McLeodGaming Wiki:Templates

There are many templates in use in ; these are only a subset, representing some of the most important and commonly used ones. If you feel that a template belongs on this page, do not hesitate to add it.
 * Category:Templates should cover all templates in the wiki, categorized into the various subcategories.
 * The Template namespace always has all templates in the wiki, sorted alphanumerically.

What are templates?
Wiki templates provide a means to insert the same content over and over in different (or the same) pages. This saves editors the hassle of duplicating the same text again and again, and also helps ensure consistency.

Templates are generally shown with the format required to use the template (e.g. ). Clicking the template name takes you to the template's page, where you can see what it looks like and how it is used.

Detailed instructions on the usage of each template should exist on either the template page itself (inside "noinclude" tags) or the template's talk page.

Nominate an article for deletion
reason for deletion
 * Add this to an article to nominate it for deletion. It will add the article to Category:Candidates for deletion.

Disambiguation articles
disambig
 * If you have several articles that have similar or identical names, you may wish to create a "disambiguation" page at the main article name, with the articles taking an extra phrase in brackets afterwards. For example:
 * Reflector 🠔 disambiguation page, with links to:
 * Reflector (Fox)
 * Reflector (Falco)


 * For more information, see disambiguation on Wikipedia.
 * Using disambig marks an article as a disambiguation page by adding a banner to the article and categorizing it under Category:Disambiguations. Add links to the various articles under the banner.

Cleanup
cleanup
 * When a page has an informal appearance or is inaccurate, it may be in need of a cleanup. This template includes pages like that in Category:Articles in need of cleanup, to have an accessible list of articles in need of cleanup.

Stubs
stub
 * When a page has little useful information, then it is likely a stub. This template will include them in Category:Article stubs, and is used to list which articles need expanding.

Epic stubs
epic stub
 * When a page is excessively short — 1–2 short paragraphs —, it starts getting called an epic stub, instead of a simple stub. This template includes pages like that in Category:Article epic stubs, and lists articles requiring an urgent expansion.

General category template
category
 * This can be added to categories to add general categorising details. Use in cases where it may be useful to point out to users how to categorise, such as popular categories.

Template category template
templatecategory
 * This should be added to any template-related categories, to list template-specific categorising details, which differ from those of normal pages.

About
name
 * Use at the top of articles as a "this article is about x, if you are looking for y, see w."

For
name
 * Use at the top of articles as a simpler "for x, see w" template.

Confused
name
 * Use at the top of articles; "not to be confused with w, a z."

Redirect

 * Use at the top of articles; "x redirects here. For y, see w."

Main article
main article
 * Use at the start of a section to link to the main article on it.

Right-aligned Table of Contents
tocright
 * This template floats the table of contents (toc) on the right. It should only be used when absolutely necessary, to keep consistent design.

Sandbox
sandbox
 * A template that should be used to head up all Project:Sandbox pages.

T is for template
template
 * This template allows you to show example template code (with a link to the templates) without using the template itself. It is used extensively on this page.

Welcome
welcIP and welcome
 * The first (with longer version "welcomeIP" for those of you who like typing more) is to welcome new non-vandalistic contributors who are "anonymous", identified only by their IP number; it encourages them to register.
 * The second template is for welcoming new registered users. Should be customized for the wiki, indicating the pages we most want newcomers to visit.
 * The above two templates are very suitable for having "subst:" prefixed, because they can be edited with additions or deletions appropriate to the apparent strengths of the person being welcomed; e.g. if the contributor has already demonstrated good wiki editing skills you could delete references to pages about "how to edit".

Wikipedia
wikipedia
 * Wikipedia-related templates. Use wikipedia for articles taken directly from Wikipedia.