrases that help users navigate the wiki correclty.

*{{t|For}} helps users distinguish between similarly titled articles.

*{{t|Redirect}} reminds users that they have been forwarded to a different page, in cases which may be ambiguous.

 

{{t|Notice}} templates insert boxes that alert users to information regarding the page its self.

*{{t|Attention}} requests that users edit it

*{{t|Stub}}

*{{t|Theory}}