User talk:Antoniosfca

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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. they are defined in 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 {{tld|Spoiler}} in the wiki page ( {{tld|Spoiler}} is called a template tag ). Every article with that tag in it will display the following text:

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{{tld|Spoiler}}

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< div class= "notice metadata" id="spoiler"> Spoiler warning: Plot or ending details ** follow.

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{{spoiler}}

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}} are the same template, but {{cfd}} and {{CfD}} are not.

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.

If you can't find the template that you need, you can request it on Wikipedia:Requested templates

Main page and alternatives

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

Article-related namespace

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

General Content warnings Current events Disambiguation / Other uses Expansion requests Footnotes / References Instructions Lorem ipsum Miscellaneous info Solution and spoiler warnings Special character warnings Technical limitations Tools	Article sources Citation templates for generic and specific sources GFDL sources Public domain sources Requesting sources and verification U.S. government sources	Links To databases (IMDb, Gutenberg, etc.) To main articles To maps To notes about German names To sister projects	Sister Projects All templates relating to Wikimedia sister projects
For deletion Categories (CfD) Images and media (IfD) Redirects (RfD) Speedy deletion (D) Templates (TfD) Articles (VfD)	Disputes and warnings Accuracy Neutrality Original research Contradictory Controversial Two versions Unencyclopedic	Maintenance Article in use (major edits) Protected from editing/vandalism Copyright violations Article issues General attention needed ISSN issues Lack of geopolitical balance Translations IPA conversion Merging / Splitting Categorization issues Move to sister projects	Cleanup General cleanup Wikify, copyediting Verify facts Importance/significance Context; technical Tone; clarity Fact or fiction Self-contradictory Complete rewrite Translate Pronunciation (IPA) Geographical balance Merges, moves
(Some of the templates are on multiple lists in the row above.)
Compact TOC Tables of contents: 0-9/A-Z Category TOCs	Lists Dynamic lists Incomplete lists Subject or topic lists	Infoboxes Table attributes for specific infoboxes Conservation status of species for taxoboxes See also: Wikipedia:Infobox templates and Wikipedia:WikiProject Tree of Life/Taxobox_Usage	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.
Talk namespace Featured articles (and candidates) Free images Korea-related Link to translation Peer review ToDo lists WikiProject notices WikiProject inactive notice Comment	Image namespace Coat of Arms Copyright status unknown or unverified Creative commons licensed image Fair use claimed Free use image / Semi-free use image Government copyrights (UK, Canada, Poland) GNU/GFDL image Images and media for deletion Image categorization Non-free (copyrighted) image "not an orphan" Public domain image Screenshot See also: Wikipedia:Image copyright tags	Media namespace Integration of Ogg-files Sound sample (Ogg, fair use claimed)	Standard boxes Calendars Court Decisions Periodic Table

Non article-related namespace

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

Category namespace Births in Years Books in Years Deaths in Years More information Categorization of people: Subjective Category Disclaimer Disputed categorisation

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

User talk namespace Experimenting & Vandalism Notices Shared IP Notices Spamming Notices Three Revert Rule User Talk Requests Welcome Messages Edit-summary request Minor-edit reminder

All templates

• Wikipedia: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, X3, X4, X5, X6, X7, X8 and X9 for experimental purposes. To include a test template, use the form {{X1}} for template X1, {{X2}} for template X2, etc.

Related pages for specific types of templates

• Wikipedia:Navigational templates are designed to provide links to several related articles.
• Wikipedia: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.
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Tree of Life/Taxobox Usage lists templates for building taxonomical infoboxes (taxoboxes) for biological classification of living things and explains their usage. The boxes also contain conservation status templates.
• Wikipedia: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.
• Wikipedia: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 Wikipedia: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.
• Wikipedia: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
• Wikipedia:Template namespace for information on using templates
• Wikipedia:Template standardisation
• Wikipedia:Template syntax code for generating templates