Help:Templates

Templates allow the use of a certain object throughout the wiki without needing to write the object itself. All changes made to the object are propagated through the wiki automatically.

Using a template

To use a template, use {{Template name}}. This will put the contents of Template:Template name in place of it when the page is loaded.

Templates with parameters

Some templates use parameters, which contain extra information. For example, {{msgbox}} produces:

It doesn't work very well, but {{msgbox|title=Title|text=Text}} produces:

A full list of parameters should be found on the templates' pages.

Templates with optional parameters

Some templates, such as Template:Delete, have optional parameters. {{Delete}} produces:

It looks fine. If you want to add a reason, {{Delete|Reason for deletion}} produces:

Transcluding other pages

You can transclude any page in the wiki. If the page is in the (Main) namespace, make sure to add a colon (:) before the name of the page.

<noinclude> tags

If <noinclude> tags are used in the template, nothing inside them is transcluded.