Project Redcap:Templates: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 14:55, 28 December 2015

Because this site is powered by MediaWiki, it can use MediaWiki's templates. Templates are a formatting tool that present specific pieces of information in a consistent way. For example, the often-seen "citation needed" note is a template; so are the reference footnotes we use on this site. Templates can also be larger, like the info boxes describing Ars Magica products, such on The Sundered Eagle: the Theban Tribunal.

Using Templates

Templates can go a long way toward making a Wiki consistent and professional. See http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Template for information on using templates in general.

We copy templates liberally from Wikipedia to create a familiar appearance, so also consult Wikipedia for documentation on specific templates.

Custom Templates

I have created a number of custom templates specifically for Project: Redcap. One example is Template: Product description, which is used to create infoboxes on all the product pages.

Category:Project Redcap Custom Templates lists all the custom templates available. If you create one of your own, please add it to this category. Andrew Gronosky (talk) 13:53, 28 December 2015 (MST)

Suggested Templates

We encourage writers and editors to use the following templates, all of which are installed on Project: Redcap.

Template:About: Describes the content of a page to differentiate it from other pages. For an example, see Hermes' Portal: the italicized text at the top (beginning "This page is about...") comes from the template.
Template:Citation needed: Use this template inline in an article to mark any statement that would benefit from a citation. Citations useful both to substantiate statements and to help players find obscure rules and text.
Template:Disambiguation: When there are several articles that potentially match a given topic, use this template to list those possibilities and help the user choose the right one.
Template:Main: Use this when there is a longer, main article on a topic that is included as a subtopic of the current article.
Template:Stub: Use to mark an article as a "stub." A stub is a very cursory article that is better than nothing, but would benefit from significant expansion.

Installing New Templates

Only a few templates come with MediaWiki when one first installs it. The rest have the be manually imported. Contact me if there is a template you want to use, but is not currently installed. Andrew Gronosky (talk) 13:53, 28 December 2015 (MST)

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 [[Category:Project Redcap]]
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 Because this site is powered by [http://www.mediawiki.org MediaWiki], it can use MediaWiki's [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Template templates]. Templates are a formatting tool that present specific pieces of information in a consistent way. For example, the often-seen "citation needed" note is a template; so are the reference footnotes we use on this site. Templates can also be larger, like the info boxes describing Ars Magica products, such on [[The Sundered Eagle: the Theban Tribunal]].
-== Installing New Templates ==
+== Using Templates ==
-Only a few templates come with MediaWiki when one first installs it. The rest have the be manually imported. [[Special:Contact|Contact]] us if there is a template you want to use, but is not currently installed.
+Templates can go a long way toward making a Wiki consistent and professional. See http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Template for information on using templates in general.
+We copy templates liberally from Wikipedia to create a familiar appearance, so also consult Wikipedia for documentation on specific templates.
-== Template Documentation ==
+== Custom Templates ==
-See http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Template for information on using templates in general.
+I have created a number of custom templates specifically for Project: Redcap. One example is [[Template: Product description]], which is used to create infoboxes on all the [[products|product]] pages.
-We copy templates liberally from Wikipedia to create a familiar appearance, so also consult Wikipedia for documentation on specific templates.
+[[:Category:Project Redcap Custom Templates]] lists all the custom templates available. If you create one of your own, please add it to this category. [[User:Andrew Gronosky|Andrew Gronosky]] ([[User talk:Andrew Gronosky|talk]]) 13:53, 28 December 2015 (MST)
 == Suggested Templates ==
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 :Describes the content of a page to differentiate it from other pages. For an example, see [[Hermes' Portal]]: the italicized text at the top (beginning "This page is about...") comes from the template.
 ;[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Citation_needed Template:Citation needed]
-:Use this to flag sentences in the text where a page reference is needed to document a statement.
+:Use this template inline in an article to mark any statement that would benefit from a citation. Citations useful both to substantiate statements and to help players find obscure rules and text.
+;[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:About Template:Disambiguation]
+:When there are several articles that potentially match a given topic, use this template to list those possibilities and help the user choose the right one.
+;[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Main Template:Main]
+:Use this when there is a longer, main article on a topic that is included as a subtopic of the current article.
+;[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Main Template:Stub]
+:Use to mark an article as a "stub." A stub is a very cursory article that is better than nothing, but would benefit from significant expansion.
+== Installing New Templates ==
+Only a few templates come with MediaWiki when one first installs it. The rest have the be manually imported. [[Special:Contact|Contact]] me if there is a template you want to use, but is not currently installed. [[User:Andrew Gronosky|Andrew Gronosky]] ([[User talk:Andrew Gronosky|talk]]) 13:53, 28 December 2015 (MST)