Biocrawler:Template messages

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Templates are used within articles to provide a consistent look to the messages placed into them. Changes to the look, wording, or style of the message can be implemented quickly, because templates are rendered for the reader when the article loads.

Templates often look like text boxes with a different background colour than that of normal text. They are in the template namespace, ie. pages with "Template:" in front of the name. For example, consider the template Template:Spoiler (follow the link to see the page where it can be edited). To insert the template's content into an article, type {{Spoiler}} when editing. Every article with that tag in it will display the following line:

This technique is commonly known as transclusion.

Spaces in the name are allowed, e.g. {{train topics}}. The first character (only) is not case-sensitive, so {{cleanup}} and {{Cleanup}} both work.

Templates can also accept parameters which are then inserted into the output of the template.

Templates in the article namespace provide information to help readers. These can include navigation aids, or warnings that content is sub-standard. Templates that provide information only of service to editors belong on an article's talk page.

Historically, an "msg:" prefix had to be added in front of the template name when used on a page. For example, {{msg:stub}} was typed instead of {{stub}}. In addition, the MediaWiki namespace was used also for templates until the creation of the template namespace.

Instructions: When you add new template messages to this page, please help keep the tables in alphabetical order.

/Main page and alternatives/

• For templates used on one of the Biocrawler's Main Pages.

Article-related namespace

Please list navigational templates (as, for example, between pages relating to a specific topic) at Biocrawler:Navigational templates or at the appropriate WikiProject page. See also Biocrawler:Article series.

[edit] /General/ Current events Disambiguation / Other uses Expansion requests Footnotes / References Instructions Lorem ipsum Miscellaneous info Solution and spoiler warnings Special character warnings Technical limitations Tools	[edit] Article sources Citation templates for generic and specific sources GFDL sources Public domain sources Requesting sources and verification U.S. government sources	[edit] /Links/ To databases (IMDb, Gutenberg, etc.) To main articles To maps To notes about German names To sister projects	[edit] Sister Projects All templates relating to Wikimedia sister projects
[edit] For deletion Categories (CFD) Images and media (IFD) Redirects (RFD) Speedy deletion Templates (TFD) Votes (VFD)	[edit] Issues & Disputes Article needs: Attention / Cleanup Copyediting / Grammar check Images, ISBNs, IPA conversion Merging / Splitting Translation Disputes and warnings: Accuracy / Neutrality Original research Contradictory Controversial Geographically limited Lacks direction Language Two versions Unencyclopedic	[edit] /Maintenance/ Article in use (major edits) Category needs attention/expansion/ clean-up Copyright violations Move to sister projects Needs categorization Needs translation Protected from editing/vandalism	[edit] Cleanup Wikify Translate Clarity; technical Complete rewrite Verify facts Context; tone Copyediting Copyright violation Move; merge Self-contradictory Disputed General cleanup (Some but not all of these are also on other lists.)
[edit] Compact TOC Tables of contents: 0-9/A-Z Category TOCs	[edit] /Lists/ Dynamic lists Incomplete lists Subject or topic lists	[edit] /Infoboxes/ Table attributes for specific infoboxes Conservation status of species for taxoboxes See also: Biocrawler:Infobox templates and Biocrawler:WikiProject Tree of Life/Taxobox_Usage	[edit] /Redirect pages/ To be inserted at the bottom of redirect page, but does not prevent the redirect from working. Note: This feature is broken in MediaWiki 1.4. See the Bugzilla:927 bug report.
[edit] /Talk namespace/ Featured articles (and candidates) Free images Korea-related Link to translation Peer review ToDo lists WikiProject notices WikiProject inactive notice Comment	[edit] /Image namespace/ Copyright status unknown or unverified Creative commons licensed image Fair use claimed Free image GNU/GFDL image Images and media for deletion Image categorization Non-free (copyrighted) image Public domain image Semi-free image See also: Biocrawler:Image copyright tags	[edit] /Media namespace/ Sound sample (Ogg, fair use claimed)

Note: Please use navigational templates for linking topic-related articles together.

Non article-related namespace

[edit] /Project namespace/ Policies and non-policies Village Talk WikiProjects WP:Sandbox WP:FAQ WP:BJAODN (Bad jokes and other deleted nonsense)

[edit] /Category namespace/ Births in Years Books in Years Deaths in Years More information "Subjective Category Disclaimer" {{SCD}} - See: Biocrawler:Categorization of people (note: the template is not a "category", but for use on category pages)

[edit] /User namespace/ Contribution Licensing Disclaimer Languages New Page Links Open Tasks Picture of the Day Shared IP Wikimedia Licensing

[edit] /User talk namespace/ Experimenting & Vandalism Notices Shared IP Notices Spamming Notices Three Revert Rule User Talk Requests Welcome Messages

All templates

• Biocrawler:Template messages/All (Very long page)

Template sandbox

If you wish to experiment with templates (and not have your experiments deleted before you are done with them), you may do so in the Template sandbox. You may also use the templates X1, X2, and X3 for experimental purposes.

Related pages for specific types of templates

• Biocrawler:Navigational templates are designed to provide links to several related articles.
• Biocrawler:Infobox templates are designed to present summary information about an article's subject, such that similar subjects have a uniform look and in a common format.
• Biocrawler:WikiProject Tree of Life/Taxobox Usage lists templates for builing taxonomical infoboxes (taxoboxes) for biological classification of living things and explains their usage. The boxes also contain conservation status templates.
• Biocrawler:Country referencing templates are designed to provide a tiny thumbnail of a country's flag next to its hyperlinked name, meant to visually improve lists of nations.
• Biocrawler:WikiProject Stub sorting/Stub types is the full listing of stub types. There are dozens of stub templates and associated categories. The creation and organization of stub types is being addressed by the WikiProject Stub sorting. The guidlines for template creation are found at Biocrawler:Stub.
  • The high level topical subdivisions of stub templates are General, Culture, Commerce, Government and politics, Leisure, Sports, Religion and belief, Geography, History, People, Science, Technology, Transportation, Military and weaponry, and Miscellaneous.
• Biocrawler:Image copyright tags are copyright and licensing messages and other related tags for image description pages (the image namespace).

• The MediaWiki namespace controls interface messages for internal system use, and can only be modified by administrators.

See also

• Wikimedia Projects Template Coordination and Information
• Biocrawler:Template namespace for information on using templates
• Biocrawler:All pages in the MediaWiki and Template namespace
• Biocrawler:Template standardisationbe:Вікіпэдыя:Шаблёны

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